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Germany Informs US Regarding Purchase of 45 Boeing Fighters
German Defense Minister has Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer reportedly informed Mark Esper, US Secretary of Defense, regarding its plan to acquire 30 F/A-18 Super Hornets and 15 EA-18G Growlers for Luftwaffe. The German...
Airbus Performs First Ever Automatic Air-to-Air Refueling
Airbus has announced that a tanker aircraft equipped with its automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) system successfully performed A3R operation with an F-16 fighter. “Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic...
Fifty Test COVID-19 Positive On-board French Aircraft Carrier
Fifty sailors and crew have been found positive for Covid-19 infection on board the French aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle, after a medical team from the army's health service was...
Airbus Revising Aircraft Production Downwards by a Third
Airbus is revising its production rates downwards by a third to adapt to the new Coronavirus market environment. In Q1 2020, Airbus booked 290 net commercial aircraft orders and delivered 122
Airbus Restarts Manufacture of Aircraft Wings in Europe
Airbus has announced resumption of production and assembly activities at wing plants located in Spain, France and other European countries amid COVID-19 pandemic. “Airbus partially resumed production and assembly work in...
Airbus A320neo Sales 11 Times More Than Boeing 737 in 2019
Airbus sold 796 A320neo planes in 2019, more than eleven times Boeings tally of 737 order of 69 aircraft. The overall gross orders for Boeing in 2019 stood at 246 aircraft,...
Russian Defense Minister's Plane Shadowed by US Drone Over Kosovo
Serbia scrambled MiG-29 fighter jets as a US MQ-9 Reaper drone approached within 150 km of the aircraft of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu which was flying over Kosovo airspace. According...
New Rules for Chinese Military to Guard Against US Cyber Attacks
New rules on confidentially will be introduced in the Chinese military to guard against cyber-attacks largely originating from the United States. President Xi Jinping, who is also chairman of the Central...
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German Eurofighters Conduct Combat Air Patrol after Drone Activity near Ukraine Border
German Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft carried out a combat air patrol on September 4 after drones were detected near Romania’s border with Ukraine
China's 'Skyshield' Anti-drone System Underperforming in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s deployment of China-made SkyShield anti-drone system has faced major setbacks, with military officials citing serious shortcomings in its effectiveness against drone threats
Swarm Technology to Control Attack Drones of Various Makes to be Introduced in Ukraine
German firm, Auterion has developed an AI engine for controlling a swarm of attack drones which it plans to introduced on the side of Ukraine in the war against Russia
Rheinmetall Building New Facility to Destroy Millions of Tonnes of Legacy Ammunition
Rheinmetall is constructing a new facility in Germany’s Bavaria to dispose of millions of tonnes of legacy ammunition from past conflicts and current stockpiles
Russian Troops Receive Tablet-M-IR Artillery Fire Control Vehicles
Russia’s defense ministry has received a new batch of Tablet-M-IR artillery fire control vehicles, delivered by Rostec-owned High-Precision Systems holding company
Denmark Secures Funding for Full PULS Deployment Worth $235M
Panama Orders Four Embraer Super Tucano Aircraft
Saab Secures $60M Surveillance Radar Deal in Latin America
Thales Completes Combat System Tests for British Type 31 Frigates
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...