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The Netherlands has launched a comprehensive €500m Mid-Life Upgrade for the 144 CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles operated by the Koninklijke Landmacht. In a recent contract with BAE Systems, the implementation of rubber tracks has been contracted. Composite Rubber Tracks The CV90s have so far...

Streit Group has broken ground on the phase three expansion of its facility in the United Arab Emirates. The event, streamed online due to COVID19 restrictions, saw the cutting of ribbons on the new site and a ceremonial spade placed in the ground. This expansion comes after the facility opened...

2 November 2020 – Thales, in partnership with Rheinmetall, has unveiled a new 70 mm rocket launcher after a series of tests conducted in the summer of 2020 in Herstal, Belgium demonstrated the high level of technological readiness of the new solution. The FZ606 is a six-tube rocket launcher for...

Saab and Mitacs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will drive innovation through research and development. The partnership establishes the means to drive innovation by providing Saab access to the precise Canadian postsecondary expertise and know-how required to advance their R&D...

By Joost Oliemans and Stijn Mitzer Over time, stories detailing North Korea's arms exports to countries in the Middle East have become more and more common. Though any military link to the DPRK is hardly something nations have been likely to boast about, the actors in these stories are...

China has displayed its new Wing Loong-10 attack drone at Nanchang Airshow 2020 that kicked off on Saturday. The aircraft is a ground-attack version of the Wing Loong. It uses 1t thrust ZF850 engine that costs ¥6 million, according to reports. Developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, the...

Dubai Air show: US Navy Image Concerned with the lack of protection against Iranian radar-evading missiles, such as the type that attacked a Saudi oil facility in 2019, states in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region have approached Israel to buy electronic missile defence systems. Interest has been...

A picture has surfaced showing a new aircraft generally matching Aviation Week’s understanding of the shape of what is commonly known as the RQ-180 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Aviation Week understands the picture of the UAS was taken two to three weeks again inside the Military Operating...

The US Government has agreed for Switzerland to purchase the MIM104 PATRIOT via an FMS from Raytheon, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced. Switzerland intends to renew its ground-based air defence (Bodengebundene Luftverteidigung) as part of the BODLUV 2020 project, with...

U.S. defense contractor Textron Systems, part of American conglomerate Textron, has shown two versions of the new squad automatic rifle developed under the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) program. The NGSW program is currently in a competitive prototyping iteration with three vendors for...

Chinese troops conduct winter training The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command is seeking unmanned, intelligent and advanced weapons and equipment including drones, anti-drone guns and warm clothing made of graphene, for plateau warfare and border defense. The...

SAHA Virtual Exhibition As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way trade exhibitions are held, a new defence and aerospace event in Turkey- SAHA EXPO 2020- is showing the way forward for virtual exhibitions. The SAHA EXPO Virtual Exhibition, organised by SAHA Istanbul Defence & Aerospace...

NASAMS medium-range air defence system officially handed over to the Lithuanian Armed Forces NASAMS medium-range air defence systems has been officially handed over to the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Representatives of the National Defence System and Kongsberg, Norwegian manufacturer of NASAMS...

Lockheed Martin-led industry team launched the U.S. Navy’s 13th Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Marinette (LCS-25), in a ceremony held at Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin on Oct. 31. LCS 25 will be the first U.S. Navy ship to bear...

Northrop Grumman has received a $91 million contract for the additional production of AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receivers (RWR). Small and lightweight, the system protects rotary and fixed wing aircraft from modern radio frequency (RF) threats such as radar-guided missiles and...

F-15 Eagle drivers will get upgraded ejection seats under a new $700 million contract to Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies subsidiary, awarded on Oct. 29. The new ACES 5 ejection seat will replace the F-15’s older ACES II ejection seat, found in most of the Air Force’s fighter and...

Taiwan is said to be preparing to retire the MIM-23 HAWK medium-range surface-to-air missile system by end of the year. The missile system’s MPQ-50 Pulse Acquisition Radar will be transferred to the Army. The 6th, 8th and 10th Army Commands will each receive a radar. Meanwhile, it was...

We still don't know much about what exactly caused the collision between a KC-130J and an F-35B, both Marine Corps aircraft taking part in the Weapons Tactics Instructor course out of MCAS Yuma, Arizona, near the Salton Sea in Southern California on September 29th, 2020. What we do know is the...

It's Official: A Foreign Company Will Help Mitsubishi Build Japan’s Next Fighter Aerospace firms in the United States and the United Kingdom are likely to compete for work in co-developing Japan’s next-generation combat aircraft. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has formally laid out the path...

The United Kingdom has effectively barred the sale of the FA-50 Fighting Eagle to Argentina, with the South Korean manufacturer informing the South American nation that it is unable to supply the light fighter and strike jet with its British-made parts. The South Korean FA-50 has fallen foul...