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Saab has received the first order from prime contractor Thales, acting as System Integrator of the end to end solution, for the Multi-Shot Mine Neutralisation System (MuMNS). The order value is approximately 300 MSEK and deliveries of the first systems will take place in 2022. The order...

The settlement includes a criminal monetary penalty of $243.6 million, compensation of $1.77 billion, and the establishment of a $500 million crash-victim beneficiaries fund to compensate the legal beneficiaries of the passengers. In this Monday, June 29, 2020, file photo, A Boeing 737 MAX jet...

South Korea’s landmark ruling is set to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbours as Japan immediately protested the decision, maintaining all wartime compensation was resolved under a 1965 treaty. Students hold portraits of deceased former South Korean "comfort women" during a weekly...

Turkey and France have repeatedly traded barbs over policies in Syria, Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean and Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as over the publication of cartoons of Prophet Mohammad in France. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at a joint press conference with Portuguese Foreign...

Recent statements from within Iran point towards a showdown with the US, but one that hopes to sway domestic politics too. With just two weeks left of Donald Trump’s term as the president of the United States, the hardline establishment in Iran is doing its utmost to make good its threats of...

In a video message, President Donald Trump said the "new administration will be inaugurated on January 20" and his "focus now turns to ensure a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power." US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, January 6, 2021 (AP) US...

A series of decisions under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has led the Kingdom down a path of irrelevance. During the initial years of the civil war in Syria, many described it as a sectarian proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Even though restricting the complex nature of the war to this...

The Colombian Navy commissioned its newest missile corvette ARC Almiralte Tono (CM56) on 5 January in a ceremony (pictured) at the ARC Bolivar naval base in Cartagena. This 88m-long, 1,220t Pohang-class corvette served the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) as ROKS Iksan before being decommissioned...

A total of 23 Iraqi Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16IQ Viper fighter jets took part in an impressive flyby to mark the centenary of the country’s army yesterday. This is despite recent reports that Baghdad’s fleet of F-16s, the pride of the country’s air force and arguably its most capable combat...

Potential FMS ‘represents a commitment by Kuwait to field and maintain systems that are interoperable with US forces’, says US State Department. Kuwait expects to receive spare parts and related equipment for the Patriot missile defence system, under a potential $200 million FMS deal which is...

WASHINGTON ― Industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies Inc. is acquiring FLIR Systems Inc., the sensor and unmanned systems maker, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $8 billion. The deal is seen as creating a larger new contender for unmanned systems in the air, land and sea ―...

One of China's most advanced weapons, the DF-17 hypersonic missile, was seen in media reports to have received an upgrade that experts said on January 4 can improve the weapon's capability to disguise itself from hostile reconnaissance and protect itself from complicated battlefield...

WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency has selected SpaceX as the launch provider for its first 28 satellites, awarding the company a $150 million contract for two launches. According to the Dec. 31 contract announcement, SpaceX is expected to conduct the first launch in September 2022. All...

FNSS AACE to enhance the Philippine Army combat engineering capabilities 04/01/2021 AACE, FNSS, Philippines 4 January 2021 – Under the contract signed between FNSS and the Department of National Defense (DND), Philippines, which entered into force in November 2020, FNSS will provide a number of...

Taiwan is planning to develop a new combat vehicle with 105-mm rifled cannon to increase the mobility and firepower of troops. As Taiwan News previously reported, the Ministry of Defense’s (MND) Armament Bureau launched the development of a new variant of the Yunpao infantry support vehicle...

The US government has approved the sale of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters to Kuwait for an estimated USD4 billion. The US government has approved the sale of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters to Kuwait for an estimated USD4 billion. Kuwait is set to...

France's next-generation aircraft carrier will be larger than the class it is set to replace and will feature an electromagnetic catapult system that will be used to launch Rafale fighter jets and a future maritime variant of the in-development Future Combat Air System (FCAS). Construction will...