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The PLAN Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer
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Americas
The US Army extends up-gunned Stryker ICV competition to August 2020
The US Army is moving out with a new requirement to up-gun its Stryker ICVs with a 30 mm cannon, but has now given companies an additional two months to submit proposals because of Covid-19 […]
Naval Platforms
After some embarrassing display of submarine incidents, China copy Virginia-class SSN for next-generation submarine
Two Chinese research papers that emerged in early April through social media provide further evidence of significant technological developments that may be incorporated in the design of the next generation of nuclear submarines for China’s […]
Naval Platforms
The Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessels of RAN
Australia’s current Armidale Class and Cape Class patrol boats are planned to be replaced with a single class of Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), under Project SEA 1180 Phase 1, to be built in Australia by German shipbuilder, […]
Air Platform
Boeing Australia advances the developments of Loyal Wingman for the RAAF
Boeing Australia’s first Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft prototype has stood on its own wheels and powered up its electrical system for the first time, the company announced on 8 April. The latest development milestones follow […]
Americas
The US Navy Commissioned It’s Last Virginia-class Block III Submarine
WASHINGTON — The last of the U.S. Navy’s eight Block III Virginia-class submarines has joined the fleet, according to a Navy news release. The attack submarine Delaware didn’t have its formal commissioning ceremony because of the ongoing […]
Air Platform
Saab Conducts Cold Climate Tests of Gripen E Fighter Jet
Saab has conducted cold climate tests for Gripen E multirole fighter aircraft in northern Sweden to examine its operation in adverse climates. The tests were conducted in Vidsel Air Force Base (AFB) in Sweden as part of […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
South Korea to upgrade K1A2 main battle tank
The South Korean Defense Agency for Technology and Quality (DATQ) announced in March that it will conduct “advanced research” between June and October 2020 to determine how best to enhance the Republic of Korea Army’s […]
Air Platform
Airbus Announced Demonstrator Phase For The Sixth-generation Future Combat Air System
Paris/Munich – The governments of France and Germany have awarded Dassault Aviation, Airbus, together with their partners MTU Aero Engines, Safran, MBDA and Thales, the initial framework contract (Phase 1A), which launches the demonstrator phase […]
Air Platform
Future Combat Air System (FCAS): Franco-German-Spanish sixth-generation fighter jet project
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced plans to produce a new joint fighter jet dubbed as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). Germany and France signed a […]