The Australian submarine programme is still debated 05/12/2024 | Marco Giulio Barone The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has just published an article arguing that Australia should pivot from its current AUKUS plan for acquiring eight nuclear-powered… [leggi la notizia]

The USMC deploys first operational NMESIS to the Pacific 05/12/2024 | Fabio Di Felice After some delays to the original schedule, USMC 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (3rd MLR), 3rd Marine Division, has received the first Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction… [leggi la notizia]

Babcock teams with Hanwha Ocean and Korea Aerospace Industries to jointly pursue global opportunities 04/12/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli On 29 November, Babcock has announced the signing of 2 separate agreements with the main firms of South Korea’s defence industry landscape, specifically Hanwha Ocean… [leggi la notizia]

Submerged dreams resurface as Argentina opts for SCORPENE submarines 04/12/2024 | Fabio Di Felice It had been discussed for a few weeks, but now the news is official: with a "letter of intent" (LOI) addressed in recent days to… [leggi la notizia]

Progress for 3D printing spare parts in the field: Babcock delivers its entries for Project TAMPA 03/12/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli Babcock has announced its delivery of a package of proposals for parts that could be produced through additive manufacturing (3D printing) in support of a… [leggi la notizia]

The Chinese TYPE-076 UAV-carrier shapes up 03/12/2024 | Massimo Annati For several years, there has been persistent talk of an enlarged variant of the Chinese TYPE 075 LHDs, intended for the role of LHA or… [leggi la notizia]

Syria, a new phase in the civil war begins 03/12/2024 | Pietro Batacchi and Tommaso Massa For years, Syria had not been in the mainstream news. The civil war had essentially been frozen and the regime had consolidated control over Damascus,… [leggi la notizia]

Nigeria employs its T-129 ATAK helicopters in COIN operations 02/12/2024 | Fabio Di Felice During his last visit to the new Nigerian Air Force (NAF) base at Umar Musa Yaradua Airport in Katsina, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru… [leggi la notizia]

Bombardier delivers the first Global 6500 for the US Army’s HADES Project 02/12/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli On Monday 25 November, with a ceremony in Wichita, Texas, Bombardier Defense delivered its first Global 6500 business jet to the US Army, ahead of… [leggi la notizia]

Stealth Meets Sting: The DS8-BLACK SCORPION Combo 02/12/2024 | Marco Giulio Barone In a significant development announced on December 2, 2024, DRASS has entered into a strategic partnership with LEONARDO resulting in an enhanced version of the… [leggi la notizia]

New JF-17 PFX Breaks Cover at IDEAS 29/11/2024 | Mike Rajkumar The recently concluded International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) held in Karachi, Pakistan, revealed the existence of what appears to be a substantial modernisation of… [leggi la notizia]

Republic of Singapore Navy Decommissions CHALLENGER Class Submarines 29/11/2024 | Mike Rajkumar The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) decommissioned its last two CHALLENGER-class submarines on 25 November. The RSS CONQUEROR and RSS CHIEFTAIN were formally decommissioned from… [leggi la notizia]

Royal Thai Air Force Airbus Helicopters H225M Fleet Crosses 10,000 Flight Hours 29/11/2024 | Mike Rajkumar The Royal Thai Air Force recently celebrated the milestone of 10,000 flight hours, accumulated across its fleet of Airbus Helicopters H225M multirole utility helicopters. The… [leggi la notizia]

KAI Completes 1,000 Test Sorties on KF-21 Prototypes 29/11/2024 | Mike Rajkumar Korea’s Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 29 November that 1,000 test sorties had been completed on the various KF-21 fighter protypes. The KF-21… [leggi la notizia]

Ukraine: Russia attacks with missiles and drones and the advance in Donbas continue 29/11/2024 | Tommaso Massa Over the past week, Russian forces have launched an impressive number of GERAN 2 drones: since last Friday, there have been more than 700, with… [leggi la notizia]

Kubilius appointed as first EU Defence commissioner ever 29/11/2024 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The European Parliament (EP) has appointed Andrius Kubilius as the first ever EU Defence and Space Commissioner on 27 November in Strasbourg to implement long-needed… [leggi la notizia]

German Navy concludes evaluation of BLUEWHALE underwater drone 28/11/2024 | Michele Cosentino In recent days, the German Navy announced the completion of an intensive two-week campaign to evaluate the capabilities of the BLUEWHALE autonomous underwater drone (AUV)… [leggi la notizia]

Red Cat and TEAL secure the US Army contract for the Short-Range Reconnaissance drone 28/11/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli Red Cat, offering through its fully owned subsidiary TEAL the BLACK WIDOW drone, has been selected to supply the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR),… [leggi la notizia]

Steadicopter anticipates the renaissance of (unmanned) army aviation 28/11/2024 | Marco Giulio Barone Steadicopter has recently expanded its product portfolio. The company's latest offering, the GOLDEN EAGLE HEAVY STRIKE (HS), represents a substantial leap forward in unmanned aerial… [leggi la notizia]

New deliveries (and customer countries?) for the Su-57 27/11/2024 | Andrea Mottola According to UAC - the Russian aerospace conglomerate that includes the main Russian aerospace companies (MiG, Sukhoi and Tupolev) -  the KnAAPO plant in Komsomolsk… [leggi la notizia]