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Portugal seeks to upgrade its Pandur II AFVs
The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type,...Full story -
Austal ‘cuts metal' for second Cape-class patrol boat for RAN
Australian shipbuilder Austal announced on 22 July that it has begun work on the second of six ‘evolved’ Cape-class patrol boats on order for the Royal Australian Navy...Full story -
Armenia claims Azerbaijani UAV kills
Armenia has displayed the remains of Israeli-made Azerbaijani unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) it claims to have destroyed in clashes earlier this month along the border...Full story -
UK MoD formally receives P-8A Strategic Facility from Boeing
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has received from Boeing a new GBP100 million (USD127 million) facility for the P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime multimission aircraft (MMA),...Full story -
First of five Saudi corvettes launched
The first of the five Avante 2200 corvettes that Spain’s Navantia is building for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) was launched at the company’s San Fernando yard on...Full story -
Lockheed Martin willing to settle over Pentagon fees incurred managing poor F-35 spare parts
Prime contractor Lockheed Martin is willing to settle with the Pentagon over hundreds of millions of US dollars in labour costs that the armed services incurred in...Full story -
QinetiQ completes UK's first airborne MUM-T demonstration
UK-based systems and technology group QinetiQ has delivered what it claims to be the UK’s first successful demonstration of an airborne team comprising both manned and...Full story -
Smart Shooter announces lightweight remote weapon station
The Israeli company Smart Shooter unveiled on 21 July its Smash Hopper light weapon station that allows an assault rifle to be remotely controlled to provide a “one shot...Full story -
No future coming together of FCAS/SCAF and Tempest, French Senate reports
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (SCAF) and Tempest programmes are likely to remain competitors according to a French Senate report...Full story -
Franco-Italian Horizon MLU feasibility study contract awarded to Naviris
Naviris, the 50/50 joint venture (JV) between Fincantieri and Naval Group, is to conduct a feasibility study into the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the four Franco-Italian...Full story -
Further details emerge of South Korea's procurement of Indra air-surveillance radars for air bases
Further details have emerged about South Korea’s order of air-surveillance radar (ASR) systems from Spanish company Indra to support operations at military air bases.Full story -
DroneShield readies AI-driven C-UAS systems for USAF
DroneShield’s first contract win with the US Air Force (USAF) was driven by its use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS)...Full story -
Royal Thai Army to trial Black Widow Spider AFV prototype
The Royal Thai Army (RTA) is set to begin trials of a new prototype of the locally developed Black Widow Spider wheeled armoured fighting vehicle (AFV).Full story -
US Army delivering M1A2C Abrams tanks to soldiers
Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, have begun receiving the US Army’s M1A2C Abrams main battle tank (MBT), also known as the known as the M1A2 System Enhancement Package...Full story -
US Navy certifies carrier Ford's sixth advanced weapons elevator
The US Navy (USN) certified the sixth Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on 22 July before turning it over to the ship’s...Full story -
Raytheon confirms Schiebel partnership on Australian UAS bid
Raytheon Australia said on 24 July that it had teamed with Schiebel in formally responding to the Australian government’s tender to procure a tactical unmanned aerial...Full story -
Germany introduces voluntary military service
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on 23 July introduced voluntary military service in the Bundeswehr. The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on its...Full story -
RAAF reviewing future role of C-27J Spartan transport in changing strategic environment
The future role of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) Leonardo C-27J Spartan transport aircraft is being reviewed after two failures by the 10-strong fleet to...Full story -
Expansion of Somalia's Danab making progress
The US-led effort to stand up an elite infantry brigade for Somalia is making more progress than suggested by previously released figures, with US Africa Command...Full story -
MST wins UK MoD contract for new Gibraltar fast patrol craft
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Merseyside boatbuilder Marine Specialised Technology (MST) a GBP9.9 million (USD12.6 million) contract to build two new...Full story