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The Republic of Kazakhstan has placed an order for two Airbus A400M aircraft and becomes the ninth operator together with Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Malaysia and Luxembourg. With delivery of the first aircraft scheduled in 2024, the contract includes a complete...

EHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Army unveiled a new homegrown radar capable of detecting 300 targets and an air defense command and control system used in low altitudes. In a ceremony on Wednesday morning, Iran's Air Defense Commander Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard unveiled six military...

Introduction The General Electric M61A1 Vulcan is a 6-barrel 20mm cannon of the gatling-type. It fires standard M50 ammunition at 6,000 rounds per minute (rate selectable in certain installations). History In 1947 the brand new USAF made a request for a new aircraft gun. The lesson of WWII...

Saab will be demonstrating for the first time outside of Sweden a new generation of the Combat Boat 90 (CB90) fast assault craft. It will be shown from 14-17 September at the DSEI exhibition in London, where visitors will have the opportunity to go aboard to learn more about its new...

Murat Bektanov was appointed Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan upon the order of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Trend reports citing the presidential press service. Thus, Bektanov was dismissed from his post of First Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff of the...

Al Shabaab militants have launched an attack on a government base in the town of Amara this morning. Image: REUTERS/Feisal Omar/ File photo Al Shabaab fighters stormed a military base in the centre of Somalia on Tuesday and recaptured a town it lost to government forces earlier this month...

New system to combine flight-proven auxiliary power unit with high-efficiency generator Adam Kress March 6, 2021 Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced it is developing a power source for hybrid-electric aircraft, planned for demonstration later this year. At 280 pounds, the Honeywell 1-Megawatt...

Navy sends third, final Zumwalt-class destroyer to sea trials The third ship of the Zumwalt class, the Lyndon B. Johnson, left Bath Iron Works on Friday to start sea trials. Photo courtesy of General Dynamic Bath Iron Works Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has sent its third and final ship...

PteroDynamics, an aircraft design and manufacturing company that develops innovative vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, recently announced that it has secured a contract with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to deliver 3 VTOL prototypes for the Blue Water Maritime...

In addition to the 15 fatalities, dozens more people were injured in the explosions. NUR-SULTAN -- Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Nurlan Ermekbaev has resigned after a series of explosions last week in the Central Asian nation's south that left at least 15 people dead. Kazakh President...

An air force F-16 fighter aircraft left the runway, and ended up nose-down at Pingtung Air Base this morning, according to reports today, Tuesday, August 31. Taipei, Aug. 31 (CNA) An F-16 fighter jet overran a runway while attempting to land at an airbase in southern Taiwan on Tuesday...

Saab has today received a further order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to continue the development and production, as well as expand the capabilities, of the two A26 Blekinge class submarines previously ordered by Sweden. The order value is SEK 5.2 billion and the...

It isn't clear if the surge in Chinese drone presence over the East China Sea is indicative of a new trend or prelude to a major naval movement. BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK AND TYLER ROGOWAY For the third time in as many days, the Japan Air Self Defense Force has sent fighter jets out to monitor...

The frigate "Hydra" and the general support ship "Promitheus" have arrived at Salamis Naval Base with the completion of the annual Summer Training. Training included practical and theoretical training on board and contributed significantly to the acquisition of maritime experience by Naval...

Securing Bundeswehr bases abroad High-altitude “eye in the sky” from Rheinmetall to protect forward operating base – order worth over €21 million The German Bundeswehr has ordered a tethered balloon-based area reconnaissance system for protecting a forward operating base in Niger. For...

Taliban takeover fuels fears in European Union of repeat of 2015 refugee crisis Police patrol a steel wall at Evros river near the village of Poros at the Greece-Turkey border (AP) Greece has erected a 25-mile fence and installed a new surveillance system on its border with Turkey in...

The Navy May Never Top the Oliver Hazard Perry-Class Frigate The frigates conducted maritime interdiction operations, counter-narcotic efforts, and engagements with partner navies—thus fulfilling the Navy's Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower or Maritime Strategy. by Peter Suciu...

Members of an armed Lithuanian police unit arrive at a refugee camp amid a surge of arrivals from neighbouring Belarus. AP Tim Stickings Aug 14, 2021 Determined not to open Europe’s borders to another wave of refugees, the EU is preparing to guard its frontiers with a growing reliance on...

Cairo – Guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) visited Egypt’s Berenice Naval Base on August 12, marking the first time a U.S. warship has pulled into the Red Sea base, which officially opened in January 2020. During the visit, the ship hosted Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S...

According to information published on August 6, 2021, German shipyard ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has announced that the company was shortlisted to prepare a Concept Design and Feasibility Study as part of the MIECZNIK frigates program, concerning the acquisition of multi-mission frigates...