The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) awarded Saab nearly$710 million (SEK 7.3 billion) for two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft
China could develop a transport plane based on the KJ-600 for its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, featuring electromagnetic catapults. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Naval Aviation University recently organized a series of training sessions under realistic combat scenarios with Y-7 transport aircraft at an airfield in North China recently, China National Radio reported on Wednesday
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Ukrainian Air Defense units claim to have shot down a Russian Kh-22 cruise missile launched from a Tu-22 bomber. The Kh-22s are Russias most used missiles in the current war against Ukraine
Turkeys Baykar said it will gift three Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to Ukraine, even as Russia claims it shot down tens of such drones in the ongoing war. Ukraine had bought more than 20 Bayraktar TB2s from Turkish company Baykar in recent years and ordered a further 16 on January 27
Russian missiles are difficult to intercept by Ukrainain Air defense makes it look as if Moscow is using Ukrainain territory as a 'test range' for its missiles."Ukraine, unfortunately, is a kind of test site for Russia," Yuri Ihnat, Spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said during the nationwide news telethon Sunday when asked whether the Russians had previously used missiles they fired today on Kyiv, several Ukrainian news outlets reported
The North Atlantic alliance (NATO) should prepare itself to deter Russian nuclear strikes, the Commander of the German Air Force, General Ingo Gerhardtz said at The Kiel International Seapower Symposium. “For reliable deterrence, we need both the means and the political will to use the nuclear deterrent, if necessary,” General Ingo Gerhardtz
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The Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group say they welcome Finland and Swedens NATO applications and will work for fast national ratification processes. The Northern Group is a multilateral grouping of likeminded nations which collaborates on security issues in Northern Europe
The military aid provided by many western countries to support the Ukrainian forces have made their way into the hands of shadow market arms dealers. Weapons ranging from handguns to anti-tank missiles have been advertised on the "black market" in the Internet space at cut-rate prices