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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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12th May 2021
Rheinmetall has released a new generation of tactical trucks, the HX3.
12th May 2021
Naval Group launches the third OPV ordered by Argentina, ARA Storni.
12th May 2021
Serbia is receiving MiG-29s from Belarus while the Balkan country also upgrades its existing fleet of seven single-seater MiG-29s.
12th May 2021
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12th May 2021
The annexation of Crimea in 2014 cast a long shadow over Russian naval shipbuilding programmes.
12th May 2021
Sweden is enhancing its missile defence capabilities with PAC-3 MSE from Lockheed Martin.
12th May 2021
Israel Shipyards is providing Shaldag MK V — plus knowledge transfer and training services — to an Asian customer, likely to be the Philippines as reported by Shephard earlier this year.
11th May 2021
The first 'Tank Boat' does not look as much like a tank as the initial mock-up did, as the prototype has only a 30mm cannon as its armament.
11th May 2021
North Macedonian MoD releases tender for six-month NBC equipment contract.
10th May 2021
Saab has received an order from the Latvian Armed Forces for the delivery of the Carl-Gustaf Ground Combat Indoor Trainer.
10th May 2021
Consolidation in the Spanish missile systems sector was non-existent before the arrival of the SMS initiative.
10th May 2021
The Nigerian Air Force has not ordered 24 light attack aircraft, says Leonardo.
10th May 2021
Work on building LCU 1707 to LCU 1711 will be completed by November 2023.
10th May 2021
Two dozen Su-30SM2 fighters will be delivered to the Russian Navy by late 2022, mainly to the Kaliningrad Oblast where they will replace ageing Su-27s.
10th May 2021
Five Knifefish UUVs will be retrofitted under a new deal for General Dynamics from the USN.
10th May 2021
As China's military fields hypersonic glide vehicles, Japan is seeking to use satellites to detect and track them.
7th May 2021
L3Harris Technologies and Air Tractor have jointly announced the production of the Sky Warden ISR strike aircraft.
7th May 2021
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land sign £800m contract with UK MoD to upgrade Challenger 3 main battle tanks.
7th May 2021
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has signed a contract worth $175m to support an intelligence program.