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East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan will transfer decommissioned Asagiri-class destroyer to Indonesia.

Japan and Indonesia have agreed to begin working-level discussions on the possible transfer of used Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Asagiri-class destroyers, marking another step in Tokyo’s expanding defense export policy and highlighting how Japan [...]
Americas

Canadian Army Wants Cheap FPV Drones for Modern Combat.

The Canadian Army has launched a pilot competition to develop small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for indirect fire missions. Dubbed “True North Precision,” the challenge will provide up to 2.1 million Canadian dollars ($1.5 million) [...]
Air Platform

The French Rafale fighter jet easily targets Putin’s best Su-35S fighter jets over the Baltic Sea.

France’s Joint Staff published a video showing a Rafale from the Baltic Air Policing mission conducting a close-range visual interception of a Russian Sukhoi Su-35, a fighter in Moscow’s current inventory, in a tense but [...]
C4iSR

Saab receives order for ground-based air defence solution from Sweden.

Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for sensors and command-and-control systems for a ground-based air defence system (GBAD) solution for the Swedish Army brigades. The order value is approximately [...]