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AUSA 2021: AeroVironment touts maintenance ease of Jump 20 UAV
AeroVironment is promoting the maintainability of its Arcturus Jump 20 Group 3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that the company had on display at the Association of the...Full story -
Rocket Lab buys software firm ASI
US-based Rocket Lab has continued to expand beyond its core business of launch vehicles by acquiring Advanced Solutions Inc (ASI), which develops flight software for...Full story -
AUSA 2021: Industry concerned with 4-month gap between OMFV phases
Companies working on digital designs for the US Army's M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement programme are concerned about a four-month gap between phases...Full story -
AUSA 2021: CP Aeronautics eyes US manufacturing for company's UAV platforms
CP Aeronautics plans to create a United States presence for its family of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by building aircraft and installing US sensors and...Full story -
Hellenic Navy set to receive new special operations vessel
Hellenic Shipyards is preparing to hand over the first domestically designed and built special operations craft (SOC) to the Hellenic Navy in the coming weeks, the...Full story -
Philippine Navy receives Mistral 3 SAMs for new frigates
Philippine media reported on 11 October that the Philippine Navy (PN) has received an undisclosed number of Mistral 3 short-range surface-to-air-missiles (SAMs) from...Full story -
AUSA 2021: Japan seeking more military co-development work with US DoD
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has asked the US Department of Defense (DoD) to consider areas for new co-development work, ranging from acquisition programmes to...Full story -
AUSA 2021: Pentagon eyes new ‘rapid fielding' experimentation series for 2023
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is plotting to begin a series of technology experiments in fiscal year 2023 (FY 2023) to consider a variety of rapid fielding...Full story -
Update: Czech Republic, Israel sign SPYDER air defence agreement
Israel and the Czech Republic signed a government-to-government agreement covering the delivery of four Rafael SPYDER air-defence systems on 5 October.Full story -
Nigerian Air Force to replace crashed King Airs
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has requested funds to replace its two King Air 350i aircraft that crashed earlier in the year, according to the proposed federal budget...Full story -
Regional maritime security co-operation tackles Gulf of Guinea piracy
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's (NIMASA's) Director-General Bashir Jamoh stated on 16 September that costs incurred by piracy in the Gulf of...Full story -
ANSSI consolidates role at heart of French cyber security
At the International Cybersecurity Forum (Forum International de Cybersécurité: FIC) in Lille on 7 July 2021, French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly...Full story -
Mosaic warfare: the march towards interconnectivity
Information and data-sharing networks have changed the landscape of defence operations. Great-power actors have been investing in technology that enables high-speed...Full story -
Problems reported at new SANG aviation training base
The Saudi Arabian National Guard's (SANG's) new helicopter training facility in Dirab, southwest of Riyadh, needs remedial work to bring it up to standard, according to...Full story -
BAE Systems demos APKWS II in CUAS role
BAE Systems has demonstrated its AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) 70mm/2.75 inch laser-guided rocket system in a surface-to-air...Full story -
Parliamentary watchdog lambasts UK MoD over defence estate failures
The United Kingdom's defence estate is too large, costs too much, and attempts to reform and downsize it have been woefully inadequate, according to the parliamentary...Full story -
AUSA 2021: Army secretary discusses new analysis of modernisation programmes and more
US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has publicly thrown her support behind the service's six modernisation priorities. However, she said that an ongoing analysis could...Full story -
AUSA 2021: Teledyne FLIR unveils new Ion M640x tactical UAS
Teledyne FLIR launched its new Ion M640x tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) on 11 October at the Association of the United States Army's (AUSA's) annual convention.Full story -
AUSA 2021: US Army's ‘Scarlet Dragon' project aims to use AI, satellites for targeting
The US Army is running a series of training and experimentation events for using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify targets, in an effort to drastically reduce...Full story -
AUSA 2021: 1st Cavalry Division to serve as pilot for army's return to division-level structure
The US Army is re-organising its manoeuvre units to focus on the division level as its main deployable asset, and will trial a new structure for the 1st Cavalry Division...Full story