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Directed Infrared Countermeasures system

Elbit Wins $275 Million to Protect Asia-Pacific Helicopters

Elbit Systems has secured contracts worth $275 million to supply advanced self-protection systems for a helicopter platform in Asia Pacific.

13 January

KF-21 Boramae fighter jet. Photo: Korea Aerospace Industries

Rojoef Manuel

KF-21 Boramae Nears Delivery as S. Korea Wraps Up Flight Tests

South Korea has finalized all flight tests of its future KF-21 Boramae combat aircraft, paving the way for shipment of the domestically developed jet to the Republic of Korea Air Force.

13 January

PHILIPPINE SEA (April 3, 2020) A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires his M4A1 service rifle during a combat marksmanship range aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). Deck shoots allow Marines to get hands on training with their rifles to ensure that they stay proficient and lethal with their weapon systems. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kolby Leger)

Rojoef Manuel

Taiwan Marines Unit Upgrades to US-Made M4A1 Rifles for Base Security

A new Republic of China Marine Corps unit assigned to land-based security has replaced its aging assault rifles with US-made M4A1 systems, according to state media.

13 January

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Missile Frigate With Extended Deck, New Main Gun Enters Chinese Waters

China is boosting its naval firepower with an upgraded Type 054A missile frigate featuring a larger gun and an extended flight deck.

12 January

Christine Casimiro

Pakistan Fires LY‑80(N) Missile From PNS Taimur Frigate in Live-Fire Exercise

Pakistan has successfully conducted a live-fire test of a Chinese-made surface-to-air missile from a Type 054A/P guided-missile frigate.

12 January

Giulia Bernacchi

LG CNS to Modernize South Korea’s Military Networks, Digital Infrastructure

LG CNS has secured two contracts for modernizing South Korea's military networks and digital infrastructure.

12 January

Command and control system for countering drones.

Giulia Bernacchi

Electro Optic Systems Buys MARSS, Expands Counter-Drone C2 Capabilities

Electro Optic Systems acquired the MARSS group, a Europe-based provider of command and control systems for countering drones.

12 January

Inder Singh Bisht

India, France Step Up $22 Billion Rafale Deal Negotiations Ahead of Macron Visit

India and France have intensified negotiations over a Rafale jet deal ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India in February.

12 January

Robot dog unmanned ground vehicle moves across an open training field during a military exercise, with soldiers prone on the ground and two helicopters flying low overhead in the background

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Robot Dogs Join Japan’s Assault Force in Landmark Test

Japan may have just offered a glimpse of its next-gen 1st Airborne Brigade: a land assault unit now paired with quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles.

12 January

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Mach 6 Railgun Incoming: India Experiments With Electromagnetic Artillery

Electromagnetic Railgun is India’s artillery system, capable of firing a 50-kilogram projectile at Mach 6, reaching distances of up to 200 kilometers, and using electromagnetic force.

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