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A pair of production Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft (Boeing). Wedgetail Apertures The Wedgetail AEW&C design is based on a hybrid 737 airframe, combining the -600 fuselage and -700/800 wing. The most prominent of the many antenna and optical apertures is the MESA “top hat” AESA antenna...

Poland ordered twelve M346 advanced jet trainers, divided over two contracts. The second contract, which was ordered in March 2018, involves four aircraft of which the first two aircraft were delivered on 5 October 2020 respectively 20 October 2020 (serials 7709 and 7710). On 16 November 2020...

With an international arms embargo lifted, Iran is likely to start buying armed drones, air defense systems, fighter jets and tanks, according to one expert, with another analyst linking the passage of Chinese defense export legislation on Oct. 28 with the embargo’s expiration. Iran previously...

A Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF, Taiwan Air Force) F-16A Fighting Falcon went missing over waters off eastern Taiwan on Tuesday night 16 November 2020. Search and recovery operations are still ongoing. Two minutes after take-off from Hualien air base, the fighter aircraft disappeared from...

Italian Typhoons could soon bring satellites into orbit. On December 12, 2018, the Italian Air Force signed a letter of intent with the University of Rome, Italian research institutes and a company specializing in the development of small satellites, to start a new project related to the...

Photos emerged at the Maavoimat (Finnish Army) website where new camouflage schemes for the MD500 and NH90-TTH helicopters are presented. The Finnish Army is studying the effect of new camouflage schemes on the visibility of helicopters in the Finnish terrain, during different periods of the...

Austria and Italy are to co-operate on the procurement of military rotorcraft, with both European nations looking to work together to satisfy separate requirements. With Austria recently selecting the Italian-built AW169M, both nations are now looking to co-operate on future helicopter...

By Xavier Vavasseur CANTO anti torpedo decoy being loaded on a SYLENA Mk2 decoy launcher. Lacroix picture Leonardo And LACROIX Sign A Cooperation Agreement In The Naval Countermeasures Sector The agreement will see the partners integrate Leonardo's MJTE anti-torpedo countermeasures with...

Electromotor housings for China Rheinmetall Group wins major order in the field of electromobility An internationally operating maker of premium automobiles has awarded HASCO KSPG Nonferrous Components (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (KPSNC), a joint venture of Rheinmetall, a major order for electromotor...

One is apple and the other is pear Cost mission range accessibility Do you think the meteor is an easily accessible missile that can be sent to any target? Every ammunition that you can't send to the target has an expiration life. If you buy 100 Meteors and they stay in the warehouse, they...

The Brazilian Navy is exploring ways to modernise the Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais) and has unveiled a plan to merge three previous modernisation programmes into a new single effort called Programa de Meios de Fuzileiros Navais (PROADSUMUS). In October the navy began the PROADSUMUS...

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Rafale F3-R jet with Talios pod. Hellenic Air Force will receive 12 Rafale fighter jets upgraded to the latest F3R standard, in 2021. Greece is buying 18 Rafale combat jets from France of which 8 would be brand new while the remaining, second-hand ones. First of the jets will arrive in Greece...

As part of a historic Missile Defense Agency (MDA) demonstration and for the first time ever, an intercontinental ballistic missile target was intercepted and destroyed outside Earth's atmosphere by an advanced SM-3® Block IIA ballistic missile defense interceptor made by Raytheon Missiles &...

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Last Friday, 13 November 2020, the second pair of an additional order for the A-29B Super Tucano was delivered to the Fuerza Aérea de Chile (Chilean Air Force). Seen during their a technical stop at Asunción/Silvio Pettirossi (Paraguay), serials 471 and 472 constitute the last of the follow-on...

Rafael Trophy defensive suite on US Army Abrams MBT [via Rafael] Rafael is to showcase Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Suite for increased lethality, manoeuvrability and situational awareness at DX Korea. ~ Press Release, 16 November 2020: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. is participating in...