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The UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) First Sea Lord, Admiral Tony Radakin, has outlined plans to start using HMS Prince of Wales , the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier, as an experimentation platform for large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations in 2021. Speaking at the Defence IQ

India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has shortlisted two indigenous manufacturers for the long-deferred INR450 billion (USD6.3 billion) Project 75I (India) programme to build six conventional diesel-electric submarines (SSKs) for the Indian Navy (IN). The MoD’s Defence Acquisition Council

Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak signed a USD4.6 billion contract for 32 F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft on 31 January at the 4th Training Aviation Wing Headquarters in Deblin. This is the second-most expensive acquisition of high-technology military

Warship and army equipment availability in the UK’s Royal Navy and British Army has been hit by poor contractor performance, a shortage of spares, and a rising operating tempo, according to the country’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation. In its annual report and

Despite intense White House pressure on NATO to get more operationally involved in the Middle East, there is very little enthusiasm to go beyond what the allies are already doing across the region, according to NATO insiders. Publicly, allied diplomats point to a wider military training role in Iraq

Russia’s fifth Alexandrit-class (Project 12700) mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV), Yakov Balyayev , was launched at Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St Petersburg on 29 January. Announcing the launch, Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard said Yakov Balyayev will now undergo final trials before being transferred

Syrian government troops have launched a two-pronged offensive along the M5 highway running through Idlib province, prompting Turkey to threaten intervention. After capturing Maarat al-Numan, Idlib province’s second-largest city, on 27–28 January, Syrian forces moved north to advance up

The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) announced on 28 January that it has received the first batch of 15 Streit Cougar light armoured vehicles from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Cougars are the first of 30 vehicles the UAE is donating as part of a wider agreement that also covers the sale of 100

UAVOS has expanded its product portfolio of vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles (VTOL UAVs) with the UVH R22 platform, which is derived from the Robinson R22 single-engine light utility helicopter. According to company specifications, the UVH R22 has a maximum take-off weight

An attack by the Somali militant group Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen on a Kenyan airfield used by the US military destroyed six aircraft, the commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed on 31 January. “They were able to get access to that airfield, kill three Americans, and destroy

Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials have confirmed Tokyo’s plans to acquire the Lockheed Martin AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER) and the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) to meet a requirement for air-launched stand-off

Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials have expressed their growing concerns about North Korea’s increasing military capabilities, especially regarding the communist country’s development of weapons of mass destruction, reiterating their assessment that Pyongyang has already

Leonardo had a ‘strong’ performance in 2019, meeting or exceeding its financial goals for the year, according to the Italy-based defence and aerospace manufacturer. An initial review by Leonardo’s board of directors found that the company’s main businesses performed

Fighting between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and militant groups in Afghanistan intensified during the last three months of 2019, with the NATO-led ‘Resolute Support’ (‘RS’) mission registering a 15% increase in the number of enemy-initiated

Saab has officially launched the flight evaluation phase of its Gripen E/F fighter and GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for Finland’s HX programme. Gripen E test aircraft 39-10 arrived at Tampere-Pirkkala Airbase north of Helsinki the day prior to Saab’s

The government-owned vessels being sent by Beijing to waters around the Japan-controlled but China-claimed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands are China Coast Guard (CCG) ships, some of which include the service’s 10,000-tonne Zhaotou-class cutters. A Japan Coast Guard (JCG) official in Tokyo told

The Pentagon’s latest Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOTE) annual report questioned the reliability of key vessel systems aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), currently continuing aircraft compatibility testing in the Atlantic Ocean. The report, released on 30

Key Points The Pentagon’s top weapons tester is not sold that new approaches to the F-35’s ALIS will fix the system These include replacing ALIS with a government-owned and -managed system called ODIN It is unclear whether the Pentagon’s new approaches to fixing the Lockheed

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced an improved version of its Heron medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 29 January, saying it will be displayed during the Singapore Airshow in February. Avi Blesser, vice president of marketing at IAI's Military Aircraft

Northrop Grumman’s sales rose 7% to USD8.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019, as gains in three of the company’s four business segments more than offset a decline in the fourth. Northrop Grumman’s operating income totalled USD1.1 billion in the fourth quarter, up 20% from the