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Iran will unveil its first Amphibious Transport Dock (ATD) - helicopter carrier ship this November on Navy Day. The ship will carry up to 7 helicopters, an assortment of drones and electronic warfare equipment among others. It will have a span of 231 meters, Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral...

Photo by Alejandro Pena Aerospace giant Boeing was awarded a $2,2 billion contract by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center on 24 September to manufacture and deliver Small Diameter Bombs under a multiyear buy contracting arrangement. The contract, announced Thursday by the...

IAI signed today an agreement to acquire 50% of the equity of BlueBird Aero Systems. BlueBird, a leading UAS developer and integrator in the small tactical arena, has been providing its solutions to Israeli forces and worldwide customers for close to two decades. As part of the transaction, IAI...

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of Patriot Advanced Capability‑3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $241 million. The Defense Security...

China’s two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, recently completed military drills in the South China Sea, according to a statement by the Chinese Ministry of Defense on Thursday. It was the first time the Chinese navy has sent two carriers to sea at once, though the ships did not...

The Jaguar is powered by a 500-horsepower engine, allowing the vehicle to reach a maximum speed of 90 kph. (Courtesy of Nexter) PARIS – The French Ministry of the Armed Forces has announced a firm order for a second tranche of the Jaguar and Griffon armored vehicles that lie at the core of its...

At an automobile show that took place in the Chinese city of Baotou (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), the China North Industries Group Corporation (CNGC, stands for the NORINCO Group brand) presented what seems to be a new 6x6 armored vehicle of the MRAP type, based on the 6x6, 5-ton FAW MV3...

Warsaw-based Łukasiewicz Research Network-Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP (Łukasiewicz-PIAP) has revealed a prototype of the Hunter unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). The 3.5-tonne multirole UGV is designed to conduct patrols and reconnaissance, and provide support...

Saab has received a 36.7 million USD order for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar G/ATOR. Saab received the order from Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, the prime contractor for G/ATOR. The order includes components and subsystems in support of the Full Rate...

Croatian fighter jet purchase: Delegation to visit all bidders (Photo credit: Gojanovic123456789/Creative Commons share alike license) ZAGREB, Sept 22 (Hina) – A Croatian Defence Ministry delegation will visit all the bidders participating in the tender for fighter jets as part of the bid...

There are some in Japan’s government who would like to have the Aegis Ashore system installed on a maritime platform. This will prevent Tokyo from breaking the contract and pay a penalty for it. However, the United States has told Japan that the system is meant to be installed on land and...

Israel to purchase advanced training helicopters, Italy to purchase spike missiles and simulators AW119Kx helicopter, illustrative Israel and Italy have completed a reciprocal procurement agreement which will see Israel’s Defense Ministry purchase five advanced training helicopters and the...

China’s 60th Research Institute of People’s Liberation Army General Staff Department (总参六十所) or Nanjing Research Institute of Simulation Technology (南京模拟技术研究所) (NRIST) displayed three of its newly-developed target drones at the 6th China (Beijing) Military Intelligent Technology and Equipment...

The Royal Navy’s first-in-class aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has embarked the largest number of fixed-wing aircraft yet as the vessel prepares to take centre stage in a NATO carrier strike group for exercises. The F-35Bs, a mix of Royal Air Force (RAF) and US Marine Corps (USMC) jets...

AN/SSQ-47B sonobuoy. Credit: Peter Ellis QinetiQ has awarded a contract to Ultra to upgrade the entire Sonobuoy Test Facility (STF) system in the UK. The STF facility is located at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (MOD BUTEC). Under the contract, the two companies will partner...

BAE Systems has unveiled the newest addition to its unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) portfolio, the Riptide™ UUV-12. The 12” diameter vehicle is the company’s entry into the medium UUV market – joining three small UUV variants – and marks the first new vehicle since last year’s acquisition of...

Photo by Spc. TIN P. VUONG The U.S. Department of Defense said Tuesday that FN America won a $78,7 million for a contract to deliver additional M249 light machine guns. The contract award from U.S. Army Contracting Command enables the company to produce and deliver M249s, formerly known as the...

Germany calls on Greece to demilitarise islands near Turkey Greek navy ship patrol the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Lesbos Island on 13 October 2019 [Christopher Furlong/Getty Images] As Ankara and Athens prepare for talks, Germany has called on Greece to withdraw its army from Aegean Sea...

The Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) procurement of Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft is potentially being cut from five aircraft to three. According to The Times, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to revise the current order of five aircraft to...