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Baku, September 29, AZERTAC In accordance with the combat training plan for the current year, live-fire exercises were conducted with helicopter units of the Air Force of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. During the exercises, helicopters that departed from the base airfields...

The T-BE5A Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer (Photo: CNA) Taiwan is planning a record NT$580 billion (US$ 18.3 billion) defense budget for next year. That was the word from Premier Su Tseng-chang while speaking at the legislature on Tuesday. Citing China’s increased military activity around...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, has been selected to develop and deliver the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) to the US Air Force (USAF). The selection was announced on September 23, when Raytheon Missiles & Defense was awarded a $985.3m...

Oshkosh Defense announced on September 26 that it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM) to produce Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System (EHETS) trailers for the U.S. Army. Oshkosh will execute the contract with the support of its major...

Sonaca, a Walloon company (southern part of Belgium), was selected, along with twelve other companies, to participate in the development of the first European defense system against hypersonic missiles, Raphaël Meulders reports in La Libre Belgique. SONACA will be in charge of the development...

According to a tweet posted on September 27 by Max Montero, the 1st battery of Rafael/IAI Spyder air defense systems for the Philippine Air Force mounted on Tatra 815 8x8 trucks has been delivered ahead of schedule. An unpublished photo set shows several missile firing units, field support and...

Urutu APC modified for urban warfare. (Photo: Brazilian Army) The Brazilian Army has upgraded mobility, mechanical and communications features of the Urutu APC to prepare the vehicle for deployment in towns and cities. The Brazilian Army conducted an adaptation process of a EE-11 Urutu APC in...

RAF participates in large-scale air exercise in Australia for the first time since the Covid pandemic. The RAF has started a series of exercises that will see the UK Armed Forces training with Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and other Indo-Pacific nations, until December. Four...

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 23, the US Navy's future USS Cooperstown, during sea trials on Lake Michigan (Lockheed Martin picture). The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin Sept. 20...

The RAM missile is a supersonic, quick-reaction, fire-and-forget system designed to destroy anti-ship missiles and other threats. (Photo: U.S. Navy) The budget committee of the Bundestag (the German parliament) has approved the procurement of 600 RAM Block 2B missiles for the German Navy fleet...

The United States Army awards Ricardo 20.2million USD towards the life-saving Antilock Brake System/Electronic Stability Control (ABS/ESC) retrofit kit. The United States Army has awarded Ricardo’s Defense business unit, located in Michigan, Detroit USA, a 20.2million USD contract to continue...

22 Sep 2022 DARPA has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST LabsTM research and development organization a $6.5 million contract for the COmpact Front-end Filters at the ElEment-level (COFFEE) program. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has...

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). HACM is a first-of-its-kind...

The French Navy has taken delivery of the first of six H-160 helicopters that will perform Search and Rescue (SAR) missions. The aircraft is part of the interim fleet that will be delivered by the partnership formed between Airbus Helicopters, Babcock, and Safran Helicopter Engines. In 2020 the...

The latest Boxer vehicle variant, equipped with Brimstone precision-guided missiles, has been unveiled. The British Army is set to buy 623 Boxers and the new Overwatch variant is fitted with eight of the missiles - able to hit enemy armour up to 12 miles away. It was unveiled at the Defence...

KF-21N aircraft scale model on KAI stand at DX Korea 2022 Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) unveiled a scale model of the KF-21N during DX Korea 2022. It is the carrier-borne version of the company's indigenous 4.5-generation fighter jet known as KF-21 / KFX project and is intended for the CVX...

The Royal Thai Navy has ordered an unspecified number of Elbit Systems Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to serve in the maritime patrol mission. https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/thai-navy-orders-hermes-900-uavs/150279.article

Airbus Defence and Space has developed and tested a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Airbus Beluga A300-600ST aircraft. The capability was successfully tested during a verification exercise with the German armed forces, the system’s first customer, by loading a CH53...

Vehicle developer Supacat has delivered the first tranche of upgraded British Army Fuchs/Fox CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) surveillance and reconnaissance vehicles to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL). As part of an overall £16m UK MOD contract awarded to RBSL in...

ABU DHABI — UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed received here on Wednesday Prince Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Defense, who's currently on a visit to the UAE. Prince Khalid conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince...