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Brazilian Navy releases new 20-year plan
The Brazilian Navy is looking to acquire medium-sized general-purpose helicopters and attack, antisubmarine (ASW) and reconnaissance helicopters according the recently...Full story -
Boeing announces Chinook engine support teaming for Germany
Boeing is to team with Honeywell Aerospace and Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd to provide engine support for its wider bid to supply the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) with...Full story -
US Army scraps plan to compete in OMFV competition
The US Army will not form a team and bid on its own M2 Bradley replacement competition due, in part, to industry and senior leader feedback.Full story -
IDF outlines air force reorganisation
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is reorganising and relocating its units to optimise its operations and use its resources more efficiently.Full story -
AFA 2020: AFRL rethinking strategy for Golden Horde networked collaborative weapons programme
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is rethinking its approach to the Golden Horde networked collaborative weapons programme and the lab’s commander has a...Full story -
Montenegro receives first Bell 505 helicopter
Montenegro has received the first of two Bell 505 JetRanger X helicopters it ordered earlier this year.Full story -
Update - AFA 2020: Lockheed Martin develops Speed Racer digital unmanned flight vehicle
Lockheed Martin has developed an unmanned flight vehicle called Speed Racer that is also a digital engineering pilot project, according to company officials.Full story -
Update - AFA 2020: Fortem Technologies unveils advances in C-UAS technology
Fortem Technologies has developed an advancement for its SkyDome airspace intrusion detection suite that enables its DroneHunter unmanned aircraft system (UAS)...Full story -
Raytheon might sell more businesses
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, which was created in April through the merger of Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation (UTC), is considering selling...Full story -
US Army tweaks Integrated Fire Control System requirements for M3E1 MAAWS rifle
The US Army is once again looking for vendors to provide an Integrated Fire Control System (IFCS) for its M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS)...Full story -
UAV makes first landing at major commercial airport
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has flown into a major commercial airport for the first time, with the announcement from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) that a Heron...Full story -
Malaysia evaluates options for second batch of Littoral Mission Ships
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has begun an initial process to evaluate possible vessel types for its second Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) project.Full story -
Iran claims longer range submarine missile
Iran has developed a longer-range version of its Jask-2 submarine-launched anti-ship missile, according to Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, the commander of the Islamic...Full story -
Sweden halts trainer aircraft procurement citing no suitable candidates
Sweden has halted its search for a new jet trainer aircraft, with the FMV national procurement agency citing no suitable candidates for its decision.Full story -
Hawkeye to get HUD
The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft is to be equipped with a head-up display (HUD) for the first time in its...Full story -
Bundeswehr selects Haenel MK 556 assault rifle to replace G36
The Bundeswehr announced in a press release on 15 September that C G Haenel has been selected to supply its new assault rifle. Haenel is offering its MK 556 to replace...Full story -
Australia looks to boost local sourcing on frigate project
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has announced three new feasibility studies aimed at expanding local industrial involvement in the programme to construct BAE...Full story -
Royal Thai Navy selects Norinco for AAV requirement
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is to procure three Norinco-produced amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs), understood to be the VN-16 platform.Full story -
AFA 2020: Boeing resolves KC-46A leaky fuel system issue
Boeing has resolved its issue with leaky KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker fuel systems, according to a company spokesman.Full story -
AFA 2020: Lockheed Martin projects fewer F-35 deliveries in 2020 due to Covid-19
Lockheed Martin is lowering delivery expectations in 2020 for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to roughly 121 from 141 due to Covid-19 impacting...Full story