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The Hungarian Army announced on 21 December that it has taken delivery of an initial batch of Gidran 4×4 armoured vehicles from Turkey. The recently received vehicles are part of 40 Gidrans ordered by the Hungarian Defence Force this year. The Gidran is an advanced version of Ejder Yalcın...

Not only maritime patrol..

Pilots prepare for a training mission at the International School of Flight Training (IFTS). The Italian Air Force and Leonardo are close to opening a new flight school in the Mediterranean capable of training pilots from all over the world for the most advanced combat aircraft thanks to...

Commander Giacomo Iannelli, Project Test Pilot Trainers at Leonardo's Aircraft Division. On 16 December 2020, Commander Giacomo Iannelli, Project Test Pilot Trainers at Leonardo's Aircraft Division, took part in a very interesting webinar in which he talked about the complex and exciting life...

Satellite images show facility at Yulin Naval Base in Sanya will be able to accommodate the giant warships The first of China’s next-generation carriers is expected to launch next year An artist’s impression of China’s new Type 002 aircraft carrier. Photo: Handout A dry dock being built at...

I think Turkey will transfer such capabilities to the developing UAV technology. We may see different UAV combinations in the years to come.

Northrop Grumman secures $15M contract for Iraqi Cessna 208 American aircraft’s maker Northrop Grumman has received a contract valued at as much as $15,1 million for contractor logistic support for the Iraqi Air Force’s Cessna 208 and 172 fleet. The contract award from U.S. Air Force Life...

Turkish CASA patrol mission Turkish Navy CASA CN-235 MSA (reg. TCB-652 – callsign TURNA48) is making a patrol mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea south of Cyprus. The CASA is based in NAS Izmit but we’ve not the first rack of the flight. Turkey confirms to continue with its drilling...

This is the first time one of these Tomahawk missile-laden submarines has been in the Persian Gulf in eight years. The U.S. Navy has publicly announced the transit of USS Georgia, one of its four Ohio class guided-missile submarines, or SSGNs, from the Gulf of Oman into the Persian Gulf by...

Iranian Navy's largest Ship, I.R.I.N.S Makran, Observed On Sea Trials The Iranian Navy is joining the IRGC in converting large merchant ships to function as Forward Base Ships. The Iranian Navy's version, the I.R.I.N.S. Makran (441), is by far the largest. As previously reported it was floated...

The Navy replaced a fleet of C-130s configured to support nuclear deterrent operations with jet-powered aircraft just over three decades ago. The U.S. Navy says it has determined that a modified C-130J-30 Hercules turboprop airlifter is the best available platform to provide airborne command...

Romanian Air Force IAR-99 trainer jet. The first prototype of the IAR-99 aircraft, registered S001, made its maiden flight from Craiova Airport, Romania, on December 21, 1985, flown for 21 minutes by Lieutenant Colonel Stefanel Vagner. Since 2003, the aircraft has been based at Freshman Air...

Saab Multi-Mode Radar system The U.S. Navy awarded Saab $18.2 million Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) systems. Under this contract, Saab Inc. manufactures, inspects, tests and delivers MMR systems to be deployed on Navy Expeditionary Support Base ships and Coast Guard (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)...

Elbit Systems announced today that following a competitive procurement process, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of Transport Canada, selected the HermesTM StarLiner Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to support maritime environmental protection missions in the Arctic and along the...

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First prototype of ULAQ is completed

Ocean Shipyard has signed a memorandum with the State Defense Concern of the Republic of Turkey on joint activities to implement a project to build a series of corvettes (Milgem)for the Ukrainian Navy to implement the Military Framework Agreement signed in October 2020 during the meeting of the...

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko has visited the Ulan-Ude Aircraft Plant, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters Group. Krivoruchko checked the production of the Kamov Ka-226T (NATO reporting name: Hoodlum) helicopter, various versions of the Mil Mi-8 (Hip), and the new...

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Oppo plans to start production at the facility to be established in Istanbul and Kocaeli in the first month of the new year. The investment is approaching 50 million dollars. It was noted that the investment incentive certificate was received for the facility...