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China's CH-6 armed reconnaissance UAV development breaks cover

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 12:43
Chinese defence prime China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is developing a new medium/high-altitude, long-endurance (MALE/HALE) armed reconnaissance...
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China poses longer-range threat, says USSPACECOM chief

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 12:42
As the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues to modernise, an increasingly capable and lethal Chinese joint force “will almost certainly be able to hold US and allied...
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India offers naval shipbuilding support to Vietnam

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 12:23
India has offered Vietnam support in developing capability to build and support naval vessels. The offer was communicated in a webinar held on 20 April between senior...
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Taiwan's AIDC sees profits fall in 2020

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 12:23
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has reported major declines in revenue and profit for fiscal year (FY) 2020.
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Indonesian Navy submarine missing in Bali Sea

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 12:22
An Indonesian Cakra (Type 209/1300)-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) has been reported as missing and an attempt to rescue it is currently underway.
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Update: Pentagon expands Blue sUAS programme for larger aircraft, payloads

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 10:19
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is expanding its Blue small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) effort to include larger aircraft.
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China close to ‘any plausible nuclear strategy', says USSTRATCOM chief

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 10:18
China is capable of executing “any plausible nuclear employment strategy” within the Indo-Pacific region and will soon be able to do so at intercontinental ranges, US...
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US Air Force contracts Kinetica for NORAD/NORTHCOM Pathfinder data fusion effort

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 10:17
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Kinetica a five-year other transaction authority (OTA) contract potentially worth USD100 million to deliver a streaming data...
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Saab makes first Red Hawk delivery to Boeing

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 10:16
Saab has delivered the first T-7A Red Hawk aft assembly to Boeing, ahead of the maiden engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) flight in September.
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Taiwan still keen on acquiring JASSMs from the US

Wed, 21/04/2021 - 10:15
An official from Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on 19 April that Taipei is still keen on acquiring AGM-158-series Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff...
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Increasingly lethal response likely to quell Myanmar protests

Tue, 20/04/2021 - 14:54
In a statement released on 13 April, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that Myanmar was moving towards a “full blown conflict”. The...
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Partnership for Peace nations join NATO for Baltic Air Policing training

Tue, 20/04/2021 - 14:53
Partnership for Peace (PfP) nations, Finland and Sweden, have joined NATO for Baltic Air Policing (BAP) training for the first time, the alliance announced on 20 April.
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Indian Navy commissions first squadron of Dhruv ALH Mk III helicopters

Tue, 20/04/2021 - 14:53
The Indian Navy (IN) commissioned its first naval air squadron equipped with the indigenously designed and built Dhruv Mk III Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) in a...
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Singapore's A330 MRTT aerial tankers attain full operational capability

Tue, 20/04/2021 - 13:59
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has declared its fleet of six Airbus A330-200 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (A330 MRTT) aircraft fully operational at a ceremony...
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Automated advantage: The defence industry and AI

Tue, 20/04/2021 - 13:27
In a 2019 White Paper titled ‘Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Defense and Aerospace Applications’, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions defined machine...
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QinetiQ to expand ETPS helicopter fleet

Tue, 20/04/2021 - 13:13
QinetiQ is to expand the helicopter fleet of the UK Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) as part of a wider three-year investment in the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s)...
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KDB agrees sale of Hanjin Heavy Industries

Fri, 16/04/2021 - 09:47
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) has reached a deal to sell off its controlling stake in Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC), one of the country’s most...
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Russian Ground Troop Units and Iskander ballistic missiles identified at Ukrainian border by Janes

Thu, 08/04/2021 - 17:58
Open-source intelligence specialists at Janes have identified fourteen ground troop units and several Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems at the Ukrainian border.
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German MoD presents GBAD proposal to Bundestag

Fri, 26/03/2021 - 17:18
The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) presented its technical proposal for ground-based air defence (GBAD) to the Bundestag, the federal parliament, on 23 March.
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Insitu advances UAV hydrogen fuel-cell technology

Fri, 26/03/2021 - 17:17
Boeing subsidiary Insitu has revealed fresh details about its ongoing work to advance hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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