Slovakia is in talks with the United States to purchase four additional F-16 Block 70 fighter jets, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced following a visit by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Bratislava. The aircraft would enhance protection of Slovak and allied airspace, with a contract potentially signed later this year
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Director General DG Paramesh Sivamani inaugurated the MJP India Waterjet Production & Testing Facility in Goa. More than 100 MJP waterjet propulsion systems are already in use on Coast Guard vessels, powering high-speed patrol boats and other fast interceptor crafts, with 42 additional units planned for ships currently under construction
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Indonesia would prefer its next fighter purchase to be a fifth generation jet and has been eyeing the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter closely during recent air show displays and in confidential talks with Moscow. Sources told Defensemirror
Iran has test-launched and placed its Khorramshahr 4 hypersonic ballistic missile into combat service, marking the first reported deployment of the system in underground facilities operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). IRGC-aligned Fars News Agency reported that the missile, also known as Kheibar, has been deployed in what Iran describes as “underground missile cities
Russia has reportedly delivered the first Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack helicopter to Iran, indicating the initial shipment under a procurement announced in November 2023. Images and geolocation data circulating online show a Mi-28NE inside a hangar in Tehran that analysts link to the Pars Aerospace Services Company, an aviation maintenance and industrial facility rather than an operational air base, as per multiple reports
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Boeing has selected Australian company Ferra Engineering to produce wing kits for its High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC). The contract expands the long-standing partnership between the two companies and will establish local production in Australia