The US Air Force (USAF) is to contract Sikorsky to upgrade its HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter to improve on the 2012 requirements baseline. The USAF is to contract Sikorsky […]
The keel laying of the forward section of future Jacques Chevallier, the first of four logistic support ships (LSSs) being built under the FLOTLOG program for the French Navy, took place at Fincantieri’s Castellammare di […]
The Eurofighter consortium has received a formal request from the Finnish Defense Forces to send a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) for the purchase of an HX fighter to replace the Finnish Air Force’s F-18 […]
Marand Precision Engineering is the latest company in Australia to partner with Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) in bidding for the Australian Army’s programme to procure infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) under Land 400 Phase 3. Victoria-based […]
Haifa, Israel (GDC) – Elbit Systems Ltd announced today that it was awarded an approximately $82 million contract from BAE Systems Hägglunds AB (“BAE Systems Hägglunds”) to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (“RNLA”) with Active Protection […]
Kazakhstan’s supply of drones from Turkey has come to the fore. A delegation from Kazakhstan to Turkey inspected the 14th Unmanned Aircraft Systems Base Command in Batman at the end of November 2020. There was […]
Baykar Defense Technical Manager (CTO) Selçuk Bayraktar shared a section of the test of the engine produced locally by TEI in his post on his Twitter account and gave the good news of Bayraktar TB3 […]
Northrop Grumman is touting its MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as a future ship-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platform, with a recent trial off the coast of California demonstrating the concept. Speaking to Janes on 4 […]
A fifth of sailors assigned to Chinese submarines patrolling the South China Sea have experienced some degree of mental health problems, according to a study published this month. “This study demonstrates for the first time […]
China will commission its first maritime patrol ship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons in mid-2021, and the vessel is expected to be used in the South China Sea for missions including patrol […]
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