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The Finnish Defence Forces will improve its night fighting capability by procuring new image intensifiers for soldiers and hand-held multipurpose observation and surveillance systems for mortar units. Antti Kaikkonen, the Minister of Defence of Finland, has authorized the Finnish Defence Forces...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is no stranger to helicopters and drones, having jointly developed the BK117 helicopter with Germany’s Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, as well as more recently testing a large drone powered by three ZX10R Superbike engines. Their latest development is the unmanned...

Anti-tank missile-slinging Gazelle rotorcraft were just one of the highlights of Serbia’s Joint Action 2020 exercise. While the extraordinary display of North Korean military might on show in Kim Il Sung Square was justifiably the focus of much attention last weekend, over in the Balkans the...

AUSA 2020: Bell to begin building 360 Invictus imminently Bell will start building its 360 Invictus helicopter this week. The company is developing the 360 Invictus for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive Prototype (FARA-CP) programme, according to a company...

Airbus announces it has been selected to develop a Communications and Mission System modernization upgrade for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) KC-30A MRTT fleet. KC-30A MRTT is the Australian designation for Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. U.S. F-35A refuled...

According to information published on the Facebook account of the Romanian Minister of Defense Nicolae Ionel Ciucă, the first 36 wheeled armored vehicles Piranha V will be delivered to the Romanian army in the next few days after performing qualification tests at the Bucharest factory...

According to information published on October 12, 2020, NSPA (NATO Support and Procurement Agency) has successfully implemented a multi-million dollar contract for the upgrade of the Iceland Air Defence System's Long Range Air Surveillance Radars (AN/FPS-117). An Australian AN/TPS-77 radar...

As China pushes to become a blue-water power, nuclear-powered submarines are critically important to Beijing’s plan. Historically the Chinese Navy’s (PLAN) nuclear-powered submarine fleet has been constrained by its limited construction capacity. There is only one shipyard in the country up to...

The U.S.A.F. Security Forces Center is delivering the next generation of ballistic helmets to security forces units as part of its effort to standardize and modernize Defender equipment across the Air Force. Malcolm McClendon, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs...

The delivery of the first modernised Super Lynx Mk 95A helicopter to the Portuguese Navy has been pushed back to early January 2021. Deliveries of all five modernised Super Lynx Mk 95 helicopters to the Portuguese Navy are now planned to be completed in 2021. (Victor Barrerira) The...

On 8 August 2020, the Nigerian Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, announced that a new batch of Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems (UCAS) from China will arrive in his country before late 2020. The UCAS', dubbed to be China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation...

TOKYO, March 28, 2013 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has delivered the world’s first helicopter satellite communication system (HSA40) to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) through the Tokyo branch of the company’s distributor, Seiryo Electric Company. The...

More photos from the shooting exercise carried out by a ASW KQ-200/Y-8Q sub-hunter a few days ago. We can see, at least part of, the new Chinese depth charge which has a self-steering head and which would be developed by the 710 Institute of the CSIC.

The Joint Effects Targeting System gives soldiers the ability to call any ordnance from nearly any platform on target in a 5-pound package. (PEO Soldier/Army) The Army unit focused on soldier gear is best known recently for its work on a new all-encompassing goggle as well as small arms to...

A KUH-1 Surion helicopter hovers during the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise at the Seungjin firing drill ground on Aug. 28, 2015, in Pocheon, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) South Korea’s arms procurement agency plans to replace its fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk...

On Oct. 9, the Estonian Defense Forces presented the K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers purchased from South Korea in Tapa, Lääne-Viru County, ERR News reports. Over a three-year period, a total of 18 K9s will be delivered to Estonia at a cost of €83 million. K9 Thunder self-propelled...

On Monday, WFEL Limited has announced that it received a new contract from the UK’s Ministry of Defence for the supply of 17 Sets of its MGB Medium Girder Bridges. This follows a review of the MoD’s modular gap crossing capabilities, which aimed to draw together existing in-service capabilities...

Netanyahu, UAE leader speak, agree to have in-person meeting. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as the government approves the peace deal between Israel and the UAE, October 12, 2020 The cabinet voted unanimously in favor of the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab...

British flagship HMS Albion is the first Royal Navy warship to deploy with a Fleet Air Arm drone flight to support operations. The lightweight Puma is undergoing its first operational testing on Albion’s autumn deployment to the Mediterranean as its operators from 700X Naval Air Squadron’s...

B-1B Lancer tail number 85-0092 is lifted and placed on flatbed trailers for the 1,000-mile journey to Wichita, Kan., April 24, 2020. The National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University will scan every part of the aircraft to create a digital twin that can be used for...