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July 16, 2025
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Air Platforms

Morocco gives L3Harris a contract to improve its fleet of C-130 aircraft

The Royal Moroccan Air Force has contracted L3Harris Technologies to upgrade its fleet of C-130 transport aircraft. The project, beginning this year at L3Harris’ Texas-based Waco facility, will include...

July 15, 2025
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Air Platforms

Russia Initiates a Program to Replace the Mi-8/17 Helicopter

Russian media reports that development is underway on a next-generation multirole helicopter intended to replace the aging Mi-8/17 fleet. Named the Mi-80, the new aircraft draws inspiration from the...

July 15, 2025
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Land Platforms

Development of a hydrogen-powered K3 main battle tank has begun in South Korea.

Hyundai Rotem has begun work on South Korea’s next-generation main battle tank, the K3, which is set to replace the K2 platform. Developed in collaboration with leading national defense...

July 9, 2025
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Training and Simulation

The US Army introduces a ‘touch’ to online training with innovative haptic technology.

By incorporating haptics technology into its Synthetic Training Environment Live Training Systems (STE LTS), the US Army is attempting to close the divide between virtual training and real-world combat....

July 7, 2025
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Weapons and Munition

The HIMARS of the US Army will reach hypersonic speeds.

With the creation of the Blackbeard Ground Launch (GL) weapon system, the US Army is getting ready to provide its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) a hypersonic boost....

July 7, 2025
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Air Platforms

For FCAS drone operations, Airbus converts the A400M into a “multi-domain brain.”

Airbus has unveiled a significant improvement to its A400M military transport plane, including intentions to redesign the platform to accommodate the Multi-Domain Combat Cloud (MDCC) and the Future Combat...

To enhance the battlefield medical care for the U.S. Armed Forces, BAE Systems will create AI-powered software.

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has chosen BAE Systems to continue developing and supporting the deployment of the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Operations Kit (BATDOK) through the...

July 3, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

India perfects the development of the K-5 nuclear ballistic missile in order to increase the range of its submarine attacks.

The K-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), a nuclear-capable system with an operational range of 5,000 to 6,000 kilometers, has been developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)....

June 30, 2025
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Weapons and Munition

The first flight of South Korea’s indigenous minesweeping helicopter takes place.

In South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea performed the inaugural flight of its prototype for a mine countermeasures rotary wing aircraft that was manufactured in the country. The demonstration is...

June 23, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

SRC to Supply Counter-UAS Technologies to Qatar Under Landmark $1B US Agreement.

SRC, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to defense R&D, announced it will supply a range of advanced counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) technologies to Qatar through a landmark $1 billion...