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HMS Dauntless completes PIP upgrade
The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) second Daring (Type 45)-class destroyer, HMS Dauntless, has returned to its home port in Portsmouth after successfully completing engine...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: US Congress backs more Ukraine aid
The US Congress has passed a bill that will provide more than USD12.3 billion in additional Ukraine-related military and economic assistance to continue countering...Full story -
NIOA to deliver first phase of Australia's ‘Lethality System' project
The Australian government has signed an agreement with Queensland-based firm NIOA for the supply of a range of weapons and equipment to the Australian Defence Force...Full story -
US Marine Corps ‘successfully' tests mobile Iron Dome launcher, awaiting fielding decision
The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US...Full story -
Damen signs with COTECMAR for Colombian frigate design phase
Damen Shipyards Group has been selected to partner with Colombia's state-owned COTECMAR (Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval...Full story -
Morocco flying BlueBird UAVs
The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces are using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by the Israeli company BlueBird Aero Systems, it was confirmed during the ‘Maroc Mantlet...Full story -
Oshkosh Defense receives new ROGUE Fires contract
The US Marine Corps (USMC) awarded Oshkosh Defense with a USD23.7 million contract to produce the chassis for its new Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System...Full story -
Unfazed: PLAAF continued modernisation during the Covid-19 pandemic
In 2016 when Xi Jinping instructed the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to modernise, the order galvanised the Chinese military onto a trajectory of strident...Full story -
US funding Jordanian armoured vehicles for Palestinian forces
The US embassy in Israel has ordered armoured vehicles from Jordan Light Vehicle Manufacturing (JLVM) on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces,...Full story -
Thai navy orders Hermes 900 UAVs
The Royal Thai Navy has placed an order for Hermes 900 maritime unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel.Full story -
Taiwan takes delivery of locally built amphibious assault ship
The Republic of China Navy (RoCN) has taken delivery of its first locally built amphibious assault ship.Full story -
Thailand starts trials of D11A rocket launcher
Thailand's Defense Technology Institute (DTI) has started trials of a locally produced version of Elbit Systems' multicalibre Precise and Universal Launching System...Full story -
India's DRDO tests indigenous VSHORADS
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has completed two flight tests of its very short-range air-defence system (VSHORADS) missiles, the Indian...Full story -
JASDF to upgrade F-15s, procure F-35Bs
Japan is moving ahead with plans to upgrade or retire older combat aircraft and procure additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. This is said to be a...Full story -
Carrier Ford ready to make its first official deployment in Atlantic
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) is scheduled to leave Norfolk, Virginia, for its first official deployment on 3 October, the US Navy (USN) confirmed...Full story -
DTDT 2022: Royal Navy official calls for new experimentation facility
A Royal Navy (RN) official has called for an experimentation facility for autonomous naval systems.Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Details of Iranian attack UAV released
The Armed Forces of Ukraine's Strategic Communications service has released a technical report on an Iranian Shahed-131 one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that...Full story -
DTDT 2022: Preferred bidders announced for systems and data roles for UK machine teaming project
Two companies – Rowden and IBM – have been announced as the preferred bidders for two separate contracts under the broader British Army Human Machine Teaming (HMT)...Full story -
Spain launches national FCAS concept of use study
Spain has launched a concept of use study for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien Futur (SCAF) in national service, with contracts awarded to...Full story -
Hyundai Rotem, Kongsberg to collaborate on unmanned turrets for next-generation vehicles
Hyundai Rotem and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace have partnered to develop unmanned turrets for next-generation military vehicles being developed by the South Korean...Full story