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They began their journey in the early years of the state. Over time they grew and developed, closed and reopened, and moved to the Hazor base. Now 101st Squadron ("First Battle") and 105th Squadron ("Scorpion") are about to move to Ramat David base, and preparations have already begun. "Our goal...

The Nikkei revealed that eight Japanese companies are participating in the development of the F-X fighter. The main contractor will be Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. IHI Corporation will develop the engine, Subaru and Kawasaki Heavy Industries will build the airframe, Mitsubishi Electric...

Lt. Col. Richard “Tac” Turner, Commander, 40th Flight Test Squadron, and Lt. Col. Jacob “Duke” Lindaman, Commander, 85th Test & Evaluation Squadron, deliver the first F-15EX to its new home station, Eglin AFB, Florida, 11 March, 2021. The 40th FLTS will take possition of EX1 and the 85th TES...

Ukraine will take aerospace company Motor Sich back into state ownership in the near future because of its strategic importance to national security, top security official Oleksiy Danilov told a briefing on Thursday. Motor Sich was privatised two decades ago and the United States and China have...

In December 2019, the Vzdušné síly armády České republiky (CzAF, Czech Air Force) signed a contract for two additional C295MW transport aircraft. The C295MW, with temporary registration EC-297 (construction number 172) was photographed during its first flight. Delivery of the aircraft is...

A ScanEagle UAV being displayed on its pneumatic launcher at the inauguration ceremony of Malaysia’s 601 Squadron on 4 March 2021. (Royal Malaysian Navy) The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has established a new formation to operate the ScanEagle unmanned aerial system (UAS). The formation, which...

The Philippine Air Force has started training operators of an Israeli air missile system that it was expected to receive within 2021. The first Missile System Officer Course started last March 1 at the Basa Air Base in Floridablanca town, Pampanga province, INQUIRER.net learned from a senior...

With the past years having been spent under an international ban on weapon sales, Iran has built its own defence industry, developing and manufacturing new jets, missiles, warships and other armaments all by itself. The ban was lifted by most of the UN states in 2020 with Tehran hoping to enter...

Image Credit: M. Dura One of the two remaining Kobbens, ORP “Sęp”, was towed from the Polish Navy’s base in Gdynia to the Gdanska Stocznia Remontowa im. J. Piłsudskiego S.A. shipyard in Gdansk, where the batteries are going to be extracted from that vessel. After the process comes to...

Bilateral tactical exercises held at the Ili test site Airborne units have developed new methods of combating illegal armed groups. The exercise involved a parachute landing battalion, unmanned aerial vehicles, assault and artillery units. In total, more than 300 servicemen and about 100...

The first fleet capable helicopter type AEGEAN DAUPHIN, which from today returns to active action and surveillance of the national maritime space, received the Coast Guard. The repair of the helicopter, after a damage that had suffered, was carried out thanks to the sponsorship of the Urban...

Taiwan is unlikely to take delivery of the Harpoon Coastal Defense System in 2024 after the United States inform the island that Boeing can only start delivery of equipment in 2025, Up Media reported. Last year, the United States sold 100 sets of my country's mobile shore-mounted Harpoon...

An HQ-17AE troop-accompanying field air defense missile system in action. Photo: Courtesy of CASIC China unveiled its domestically developed, latest generation troop-accompanying field air defense missile system, the HQ-17AE, announcing its availability for export, with analysts saying that it...

The launch system can either be powered by steam or eletromagnetic power and handle an aircraft weighing 25 tonnes. The recovery system must handle 21 tonnes. Gareth Corfield, a defence specialist, said that the proposed system is not able to launch the F-35C and is likely to be “an early look...

The U.S. Air Force has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for its Next-Generation (Next-Gen) Multi-Role Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Family of Systems (FoS). Graphic: General Atomics Three Focus Areas (FAs) were listed and the first area was to determine what type of sensors or sensor...

The German Armed Forces will receive 55 interoperable communication solutions based on RUAG’s Tactical Access Node (TAN) device to meet an acute operational need, the company said in a press release. TAN enables communication lines of different technologies and standards – from analogue field...

Sweden’s aerospace and defense concern Saab announced on Monday that it has received an order for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons and ammunition to the Estonian Armed Forces. The order value is approximitly 100 MSEK ($11 million) and deliveries will take place in 2021-2022. The order was...

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Bruges (Belgium) (AFP) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that Europe's defence depends on close transatlantic bonds and not on a quest for the continent's strategic autonomy. Most EU member states are also NATO member states, and their citizens' safety relies on an...

The environmental organization Greenpeace arrived today without authorization on the apron of Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to paint a parked Air France Boeing 777 green. The activists call their action “greenwashing”. On Twitter, Greenpeace reported: "While the world is demanding a...