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Digital Battlespace
Hughes and VNC team to offer extended mobile communications
22nd August 2019
Hughes Network Systems and Virtual Network Communications (VNC) have launched a new offering that will extend mobile network connectivity, using an integrated combination of VNC's …
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Digital Battlespace
BAE receives F-35 EW upgrade contract
22nd August 2019
BAE Systems has received a Block 4 modernisation contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the …
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Naval Warfare
TADTE 2019: Taiwan’s LPD scheduled for completion in 2022
22nd August 2019
The Republic of China Navy’s (ROCN) new LPD, being acquired under Project Hung Yun, began construction in May. The vessel will mark the start of …
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Special Operations
SOF seeks low-cost armor-piercing ammo
21st August 2019
The US military is seeking industry help to identify or develop low-cost armor-piercing ammunition in a number of calibers of particular interest to United States …
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Digital Battlespace
First system-level tests of USN EASR completed
21st August 2019
Raytheon and the US Navy have completed the first system-level tests of the SPY-6(V)2 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) at the Surface Combat System Center at …
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Naval Warfare
Boeing contracted to add sixth workstation to USN, RAAF Poseidons
21st August 2019
Boeing has received awards worth $34.5 million to deliver a sixth mission crew workstation retrofit to previously delivered US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force …
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Is there an absence of interest in UK defence?
21st August 2019
Boris Johnson has been UK Prime Minister for almost a month, yet it is still hard to understand what his vision for defence is, or …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop to provide upgrade to Dutch jammer pods
21st August 2019
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $7 million follow-on contract for AN/ALQ-131 (V) electronic countermeasure pod upgrades for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The work will …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AFRL and Dzyne demonstrate OPV concept
21st August 2019
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Dzyne Technologies have completed a two-hour maiden flight of an optionally-piloted concept for manned aircraft dubbed ROBOpilot, …
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Defence Notes
SDB increases capability of RAAF F-35A
21st August 2019
The capability of the Royal Australian Air Force’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighters has quadrupled since the introduction of the GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), according …
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Naval Warfare
MSPO 2019: Questions hang over pace of Black Sea modernisation
21st August 2019
Romania and Bulgaria, two of NATOs youngest members, are in desperate need of modernising their naval fleets – broadly a result of security sector deterioration …
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Defence Notes
US approves sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan
21st August 2019
The US State Department on 20 August approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan will …
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Military Logistics
ThyssenKrupp invests in logistics sites
21st August 2019
ThyssenKrupp Materials Services, the distribution and service provider of the ThyssenKrupp Group, is investing some €70 million in the modernisation and expansion of its European …
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Naval Warfare
RAN signs lease extension for Cape-class patrol boats
21st August 2019
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has signed a two-year lease extension with the National Australia Bank for its two Cape-class patrol boats (CCPB), Cape Fourcroy …
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Naval Warfare
Lockheed awarded USN contracts for SSDS, Aegis
20th August 2019
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $56 million contract for combat system engineering support for the Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS). The …