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The Kuwait Investment Office is in talks with the manufacturer about its potential £2.5bn fundraising, Sky News learns. Image:A Rolls-Royce engine on a BA passenger jet. Pic: David Pearson/Shutterstock Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks to buy a stake in Rolls-Royce Holdings as one...

The Royal Thai Air Force has purchased 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft, as well as spare parts, training and support services, for $162 million from Textron Aviation Defense. The single-engined turboprop and the training services will support operations at the Royal Thai Air Force...

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan of RAM Block 2 Tactical Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $55.311 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification...

The BuAF on 21-22 September took delivery of its first pair of Su-25 close air support aircraft that were overhauled and upgraded by and received a life extension from 558 ARZ in Belarus. The Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) took delivery of its first pair of Su-25 close air support aircraft that...

First photos of Kuwait Air Force F/A-18E Super Hornet Block III. Kuwait will purchase 22 single-seat E and 6 two-seat F Super Hornet to replace the KAF Legacy F/A-18C/D Hornet Fleet which was purchased after Desert Storm. Kuwait will purchase 28 Eurofighter Typhoon as well.

On 27 September 2020 at around 18:40 hrs LT, three F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft (serials 5387, 5388 and 5389) were delivered to Ørland (Norway). The commander of 332 skvadron, Lieutenant Colonel Tron Strand, welcomed the new aircraft together with the Air Wing Commander, Colonel Øivind...

Latvian Navy countermeasures vessels ECA Group wins a contract worth more than 20 million euros for the modernisation of mine countermeasures vessels to be equipped with its UMIS unmanned system Following an international contest, ECA Group has been awarded a contract worth more than 20...

The UK’s first Protector RG Mk1 aircraft has successfully completed its first flight after coming off the production line on Friday, September 25. Protector RG Mk1, is said to replace the current Reaper Force when it is introduced to the RAF. The aircraft will be capable of being flown anywhere...

This Tuesday 29 September, four General Dynamics F-16s will leave Florennes airbase for the Middle East, as part of the international coalition’s operation “Inherent Resolve” against the Islamic State. Belgian Defence follows the government decision of 26 June 2020. Belgium’s commitment falls...

The State Department has approved a potential $241M foreign military sale of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Patriot Advanced Capability‑3 Missile Segment Enhancements and related equipment to the Dutch government. The Netherlands requested to procure 34 units of PAC-3 MSE, missile and empty...

Swiss voters backed the government’s plan to spend up to 6 billion Swiss francs ($6.46 billion) on new fighter jets in a surprisingly close referendum that was won with a 50.1% majority, Swiss television reported on Sunday. Approving funding in the binding referendum would let the government...

We hear a lot about "tough decisions" from Pentagon officials when it comes to procurement, even in a time of a significant defense spending boom, to the point that many of those statements seem eye-roll worthy and completely out of touch with just how much the U.S. spends on its massive...

Combat firing was carried out from "Msta-S" self-propelled howitzer Combat training classes with the crews of "Msta-S" self-propelled howitzer of the Rocket and Artillery Troops of the Azerbaijan Army are being conducted. The crews who were put on the alert have worked out the issue of the...

Sikorsky is betting huge on its X2 technology, but there's still much to understand about it and how they see it as the future of vertical lift. When it comes to the U.S. military, the very idea of what vertical lift is and what type of aircraft fulfills those roles is slated to drastically...

Dr. Can Kasapoglu | Director, Security and Defense Research Program, EDAM Between 2022 and 2027, Turkey is set to receive six Reis-class submarines (based on Germany’s advanced Type-214-class) with air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems that combine long endurance and silent navigation. The...

An An-26 plane has crashed near the city of Chuguev in the Kharkov region of Ukraine during landing, Ukrainian Air Force Command said Friday. According to the command, there were injuries and deaths, but the head of the Kharkov region, Oleksiy Kucher, said that there were also survivors in the...

Boeing, in cooperation with the U.S. Army, has flown a CH-47 Chinook powered by two General Electric T408 engines, the same ones found on Sikorsky's larger CH-53K King Stallion, for the first time. Pictures first emerged of this modified helicopter undergoing ground testing last year. These...

General Atomics says that it has conducted captive carry tests of its Sparrowhawk, a new small drone that will be able to be launched and recovered in flight. The company says that Sparrowhawk is a demonstrator and was developed specifically to work with other larger unmanned aircraft that it...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $13.5 million contract to upgrade MQ-9 Block 1 and Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft for the Air National Guard (ANG). The procurement includes Generator Power Distribution Modules (GPDM) and kits to integrate the Beyond Line...