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The UK and France will jointly develop autonomous mine-hunting systems that will help detect and neutralise sea mines around the world. This comes after the former announced a £184M investment in the joint Maritime Mine Counter Measure (MMCM) programme. UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said...

Venezuelan CODAI JY-11 radar site somewhere in Venezuela. There is a static radar in the back of this photo which could give a clue to the location. CODAI static radar at Nueva Esparta was similar but it still doesn’t appear to be the same type of radar.

Venezuela’s S-300 moved out of its shelters for inspection at Captain Manuel Rios Airbase in Guárico A nice image of the S-300, with a Zu-23 in the corner.

Venezuela unveiled its first ever ‘built in Venezuela’ aircraft a few days ago, the Simon Bolivar 100 and the Simon Bolivar 200 (SIBO100/200). These planes are actually the Iranian Fajir-3 and the Fajir-20

The Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile has completed its qualification firings trials, with a successful final firing at the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) test site at Ile du Levant on 17 November. Soon to start equipping the Royal Navy’s AW159 Wildcat and Marine nationale’s H160M...

Tatra 12 X 12 truck A joint venture is to be established between Czech truck producer Tatra, owned by Czechoslovak Group (CSG) and Rheinmetall Landsysteme, to manufacture Tatra brand of rugged military trucks. Rheinmetall and Czechoslovak Group (CSG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in...

New photos of the new Hellenic Navy General Support Ship HS Heracles (A472), a donation by President of the LaskaridisFound, Panos Laskaridis, this time supporting frigates of the Fleet. @D__Mitch

Photo: Belarus MoD Belarus military plans to get four Mi-35M attack helicopters and additional four Su-30SM fighters from Russia in 2021, Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin of Belarus said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel on 23 November 2020. As added by Khrenin, the contract for the four...

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (SCAF) being developed by France, Germany, and Spain took a step forward on 23 November with the... The Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (SCAF) being developed by France, Germany, and Spain...

The Royal Thai Air Force released a video of the Royal Thai Air Force Flying Training School (FTS) performing an elephant walk on 24 November 2020. The FTS is based at Kamphaeng Saen air base, Nakhon Pathom and operates the CT/4E with the Basic Squadron, the Pilatus PC-9 with the Advanced...

The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta has returned to her homeport of Fleet Base West in Rockingham, Western Australia, following a successful five-month regional deployment, most recently supporting Operation ARGOS. During her 164 days at sea, Arunta concluded three-months on a regional...

Previously(29 February 2020): Germany lines up 60-unit H145M purchase Germany is looking to buy more than 60 Airbus Helicopters H145Ms to address a broad spectrum of missions - including training and light attack - chiefly for its army. In fact, the army requires nearly 50 helicopters on its...

The amphibious dock landing ships Wuzhishan (Hull 987), Kunlunshan (Hull 998) and Changbaishan (Hull 989) attached to a landing ship flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command steam alongside in waters of the South China Sea during a maritime training exercise on November 18...

Wreckage of the ill-fated Ukrainian Airlines' Boeing 737-800 plane near Tehran Iran may draw $200 million from its sovereign wealth fund to pay compensation for the Ukrainian airliner that it shot down accidently in January. The semi-official ISNA news agency reported that Iranian authorities...

On 24 November 2020 a most likely SIAI-Marchetti SF-260 of the Zimbabwe Air Force's 6sq Aspire To Achieve, crashed at a farm near Dabuka Railway Station, near Gweru under unknown circumstances. Sadly both occupants were killed on impact. It had taken off from Thornhill Air Base, now renamed...

Senegal and Togo is set to benefit from its relationship with France, as during a recent visit to Dakar, the Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Army (CEMAAE), General Philippe Lavigne underscores the importance of helping West African nations strengthen their air capabilities. A Socata...

First appearance of the 1st Egyptian Navy Bergamini-class (GP) frigate named as "ENS al-Galala".

At a meeting with bloggers, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, confirmed that the Neptune anti-ship cruise missile system will be ordered on the Tatra chassis. This was reported by the Ukrainian military portal . We will remind that earlier...

Airbus Defence; Proud to see the Heron-1 UAS successfully achieving 50,000 flight hours in Afghanistan. Our Airborne Solutions teams thank the Bundeswehr for their trust. In Afghanistan, Heron 1 Services has been extended in March 2020, for the period June 2020 / May 2021. It had...

Photo by Textron Systems Textron Systems, a unit of Textron, announced that it is currently performing a series of tests on its unmanned surface ship, called the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel. “While undergoing testing in Florida, our Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) and Ship-to-Shore...