The JF-22 hypersonic wind tunnel could potentially benefit the further development of China’s WZ-8 unmanned aerial vehicle. Western intelligence classifies the WZ-8 as a supersonic aircraft. However, Chinese media claims that the WZ-8 is a hypersonic vehicle. (Long Wei/VCG via Getty Images)
A new hypervelocity wind tunnel in China has passed its acceptance check.
Known as the JF-22 hypervelocity wind tunnel, the new facility is expected to contribute to China’s “development of aerospace transport systems and hypersonic aircraft”, according to Chinese state-owned media.
Author: Michael
Japan’s MoD has signed contracts with MHI to research hypersonic weapons and signed a contract with KHI to research new anti-ship missiles, an example of which is seen here on display at the DSEI Japan 2023 show. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)
Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has signed contracts with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to research and develop anti-ship and hypersonic missiles, according to an MoD press release on 6 June.
Poongsan’s 127 mm naval guided munition has a range of about 100 km. (Janes/Mike Plunkett)
South Korean ammunition firm Poongsan has unveiled a 127 mm gun-launched, extended-range guided munition for naval applications at the MADEX 2023 exhibition in Busan.
Dong Won Lee, Poongsan’s director of defence products exports, told
Janes
that the concept of 127 mm Gliding Guided Naval Munition (GGNM) is centred on the projectile being fired on a steep trajectory to a high altitude, estimated to be in the region of 20 km.
USS
Zumwalt
made its Exercise ‘Northern Edge’ debut.
(US Navy)
The recently completed ‘Northern Edge 23-1′ exercise in the Alaskan High North latitudes featured new wrinkles this year, including a newly expanded exercise area, the participation of US allies, and the debut of the guided-missile destroyer USS
Zumwalt
(DDG 1000) in those operations, US Navy (USN) officials confirmed.
Against a backdrop of improving economic conditions and heightened security concerns, Saudi Arabia’s government has announced a significant increase in its defence budget, anticipated to progressively increase to reach $86.4bn in 2028, according to GlobalData’s ‘Saudi Arabia Defense Market 2023-2028’ report.
With the nation’s economy on the mend following the Covid-19 pandemic and the recent surge in oil prices, it is expected that the country will gradually ramp up its defence spending.
A model of Hanwha Ocean’s 1400-class submarine, which is the basis for the proposal sent to the Philippine Navy, on display at MADEX 2023. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)
Hanwha Ocean has upped the ante in its bid to supply the Philippine Navy with two diesel-electric submarines by offering selected combat systems found on South Korea’s Dosan An Chang-ho(KSS-III)-class boats.
These include combat systems that will be exported from South Korea for the first time such as the LIG Nex1-supplied hull sonar found on the KSS-III submarine, the details of which are classified.
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
The
following list attempts to keep track of military equipment
delivered or pledged to Ukraine by Estonia during the 2022 Russian
invasion of
Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag
denoting the country of origin). Due to the confidential nature of Estonia’s arms deliveries they can serve only as a lower bound to the
total
volume of weaponry delivered. Estonia has been reimbursed €134.2 million by the European Union for the delivery of these arms.
During the live demonstration observed by the NCIA on 9 March, multiple laptop devices were connected to OneWeb’s LEO constellation via Kymeta’s Hawk u8 user terminal, which was mounted onboard a 4×4 Land Rover Discovery vehicle. (OneWeb)
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has disclosed details regarding its most recent evaluation of commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications (satcom).
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders are expected to offer the Indian Navy a version of the Type 214 submarine for the service’s P-75I programme for six AIP-capable submarines. (Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft)
India’s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) have signed an agreement to support the construction in India of air-independent propulsion (AIP)-capable diesel-electric submarines (SSKs).
A model of the Ghost Commander concept on display at MADEX 2023. Hanwha Ocean has developed a 5,000-tonne variant of the concept in anticipation of a requirement for such a vessel from the South Korean government. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)
Hanwha Ocean has unveiled its proposal for South Korea’s anticipated command ship programme, which will play host to an array of unmanned aerial, surface, and underwater vehicles (UAVs, USVs, and UUVs).