News

• Digital Battlespace

  KBRwyle wins spot on ITES-3 contract

  9th January 2019

  KBRwyle’s Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) has been awarded a place on the $12.1 billion US Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 services contract, KBR announced on …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Military help UK police respond to Heathrow drone threat

  9th January 2019

  Britain's armed forces were supporting police Wednesday at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly …

• Training

  FAAC receives ATMP support contract

  9th January 2019

  Arotech’s FAAC has received a subcontract to support the US Army’s Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS) Maintenance Program (ATMP), Arotech announced on 7 …

• Digital Battlespace

  Hughes receives BGAN terminal order

  9th January 2019

  Hughes Network Systems has received an order from the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic for the supply of over 200 Hughes 9211 …

• Military Logistics

  Kellstrom Defense acquires WAM

  9th January 2019

  Kellstrom Defense Aerospace has acquired California-based Williams Aerospace and Manufacturing (WAM), the company announced on 7 January. WAM has developed a range of tooling for …

• Special Operations

  Malaysia centralizes Special Forces Command

  8th January 2019

  Special operations forces from across the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) will be organized under a centralized Special Forces Command, the Chief of the Defense Forces …

• Digital Battlespace

  GDIT to support US Navy cyber mission

  8th January 2019

  General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has received a Navy Cyber Mission Engineering Support contract from the US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UK government announces drone regulation shake-up

  8th January 2019

  The UK government has announced a series of measures that will provide police with increased powers to fight and prevent the misuse of drones, alongside …

• Naval Warfare

  DynCorp to support USCG aircraft

  8th January 2019

  DynCorp International has received a progressive structural inspection and depot level maintenance contract for the US Coast Guard’s C-130H and C-130J aircraft, the company announced …

• Land Warfare

  US Army orders Carl-Gustaf ammo

  8th January 2019

  Saab has received an order from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system, the company announced on …

• Naval Warfare

  Israel Shipyards looks to Shaldag and Saar for market breakthrough

  8th January 2019

  Although the naval arm of Israel's military is the smallest of its services, recent hydrocarbon finds have focused interest in securing industrial assets inside its …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  ecoSUB in AUV trials

  8th January 2019

  The ecoSUB AUV has been successfully trialled in the North Sea off Orkney during a marine robot demonstrator mission co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre …

• Land Warfare

  Indian Army seeks anti-aircraft guns again

  8th January 2019

  The Indian Army is reinvigorating efforts to procure 938 anti-aircraft cannons, with an RfI recently issued and responses due by 19 January. Simultaneously, Russia is …

• Land Warfare

  Russia ready to field first S-350 surface-to-air missile

  8th January 2019

  The Russian military is set to take on its first Almaz-Antey S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile (SAM) system in 2019. The Russian MoD plans for the …

• Naval Warfare

  US Navy names DDG 128

  8th January 2019

  The US Navy will name incoming Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, DDG 128, as USS Ted Stevens, the navy announced on 4 January. The ship is …