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North Korea Claims to Have Tested ‘Hypersonic’ Missile

North Korea Claims to Have Tested ‘Hypersonic’ Missile

Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) state media outlet reported on Wednesday that a missile tested on Tuesday had a hypersonic glide component, although this claim has not been independently verified.

The South Korean military had announced the North’s launch of a missile on Tuesday, bu…

Boeing Wins $220M to Develop Harpoon Coastal Defense for Taiwan

Boeing Wins $220M to Develop Harpoon Coastal Defense for Taiwan

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $220,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee order (N0001921F0886) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement N0001921G0006.

This order provides non-recurring engineering in support of configuration efforts for the Harpoon Coastal Defense Syste…

Saab Eyes $5Bn Deal to Upgrade Australian Collins-class Subs

Saab Eyes $5Bn Deal to Upgrade Australian Collins-class Subs

Australia’s decision to go nuclear will mean that the life of its current submarine fleet will have to be extended further. Given that Canberra’s present stock of conventional submarines was developed in Sweden during the Cold War, it makes the Nordic country perfectly placed for modernisation and m…
Boeing Awarded Contract for Five P-8A Aircraft for Germany

Boeing Awarded Contract for Five P-8A Aircraft for Germany

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy today awarded Boeing a production contract for five P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Germany. First deliveries are slated to begin in 2024 when the P-8A Poseidon will eventually replace Germany’s fleet of P-3C Orion aircraft.

“We’re pleased to have finalized this sale t…

China Shows New Fighter Variants, Missiles at Zhuhai Air Show

China Shows New Fighter Variants, Missiles at Zhuhai Air Show

ZHUHAI, China — China touted its expanding military air power and hopes of capturing a growing share of its civil aviation market for domestic producers at a national air show inaugurated amid regional tensions over Taiwan and disruption from the pandemic.

Typically held every other year in the…

UK, Japan Begin Talks to Deepen Defense Ties

UK, Japan Begin Talks to Deepen Defense Ties

The UK and Japan have agreed to commence formal negotiations on a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) to deepen the defence relationship between the two countries.

Japan is a vital and like-minded partner for the UK in the Indo Pacific region. This Agreement, when concluded, will help enable the tw…

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