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 February 2021
Variable-depth sonar to equip 15 new vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy.
3rd February 2021
Shipyard ASTINAVE is expanding its facilities as it builds a new multi-purpose vessel for the Ecuadorian Navy, but the project has been hampered by COVID-related delays and its overall cost is unclear.
3rd February 2021
Demonstration marked first use of a VTOL surrogate UAS to conduct a large area multi-static acoustic search.
3rd February 2021
Indian-Israeli JV will start to deliver Barak 8 LRSAM midsection electronics in March.
3rd February 2021
New variant of Spice 250 is put on display during Aero India 2021; while there are no confirmed orders yet from India, manufacturer Rafael is selling its Spike ATGM to meet an urgent operational requirement.
3rd February 2021
Indian aircraft manufacturer highlights progress on Tejas LCA, loyal wingman UAV and precision-guided munitions.
3rd February 2021
RAF MPA fleet is now over halfway to full strength.
3rd February 2021
EDA has started in late January the operational phase of the CBRN SaaS project, that aims to develop a rapidly deployable 24/7 CBRN surveillance capability. Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia are taking part in the effort.
2nd February 2021
Will a deal for F-35 jets and MQ-9 drones to the UAE come to pass?
2nd February 2021
USAF project investigates advanced propulsion systems for sustained supersonic combustion.
2nd February 2021
Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are starting small with a joint move to buy training ammunition — but their ambitions are broader.
2nd February 2021
Sudanese vessels seem to have been fitted with the Norinco CS/AN2 30mm gun mount, as one more sign of Chinese influence.
2nd February 2021
Work on new delivery order to be completed by end of January 2022.
2nd February 2021
Twelve Rafale F3Rs for French Air and Space Force to replace the same number of aircraft being sold to Greece.
2nd February 2021
Although some acquisition programmes are stalled, the Philippine Navy is now assured of receiving nine attack boats from Israel Shipyards.
1st February 2021
Latest batch of orders includes two customers in Asia.
1st February 2021
As navies look to expand subsurface capabilities through the acquisition of submarines, attention is also being focused on rescue and recovery contingencies in the event of a DISSUB (disabled submarine) incident.
1st February 2021
F-16s operated by air forces in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America will receive a software overhaul.
1st February 2021
LAIRCM advanced missile warning system improves aircraft capability and survivability by countering advanced infrared missile system threats.
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