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Heckler & Koch HK-416 F Rifle The French Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) has decided to place an order for 12000 HK-416 F assault rifles in 2021 and will receive an equal number of rifles under an earlier order next year. Another 12,000 HK-416 rifles were delivered in 2020, bringing to...

On 31 December 2020, the Ejército del Aire (EdA, Spanish Air Force) will officially cease operations with the Lockheed Hercules. The tanker/transporter has been operated by Ala de Transporte 31 (Ala 31) at Zaragoza air base since 1974. According to the Spanish Air Force, the unit has made more...

The Belgian Air Force has taken delivery of its first of seven Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to the customer at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and subsequently performed its ferry flight to the 15th Wing Air Transport in Melsbroek...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) took delivery of Indra Lanza LTR-25 (Long Tactical Range 25) deployable long-range air defense radar. Now the radar has arrived in the UK, it will undergo extensive trials and is due to be accepted into service with the RAF by mid-2021. The new state-of-the art...

Pilots prepare for a training mission at the International School of Flight Training (IFTS). The Italian Air Force and Leonardo are close to opening a new flight school in the Mediterranean capable of training pilots from all over the world for the most advanced combat aircraft thanks to...

Commander Giacomo Iannelli, Project Test Pilot Trainers at Leonardo's Aircraft Division. On 16 December 2020, Commander Giacomo Iannelli, Project Test Pilot Trainers at Leonardo's Aircraft Division, took part in a very interesting webinar in which he talked about the complex and exciting life...

Satellite images show facility at Yulin Naval Base in Sanya will be able to accommodate the giant warships The first of China’s next-generation carriers is expected to launch next year An artist’s impression of China’s new Type 002 aircraft carrier. Photo: Handout A dry dock being built at...

This is the first time one of these Tomahawk missile-laden submarines has been in the Persian Gulf in eight years. The U.S. Navy has publicly announced the transit of USS Georgia, one of its four Ohio class guided-missile submarines, or SSGNs, from the Gulf of Oman into the Persian Gulf by...

Iranian Navy's largest Ship, I.R.I.N.S Makran, Observed On Sea Trials The Iranian Navy is joining the IRGC in converting large merchant ships to function as Forward Base Ships. The Iranian Navy's version, the I.R.I.N.S. Makran (441), is by far the largest. As previously reported it was floated...

The Navy replaced a fleet of C-130s configured to support nuclear deterrent operations with jet-powered aircraft just over three decades ago. The U.S. Navy says it has determined that a modified C-130J-30 Hercules turboprop airlifter is the best available platform to provide airborne command...

Romanian Air Force IAR-99 trainer jet. The first prototype of the IAR-99 aircraft, registered S001, made its maiden flight from Craiova Airport, Romania, on December 21, 1985, flown for 21 minutes by Lieutenant Colonel Stefanel Vagner. Since 2003, the aircraft has been based at Freshman Air...

Saab Multi-Mode Radar system The U.S. Navy awarded Saab $18.2 million Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) systems. Under this contract, Saab Inc. manufactures, inspects, tests and delivers MMR systems to be deployed on Navy Expeditionary Support Base ships and Coast Guard (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)...

Ocean Shipyard has signed a memorandum with the State Defense Concern of the Republic of Turkey on joint activities to implement a project to build a series of corvettes (Milgem)for the Ukrainian Navy to implement the Military Framework Agreement signed in October 2020 during the meeting of the...

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Oppo plans to start production at the facility to be established in Istanbul and Kocaeli in the first month of the new year. The investment is approaching 50 million dollars. It was noted that the investment incentive certificate was received for the facility...

Indra will equip 23 Spanish NH90 helicopters with the maximum survival capability for 111 million euros It will develop one of the most advanced threat alerters to date: fully digitized and with the ability to instantly cover the whole bandwidth It will also implement its InShield DIRCM...

Twelve C-Guard RJ prototype installations have been tested and evaluated on different types of Spanish Army vehicles [©Netline] Netline has completed the testing & evaluation phase of the C-Guard RJ vehicular counter-IED system on 12 types of Spanish MOD vehicle. ~ Press Release, Tel Aviv, 21...

Saab has signed a contract with the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) for an upgrade and life extension of the French Air and Space Force’s mobile command and control systems, which feature Saab’s Giraffe AMB radar and command and control shelter. This contract is part of the French...

Contract worth €41 million The German Bundeswehr has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply it with additional heavy tractor trailers with a 70-tonne payload. Delivery of a further 24 unprotected heavy tractor trailers – dubbed the SaZgM 70t mil in German military parlance – is to take place in...

Patria AMVXP8x8 vehicles have now been sent from Finland to Japan for test purposes. These vehicles are part of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s project called the Next Wheeled Armored Vehicle operating under the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The vehicles will be handed over to the...

Saab has today, on Wednesday 16th of December, delivered the second submarine of Gotland-class to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) after a Mid-life upgrade. Saab has conducted a Mid-life upgrade of HMS Uppland. Taking all necessary measures to ensure the submarine's...