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Thales NS50 radar Thales has announced that its NS50 4D Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA) Radar will be installed on Belgian and Dutch naval ships through a contract with Kership - a joint venture between Naval Group and Piriou. The NS50 radar is the world’s first compact...

On 11 and 12 January 2021 the Italian Air Force carried out the third edition of the training activity called "Tempesta Perfetta - Perfect Storm" at the 32 ° Stormo in Amendola AFB, Southern Italy. The Tempesta Perfetta included the F-35A, F-35B, MQ-9 Predator aircraft belonging to the 32nd...

The Russian MoD will receive over 3,500 units of new weaponry this year, national information agencies report. As planned, two-thirds of the 2021 defence budget is to be spent on purchasing new, and upgrading existing, weapons. The Novosibirsk Aviation Plant is to start supplying Su-34M...

Serbian Armed Forces have received the first ten BOV M16 Milosh 4×4 armoured multi-purpose combat vehicles, according to a press release issued Monday by the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia. According to a press release, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Nebojša...

The Forsvarsmateriell (FMA), the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, signed a contract with Norscrap West on 11 January to scrap the Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Helge Ingstad. The company will scrap the frigate at its facility at Hanøytangen by the end of the year, according to the FMA...

HattoriX- artificial intelligence based fire support system Elbit Systems recently demonstrated its “HattoriX” artificial intelligence based fire support system to eight Western European countries signaling a possible sale to these nations. HattoriX is a passive/active target acquisition...

A400M UAV launcher Airbus has developed a launcher to release unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) from the belly of an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The development of the UAV Launcher project has been performed in a non-traditional way in only half a year. This project is the result of a...

In a recent flight test, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) integrated a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod® onto an Avenger Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) demonstrating enhanced autonomous sensing capabilities for an unmanned aircraft. Taking less than three months for the Legion Pod...

Second B-21 Under Construction as Bomber Moves Toward First Flight Production of a second B-21 stealth bomber is underway at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Palmdale, Calif., while the first Raider is expected to roll out in early 2022 and fly in the middle of that year, according to Randall...

The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to buy a combination of inner-layer missiles and medium-calibre guided munitions to replace the Goalkeeper close-in weapon system (CIWS) currently fitted to Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) ships The Dutch Navy’s 16 Goalkeepers were recently subject to...

Slovenia is about to order one Leonardo C-27J Spartan transport aircraft for its armed forces through a government to government deal. The C-27J would make Slovenia independent in providing air transport for its own needs. According to the White Book of Defence plan from 2019, it is planned to...

Ministry of Industry and Technology; ''At the end of 2023, the first reactor will be commissioned and electricity will be produced here. As you know, Turkey has turned a new nuclear power plant projects in the coming period. We evaluates them. Of course, this first nuclear power plant project...

China's WJ-700 high-altitude, long-endurance and high-speed armed reconnaissance drone makes its maiden flight on Monday. Photo: Courtesy of CASIC China's WJ-700, a high-altitude, long-endurance and high-speed armed reconnaissance drone said to be able to create a new pattern for drone...

Ukraine is considering resuming production of the Antonov-74 air cargo plane and supplying them to the country’s armed forces, the government said on Saturday. The Soviet-designed An-74 is a light transport aircraft with jet engines capable of flying 4,600 km at a speed of 560 km per hour. It...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, departs tonight for the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, where he will pay consecutive working visits. Mr Christodoulides will first travel to Abu Dhabi, where he is due to hold a head-to-head meeting and extended consultations...

Missile exploding in water @PressTV Iran’s indigenously-developed ballistic missiles destroyed targets located 1,800km away in the Indian Ocean on Saturday. State-owned news agency PRESS TV reported today that missiles fired from central Iran hit mock enemy warships with “pinpoint accuracy”...

A Philippine Air Force UH-1H Huey helicopter crashed in a mountainous area in the Bukidnon province in the country’s south, Saturday (Jan. 16) afternoon, killing all seven on board. The helicopter was carrying supplies to a Forward Operations Base (FOB) of the Philippine Army 8th Infantry...

A JL-10 fighter trainer attached to a regiment under the PLA Naval Aviation University. Photo by Xu Yinglong Ukrainian manufacturer of jet engines Motor Sich has agreed to a record $800 million contract with People’s Liberation Army for turbofan AI-322 engine production, according to multiple...

The second AgustaBell AB412 for the Aviación Naval Uruguaya (ANU, Uruguayan Naval Aviation) arrived in Montevideo harbour on 14 January 2021. The former Italian Capitaneria machine, serial MM81511/9-09 (construction number 25722), is the second and last and will receive ANU serial 042. The...