Defence Industry

Tampa, Florida: Special operators are pushing for more firepower in their small teams, asking industry for a lighter shoulder-fired rocket, a long-range sniper rifle, and both land- and air-based weaponised drones. Lt Col Tosh Lancaster...

Basco, Philippines: A barely detectable speck appears near a beaming, late afternoon sun and then dodges behind a cloud. Soon that small speck, as it makes its slow descent, takes the form of a...

Milan: Ukrainian and Russian forces are scrambling to field countermeasures for protecting tanks against one-way attack drones, which experts say are a growing challenge even for vehicles traveling at speed. In the large category...

Washington: Airbus said its newly finalised acquisition of drone maker Aerovel will allow it to bolster its tactical unmanned systems business and could help it compete for US Defence Department programs such as Replicator. Rob...

New Delhi: The Indian Army is on track to significantly boost its air defence capabilities with the impending arrival of the Russian Igla-S very short-range air defence systems (VSHORAD). A key aspect of this...

Munich.  The Eurodrone programme has successfully performed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Led by Airbus Defence and Space as prime contractor, this major programme milestone has been completed with OCCAR and representatives of the...

MBDA has signed with the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR - Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en Matière d’Armement), a European Defence Fund grant agreement on behalf of the partners of the HYpersonic Defence...

Tel Aviv / New Delhi: The German Heron TP (GHTP), produced by UAV PEO at the Directorate of Defence, Research and Development (DDR&D) at the IMoD and Israel Aerospace Industries, made its flight for...

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: The selection of Airboxer VTOL UAV by the Dutch Navy is a significant milestone in High Eye’s journey of innovation and growth, said the company in a press release. After an extensive study...

Tel Aviv: The Indian navy will be equipped with some protection systems developed by Israeli company Rafael. A contract has been recently signed between Rafael and Indian company Bharat Dynamics Limited. According to this contract,...

  Oslo. HENSOLDT, a global leader in defence and security technologies, is participating in AOC Europe in Norway, the premier multi-domain electromagnetic warfare (EW) event hosted by the Association of Old Crows.  With spectrum dominance...

Ottawa / London: Calian Group Ltd., a diverse products and services company, providing innovative healthcare, communications, learning and cybersecurity solutions, has agreed to acquire UK - based Mabway for up to CAD$41M (GBP£24M). This includes CAD$32.4M (GBP£19M)...

Abu Dhabi, UAE: EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, signed a USD 27 million (AED 99 million) agreement today to supply an ammunition production line to PT Pindad, an Indonesian state-owned enterprise...