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Turkish Armed Forces Receive Aselsan Kalkan II Air Defense Radars
Turkish firm Aselsan has completed delivery of 11 Kalkan II air defense radars to the armed forces. The contract for 19 radars was finalized in 2016. Of this, 11 have been delivered to the military, Defenceturk.net reported Monday. KALKAN is... More of this article »
U.S. Army awards Kongsberg $499M CROWS Remote Machine Gun System
The U.S. Army awarded Kongsberg $499 million for Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) system. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 14, 2023, a U.S. DoD... More of this article »
Chinese PLA Deploys PHL-03 Long-range Multiple Rocket Artillery in Tibet
A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unit of Xinjiang Military Command deployed the country’s latest PHL-03 long-range multiple rocket launcher (MRL) artillery system in Tibet. At least 10 units were delivered at a commissioning... More of this article »
Morocco to Buy Electro-Optical Sensors Directly from Canada for its Turkish Drone
Morocco is acquiring electro-optical systems from Canada to equip them on Turkish-made drones it soon plans to buy. On April 18, Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (Far-Maroc) said it signed a contract to buy 13 Bayraktar TB2 combat... More of this article »
Egypt’s €5.4B Rafale Deal to Include Airbus Spy Satellite & MRTT Aircraft
Egypt wants to acquire a spy satellite and two multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft manufactured by Airbus. French newspaper La Tribune reported citing sources that the recently concluded Egyptian €4 billion Rafale deal... More of this article »
U.S. MQ-9 Drone gets Deadlier with New ‘Ghost Reaper Pods’
The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper drone has received new capabilities including battlefield and airspace communications enhancements as well as target identification tracking and processing. On May 6, the Air Force said the 174th... More of this article »
UK to Support India’s Tejas MK2 Development, Collaborate on Marine Engines
The United Kingdom has agreed to work with India to develop Tejas Mark 2 fighter aircraft. In the recent virtual dialogue held between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson, the topic of the... More of this article »
Turkey’s indigenously-developed 1500 HP Tank Engine Ignited for First Time
Turkey today turned-on it’s indigenously developed 1,500-horsepower engine, BATU, that will power various armored vehicles and tanks, Defense Industries Presidency Head Ismail Demir said Wednesday. Demir posted the informataion on... More of this article »
Turkey’s 105 mm light howitzer ‘Boran’ Set to Enter Mass-Production
Turkey’s air portable 105 mm light towed howitzer (LTH), ‘Boran,’ is being prepared for mass-production and seven pilot units are set to be delivered (to the Turkish Army) in June this year. Made by Turkish Mechanical... More of this article »
Engine Transplant Problems Delaying Russian Su-30SM2 Aircraft Development
Problems encountered while transplanting the AL-41F-1S engine from the Su-35 fighter into the more popular Su-30SM aircraft could be delaying the development of Su-30SM2 jet dubbed ‘Super Sukhoi’. The Russian ministry of defense... More of this article »
China Launches New Warship for Algeria Based on Type 056 Corvette
China launched the first 1,500 ton-class offshore patrol vessel derived from Type 056 corvette for the Algerian Navy on August 23. The customizations are expected to make the Algerian version more powerful than its Chinese counterpart.... More of this article »
Iran Unveils Electronic Warfare, Surveillance Systems for Drones
Iran on Sunday unveiled a slew of electronic warfare and other electronic systems to disrupt enemy drones and provide protection to its own drones over enemy territory. These products developed by the Iranian Army Ground Force’s... More of this article »
No Progress in S-400 Air Defense System Sale to Qatar
Qatar is still studying the long-delayed purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia. “There is no progress regarding (Qatar’s purchases of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems) S-400, but Qatar is comprehensively considering... More of this article »
Lockheed Wins $138M Taiwan’s Peace Phoenix Rising Program
The U.S. announced a contract valued $138 to Lockheed Martin for Taiwan’s Peace Phoenix Rising 2 (PPR2) program. The contract modification is for the development and fielding of capabilities for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance... More of this article »
Chinese Navy Many Have 4 New Type 09IV Nuclear Attack Submarines
The Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army –Navy (PLAN) which christened its Type 09IV nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine as “Changzheng-18” last Friday may have three more such vessels. Media reports of the vessel’s... More of this article »
India’s DRDO Develops Single Crystal Turbine Blades
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said today it developed single crystal blades technology and supplied 60 of these blades to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as part of their indigenous helicopter development... More of this article »
