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M270 MLRS firing rocket. Estonian Defense Forces' (EDF) along with United States Army and the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup, practiced firing a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) at their central polygon training area in Harju County, Estonia. Commander of the EDF...

Navantia has selected an integrated bridge system (IBS) from OSI Maritime Systems for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) new Supply-class auxiliary replenishment oilers (AORs). The future HMAS Supply , seen here during its sea trials. (Navantia Australia via Twitter) The IBS supplied is...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II combat aircraft have arrived in the United Kingdom, ahead of their first embarkation aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth . Ten F-35Bs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) at Marine Corps...

The US Air Force (USAF) is to open up to competition its requirement for engines for the Boeing F-15EX Advanced Eagle combat aircraft. While the US Air Force has already contracted General Electric to deliver its F110-GE-129 powerplant (pictured) for Lot 1 production of the F-15EX, it has...

BQM-167 Air Force target drones served as surrogates for Russian cruise missiles during today’s ABMS on-ramp.WASHINGTON: The Air Force’s second demonstration of its burgeoning Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) today included a series of ‘firsts’ — including enabling rapid detection and...

Chinese Y-20 plane prepares for its first heavy airdrop in the plateau region (image: China MoD) The Chinese military completed their first heavy equipment airdrop from Y-20 heavy transport plane during a real combat training exercise in the plateau area, close to its border with India. During...

It’s an open secret that the U.S. Air Force has a massive fighter detachment at Mwaffaq Salti, Jordna. Here you can see the firefighting crew from the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing conducting their weekly training on a retired Royal Jordan Air Force F-104 from the No. 25 Squadron.

EMCORE Corporation has been awarded a contract by Raytheon Technologies valued at $3.6 million to deliver SDI500 IMUs (Inertial Measurement Units) for the MK 54 lightweight torpedo program. The units are expected to be delivered by September 2021. MK 54 is an advanced anti-submarine torpedo...

KJ-500 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft Chinese People’s Liberation Army has unveiled the latest iteration of KJ-500 airborne early warning and control system (AWACS) plane with a probe to allow aerial refueling. The aircraft, with an aerial refuelling probe above the nose, was spotted in...

America’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that the new destroyer, the USS Delbert D. Black, departed from Ingalls Shipbuilding division, sailing to its homeport in Mayport, Florida. “Our shipbuilders have done an excellent job throughout the...

Germany has decided to drop the Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft from a list of contenders to replace its P-3 Orion. Berlin and Paris are shopping for a new aircraft that will enter service in 2025. This new aircraft will be a stopgap measure until 2035. However, Germany is worried...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has revealed “MultiFlyer,” a UAV squadron of small unmanned helicopters that can fulfill a range of non-military tasks. It can assist with tasks such as disaster area management, first responders guidance, large events monitoring, security and police...

The Leopard 2A4 MBT upgrade programme (2PL) is one of the most important and challenging undertakings of the process associated with the modernization of the Polish military. The agreement signed in December 2015 envisaged that all of the 142 MBTs in stock (with the 2018 optional procurement of...

Photo by Charles Rosemond The U.S. Army to get rid of the ageing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters to make room for the new aircraft, according to a notice posted to the U.S. government’s main contracting website this week. The Army Contracting Command- Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) is looking for...

Fitted with both COMINT & ELINT equipment, Brest based MarineNationale intelligence collection ship Dupuy de Lôme A759 transited Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea @YorukIsik

Liaoning aircraft carrier Chinese two aircraft carriers Shandong and Liaoning, embarked on a training voyages in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea respectively last week which Chinese media said was for simultaneous exercises. This is the first time China has deployed two aircraft carriers in...

Despite the current economic downturn a number of eastern European allies aim to maintain their defence expenditures at two percent of their respective gross domestic product. Poland and Romania are far ahead of the other countries in their region and are planning to a large amount of US dollars...

Photo by Sgt. Connor Mendez U.S. Special Operations Command intends to award a contract for the armor piercing ammunition, according to the government’s main contracting website. USSOCOM recently announced it will award a one time, sole-source supply contract to Black Hills Ammunition...