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15 December 2022

Germany officially joins F-35 programme with signing of LOA

Germany has formally joined the international Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighte...

19 April 2023

Military clashes in Sudan threaten to become protracted conflict following attempted coup by Rapid Support Forces

Since January 2023, Janes Military Coup Indicator has ranked Sudan among the top three states most l...

Air news

15 December 2022

Zephyr ‘pseudo-satellite' flying military missions ahead of formal entry into service

The Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) has already flown military missions ahead of its fo...

15 December 2022

Europe formally launches ENGRT next-gen rotorcraft effort

The European Union has formally launched the European Next-Generation Rotorcraft Technologies (ENGRT...

13 December 2022

Airbus to launch autonomous aerial refuelling trials with unmanned aircraft in 2023

Airbus Defence and Space (DS) is to begin trials of a new capability enabling its A330-200 Multi Rol...

C4ISR news

14 December 2022

FDF orders containerised communications solution

The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) have ordered 20 ft containerised communication stations from Conlog...

14 December 2022

Update: New Zealand receives first P-8A

New Zealand has received the first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft ordered in ...

12 December 2022

Update: Thales wins major French communications contract

Thales has been selected as the prime contractor for increment 3 of the French Army's communications...

Industry news

15 December 2022

Rheinmetall and UVision develop Hero-R rotary-wing loitering munition

Rheinmetall and UVision are developing Hero-R rotary-wing loitering munition, officials from the two...

09 December 2022

Brazil commissions patrol ship armed with new gun system

The Brazilian Navy commissioned NPa Maracanã (P72) – the fleet's third Macaé-class NPa 500 patrol sh...

09 December 2022

Estonia orders HIMARS

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) announced in a press release on 3 December that i...

Land news

16 December 2022

Slovakia orders CV90s

Slovakia ordered 122 CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and 30 other variants on 12 December, th...

15 December 2022

Israel tests Iron Fist APS on Eitan

The Elbit Systems Iron First active protection system (APS) has completed a successful series of liv...

09 December 2022

Japan selects Patria's AMV for Type 96 replacement programme

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected Finnish company Patria for the Japan Ground Self...

Sea news

15 December 2022

Turkey unveils latest ULAQ USV variant

Ares Shipyard in partnership with Meteksan is developing a new variant of its ULAQ unmanned surface ...

15 December 2022

Steel cut for second Bulgarian multi-purpose patrol vessel

The Bulgarian Navy's multipurpose modular patrol vessel (MMPV) programme has marked another mileston...

14 December 2022

Egypt takes command of new Red Sea maritime task force

The Egyptian Navy has assumed leadership of the recently established multinational Combined Task For...

Security news

28 September 2023

Country Overview: Turkey

Janes Country Stability Indicators (JCSI) Country NameTurkey SynonymRepublic of Türkiye, Türkiye Cum...

05 December 2022

Border clearances, faster harbour-rail transport among new EU military mobility goals

The European Union's (EU's) newly revised military mobility (MM) plan will focus largely on boosting...

25 November 2022

Update – Changing the guard: Concern over US withdrawal of F-15 jets from Okinawa

The withdrawal of two squadrons of US Air Force (USAF) Boeing F-15C fighter jets from Okinawa has pr...

Weapons news

15 December 2022

Rheinmetall to supply Ukraine with Skynex after confirming Qatar delivery

Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with Skynex short- and very short-range air-defence systems, Germany...

14 December 2022

Pentagon poised to ship Patriot missile battery to Ukraine

The US Department of Defense (DoD) and White House are finalising plans to deploy a Patriot air-defe...

13 December 2022

Rheinmetall identifies markets for KF51 Panther tank

Rheinmetall is targeting Leopard 2 operators with its KF51 Panther main battle tank (MBT), company o...
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