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New US Air Force chief of staff forecasts aircraft platform cuts
The US Air Force (USAF) is likely to make major aircraft platform cuts in the next couple of years as it reorganises for near-peer competition against nations such as...Full story -
Kraken Robotics announces ThunderFish XL AUV development
Canada’s Kraken Robotics announced that it has received CAD2.9 million (USD2.32 million) in funding from the Canadian government to develop the new seabed resident...Full story -
Army 2020: Tekhodinamika unveils new high-altitude parachute for Russia's VDV
Tekhnodinamika, a subsidiary of Russian state corporation Rostec, unveiled its Stayer high-altitude parachute system, which enables airdrops from up to 10 km altitude,...Full story -
Indian MoD orders six regiments' worth of Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a INR25.8 billion (USD353.5 million) contract with two domestic private-sector companies and a public-sector enterprise for...Full story -
Brazil's weakened president likely to avoid impeachment
The election of right-wing outsider Jair Bolsonaro as Brazilian president in October 2018 was explained by voters’ anger over economic recession, corruption, and...Full story -
Philippines outlines defence budget increase for 2021
The Philippine government has announced a defence budget increase for 2021, with the aim to boost military modernisation despite economic constraints stemming from...Full story -
Kazakhstan builds local industrial capabilities at Army 2020
Kazakhstan’s state-controlled defence industry conglomerate, Kazakhstan Engineering (KE), announced a raft of agreements had been signed with Russia during the Army 2020...Full story -
India's CMERI highlights indigenous underwater vehicle development
The Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), a state-affiliated Indian research and development (R&D) organisation overseen by the government’s Council...Full story -
US Air Force delays first B-21 flight
The US Air Force (USAF) is now expecting the first flight of its Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider long range strike bomber (LRSB) to take place no earlier than 2022,...Full story -
Army 2020: VPK unveils Strela 4×4 light armoured amphibious vehicle
Russia’s Military Industrial Company (VPK) unveiled an amphibious variant of the Strela 4×4 light armoured vehicle at the Army 2020 defence exhibition being held in...Full story -
Qatar orders more Nurol vehicles
The Qatar Joint Special Forces (QJSF) have signed an agreement with Barzan Holdings covering the delivery of vehicles from the Turkish company Nurol Makina, the Qatari...Full story -
Increasing inter-factional competition within Hashd al-Shaabi threatens deepening insecurity in Iraq
On 3 January, an airstrike conducted by a United States military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at Baghdad International Airport killed the head of the Islamic Revolution...Full story -
Saab unveils broad package for HX bid
Sweden’s Saab provided an outline of a significant package as part of its bid for Finland’s HX fighter procurement programme on 28 August, including the development of a...Full story -
Update: Army 2020: Russian Helicopters debuts first flying prototype of Mi-171Sh-VN
Rostec's Russian Helicopters’ first flying prototype of the upgraded Mi-171Sh helicopter, designated as the Mi-171Sh-VN, is being displayed for the first time at the...Full story -
Taiwan opens F-16 MRO&U facility
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) inaugurated on 28 August a maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade (MRO&U) centre to support its...Full story -
Cyborg Dynamics Warfighter UGV development breaks cover
Brisbane-based technology firms Cyborg Dynamics Engineering and BIA5 are using funding from the Australian government to develop an indigenous multirole unmanned ground...Full story -
Japan wins first major defence export deal
The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) has finalised a deal to procure air surveillance radars from Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Melco).Full story -
US Navy solicits input for computer infrastructure-as-a-service initiative
The US Navy is soliciting industry input for an effort to migrate all computer infrastructure supporting the entire surface fleet into an Infrastructure-as-a-Service...Full story -
Kazakh armoured vehicle manufacturing under threat
Kazakhstan armoured vehicle producer Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE) has issued an open letter to the country’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, calling for the...Full story -
RIMPAC 2020: Australia flexes latest anti-air capabilities at multilateral firing exercise
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