H-60M Black Hawk

US Approves Australian Army’s Request to Replace Taipans with Blackhawks

The US State Department’s Defense Cooperation Security Agency on 26 August 2022 gave the final government approval of Australia’s request to purchase 40 Sikorsky...
Hermes 900 MALE UAV. (Elbit Systems)

Thai Navy gets UAV boost

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has quietly emerged as one of the leading unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators in the Asia Pacific region, having...

USAF flexes its long-range airpower in Australia

The United States Air Force (USAF) has recently fielded some of its most important assets for training exercises and extended deployments in Australia to...
An Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft during Exercise Arnhem Thunder, held at RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory.

A forecast of Lightning for Pitch Black

Dominating the skies of the Northern Territory, the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II will participate in Exercise Pitch Black for the...
Bushmaster ePMV

Australian Army reveals electric Bushmaster development

The Australian Army has unveiled a prototype of a new hybrid electric-powered Bushmaster 4x4 protected mobility vehicle at the Chief of Army Symposium 2022...

Australian Bushmasters to get Raytheon EW boost

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 18 July that the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF’s) Bushmaster 4x4 protected mobility vehicles will be upgraded...
USVs Nomad and Ranger -- US Navy

Large USVs debut at RIMPAC 2022

The US Navy (USN) is fielding large and highly autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) for the first time at the latest edition of the...
The rendering of LMV-M connected to a ship (Australian Maritime Alliance image)

Australian Maritime Alliance’s LMV-M design granted ‘structural approval in principle’

The Class Certification Society DNV has granted ‘structural approval in principle’ for the Australian Maritime Alliance’s (AMA) ‘Oboe’ design for the Australian Army’s LAND...
BISim-VBS4

New Zealand Army Selects BISim’s VBS4 for Tactical Command and Control...

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) is pleased to announce that the New Zealand Army is the latest to join a growing list of military customers...
A close-up of a full scale model of the Teng Yun UAV being developed by the Aeronautical Systems Research Division (ASRD) of Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST). (Andrew Drwiega)

Asia Pacific UAV Compendium 2022

The value of unmanned aerial vehicles continues to grow in importance, with indigenous development increasing in all categories. Regional military forces are accelerating their acquisition...

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