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Second RAF Protector now operating in Waddington
The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) now has two Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) operating at RAF Waddington. The second Protector has started its ground trial at RAF Station...
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Airbus signs contract for A330 MRTT MMF simulator
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a 10-year contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for a simulation and training package for the A330 Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF), including...
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Austal, Civmec sign MOU for landing craft
Austal and Civmec announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture (JV) to support the LAND8710 Phase 2 Landing Craft Heavy (LC-H) project. LAND8710 Phase 2 (LC-H)...
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Gilmour Space to launch hypersonic flight test service in 2025
Australian launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies is launching a new suborbital flight test service in Australia aimed at commercial and defence customers that require hypersonic speeds...
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HII wins $65 million joint warfighting contract
HII’s Mission Technologies division was awarded a $65 million task order to perform high-quality, specialised research and analysis for the Joint Staff J7, Deputy Director, Joint Warfighting...
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Defence supports Pacific Partnership 2024
Defence military and civilian personnel have joined Pacific Partnership 2024, and are deploying to four countries across the Indo-Pacific region from July to September. The United States-led Pacific...
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GE Aerospace tapped to support USAF Survivable Airborne Ops
GE Aerospace has been selected by SNC to contribute to the overhaul and upgrade of the GEnx-2B engines powering the United States Air Force Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) Boeing 747-8. GE...
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Airbus Helicopters to lead NATO NGRC concept study
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters to lead a concept study in the frame of the Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project under which...
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Lockheed Martin and Lufthansa Technik expand cooperation
Lockheed Martin, the global defence technology company, and Lufthansa Technik, a leading international provider of technical services for the aviation industry, have signed a collaboration memorandum...
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Global C-130J Super Hercules fleet passes 3 million flight hours
Lockheed Martin recently announced the worldwide C-130J Super Hercules fleet has surpassed 3 million flight hours. With 545+ Super Hercules delivered worldwide, this achievement reflects the C-130J’s...
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Intermarine, Leonardo sign deal for new-gen minehunters
Intermarine and Leonardo have entered into a contract with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the General Secretariat of Defence and National Armaments Directorate for the procurement of vessels for...
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Rheinmetall hands over first Lynx from Hungarian production line
Rheinmetall has handed over the first KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) produced at the Zalaegerszeg site in Hungary to the Hungarian armed forces. On behalf of the Hungarian government,...
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Australian companies win innovator awards
Three Australian innovators have been named winners of the Indian Ocean Defence & Security 2024 (IODS 2024) Innovation Awards worth $40,000. They were among 15 finalists who each delivered a...
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APDR Podcast Episode 57 with host Kym Bergmann
We have been at the Indian Ocean Defence and Security (IODS) conference in Perth – so plenty of naval things to talk about. First, ASA Head VADM Jonathon Mead refreshingly and honestly said that there...
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Lockheed Martin, Av-Comm deliver NZ SouthPAN ground control and uplink
Lockheed Martin Australia, in collaboration with Av-Comm, has established a satellite ground control and uplink processing centre for the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) in Awarua,...
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South Korea defence expenditure to reach $54.7 billion in 2029
South Korea’s defence spending is set to grow from $45.2 billion in 2024 to $54.7 billion in 2029, primarily driven by the persistent threat posed by North Korea and to achieve the broader goal of...
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Rheinmetall wins Swiss 81mm mortar deal
The Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall has been commissioned by the Swiss Confederation to manufacture and supply 81mm mortar cargo ammunition. The total value of the order is in the mid...
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Exercise Austral Shield concludes
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has concluded Exercise Austral Shield 2024, practising its ability to rapidly deploy to Australia’s north and respond to domestic security threats. Supported by local...
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MBDA’s Sky Warden advances
MBDA recently unveiled a new effector concept for its Sky Warden counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) modular solution. The new effector concept is a ground-launched anti-air munition targeting...
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L3Harris launches EW Centre of Excellence
L3Harris Technologies has officially opened its Centre of Excellence (COE) for Electronic Warfare (EW) in Brisbane, Queensland. The facility will feature expertise in the design, manufacture,...
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