U.S. Global Hawk Drone “Lost Contact” While Flying Over Ukraine: Russian Media
One of the two U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk drones conducting reconnaissance near Russian borders reported loss of communication and made a sharp turn to return, while it was flying close to Belgorod Oblast, recently. The alleged incident... More of this article »
Ukrainian Man Trying to Obtain S-300 Parts Sentenced to 10 Years in Russia
An Ukrainian man who tried to buy parts of the S-300 air defense system (ADS) called Klystrons for $163,000 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The man, A.V. Marchenko, is accused of carrying out espionage activities. He was... More of this article »
U.S. Army in Germany Receives First Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) System
The U.S. Army’s 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA), under the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command based in Germany, is the first battalion in the Army to test, receive, and field the Mobile Short... More of this article »
U.S. Army Orders more Switchblade 300 Systems
Aerovironment said it won a U.S. Army contract to provide additional Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems. The $44.96 million contract is part of the Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme. It covers includes... More of this article »
Russia Builds Electronic Warfare Dome to Defeat Drones in Syria
The Russian Ministry of Defense said the military has created a multilayered electronic warfare (EW) network to destroy drones in Syria. “The EW troops continue to successfully carry out special tasks in the Syrian Arab Republic... More of this article »
MQ-9 Reaper Makes First Flight with Electronic Support Measure Payload
The MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has flown for the first time equipped with the Reaper Defense Electronic Support System (RDESS). The U.S. Air Force, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and L3Harris Technologies... More of this article »
Boeing Secures Saudi’s $437M Apache Helicopter Deal
The U.S. Army today awarded Boeing a contract worth approximately $437 million for full-rate production of AH-64E Apache helicopters for Saudi Arabia. “The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $436,691,186 modification to contract... More of this article »
China to Display Pakistani JF-17 Jet’s KLJ-7A AESA Radar at World Radar Expo
AESA radar China will Display the KLJ-7A AESA radar developed for the Pakistani-Chinese JF-17 jet along with a newly-developed anti-stealth radar at the World Radar Expo 2021 to be held in Nanjing starting Thursday. Jointly hosted... More of this article »
Nexter Proposing New Ammunition for Franco-German MGCS Tank Gun
Nexter (KDNS Group) is proposing a new artillery projective built around the ASCALON concept (Autoloaded and SCALable Outperforming guN) for the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) main battle tank designed to cope with... More of this article »
New Russian Factory to Make ‘Inokhodet’ Attack Drone, Seen as Competitor to U.S.’ Predator
Orion-E Drone at Army 2020 Russian privately owned drone manufacturer, Kronstadt has announced the construction of a plant for the manufacture of ‘Inokhodet’ attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to General... More of this article »
Ukrainian Motor Sich to Sell 50% Stake to Turkish Firm
Ukrainian jet engine maker Motor Sich wants to sell half of its stakes to a Turkish company. Motor Sich’s engines power Antonov planes, besides “Mi” and “Ka” series of military helicopters used by nearly fifteen countries. The... More of this article »
Russia’s Hypersonic Missile-Hunting Radar to Enter Combat Duty near Norway Border by late 2021
One of Russia’s Rezonans-N anti-hypersonic missile radar will enter combat service in the Arctic, some 30km away from the border with Norway, by the end of this year. The first of these radars was deployed on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago... More of this article »
U.S. Army Buys Stinger Warheads for $92M
The U.S. Army has asked Sippican Inc., a Lockheed Martin company, to supply fuzes warheads of the Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS). The $92.45 million contract award from U.S. Army Contracting Command enables the... More of this article »
Canada Ceases Bayraktar TB2 Drone Tech Export to Turkey over its use in Nagorno-Karabakh
Canada has scrapped the export of drone technology to Turkey after it found that some of the Canadian-made systems had been used by the Azerbaijani side in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as well as in Syria. Defence export permits to... More of this article »
Russia Tests Igla MANPADS, Buk Missile Systems Against Combat UAVs
The Russian Ministry of Defense said it recently tested the Igla man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) against combat UAVs in conjunction with the Buk medium-range air defense missile systems. “The crews of the Buk-M2 anti-aircraft... More of this article »
Russian Helicopters to Repair Brazilian Army’s Mi-35M Choppers
The Mil Mi-35M combat helicopters operated by the Brazilian Air Force will be repaired by Russian Helicopters Holding. The repair of the helicopters will be carried out within the framework of the offset obligations of the Russian... More of this article »
