NATO air forces across Europe scrambled their jets more than 400 times in 2020 to intercept unknown aircraft approaching alliance airspace. Almost 90 percent of these missions - around 350 - were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft
Ukraine has supplied Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system to the U.S
Ukrainian firm Motor Sich JSC (Zaporozhye) has developed blades for Mi helicopters made of metal and composite materials. Factory tests of the Mi-24s metal blade and Mi-8s composite blade began on December 24
Russia has launched its K-328 Leopard Project 971 Akula-I class submarine in Severodvinsk following modernization. The Leopard became the first third-generation vessel to undergo medium repair and deep modernization at Zvezdochka Shipyard under the Navys upgrade project, the Russian defense ministry announced
Chinas J-11B fighter aircraft equipped with an Active Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar has entered series production. The upgraded aircraft, possibly re-designated as J-11BG has entered batch production at the Shenyang aircraft plant of the Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC)
Turkey will construct corvettes for the Ukrainian Navy at Okean Shipyard in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. In a statement, the shipyard said the warships will be built under agreements signed between the two countries in October and on December 15
A prototype engine has been developed for Russias new strategic bomber, Prospective Air Complex for Long Range Aviation (Russian acronym- PAK DA), which is expected to be rolled-out in 2021-22. The PAK-DA is the next generation strategic bomber boasting a flying wing design, stealth features and will carry hypersonic missiles and nuclear weapons in its belly
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Greece and Israel have ended five-month negotiations for the latter to build a pilot training school in Kalamata city for €1.365 billion
A recent Senate report has claimed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing manipulated 737 MAX recertification tests following two fatal crashes that led to the worldwide grounding of these jets. This comes a month after the FAA and State of Design for Boeing aircraft published their final approval of the modified 737 MAX in the Federal Register