Collins class extension necessary to avoid capability gap, Johnston says
A lengthy extension to the in-service life of the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) Collins-class submarines will be necessary to avoid a gap in submarine capability, Australian Defence Minister David...
View ArticleCanadian military looks to expand satellite capabilities
The Canadian government is expected to publish a summary response in the June-July 2014 timeframe from a request for information (RfI) examining satellite communications coverage in the arctic region....
View ArticleSingapore Airshow: Vietnam in talks over Camcopter S-100 purchase
Schiebel is in talks with the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) to supply its Camcopter S-100 rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle, company officials confirmed at the Singapore Airshow. Andrew Byrne, regional...
View ArticleSingapore Airshow: Rafael launches Iron Beam
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled its Iron Beam high-energy laser (HEL) system designed to defeat rockets, mortars, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at short ranges. The land-based...
View ArticleSingapore Airshow: BAE flexes wings in search for more F-16 upgrade...
Having won the contest to upgrade South Korea's F-16s, BAE Systems is positioning itself as a viable alternative to Lockheed Martin for Singapore's own Fighting Falcon refit - and for...
View ArticleSingapore Airshow 2014: Northrop Grumman hopeful of South Korean Global Hawk...
Manufacturer Northrop Grumman expects South Korea and the United States to sign a letter of acceptance for four RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles...
View ArticleSingapore Airshow 2014: IAI unveils new Super Heron HF UAV
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled a new heavy-fuel variant of its Heron medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Singapore Airshow on 11 February. Dubbed...
View ArticlePipavav seeks JV with Atlas Electronik to target IN torpedo requirement
India's largest private-sector shipbuilder, Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company (PDOC), is forming a joint venture (JV) with Germany's Atlas Electronik in a bid to build heavyweight...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman to deliver developmental F-16 SABR units in 2014
Northrop Grumman has completed design reviews of its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) and is producing Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) systems for the F-16 Radar Modernization Program...
View ArticleKBM ready to export Iskander-E
Russia's Design Bureau of Machine Building (KBM) is ready to offer the Iskander-E (SS-26 'Stone') tactical ballistic missile system for sale abroad, general director and designer Valery Kashin told...
View ArticleGPS III to miss contract deadline due to navigation payload delay
Key Points The GPS III's contractual first available launch date will be missed due to the navigation payload's late delivery US Air Force Space Command's chief said his 'patience is wearing thin' with...
View ArticleDCNS commissions integration facility for Brazil's submarines
French shipbuilder DCNS has commissioned a shore-based integration facility for the combat system that is to be installed on the Brazilian Navy's SBr (Submarino Brasileiro) diesel-electric attack...
View ArticleCongressional group makes electronic warfare more visible
Key Points An EW working group wants the Pentagon to change how it buys systems The group supports a plan for the DoD to form a governance framework for EW The Electronic Warfare Working Group is...
View ArticleChina joins 'Cobra Gold'
In response to an invitation apparently issued to damp rising regional tensions, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is for the first time committing a small contingent of troops to the annual...
View ArticleSingapore Airshow 2014: Diehl confident Germany ready to approve...
Diehl BGT's Laser-Guided Sidewinder (LaGS) will enter service with the Luftwaffe in 2015-16 if the German government green-lights funds for its development, a company official told IHS Jane'sat the...
View ArticleSingapore Airshow 2014: Commtact introduces UAV datalink system to As-Pac market
Israeli-based wireless military communications provider Commtact introduced a miniaturised data terminal for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the Singapore Airshow 2014. The company distributes...
View ArticleUS Army Corps of Engineers expecting post-2014 role in Afghanistan
Key Points Several major projects are still incomplete and the USACE hopes to finish them regardless of a BSA The corps can work on some projects vicariously through Afghan Quality Assistance engineers...
View ArticleUpdate: Singapore Airshow 2014: Northrop Grumman hopeful of South Korean...
Manufacturer Northrop Grumman expects South Korea and the United States to sign a letter of acceptance for four RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles...
View ArticleTurkey and Indonesia to develop medium tank
An agreement to jointly develop a new medium tank was signed between the Indonesian and Turkish governments in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 6 February. Turkish company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri will work with...
View ArticleSingapore Airshow 2014: Raytheon announces South Korean Maverick order
Raytheon announced on 11 Febuary that South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) had signed a follow-on contract worth USD31 million for additional AGM-65G2 Maverick air-to-surface...
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