News

• Naval Warfare

  Construction of fourth AOPS begins

  8th May 2019

  Irving Shipbuilding has begun construction of the fourth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS William Hall, for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). …

• Naval Warfare

  China building third aircraft carrier: think tank

  8th May 2019

  Recent satellite photographs indicate China's construction of its third aircraft carrier is well underway, a Washington think tank reported Tuesday.  ChinaPower, a unit of the …

• Training

  ITEC 2019: USN’s TACT falls to ATAC

  8th May 2019

  The US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has selected a team led by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), part of Textron Airborne Solutions, to …

• Digital Battlespace

  Telephonics to support Saudi AWACS programme

  8th May 2019

  Telephonics has received a $12.6 million contract from the US Air Force to support the Royal Saudi Air Force’s E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control …

• Naval Warfare

  Sea-Air-Space 2019: Northrop Grumman assess launch AARGM-ER possibilities

  8th May 2019

  Northrop Grumman is currently assessing how its Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) munition could be developed into a surface launched asset. The US Navy (USN) …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Raytheon’s GBDAA system to support UAS pilots

  8th May 2019

  Raytheon’s Ground-Based Detect and Avoid (GBDAA) system has been deployed at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, to help pilots fly UAS beyond visual line-of-sight flight profiles, …

• Naval Warfare

  Sea-Air-Space 2019: Chinese naval threat on the rise

  8th May 2019

  The US Navy is continuing to address the increased growth of China’s naval capabilities, with the country considered to pose the leading threat to American …

• Land Warfare

  UAE requests Patriot missiles

  8th May 2019

  The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missiles Segment Enhanced (MSE) to …

• Training

  RAN receives new simulators for coxswains

  8th May 2019

  The Seamanship School at the Royal Australian Navy’s Boatswains Faculty at HMAS Cerberus has received two new simulators for the training of new boat coxswains, …

• Naval Warfare

  UDT Europe 2019: French Navy frigates undergo sonar retrofit

  7th May 2019

  As part of the French MoD’s Frigate Sonar Capacity Upgrade public procurement programme, four French Navy frigates have seen their analogue sensors modernised by RTsys. …

• Defence Notes

  N. Korea tested rocket launchers and 'tactical guided weapons'

  7th May 2019

  North Korea's state media said 5 May that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a rocket and tactical guided weapons test, after the drill on …

• Land Warfare

  Bahrain requests Patriot missile systems

  7th May 2019

  The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of Patriot missile systems to Bahrain, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency …

• Digital Battlespace

  EW Europe 2019: TMD receives order for NATO operations

  7th May 2019

  Manufacturer of professional microwave and RF products, TMD Technologies Limited (TMD) has received an order of its latest portfolio of Ka-band travelling wave tube (TWT) …

• Digital Battlespace

  EW Europe 2019: SPREOS IR countermeasure production configuration showcased

  7th May 2019

  Bird Aerosystems will present its Self Protection Radar Electro-Optic System (SPREOS) Compact Directional IR Counter Measure (DIRCM) at EW Europe 2019, Stockholm. SPREOS will be showcased …

• Naval Warfare

  Beijing slams US warship sail-by in South China Sea

  7th May 2019

  China said two US warships sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea without permission on 6 May in the latest US challenge to …