News

• Air Warfare

  PBS presents fuel-lubricated jet engine for UAV and UCAV (sponsored)

  19th February 2021

  Prvni brnenska strojirna Velka Bites (PBS), an EASA certificated aerospace manufacturer from the Czech Republic, is launching new high-performance jet engines. Last year, PBS delivered their 1,000th PBS TJ100 turbojet engine and are now adapting to the disposable applications market‘s demands. To do this, they are launching a fuel lubricated version of the highly reliable, world-proven jet engine PBS TJ100, which has the added benefit of being lighter in weight and cheaper to buy.

• Training

  USN builds new training infrastructure

  19th February 2021

  Surface Combatant Training Facility will include training classrooms, briefing and debriefing rooms, training shops and office spaces.

• Land Warfare

  Smart munitions hold the key for Derivatsiya

  19th February 2021

  The tactical role of 2S38 Derivatsiya-PVO may be diminished unless guided or programmable munitions can be successfully integrated.

• Land Warfare

  Indian K9s hunt for a new bone

  19th February 2021

  Will the Indian Army order additional K9 SPHs from Larsen & Toubro, now that the initial contract has been fulfilled?

• Land Warfare

  USMC receives first test ACV-C

  18th February 2021

  Command variant of Amphibious Combat Vehicle is designed to enhance situational awareness for USMC.

• Land Warfare

  Norway orders 20 more CV90s

  18th February 2021

  Latest order for CV90s aligns with revised Norwegian defence policy announced in May 2020.

• Land Warfare

  Finland set to obtain Extended Range GMLRS

  18th February 2021

  New rockets will join an arsenal that already includes 90 GMLRS units, with 90 more on order.

• Defence Notes

  UK ambitions fail to bridge the gap to fiscal reality

  18th February 2021

  In a changing world some things stay the same, such as the MoD’s tendency to overcommit itself financially. Can the ministry avoid lurching from one financial crisis to another in the decade ahead?

• Naval Warfare

  South African IPV programme reaches new milestone

  18th February 2021

  A blessing ceremony was conducted in Cape Town for the first of three Multi Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels for the South African Navy.

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Dutch troops conduct more SMASH C-UAS trials

  18th February 2021

  All targets were successfully engaged in a two-day trial in Austria.

• Air Warfare

  Germany launches BriteCloud from target drone

  18th February 2021

  BriteCloud-218 decoy is ejected from a remotely piloted air target system for the first time.

• Defence Notes

  VIDEO: Ukrainian and NATO priorities align in Black Sea

  18th February 2021

  Ukraine is looking to forge closer relationships with NATO members as the country still waits to join the alliance.

• Digital Battlespace

  SIERA travels to India

  18th February 2021

  Sonar calibration system from RTSYS is ordered by Bharat Electronics.

• Digital Battlespace

  Codan tunes into US market with business acquisition

  18th February 2021

  Codan's cash buyout of a North American communications company provides new inroads into that particular market.

• Naval Warfare

  Capability gaps hamper Varan aircraft carrier

  17th February 2021

  A somewhat unfamiliar design — and the lack in Russia of a carrier-based AWACS capability — suggest that the Nevsky Design Bureau has bitten off more than it can chew.