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In-depth Look At China’s WJ-700 Armed Reconnaissance Drone
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China’s New WJ-700 Completes Maiden Flight
China’s new unmanned war drone has successfully taken its maiden flight. The WJ-700 armed reconnaissance drone can fly at altitudes of up to 12,000 metres (39,000 feet), has an endurance of 20 hours and can […]
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Gripen E/F To Be A Smart Phone Like Fighters With Regular Software Upgrades: Saab
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Australian Army Selects Boeing AH-64E Apache Helicopters To Replace Tigers
The Australian government is about to spend $4.5 billion to buy 29 American-made Apache gunship helicopters – a deal which would cost hundreds of highly skills jobs including many in Queensland. In the Commonwealth of […]
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Swedish Government Announced Plans For Gripen, UCAV And GlobalEye AEW&C
Sweden has firmed up the numbers of Gripen combat aircraft it plans to field over the coming years, at the same time as disclosing its intent to field a new unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Hanwha and Rheinmetall Battle For $27 Billion Armored Vehicles Contracts For Australian Army
The Victorian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea’s largest defence manufacturer on building armoured vehicles in Geelong from next year, escalating efforts to beat a Queensland-backed bid for an Australian military contract […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
RAN Formally Accepts HMAS Supply Into Service
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has formally accepted the first of two Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ships on order for the service from Spanish shipbuilder Navantia. The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra announced […]
Americas
HII Started Building Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has begun fabrication of the US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129). The fabrication work was officially started on 7 January and represents […]
Middle East
Egyptian Navy Takes Delivery of First Domestically Built Corvette
The Egyptian Navy has taken delivery of the corvette Port Said (ENS 976) — the first warship 100% built in Egypt. Port Said is the second Gowind 2500 corvette ordered by the Egyptian Navy and […]
Americas
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Delivered Final Trophy APS To The US
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has delivered the final Trophy active protection system (APS) to the US Army for integration on its line of M1 Abrams main battle tanks. The company began delivering the systems to […]