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Surveillance mission for a Turkish AWACS This morning we’re tracking a new mission for a Turkish Air Force AWACS. The Boeing E-7T (13-002) departed from Konya AB made a first part of its surveillance mission south west of Cyprus and now is orbiting near Dalaman, north east of the island of...

HABRAS (Warhead High Speed Rocket Test Track) Warhead High Speed Rocket Test Track called HABRAS is one of the ground test facilities that is built and operated by TÜBİTAK SAGE to provide dynamic testing services for defense and aerospace researches. Its building started in June 2017 and was...

Japanese F-2 fighter jet BAE Systems has responded to a Request for Information (RFI) from the Japanese Ministry of Defence (JMOD), proposing a package of integration support to Japan’s F-X next generation fighter development programme. Japan wants to build F-X stealth jet by the time its F-2...

Chinese Su-35 jet (image: China MoD) The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has denied shooting down a Chinese Su-35 jet today, after social media was abuzz with reports that suggested the same. “The Air Force Command has refuted reports of shooting down Su-35. The information is false and...

Ohio-class USS Tennessee submarine The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat $9.5 billion for construction and test of the lead and second ships of the Columbia class SSBN 826 and SSBN 827, as well as associated design and engineering support. This modification to the integrated...

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has informed Congress on Nov. 5 that Canada will be buying 100 SM-2 Block IIIC air defense intercetors. The sales includes 100 MK 13 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) and it will cost $500 million for Canada. The SM-2 Block IIIC has an active homing...

According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on November 5, 2020, the Russian Navy Vasily Bykov corvette of project 22160 has completed Arctic trials. It tested its armament and life support. It was believed that project 22160 warships are unfit for the Arctic, but the...

According to information published this week by the Classic Cars and Auto Blog website, the military branch of the South Korean Company KIA has unveiled a new concept of 4x4 all-terrain vehicle based on civilian SUV and specially designed to be used by Special Forces. New KIA All-terrain 4x4...

Italy has issued a proposal for Poland and other countries to jointly work on a new generation MBT programme, Defence 24 reports. The Polish company PGZ already expressed its interest in creating a new main battle tank, not excluding a joint project with some international partners. Italy...

The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is poised to begin low rate initial production (LRIP) of the Northrop Grumman AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER), with a sole-source contract notification posted on 4 November. Seen being carried by a Super...

Image for representation only. German Bundestag has given the green light to procure 127mm calibre practice ammunition for F125 Baden-Württemberg frigates. The contract valued €33 million will initially include delivery of 7,000 training projectiles and propellant charges as well as reference...

I have doubts as to whether this will be a handicap. Using PD170 in TB3 means a bigger body. One of the main reasons TB2 is so effective is that it has a small body. I still think that an engine called PG115 will be a surprise for us.

Germany has approved the procurement of additional Eurofighter combat aircraft for the Luftwaffe under the country’s Project Quadriga procurement plan. The Luftwaffe is to retire its 38 Tranche 1 Eurofighters and replace them with Tranche 3 aircraft fitted to the new Quadriga configuration...

The United Kingdom has received a further four Beechcraft T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft to add to the 10 already operated under the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) programme. The UK now has 14 Texan II aircraft at RAF Valley supporting the Fixed-Wing portion of the UKMFTS pilot...

The first of Israel’s four new Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, INS Magen, is due to reach Haifa naval base in early December, an official in the Israeli Navy stated on 4 November. The vessel is currently undergoing sea trials off Germany, where it was built by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. INS Magen...

UK-based Pearson Engineering has developed and tested a lightweight interface for its front-end equipment (FEE) called ‘SLICE’, which is already being marketing to potential end users and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The system is designed to be fitted onto main battle tanks (MBTs)...

Indigenous submarine expected to be completed in 2024 at earliest TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The construction of Taiwan’s first indigenous submarine prototype will officially begin on Nov. 3. A ceremony will be held that day at CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipbuilding plant and will be hosted by President...

ŞİMŞEK Being an indigenous Design and Development program, ŞİMŞEK High Speed Target Drone System program was initiated in 2009 to meet the increased training requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF). System will meet the requirements of high speed target drone simulating enemy aircraft...

AKSUNGUR UAV ANKA-AKSUNGUR is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) class UAV System, capable to perform day and night Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and strike missions with EO/IR, SAR and SIGINT payloads, and a variety of air to ground weapons. ANKA-AKSUNGUR is powered...