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Growing confidence of ASWJ militants presages increasingly sophisticated attacks over expanded area of operations in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
At least 25 soldiers were killed and 15 others were wounded during an ambush by Islamist militants in the village of Matambalale in Muidumbe district in Mozambique’s...Full story -
US Army soldiers preparing to evaluate ‘light tank ‘prototypes
‘Light tank’ prototypes are beginning to arrive at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a five-month-long soldier assessment that will pit two configurations against each...Full story -
Palestinian Authority resumes security partnership with Israel
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has resumed security co-operation with Israel after six months and following the election victory of US President-elect Joe Biden, senior...Full story -
South Korea launches indigenous mine detection AUV development
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 9 December that it will commence indigenous development of an autonomous underwater vehicle...Full story -
BAE Systems awarded production contract for additional LRASM seekers
BAE Systems Electronic Systems in Nashua, New Hampshire, in early December disclosed the award from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control of a USD60 million contract...Full story -
USN completes first Tomahawk Block V firings
The US Navy (USN) DDG-51 Flight IIA guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) has conducted the first operational tests of the Tomahawk Block V cruise missile. A...Full story -
Deliveries of PAC-3 air-defence systems to RoKAF completed
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 12 December that deliveries of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missiles...Full story -
South Korea's Light Armed Helicopter provisionally declared fit for combat
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has provisionally declared the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) fit for...Full story -
British Army's BattleLab to be operational by August 2021
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is launching a new Defence Innovation Centre aimed at providing an easy access point for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to develop...Full story -
No ‘human-out-of-the-loop' for autonomous weapons, says new European Parliament report
Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot replace human decision-making in military operations, while any “human-out-of-the-loop” arrangement for lethal autonomous weapon...Full story -
Advances in supercomputing make DARPA confident about CRANE active flow control effort
Advances in supercomputing technology during the past 20 years are one of multiple reasons that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is confident...Full story -
Flight tests on TCTS II blended LVC air combat training system begin
Flight tests on the Tactical Combat Training System – Increment II (TCTS II), developed by Collins Aerospace (part of Raytheon Technologies) and Leonardo DRS, will begin...Full story -
PLA border patrol unit in Tibet using new exoskeleton system
Chinese broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) revealed in a 9 December report that a new, locally developed exoskeleton system is being used by at least one...Full story -
Thailand acquires aunav.NEXT UGVs
Spanish unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developer aunav announced in early December that it has delivered seven aunav.NEXT explosive ordnance disposal/chemical,...Full story -
US Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan reflects Pentagon big-fleet strategy
The US Navy (USN) released its long-delayed 30-year shipbuilding plan on 10 December with a future fleet architecture that echoes the Pentagon plan detailed earlier this...Full story -
Annual Defence Report 2020
Dec 11, 2020, 09:03 by Peter FelsteadPeter Felstead, Editor of Janes Defence Weekly provides an overview of the world of defence in 2020Full story -
France selects nuclear propulsion option for future aircraft carrier
French president Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that the country’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear powered.Full story -
Footage suggests 122 mm CTL181A-based SPH is in PLAGF service
Video footage released by state-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) on 8 December suggests that a new lightweight 122 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH)...Full story -
Philippine Air Force inducts first six S-70i Black Hawk helicopters
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has officially inducted into service the first six of 16 Polish-made Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopters ordered in 2019, the Department...Full story -
US troops to withdraw from Somalia
US President Donald Trump has ordered the US military to “reposition the majority of personnel and assets out of Somalia by early 2021”, the Department of Defense (DoD)...Full story