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Collins class submarines on patrol. (Royal Australian Navy)

New Australian / UK / US Defence Partnership Announced; Nuclear Powered Submarines for Royal...

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have agreed a new trilateral defence partnership (AUKUS) which, in its first landmark announcement, revealed that...
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EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (14 September 2021) No.69

Dear Readers, Restarting the Bunker Briefing on the eve of the DSEI 2021 expo, held at ExCel in London’s Docklands from 14-17 September, seems the...
ACT-IV system

DARPA helps ACT-IV transition AESA to next level

On 31 August the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that work on a first-of-its-kind sensor system developed under the Arrays at...
Ocean2020

Second EDA OCEAN2020 demonstration tests 12 unmanned systems against variety of threats

Sea trials to demonstrate how the integration of new technologies in unmanned systems were concluded at the end of August in the Hanö Bay,...
HENSOLDT

New Radars for German Navy Frigates

The German Navy’s F124 air defence frigates are to receive new radars from Hensoldt, working with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The Federal Office of Bundeswehr...
Sperry Marine

Sperry Marine Adds New Naval Functions to VisionMaster Radar and ECDIS

Sperry Marine has announced the release of Additional Military Layers (AML) for its VisionMaster series of radars and Electronic Chart Display and Information System...
Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021

Australians/US Share Joint Fires Targeting Data

During Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 in and offshore Queensland, Australia, mid-June to late-August, Australian and US forces validated the latest version of the Advanced...
Javelin-Missiles

Royal Thai Army to Receive Up to 300 Javelin Missiles

The US State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) sale of Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Missiles and related equipment to the Thai armed...
Bell's V-280 Valor

FLRAA and FARA – Procurement With a Difference

The US Army is on track to ensure that the two platforms that emerge from the Future Vertical Lift concept - FLRAA and FARA...
Bell-HSVTOL

Bell’s Design Innovation Focus’s on High Speed VTOL

Bell Textron has revealed new design concepts for military aircraft that revolve around its High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) technology. HSVTOL technology is a...

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