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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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3rd June 2021
In July 2020, Wärtsilä Marine streamlined its areas of expertise into three businesses focused on engine and fuel technology (Marine Power), software, navigation and simulation (Voyage), and end-to-end manufacturing businesses (Marine Systems). The business formerly known as Wärtsilä Seals & Bearings was brought under the new Marine Systems business line and renamed Wärtsilä Shaft Line Solutions.
3rd June 2021
The USN component of the FY2022 budget request is an attempt to balance the competing requirements of sustaining a credible force and developing capabilities for the future.
3rd June 2021
This article is brought to you by CDS Defence & Security With the recent Defence Integrated Review reigniting the appetite for defence equipment programmes such …
2nd June 2021
Unsurprisingly, fifth-generation fighter funding dominates air power spending in the latest US defence budget request, but the retirement of over 200 US Air Force aircraft and a one-year delay to MH-139A helicopter plans are among the more eye catching subplots this time around.
2nd June 2021
US Navy intercepts a ballistic missile in space using data from the Thales SMART-L MM/N radar.
2nd June 2021
The ManTech Composites Manufacturing Center develops improved manufacturing processes for composite-based components.
2nd June 2021
The US government released the President’s FY2022 Budget proposal on 28 May.
2nd June 2021
By the end of 2024, Romania expects to receive a mobile coastal defence system based on the Naval Strike Missile.
2nd June 2021
Shipyard support contract for six USN ship classes could be worth up to $725 million.
2nd June 2021
More frequent forays of Chinese aircraft carriers and their complement of fighters is worrying Japan's military.
1st June 2021
Boeing has been awarded a delivery and support contract for Japanese KC-46A aircraft.
1st June 2021
Lockheed Martin receives a support contract from the US DoD for F-35s on order from Poland.
1st June 2021
The Iron Dome missile and rocket interception system proved its worth last month with extensive use in the latest bout of fighting between Hamas and Israel.
1st June 2021
An innovative Australian manufacturer sews up cooperation with the larger Insitu Pacific UAV maker.
1st June 2021
Two teams have registered their intention to bid for the Australian Army's next amphibious logistics vehicle.
1st June 2021
A new indigenous cloud computing solution for the Australian Defence Force is on offer from Thales Australia.
31st May 2021
Satellites offer numerous ISR advantages, ones that the Indian military needs more than ever.
28th May 2021
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a US Space Force prototype agreement to mature missile warning design.
28th May 2021
Huntington Ingalls’ Proteus vessel successfully executed its autonomy capabilities demonstration.