Japan’s military expenditure is forecast to grow at an unprecedented rate over the coming few years, according to Janes Defence Budgets. (Janes Defence Budgets)
Japan has enacted fiscal reforms to allow the government to collect funds that will be used to support a major increase in defence spending over the coming decade. The Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Management were approved by Japan’s parliament on 16 June.
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The Heron medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is a success story for Israel, with 15 or more countries known to be operating the systems.
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was among the first outlets to be given a demonstration of the Orchestrike concept at the Paris Air Show 2023 on 19 June.
(Janes/Gareth Jennings)
MBDA showcased its new Orchestrike concept for collaborative combat effectors, which the European missile house said will be far more capable than any network-enabled systems in use today.
The UK has diversified its support for Ukraine with £25m ($32m) over a two year period to shore up the country’s cyber defences.
The package will include £16m ($20.5m) in UK funding and potential for a further £9m ($11.5) contribution from international allies.
The funds will help to protect critical national infrastructure and vital services through strengthened cyber defence capabilities to prevent indiscriminate Russian cyber attacks.
The AH-125 and MH-125 Ares helicopters are being offered to the international market as two distinct platforms that share a common heritage with the M125M. (Airbus)
Airbus in the US is pitching the multimission capabilities of its AH-125 and MH-125 Ares light attack and utility helicopters as the chief differentiator to competing solutions on the international market.
On Aug. 31, 2021, the last American plane departed Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, bringing America’s latest, longest war to an ignominious end. Since that day, Afghanistan has quickly faded from America’s rearview mirror. Over the last 20 years, the United States spent two trillion dollars and lost 2,439 servicemembers there. 3,500 military widows were left without their spouses, 6,000 children without at least one parent, and 14,000 parents without their sons or daughters.
The RNoN’s six Skjold-class corvettes are undergoing a life-extension programme to enable them to remain in service until at least 2030. (Norwegian Armed Forces)
Danish defence and aerospace company Terma has confirmed that Royal Norwegian Navy’s (RNoN’s) Skjold-class corvettes will be equipped with its Scanter 6000 surveillance radar as part of the class’s life-extension programme.
In a 15 June announcement the company said the radar had recently completed factory acceptance testing (FAT) for the Skjold-class upgrade programme.
A still from the PMF video shows the Mohajer-6 UAV flying over Martyr Majid al-Tamimi Air Base (Camp Speicher). (Popular Mobilisation Forces)
Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) released a video on 14 June showing an Iranian-made Mohajer-6 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) taking off and circling an airbase that could be identified as the one popularly known as Camp Speicher in Salah al-Din governorate.
The Mohajer-6 was then shown using a guided bomb against a target that was about 30 km to the north, according to co-ordinates seen on the operator’s screen.
An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line as the sun sets at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, on 20 November 2019. (US Air Force)
The US Air Force (USAF) is looking to demonstrate an expanded satellite communications (satcom) capability, leveraging satcom terminals integrated aboard the air service’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
The DAGR-SA system on trial with the British Army in a drop-down hands-free harness configuration. BAE Systems is proposing its new NavGuide platform as a replacement to the legacy DAGR. (Rockwell Collins)
Programme officials at BAE Systems have unveiled their newest Assured-Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (A-PNT) end-user device featuring full integration of M-Code-enabled Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.