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This is one of HII's REMUS 100 unmanned undersea vessels (HII photo) Huntington Ingalls Industries’ push into the unmanned vessels business this year has gone international, with a sale of undersea drones to the German navy. The REMUS 100 drones are a key product of the Massachusetts-based...

An example of an A-4E Skyhawk from the 11th Squadron at Sultan Hasanuddin Air Force Base in Maros, South Sulawesi, is now an exhibit at the Dirgantara Mandala Air Force Museum in Yogyakarta. (www.tni-au.mil.id/-) Defense Minister Prabowo reignited an old debate in June when he sent a letter to...

Kongsberg has signed a 1 030 MNOK contract with Thales UK Ltd. for the delivery of the PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Station (RWS) to the British Army under the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme. Kongsberg has provided the UK with the PROTECTOR since 2008 and MIV is the seventh delivery...

Indra and Thales have signed an agreement to work in partnership to offer a next-generation tactical communications system to Spain’s Armed Forces which will enhance interoperability during international missions and ensure Spain’s full sovereignty and technical autonomy over strategic military...

Hungary is showing keen interest in Aero Vodochody’s L-39NG aircraft, a light jet capable of serving as a light attack aircraft and unified, comprehensive training system for modern air forces. Recently, the L-39NG took off from the 59th Air Force Base of the Hungarian Defence Forces in...

The Belgische Luchtmacht (BAF, Belgian Air Force) Airbus A321-231, registration CS-TRJ (construction number 1004), made its last training flight on Thursday 24 December 2020. In November ande December 2020, the air force also stopped flying the Embraer ERJ135 and ERJ145 VIP transport aircraft...

Artist’s illustration of a CSO satellite. Credit: Airbus A sharp-eyed French military surveillance spacecraft is set for launch aboard a Soyuz rocket Monday from French Guiana into a 300-mile-high orbit, where it will collect the highest-resolution imagery ever produced by a European...

Uruguay welcomes former Spanish Air Force Hercules. The rumors of a few months ago about the procurement of former Spanish Air Force Hercules by Uruguay were confirmed last December 20 when the first KC-130H tanker/transport aircraft completed a ferry flight from Zaragoza, Spain, to...

Russia's Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters during exercises in October 2020. Ukrainian firm Motor Sich JSC (Zaporozhye) has developed blades for Mi helicopters made of metal and composite materials. Factory tests of the Mi-24’s metal blade and Mi-8’s composite blade began on December 24. This...

For the first time, the United States Congress has made disbursement of military aid to Egypt conditional on the release of political prisoners without providing the US State Department the option to waive the conditions in the interests of US national security. The condition, which comes as...

The Pak-China Joint Air Exercise ‘Shaheen-IX’ culminated at an Operational Air Base of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Thursday. Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong also...

Skyways of Austin, Texas is developing autonomously folding wings for its Group 3 unmanned aerial system (UAS) selected for the US Navy (USN) Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS programme. Charles Acknin, company founder and CEO, told Janes on 30 November that the company’s goal is to have its...

Israel Shipyards have started construction of the first of two OPV-45 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) that have reportedly been ordered by Côte d’Ivoire. The African order is the first for the OPV-45: a design unveiled in 2019. (Israel Shipyards) “The first stage has begun in the construction...

The first two examples of the basic training aircraft T-345A ( M-345 High Efficiency Trainer - HET developed and produced) have recently landed today Wednesday 23 December at the military airport of Lecce-Galatina, home of the 61 ° Stormo. da Leonardo Spa ), a totally " made in Italy " aircraft...

Buried inside the massive $2.3 trillion spending package passed by Congress on Monday was a $286 million lifeline for General Atomics that will keep the Air Force buying MQ-9 Reaper drones at least one more year. In its fiscal 2021 budget request, the Air Force eliminated funding to procure the...

A Chinese H-6K bomber being intercepted by a Taiwanese F-16 fighter earlier this year. Photograph: Taiwan defence ministry/AFP/Getty Images Japan and South Korea have scrambled fighter jets to track Russian and Chinese bombers which flown a joint patrol mission over the western Pacific in a...

An investigation into a data theft at Leonardo has found that a hacker working inside the Italian defence group appeared to target details of Europe's biggest unmanned fighter jet programme and aircraft used by the military and police, an arrest warrant shows. The inquiry, which is ongoing, was...

Hellenic Air Force (HAF) personnel at Kalamata air base Greece and Israel have ended five-month negotiations for the latter to build a pilot training school in Kalamata city for €1.365 billion. Defense Ministry sources told Greek publication Kathimerini on Tuesday that Athens is likely to pick...