The Royal Australian Navy has finally commissioned the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel – more than three years behind schedule – highlighting the programme’s delays, design compromises and ongoing industrial restructuring.
The UAE’s Edge Group has been positioning itself as a key defence and technology partner to Indonesia, where it has been focusing on naval platforms, UAVs and long-term industrial collaboration.
The UK’s National Security Strategy brings together the recently released Strategic Defence Review (SDR), Strategic Security Review, AUKUS Review and Industrial and Trade Strategies. At the same time, the UK made a commitment to reach defence spending of 5% of GDP by 2035 and Germany committed to 3.5% by 2029.
In the operation Midnight Hammer, the Pentagon deployed 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators and more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles.
While the Paris Air Show marked the first time the ANAFI UKR has been publicly shown, the ISR drone has been in use with various armed forces for the last eight months, Parrot told Shephard.
A pact signed at the Paris Air Show has seen Sweden turn to the French FDI frigate to lead its next-gen surface combatant fleet amid shifting security dynamics in the Baltic Sea.
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12th May 2020
A friendly fire incident on 10 May involving two Iranian Navy vessels in the Gulf of Oman has left at least 19 sailors dead and …
12th May 2020
The Spanish MoD is conducting studies with industry to analyse the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus, as it focuses on maintaining the readiness of its armed …
11th May 2020
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has in its possession the first six of 12 US-donated Insitu ScanEagle UAVs, but they remain in storage at Kota …
11th May 2020
Rheinmetall on 8 May released its financial results for Q1 FY2020, which showed a strong performance despite the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. This …
11th May 2020
The Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) has approved and certified the new M-345 trainer aircraft which has been designed and manufactured by Leonardo. …
11th May 2020
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, has secured its role in Phase 1 of the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) programme Technical Area 3 by the …
11th May 2020
Raytheon Technologies has completed its merger with a strong liquidity position at the end of Q1 FY2020. Before the merger between Raytheon and United Technologies, …
10th May 2020
After $23 billion in sunk costs, more than two decades of development and nearly four years after commissioning, the USN in April took formal delivery …
9th May 2020
S-400 Triumf long-range air defence system crews from the Russian Central Military District destroyed simulated enemy ballistic missiles last month during an exercise at the …
9th May 2020
Naval forces in Bulgaria, France and Greece are set to benefit from an upgrade in underwater diver capabilities, after the European Defence Agency (EDA) published …
8th May 2020
Welcome to Episode 18 of the second series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more.
7th May 2020
A pair of RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft conducted air strikes against Daesh targets in north-east Iraq on the night of 28 April. The jets, operating …
7th May 2020
The Atkins Cavendish Alliance (ACA), a subsidiary of Babcock International, has secured a place on the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) framework for providing specialist nuclear …
7th May 2020
Leonardo confirmed on 6 May that it has agreed a new €2 billion ($2.15 billion) credit facility from a number of international banks with the …
7th May 2020
Northrop Grumman on 4 May confirmed that it has partnered with Raytheon Technologies to develop the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) as part of a US …
7th May 2020
Nammo announced on 6 May that it has completed its acquisition of Chemring Ordnance, which is based in Perry, Florida. The new division will be …
7th May 2020
The RN has issued an RfI for a Maritime Command and Staff Trainer (MCAST), with responses from industry due by 29 May 2020. Issued by …
7th May 2020
The Czech government on 4 May approved a proposal to deploy troops overseas until 2023, as the existing mandate expires in December this year. Proposals …
7th May 2020
The Russian Navy’s Ivan Gren-class (Project 11711) large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov will recommence sea trials in mid-May 2020, official news agency TASS reported …
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