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China launches third Type 054A/P frigate for Pakistan Navy
The Pakistan Navy (PN) announced on 3 August that China's Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai has launched the third of four Type 054A/P frigates on order for the...Full story -
Navy League 2021: US Navy plans to increase testing to prove LCS combining gear fix
The US Navy (USN) plans to subject the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) combining gear fix to a much greater degree of normal propulsion-plant testing to ensure the new...Full story -
Vietnam reveals further details of new submarine rescue capabilities
Vietnam's Z189 shipyard has given further details of the country's new underwater rescue capabilities, following delivery of the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) dedicated...Full story -
Turkmenistan's air force operating new M-346FA, C-27J, and A-29 aircraft
Video footage released by Turkmenistan's state-owned media indicates that the country's air force is operating three newly acquired aircraft types: the Leonardo M-346FA...Full story -
India's first locally built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, left the country's southwestern port of Kochi on 4 August to embark on its maiden...Full story -
First Sadral installation for modernised La Fayette-class frigate
FS Courbet has become the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates to be refitted with MBDA's Sadral ship self-defence missile system.Full story -
Israeli defence budget moves forward with government agreement
Israel's ministries of defence and finance reached an agreement together with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on a new annual defence budget for 2022, worth ILS58 billion...Full story -
Poland launches Miecznik coastal defence frigate programme
The Polish Armaments Inspectorate (AI) ordered three coastal defence frigates on 27 July from a consortium led by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (Polish Armaments Group, PGZ)...Full story -
UK, Vietnam look to deepen defence co-operation
The United Kingdom and Vietnam are aiming to expand defence industry co-operation as part of a wider effort to strengthen strategic ties.Full story -
Navy League 2021: US Navy hopes to cut frigate risk with proven systems
The incorporation of deployed and proven US Navy (USN) systems will help lower the risk on the development of the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG 62),...Full story -
USSOUTHCOM commander nominee vows continued partnership building
Working to strengthen the United States' relationship with Central and South American countries will be central to stemming off growing Chinese and Russian influence in...Full story -
Coyote Block 3NK demonstrates swarming drone defeat
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has demonstrated a swarming drone defeat capability using a ‘non-kinetic' Coyote Block 3 variant reusable air vehicle.Full story -
L3Harris to divest Electron Devices business
US-based L3Harris Technologies has agreed to sell its Electron Devices business to US private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners for USD185 million as part of its...Full story -
Indian Navy to send task force on months-long Indo-Pacific deployment
Amid heightened tensions with neighbouring China, India announced on 2 August that it will send a naval task force on a months-long deployment to Southeast Asia, the...Full story -
Brazilian Army approves more helicopter upgrades
The Brazilian Army formally approved a plan to further upgrade its Fennec AvEx and AS365K2 Super Pantera helicopters on 30 July. The work will increase the types'...Full story -
Vietnamese navy receives submarine rescue ship
The Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) received its first-ever submarine search-and-rescue (SAR) ship in a ceremony held on 30 July at the Z189 shipyard in Hải Phòng that was...Full story -
IAI details its role in Bundeswehr air defence radar procurement from Hensoldt
Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) has provided Janes with details of its role in the Bundeswehr's procurement of the Hughes Air Defence Radar (HADR) Nachfolgesystem...Full story -
NSWC Dahlgren develops decision aid for high-energy laser fire control
Engineers at the US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) have designed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision aid designed to assist sailors...Full story -
South Korea to start trial operations of ‘grenade-launching' and ‘small modular' UAVs in 2022
The South Korean military will begin trailing two new types of locally sourced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the first half of 2022.Full story -
Barracuda unveils 747MM USV
Athens-based commercial and military rigid inflatable boat (RIB) manufacturer Barracuda has showcased its indigenously developed Barracuda 747 Multi-Mission (747MM)...Full story