The French company SHARK Robotics is developing a new heavy unmanned ground vehicle. According to Managing Director and R&D at SHARK GROUP, Jean-Jacques Topalian, the company is investing in developing new ROBOT XR1M project to develop a heavy modular unmanned ground platform. The new vehicle will have 2800mm in length, 1900mm in width and 1000mm in height without equipment. The XR1M will […]

Lockheed Martin has rolled the first C-130J-30 military transport plane out of the paint shop for French Air Force. The contracts awarded on 1 December are for USD133.4 million and USD36.6 million, and cover the procurement of two stretched C-130J-30 airlifters and for configuration changes to two C-130J-30 airlifters and two KC-130J tankers respectively. Work on the contract will […]

On October 4, the Defense Council of France will be reunited in order to discuss the new defense posture of the V Republic. The President Emmanuel Macron will pronounce on his ambitions regarding the foreign military interventions of France. As it was reported by Le Monde, the discussion will be rather about the adjustment of […]

At the end of August, the H145M performed its first flight with a complete HForce weapon system in Donauwörth. Thanks to this modular weapon system designed by Airbus, the H145M can be equipped with all kind of guided and ballistic armaments such as missiles and laser guided rockets, guns, machine guns and rockets. The qualification […]

The first Phenix (Phoenix) multi-role tanker transport (MRTT), designed by Airbus Defence for France’s Armée de L’air (Air Force) made its maiden flight on September 7 from the company’s Getafe conversion centre near Madrid in Spain. The Phenix MRTT is an aerial refuelling tanker aircraft based on the civilian Airbus A330. The Phenix is the first of nine […]

The Egyptian Ministry of Defence is looking to increase the size of its self-propelled artillery fleet. The Egyptian military issued a request for proposals for the acquisition of the modern 155mm self-propelled artillery systems to France, Russia, South Africa and South Korea. Egypt reportedly plans to complete performance evaluations of the howitzers by the end of the year and sign a deal […]

Russian shipyard SNSZ  took delivery of the second underwater inspection system, according to ECA Group’s officials. On  July 25, the ECA Group announces the delivery of the second underwater inspection system to the Sredne-Nevski Shipyard (SNSZ) for a new generation of ships. This Unmanned Survey and Identification System is composed of the Multi-Mission Unmanned Surface Vehicle […]

Airbus Defence and Space has successfully tested a new type of aircraft that will aid the development of future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for series production. The unmanned jet-propelled demonstrator with the project name SAGITTA flew completely autonomously for around seven minutes over the test site in Overberg, South Africa, on a pre-programmed course. The […]

The first French Air Force Pilatus PC-21 (serial number 293, registration 709-FC) single-engine turboprop aircraft made its maiden flight from the company’s production facility on 10 July. According to the spotters, after the first flight, the second trip of new Pilatus PC-21 aircraft was made the following day, on 13 July, in the presence of a […]

The French Armed Forces have displayed newest VBMR Griffon multi-role armoured vehicle, as part of «1917-2017: 100 ans de technologie» show during Bastille Day 2017 military parade. The new-generation Griffon 6×6 multi-role armoured vehicles (VBMR) are being acquired by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) to replace the ageing fleet of Véhicule de l’Avant Blindé (VAB) 4×4 armoured personnel […]