News

• Defence Helicopter

  PREMIUM: Bell 429 positioned for Australian SOF requirement

  28th May 2020

  Babcock is offering the Bell 429, in conjunction with the helicopter OEM, for the Australian Army’s requirement for special operations helicopters under Project Land 2097 ...

• Defence Notes

  PREMIUM: US watching brief turns the screw on Russia’s Libyan foray

  28th May 2020

  A recent series of declassified intelligence images published by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) showing Russian fighter jets positioned in Libya – said to have been delivered ...

• Air Warfare

  Hendsoldt secures German Air Force IFF modernisation contract

  28th May 2020

  Hensoldt announced on 28 May that it had secured a contract with the German Air Force to equip its fleet of 90 Tornado fighter aircraft ...

• Digital Battlespace

  PREMIUM: Singapore F-16 photo-recon capability breaks cover

  28th May 2020

  Recent imagery reviewed by Shephard confirms a long-range oblique photography (LOROP) sensor capability on Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16s. The images depict twin-seat ...

• Land Warfare

  PREMIUM: Rosomak broadens and deepens its engagement with Patria

  28th May 2020

  Rosomak SA, a subsidiary of the Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, PGZ), is looking to extend its licence from Finnish OEM Patria Land Systems ...

• Air Warfare

  Brazilian Army receives STREV radar components

  28th May 2020

  The Brazilian Army Assessment Centre (CAEx) has received components of the ASTROS tracking radar pedestal and antenna which will be integrated into the Transportable Flight ...

• Air Warfare

  Indra to modernise Spanish IFF systems

  28th May 2020

  Indra has been selected to modernise the IFF systems used by Spanish Army air surveillance squadrons (EVA) in order to adapt them to the latest ...

• Air Warfare

  Chemring Australia secures F-35 counter-measure flares contract

  28th May 2020

  Australia’s MoD confirmed on 27 May that Chemring Australia had recently secured a $US107.5 million contract for the production and delivery of countermeasure flares for ...

• Defence Notes

  PREMIUM OPINION: US risks further erosion of global influence with confused strategy

  28th May 2020

  Amid the fallout from the global COVID-19 pandemic, as nations try to chart a way out of the crisis and focus on recovery, there has ...

• Defence Notes

  Crew of USS Kidd returns after COVID-19 outbreak

  28th May 2020

  The caretaker crew aboard the guided-missile Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Kidd have been relieved from the vessel after 90 sailors from its permanent crew were ...

• Defence Notes

  PREMIUM: China steps up defence budget to ‘prepare for armed confrontation’

  27th May 2020

  Beijing has increased its defence expenditure by 6.6% for the coming year, even while many other nations are slashing budgets to deal with the COVID-19 ...

• Land Warfare

  Rosoboronexport to globally market 59N6-TE radar

  27th May 2020

  Rosoboronexport is to offer its 59N6-TE mobile 3D radar to customers overseas, according to a company statement released in mid-May. The 59N6-TE is an exclusively ...

• Defence Notes

  COVID fails to dent CAE finances

  27th May 2020

  Canada-based CAE posted full-year revenues of C$3.6 billion ($2.57 billion) for its FY2020, marking a 10% year-on-year increase despite what President and CEO Marc Parent ...

• Defence Notes

  NGG completes preliminary design reviews

  27th May 2020

  The US Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Centre has completed preliminary design reviews of its Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth ...

• Digital Battlespace

  PREMIUM: Rafael highlights potential of ISR sensors to enhance peacekeeping operations

  27th May 2020

  Peacekeeping forces would benefit from greater use of airborne sensors to meet their ISR requirements, according to Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Intelligence is the ...