Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems handed over S44, the fourth Type 209/1400mod-class submarine, to the Egyptian Navy. The contract for the delivery of the first two 209/1400 mod class submarines to the Arab Republic of Egypt was signed in 2011
Tens of people were killed and a C-130E Hercules transport aircraft operated by the Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) was shot down in attacks carried out by Tigray militias. An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopias Togoga village, about 25km west of capital Mekele, on Tuesday and killed at least 50 people
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that progress had made regarding the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after talks with global powers in Vienna, Austria. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhani said the main issues in the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal have been settled
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JFD, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has demonstrated NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) Intervention system during Silverlink Local In-Water Training (SL LIWT 21) exercise held in Glasgow, Scotland, in March. The simulated Intervention Remotely Operated Vehicle (IROV) dives, led by JFD, are part of a series of training deployments for the NSRS designed to ensure the system is in a permanent state of readiness, able to be utilised at a moments notice by the NATO partner nations of France, Norway and the UK, which jointly own the system
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The Russian Ministry of Defense has green lighted a plan to upgrade its existing Mi-28 helicopters to the deadly Mi-28NM standard. “A plan for modernizing old Mi-28N/Mi-28NE and Mi-28UB helicopters to the level of the latest Mi-28NM gunships has been approved by Russias Defense Ministry,” Vitaly Shcherbina, Chief Designer of the Combat Helicopters Program at the Mil and Kamov National Helicopter Center, was quoted as saying by government-owned
The Israel Navy took delivery of INH Oz corvette, the second of four Sa'ar 6 vessels being built by ThyssenKrupp and German Naval Yards. "2,000 tons of metal, steel, deterrence & defense
French Maritime intelligence-gathering start-up, ‘Unseenlabs, has raised a capital of 20 million euros to support the development of its geo-location services. Founded in 2015, Unseenlabs has developed a technology based on the identification of electromagnetic waves emitted by ships
Egypt will add 30 more jets to its 24-strong Rafale fleet for reportedly for $4.5 billion (~150 million apiece), making it the biggest buyer of the French aircraft, overtaking India and Qatar