M88 Engine from Rafale to initially Power European Next Generation Fighter
Europe’s Next Generation Fighter (NGF) being built under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project could initially be powered by M88 engine that is currently used on Rafale jets. An agreement regarding the same was signed by French... More of this article »
Russia to Develop Kedr New Gen Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from 2023
Russia will start the development of new generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Kedr, around 2023. “Research work on Kedr has been financed under the current state arms procurement program, which is in effect... More of this article »
Russian ‘Magistr-SV’ Automated Air Defense Fire Control System Passes State Tests
Rostec State Corporation’s Ruselectronics Holding has developed Magistr-SV automated air defense fire control system that cleared state tests recently. State-run Rostec announced Wednesday that serial production of the equipment... More of this article »
France Preparing to Offer Rafale Jets to Ukraine as MiG-29 Replacement
France is preparing the ground to offer Dassault Rafale jets to Ukraine as replacement for the ageing MiG-29 fighters. The offer is expected to be placed during an upcoming official visit to Kyiv of French President Emmanuel Macron.... More of this article »
Norway to Block Sale of Rolls Royce Subsidiary, Bergen Engines to Russian Group
The Norwegian government has decided to block the potential sale of Norway- registered Bergen Engines AG, a part of the Rolls Royce group, to the Russia based Transmashholding. The Minister of Justice and Public Security of Norway,... More of this article »
Copycat J-16 Jet “Much Superior” to the Su-30: Chinese PLA Pilot
China’s J-16 fighter jet, widely considered a copycat of the Russian Su-30, is “much superior to other similar aircraft including the Su-30,” according to a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) pilot. “In terms of performance,... More of this article »
Superconducting-engine Based Electric Airplane to be displayed at MAKS 2021
The first Russian electric airplane, whose engine works on a superconducting system, will be showcased at MAKS 2021 air show, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Wednesday. “This is what was done with... More of this article »
First of 3 Pakistani JF-17 Jets Arrive in Nigeria
An Il-76 transport plane belonging to the Pakistan Air Force arrived at the Nigerian Air Force’s 21st Makurdi Air Base loaded with a JF-17 fighter jet. This is the first of three JF-17 fighter jet that Pakistan plans to deliver... More of this article »
Israel’s Seagull USV Gets New Vision and Analysis Capability
Elbit Systems has introduced new technologies on-board the Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) including new vision and analysis capability. A 360-degrees Panoramic Video System with an Automatic Target Recognition capability... More of this article »
Israel’s Seagull USV Gets New Vision and Analysis Capability
Elbit Systems has introduced new technologies on-board the Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) including new vision and analysis capability. A 360-degrees Panoramic Video System with an Automatic Target Recognition capability and... More of this article »
Indian Army Orders 1,300 Mahindra Light Specialist Vehicles
The Indian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd (MDSL) for supply of 1,300 Light Specialist Vehicles to the Indian Army, at a cost of INR 1,056 crore (~$146 million), in New Delhi, today. The induction... More of this article »
China Upgrades Russian Sovremenny-class Destroyers with Anti-ship Cruise Missiles
Chinese Navy’s Sovremenny-class guided missile destroyers conduct exercises in early 2021. China recently displayed the upgraded Russian-made Sovremenny-class Destroyer, Hangzhou installed with YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile... More of this article »
French DGA Orders 367 MICA NG Missiles
The French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has acquired 367 MICA NG missiles from MBDA to arm its Rafale fighter jets under ~€1.8 billion MICA NG program. The contract was signed on March 5, 2021. These missiles will be delivered... More of this article »
German Army Declares Upgraded PUMA IFV “System Panzergrenadier Fit to Fight
The German Army has declared System Panzergrenadier, upgraded version of Puma, “fit to fight.” On 18 March 2021, Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, the Chief of the German Army, recommended equipping NATO’s spearhead formation,... More of this article »
South Korea Delivers 1,400-ton Submarine to Indonesia
South Korea handed over Alugoro, a 1,400-ton submarine, to the Indonesian Navy today. The 61-meter Chang Bogo-class submarine was the third unit South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. delivered to Indonesia... More of this article »
U.S., U.K. Armies Order Aerovironment’s Switchblade Weapon Systems
he U.S. and U.K. today placed an order for Switchblade Weapon Systems for $45 million. Fiscal 2010 Foreign Military Sales (United Kingdom) funds; and fiscal 2020 missile procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $45 million were obligated... More of this article »