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… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [read more]

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)… [read more]

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),… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [read more]

Egypt's submarine ambitions 27/11/2024 | Fabio Di Felice The ambitions of the Egyptian Navy show no signs of slowing down. According to some African media reports, after significant investments in surface naval platforms,… [read more]

New AUKUS partnership on Hypersonics 27/11/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli On 18 November, the 3 partner nations in AUKUS have announced the formation of the Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation (HyFliTE) Project Arrangement (PA) that… [read more]

BAYRAKTAR TB-3 starts flight tests on ANADOLU LHD/LHA 26/11/2024 | Massimo Annati The Turkish drone BAYRAKTAR TB-3 carried out flight operations for the first time on board the LHD ANADOLU. The first trials took place on 19… [read more]

New wave of defence cuts in the United Kingdom 25/11/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli The early cuts, announced in Parliament by the Defence Secretary John Healey, came as an unpleasant although not entirely unexpected surprise, especially since the formal… [read more]

Milrem and Texelis push forward electrification efforts in the land sector 22/11/2024 | Marco Giulio Barone The ground mobility sector is experiencing a significant shift towards advanced robotic and autonomous systems, with companies like Milrem Robotics, Soucy Defence, Textron Systems, General Dynamics… [read more]

India Undertakes Maiden Hypersonic Test, Extends Defence Partnership with Japan 22/11/2024 | Mike Rajkumar In what was a surprise announcement, India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced late on 16 November, that it had successfully conducted a flight-trial… [read more]

China Shows-Off New Large USV "Orca" 22/11/2024 | Mike Rajkumar A new Chinese large Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) was showcased at the recently concluded Airshow China. The Orca 500-tonne high-speed stealth USV features a trimaran… [read more]

ROKAF F-15K Upgrade Effort Moves Ahead 22/11/2024 | Mike Rajkumar The Republic of Korea’s plans for an upgrade of its F-15K ‘SLAM EAGLE’ fleet will move ahead following approval for the upgrade effort by the… [read more]

SEA-3000: Germany and Japan in the running for Australian medium frigate 21/11/2024 | Giuliano da Fre' The Australian Defence Force has recently narrowed down the list of shipyards participating in the SEA-3000 program for 11 new medium frigates. From the initial… [read more]

AEGIS ASHORE site in Poland inaugurated 21/11/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli Wednesday 13 November saw the official inauguration of the AEGIS ASHORE interceptor site in Poland, despite the system having been declared “mission ready” already back… [read more]