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• Naval Warfare

  Indian Navy trials MRSAM

  21st May 2019

  The Indian Navy has successfully conducted firing trials of the new Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM), the navy announced on 17 May. The cooperative engagement …

• Military Logistics

  DynCorp International awarded AFM II East contract

  20th May 2019

  DynCorp International has received a contact from the US Army Contracting Command for Aviation Field Maintenance (AFM) and Sustainment Level Maintenance for the AFM Directorate …

• Military Logistics

  USS John C Stennis arrives for overhaul

  20th May 2019

  The US Navy aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis has arrived in Norfolk, Virginia after concluding a seven-month deployment from Bremerton, Washington, the navy announced …

• Defence Helicopter

  Boeing pushes forward with Defiant

  20th May 2019

  Boeing plans to operate the push propulsor on its Defiant SB>1 coaxial helicopter this year after completing the first flight into hover in Q1 2019. …

• Land Warfare

  JLTV training kicks off at Fort McCoy

  20th May 2019

  The US Army has begun training soldiers on the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) at Fort Mccoy in Wisconsin, the army announced on 15 …

• Defence Helicopter

  Putin pledges an increased Mi-28NM order

  20th May 2019

  Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that the Russian MoD is set to increase an order to be placed in the coming months for the Mi-28NM …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Sea Machines partners with Hike Metal

  20th May 2019

  Sea Machines Robotics has partnered with Hike Metal to integrate Sea Machines’ SM300 autonomous vessel control system onto commercial vessels tasked with SAR missions, the …

• Defence Notes

  Turkey says to produce S-500s with Russia after S-400 missile deal

  20th May 2019

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 18 May said Turkey and Russia would jointly produce S-500 defence systems after Ankara's controversial purchase of the S-400 …

• Digital Battlespace

  Saab unveils updated Sirius passive sensor

  20th May 2019

  Saab has unveiled an updated solution based on its Sirius suite of passive sensor systems for air, land and sea surveillance and signals intelligence gathering, …

• Digital Battlespace

  Comtech to continue BFT-1 sustainment

  20th May 2019

  Comtech Telecommunications’ Command and Control Technologies group has received option period two of its US Army Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) sustainment contract with an overall …

• Training

  ITEC 2019: Finnish VR headset pushing resolution frontiers (video)

  20th May 2019

  Finnish company Varjo demonstrated its VR-1 headset at ITEC 2019. The system is a VR device with human-eye resolution. The VR-1 also features an advanced …

• Naval Warfare

  Terma to maintain Scanter radars in India

  20th May 2019

  Terma has received a contract to maintain its Scanter radars in India, the company announced on 15 May. The five-year contract will see Terma, in …

• Land Warfare

  Japan-US jointly research next-gen amphibious vehicle

  20th May 2019

  The Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency announced on 13 May that the Japanese MoD and US DoD had signed an agreement to jointly research next-generation …

• Naval Warfare

  IMDEX Asia 2019: Drass building compact submarines for undisclosed customers

  19th May 2019

  While you are here why not take advantage of our 24 hour trial to our Premium News service and read all our naval coverage for …

• Military Logistics

  Boeing lists KC-46A success, defends programme

  19th May 2019

  Boeing is pushing ahead despite hiccups in its KC-46A multirole tanker aircraft contract with the USAF and has just delivered another three on top of …