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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14th January 2020
In early 2020 China continued its South China Sea antics with a mass intrusion by dozens of fishing boats escorted by two China Coast Guard …
14th January 2020
The naval prototype of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) achieved a crucial milestone on 11 January when it undertook the maiden arrested landing aboard the …
13th January 2020
On 1 January 2020 the Polish Army took over the lead of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) from Germany.The core of the …
10th January 2020
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10th January 2020
To learn more about our Defence Insight service, arrange a free trial. With Western officials suggesting that Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was hit by …
10th January 2020
Don't miss out on more news and analysis from Shephard Media. Sign up to our Premium News. Firm conclusions about how Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed, killing all 176 …
10th January 2020
Thales equipment has been put through its paces during Sea Acceptance Trials of the Mexican Navy’s first Pola class vessel. The trials were carried out …
10th January 2020
Australian Royal Navy (RAN) vessels are demonstrating their humanitarian response capabilities during Australia’s Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. The RAN’s landing helicopter dock HMAS Adelaide has …
10th January 2020
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale of F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft to Singapore. …
9th January 2020
The USAF is looking to give a considerable anti-access/area denial capability boost to its fifth-generation fighter jet. It also plans to develop ‘future advanced capabilities’ …
9th January 2020
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) modular systems division has received an order on a …
9th January 2020
The Turkish navy is about to enter a new era of underwater warfare as it prepares to induct a new class of submarine in to …
9th January 2020
Imagery taken in December of Yanliang Air Base, which the Xi’an Aircraft Corporation (XAC) shares with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) China Flight …
8th January 2020
Ensure you don't miss any of our analysis and exclusive news – sign up for our Premium News service now After days of uncertainty as …
8th January 2020
The JF-17 Block III fighter achieved its maiden flight from the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group’s (CAIG's) facility in Chengdu-Huangtianba in Sichuan on 15 December 2019. …
7th January 2020
Ace Electronics Defense Systems has been issued an IDIQ contract by the US Naval Surface Warfare Center to produce kits for the hardware component refresh …
7th January 2020
BAE Systems is to modernise the US Navy’s USS Vicksburg guided-missile cruiser under a $175 million contract announced on 6 January. The vessel will undergo …
7th January 2020
Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine hunting sonar has completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation Deploy and Retrieval payload, the company announced on 6 January. During …
7th January 2020
The Pakistan Navy (PN) has inducted two ATR 72 aircraft – one in the Sea Eagle maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) configuration and another as a …
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