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Danish systems and sensors house Terma has introduced an updated version of its airborne Advanced Countermeasures Dispenser System (ACMDS) designed to provide an improved mixed-payload capability and inventory management, as well as promote compatibility with a new generation of smart expendables.

The UK government has selected five primarily SME-led teams to carry out research into unmanned systems and robotics under the second phase of an experiment to test disruptive autonomous technologies that could be used in logistics roles. Under a cross-government collaboration that includes funding

The UK House of Commons Committees on Arms Exports Controls (CAEC) has issued a new report outlining some of the concerns that it has with the sale of defence technology from the UK. Concerns include the role of third parties such as brokers, agents and advisers within arms exports, the enforcement

Key Points Brazil recently detailed its delivery schedule for the KC-390 and F-39 Gripen E/F The two programmes are the nation’s most important aircraft modernisations efforts The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) recently detailed its delivery schedules for two of its most important modernisation

Raytheon and the US Navy (USN) have successfully executed a first guided flight test of the RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 missile. Performed from the US Navy’s (USN’s) Self-Defense Test Ship (SDTS) in June, the Guided Test Vehicle-1 (GTV-1) event saw the new Block 2

Inzpire’s Helicopter Service Division is supporting the European Defence Agency (EDA) in improving its members’ rotary-wing capabilities, with an emphasis on tactics courses. Chris Raynes, Inzpire’s head of helicopter services, said during the Farnborough International Airshow on

Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS, a joint venture between Thales and Raytheon) have announced a strengthening of their partnership arrangement to provide NATO with a territorial ballistic missile defence (BMD) command-and-control (C2) capability. In July 2017, the companies signed a

Farnborough International Airshow has provided insights into the responses by industry to the United Kingdom’s requirement for a ground-based ballistic missile defence (BMD) radar. The UK government committed to investing in a ground-based BMD radar within its 2015 Strategic Defence and

The hard launch of SteelRock Technologies (SR), a UK start up producing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and counter-UAV systems, took place during Farnborough International Airshow 2018. During the show, SR displayed its Nightfighter counter-UAV device in multiple configurations. Nightfighter

Portuguese company Tekever unveiled its AR5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at Farnborough International Airshow, and the launch included a live feed from operations in the Atlantic. In 2017 Tekever was awarded a contract to produce an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability for the European Maritime

Teledyne e2v, a specialist imaging technology company, announced at Farnborough 2018 it had been awarded a contract to develop building blocks for a low power, high resolution, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor designed to meet the demands of the emerging small satellite

Key Points Israel has been blamed for a second airstrike close to Aleppo airport The IAF is suspected of carrying out an even longer range strike in June The Syrian military has accused Israel of carrying out an airstrike near Aleppo’s airport on 15 July: the second such strike in less than

Mercury Systems is offering a new self-encrypting solid-state drive (SSD) for laptops and workstations storing highly sensitive data. The SSD uses Mercury Systems’ ASURRE-Stor, which couples NAND flash memory with the company’s ARMOR processor. The drive features up to 512 GB of storage

Key Points IHS Markit assesses that the government’s careful management of an early debate on Bouteflika’s fifth term is most likely intended to prepare the public for the government’s likely preferred option of an orderly succession to a consensus candidate. Bouteflika’s

Persistent Systems is introducing a new lightweight Auto-Tracking Antenna System for air-to-ground links to provide high throughput at long ranges, and to maintain constant communication with aircraft. The antenna can be set up by two people in 15 minutes, has an auto location feature which removes

Ukrainian state-owned company Ukrinmash, part of the Ukroboronprom conglomerate, is proposing a version of its Project 58250 corvette for the Brazilian Navy’s Tamandaré-class corvette acquisition programme. The Brazilian bid, known as the Project 58300 ‘Amazonas’ corvette, is

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) are improving, but require time and support to contend with both Taliban and Islamic State fighters, US Army General Joseph L Votel, the commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), told reporters during a 19 July press briefing. “They

Key Points Trump reportedly threatened allied leaders to “go it alone” if they did not raise defence spending to 2% of GDP by 2019 The demand completely overshadowed the long list of things agreed by allied leaders at their summit Contradictory reports over US President Donald

Key Points The US Army's CERDEC are pursuing technologies for the wireless transmission of power over long distances Initial testing of power beaming to a quadcopter will take place later this year The US Army is exploring the ability to wirelessly beam power from the ground up to unmanned

The Malian Air Force formally inducted four Embraer EMB 314/A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft into service during a ceremony attended by President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, it was announced on 11 July. Embraer announced in July 2015 that Mali had ordered six Super Tucanos, but a Brazilian