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Work on Leonardo’s naval Kronos dual X-band and C-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar programme is progressing, with testing and production timelines for the Italian Navy’s new 6,270 tonne Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura (PPA) multipurpose offshore patrol vessels

Thanks to early testing involving AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) components and the Aegis combat system, the US Navy (USN) is seeing risks being reduced for the programme, said Captain Casey Moton, programme manager for guided-missile destroyer (DDG) 51 ships. “The back end

China is making greater inroads in the Pacific with “chequebook diplomacy” and other means of influence – in some cases effectively locking the United States out of certain countries when it comes to matters of transnational crime tracking or enforcement, said US Navy Captain

As the US Marine Corps (USMC) distributes its forces more widely throughout the Pacific, the moves are creating more challenges for logistics needed to maintain readiness and related resources, said Gayle Von Eckartsberg, director of the Pacific Division at the Headquarters Marine Corps for policy,

South Africa’s Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, announced the replacement of the entire board of the state-owned defence group Denel on 9 April. Setting out his reasons, Gordhan pointed to Denel’s success between 2010 and 2015: an average growth of 15% per annum; an order

Boeing has been awarded a USD64 million contract to restart its production line for Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER), the Department of Defense announced on 10 April. Expected to be completed by March 2019, the contract also covers the redesign of obsolete, nearly obsolete,

Event Jihadist group Okba ibn Nafaa Brigade, an Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) affiliate active in Tunisia, released a statement on 7 April calling on North African Muslims to fight their governments and for attacks on French interests in Tunisia using "any means possible",

India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a request for information (RFI) for the planned acquisition of 110 multirole combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) under New Delhi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. The 72 page-long RFI has invited responses from original

India will underwrite the supply and delivery of four refurbished Russian-built Mil Mi-24 assault helicopters by Belarus to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) over the next few months, Jane’s has learned. “The Indian government has agreed to source these helicopters

 The website of India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), http://mod.nic.in, was hacked on 6 April. Visitors to the site encountered a Chinese character meaning “zen” as well as an “error” message asking them to “try later”.    “We are

US defence technology company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced the opening of a new site in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. The facility, which will initially focus on tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and aerial targets, also positions Kratos to compete for future

Key Points US special forces have established a new outpost on an obvious Turkish route to Manbij France is reportedly also committed to defending the SDF Uncertainty continues to surround the US-led coalition commitment to defend the northern Syrian town of Manbij from attack by Turkish forces.

Poland’s Armaments Inspectorate (AI) has confirmed the cancellation of the contract for semi-automatic RGP-40 revolver grenade launchers manufactured by Zaklady Mechaniczne Tarnów. The weapon “does not meet the Polish Armed Forces’ requirements”, the AI told

The Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS) are in the final phase of testing over 40 weapon systems that would be issued to the military if they pass final verification tests, Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said. Vulin made the remarks while visiting the VS’s Nikinci Technical

Analysis Iranian diplomats reportedly attempted to acquire Kh-31 (AS-17 ‘Krypton’) supersonic anti-ship missiles in Ukraine, but the eastern European country no longer has much to offer on this front. The Daily Beast reported on 30 March that Vasyl Hrytsak, the head of Ukraine’s

Australian steel makers Bisalloy and BlueScope have signed contracts with Naval Group Australia to produce up to 250 tonnes of specialised steel for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Future Submarine programme. “The steel produced will be tested to determine whether it meets the

Key Points OMT has joined the Babcock-led Team 31 bidding for the UK’s Type 31e frigate programme Babcock has confirmed a distributed modular build strategy for Type 31e with pre-outfitted modules to be integrated at Rosyth Danish ship design consultancy Odense Maritime Technology (OMT) has

The Belgian Ministry of Defence has awarded Jankel a contract for 199 Light Troop Transport Vehicles (LTTVs). Following approval by the Belgian Council of Ministers in June 2017, the contract, first announced by Jankel on 27 March, will see the vehicles delivered between 2019 and 2021. Based on the

The first of the US Navy’s (USN’s) F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets arrived at the Boeing plant in St Louis, Missouri, on 5 April from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia for aircraft service life modernisation (SLM). The plan is to increase the service life of all Super Hornets to 9,000 hours

The US Army on 30 March awarded contracts to Endeavor Robotics and QinetiQ North America to competitively develop the service’s 25 lb (11 kg) Common Robotic System (Individual), or CRS(I), unmanned ground vehicle. “With this award, the army will begin a competition expected to last