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South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper says the U.S. military is preparing for a possible North Korean missile test next month by relocating its missile tracking assets in the north Pacific. A RC-135S Cobra Ball missile tracking aircraft has been deployed from Offutt Air Force Base to Kadena...

After some twenty years in service with the Dutch Koninklijke Landmacht, the service life of the Dutch FENNEK reconnaissance vehicles is being extended with a Mid Life Update (MLU) The Dutch procurement agency the Defensie Materieel Organisatie (DMO) has signed a contract with Krauss-Maffei...

By the end of 2021, the Ukrainian Navy will receive the Bayraktar TB2 complex and the first divisional set of the RK-360MC Neptune Coastal Defense Complex. These terms were announced in an interview with Ukrinform by the Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Oleksiy Neizhpapa. Commander of the...

The Uzbek Air Force has taken delivery of the final six L-39 ALBATROS aircraft, which have undergone general overhaul with Aero Vodochody. The contract for this, which also covers the partial modernisation of their onboard equipment, was signed in September 2018, with the work undertaken with...

F110 frigate @Navantia The Spanish Navy’s five F110-class (Bonifaz-class) multi-mission frigates will be equipped with iXblue’s Marins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Navigation Data Distribution & Computation Systems. The relevant contract between Spain Directorate...

The Antelope air defense system is an indigenous design from Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST). Deployed on trucks, each system consists of four Sky Sword I (TC-1) missiles. It is comparable to the Chaparral system made by the United States.

HENSOLDT is modernising the TRS-3D radars of two K130 class corvettes operated by the German Navy, as well as an associated shore facility. An order for corresponding electronic components was placed by the BAAINBw. The replacement deliveries will take place in the course of this year. The...

The Wide Area Surveillance Payload (WASP) system has been unveiled by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). It consists of: electro-optical and thermal imaging sensors image processing and analysis software artificial intelligence adaptive rule engines From an altitude of 2000m, WASP offers a...

Yesterday (Sunday), at 7 AM, the IAF launched a surprise force-wide annual exercise. Lt. Col. O., Head of Training, spoke about the significance of the element of surprise and the importance of holding such an exercise at this time Four months after the conclusion of the previous annual...

Flying ambulance MBB BK117C-1 helicopter EP-AVE was substantially damaged when it crash landed shortly after take –off from Ilam Airport, Iran, on 10 February 2021. The HEMS equipped helicopter was on its way to rescue a child that was seriously injured after stepping on a mine. EP-AVE is one...

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 21.1 (MRF-E), Marine Forces Europe and Africa, participate in a tactical drivers training course in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 5, 2021. During a tactical drivers training course, marines learn to drift their armored military vehicles on the snow...

On December 16, 2020, Arquus delivered the 2000th VT4 to the French defense procurement agency, the DGA. This major milestone in the program validates the measures implemented by Arquus and the DGA to ensure the continuity of production for the forces despite the health crisis that marked the...

Aero Vodochody has won its its most significant export deal yet for the L-39NG, with Vietnam to take 12 of the modernised jet trainers between 2023 and 2024. https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/vietnam-to-take-12-aero-vodochody-l-39ngs/142426.article

Elbit has been contracted to supply 6×6 GUARANI wheeled tanks to the Philippines within three years. This selection was made in December 2020, with a contract value of €39.3M. The vehicle ordered by the Philippines consists of: Iveco’s 6×6 amphibious platform a turret fire control systems...

Late January 2021, exact date unknown, three UH-1H-II helicopters destined for the Lebanese Air Force (LAF) have been airlifted by an Antonov Airlines An-124 Ruslan to Beirut Air Base, Lebanon. United States Ambassador Dorothy Shea participated in a small ceremony to commemorate the donation...

In November 2018, the Bulgarski Voenno Vzdushnu Sili (BVVS, Bulgarian Air Force) signed a contract for the major overhaul of fourteen Sukhoi Su-25K and Su-25UBK close air support aircraft by the 558th Aviation Repair Plant (558th) at Baranovichi (Belarus). This contract was downgraded to eight...

Navantia started in 1996 the design of the frigate F-100. More that 20 years later and with 13 ships of this family built, with different versions and for several countries (Spain, Norway and Australia) the innovative and new frigate F110 aims to maintain Navantia’s world leadership position as...

MST to supply two 19m high-speed patrol craft to the Royal Navy We are pleased to announce that Marine Specialised Technology Group is the successful bidder in a competitive tender process with the UK MOD Defence Equipment & Support Organisation to supply two state-of-the-art 19.0m high-speed...