Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is set to deliver the new Aksungur combat drones, derived from TAIs Anka, to Turkey in January 2020. “TAIs new Aksungur unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be delivered to Turkish security forces within the first month of 2020,” Temel Kotil, CEO of TAI, was quoted as saying...
China launched Type 055 and Type 052D guided missile destroyers that could enter military service within the next two years, on Friday. The two ships left a flooded dockyard and moored in nearby berths under the assistance of tug boats on Friday morning at the Dalian Shipyard, Northeast China's Liaoning...
Indonesian Aerospace rolled out its new PUNA medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drone on Monday. It was developed by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Air Force, ITB, Indonesian Aerospace (
Israel has submitted request for information (RFI) to purchase 50 additional F-35 fighter jets for the Israel Air Force (IAF) that currently has 20 of them in its inventory and another 30 on order. “Israel has submitted a RFI about the potential purchase of a third squadron of F-35 jets
Russia is developing new, advanced weapons for its Su-57 stealth fighter jet, the head of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has revealed. “The Su-57 will be able to use many new means of destruction - some of them have already been created, others are being developed
In retaliation to a series of rocket attacks on US-led coalition bases in the last few weeks, the US military carried out airstrikes in five locations in Iraq and Syria targeting multiple weapons and munitions depots linked to Iran, on Sunday. “In response to repeated Kata'ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, US forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade KH's ability to conduct future attacks against OIR coalition forces,” the Pentagon said in a
Greece has awarded US defense company Lockheed Martin $280 million to upgrade the Hellenic Air Forces fleet of F-16 fighter jets over the net seven years. The modernisation contract was signed this week after finalizing details on Lockheed's use of a Greek subcontractor, Athens-Macedonia agency reported on Friday
Government of Kazakhstan has suspended flight authorisation for local operator Bek Air following the fatal Fokker 100 crash at Almaty, on Friday. Ninety-three passengers and five crew members were onboard flight Z92100 enroute to Nur-Sultan city, when it lost height after take-off and crashed into a concrete wall and subsequently a two-storey building, Kazakh ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development said in a statement on December 27
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has set up a new office in Pakistan, weeks after Islamabad hosted a Turkish defense exhibition on its soil for the first time. "We have launched our new office at Pakistan's National Science & Technology Park
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have taken the delivery of two weapon carrier vehicles, Kaplan and Pars, at a ceremony held at FNSS Defense Systems facility in the Gölbaşı district, Ankara, on Wednesday. The Turkish Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) awarded FNSS Defense Systems a contract for 260 vehicles- 76 Pars 4×4 and 184 Kaplan ATVS, in June 2016
Algeria is likely to buy 12 Su-57 fighters with an option to procure 12 more, from Russia. “Algeria is currently in fairly active negotiations with Russia to acquire 12 Su-57 fighters with the possibility of increasing the order to 24 combat aircraft,” sources were quoted as saying by Russias
Russian Aerospace Forces will receive a “large” number of Su-57 stealth fighters in 2020 as per schedule, brushing aside speculations that the first Su-57 crash on Tuesday could derail the delivery schedule. "The first large-scale deliveries of the fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft will begin in 2020