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Improbable Defence is transforming synthetic environments through Skyral (Sponsored)
Skyral enables government and industry to develop and adapt synthetic solutions more quickly, efficiently and reliably.
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Companies post mostly rosy results but warn of potential dark clouds
First quarter 2025 results have been dropping for companies in the past week but many of the US results come with a health warning in their forward-looking aspects about the potential impact of actions by the Trump administration.
Naval Warfare
Interview: DSTA collaborates with Leonardo, Thales and Safran for naval C-UAS
In an exclusive interview with Shephard, DSTA chief Ng Chad-son outlines how the agency is reshaping defence tech development through deeper collaboration with industry partners, from AI-enhanced radar to smart naval munitions.
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Spain unveils new multi-billion euro defence investment plan
The new plan outlined how Spain would reach 2% of its GDP spend on defence by 2025, with €1.9 billion earmarked for new equipment acquisition with several land, naval and air platforms disclosed to be replaced or upgraded.
Naval Warfare
How the Force Design 2028 will impact US Coast Guard acquisitions
The FD 2028 strategy intends to reduce the bureaucracy in procurement processes while speeding up the field of assets.
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Defence Notes
Raytheon announces Aegis contract
6th June 2016
Raytheon has been awarded a $365.85 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive contract from the US Navy to provide components for the Aegis weapon system, the company announced …
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Naval Warfare
US plans five-year EOD boat programme
6th June 2016
The US Navy's explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and salvage diving specialists are poised to acquire up to 80 new 9m rigid-hull inflatable boats over the …
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Land Warfare
Eurosatory: BAE chases Challenger 2 as GD withdraws as prime
3rd June 2016
BAE Systems Land UK has announced its strategic partnership plan for the Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (LEP), which will remove General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) …
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Naval Warfare
UDT 2016: Military research created commercial SonarBell
2nd June 2016
A UK-based company that has commercialised military sonar location research from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) say that their Sonarbell product could have more applications …
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Defence Notes
Australia seeks SM-2 Block IIIB
2nd June 2016
The US State Department is considering a possible $301 million foreign military sale (FMS) of SM-2 Block IIIB standard missiles and associated equipment and support …
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Defence Notes
UDT 2016: Norway eyes Russian activity
1st June 2016
Russian naval presence in the North Atlantic and High North areas is beginning to bring about the revisited notion of collective defence in the maritime …
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Military Logistics
Team Spartan adds avionics partner
31st May 2016
Team Spartan, which is competing with the C-27J Spartan for Canada's Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue programme, has contracted avionics systems from Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC), …
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Defence Helicopter
Russia looks towards eastern outposts
27th May 2016
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 27 May that personnel and equipment would be deployed to the Eastern Military District (MD), in a …
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Defence Notes
Improved guidance for US torpedoes
27th May 2016
The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin an up to $425 million contract to provide guidance and control systems for the Mk 48 Mod 7 …
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Defence Notes
SOFIC 2016: USAF wants laser gunships
27th May 2016
US Air Force Special Operations Command is looking for industry assistance in integrating lasers on AC-130 series gunships. Speaking at SOFIC in Tampa, Florida, Lt …
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Defence Notes
Material advances for QinetiQ
27th May 2016
QinetiQ and the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have signed a renewed £10 million, five-year contract to develop advanced defence materials, it announced …
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Defence Notes
UK considers laser-equipped Phalanx
26th May 2016
The UK could test a Phalanx close-in weapon system equipped with a directed-energy weapon capability, with the first demonstrations potentially taking place in 2018. The …
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Defence Notes
US lifts Vietnam arms embargo
26th May 2016
The first order of business during US President Barack Obama’s state visit to Vietnam was to lift a long-standing arms embargo on lethal weapons on …
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Defence Notes
UDT 2016: DCNS eyes Ula replacement
25th May 2016
French defence company DCNS has their eyes on the proposed plan by the Norwegian MoD to replace their Ula-class diesel electric boats with new boats. …
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Defence Helicopter
SOFIC 2016: USSOCOM's ‘circle of love’
24th May 2016
USSOCOM officials have outlined the command’s materiel acquisition philosophy, with one procurement chief dubbing the approach ‘the SOCOM acquisition circle of love’. The comments came at …
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Defence Notes
UK awards F-35 missile contract
23rd May 2016
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £411 million contract to MBDA for developing a new missile for its F-35B future supersonic stealth …
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Naval Warfare
SAS 2016: US Navy expands patrol boat forward presence
20th May 2016
With a pending deployment of two craft to Guam, the US Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) is expanding the forward presence of its new Mk …
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Digital Battlespace
Plans for future GPS III emerge
20th May 2016
Lockheed Martin is gearing up to produce satellites the can be upgraded on-orbit for the US Air Force’s future Global Positioning System (GPS) procurement plan. …
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Naval Warfare
SAS 2016: LCS gets Harpoon missile
19th May 2016
‘If it floats, it needs to fight’, Capt Jaime Engdahl, programme manager for Precision Strike Weapons and the LRASM Deployment Office told the Sea-Air-Space exhibition …
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