Naval Group said it launched the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF - Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) of the FLOTLOG program in Saint-Nazaire on April 29. The Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces (BRF) Jacques Chevallier is the first of a series of four ships intended for the French Navy
Tajikistan is reportedly buying Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) amid its border disputes with neighboring Kyrgyzstan, which also has some of these UCAVs on order. There is no official statement from Baykar, the Turkish company that manufactures the drone or Tajikistan; while Kyrgyzstan has confirmed the purchase
The MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft performed its first test flight integrated with Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 multi-mode radar on April 14, 2021. The maritime-focused radar is also being fitted for the MQ-9B SeaGuardian RPA
A fire abroad the Russian Missile Cruiser, Moskva on Wednesday night seriously damaged the warship, said to be the flagship of the Black Sea fleet. The Ukrainian military has hit the Russian cruiser Moskva by Neptune missiles, causing serious damage to the warship
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) delivered three MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and two Mobile Ground Control Stations to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF)
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Serbia has sought Turkey-made Bayraktar UAVs over Chinese Ch-95 drones for its attack drone requirement, its President Aleksandar Vučić disclosed. A request has been made from President Vučić to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to supply Bayraktar drones, the Serbian defense ministry reported that the President made the diclosure while attending the attending the "Fire Shield 2022"exercise conducted by the Serbian military over the weekend
South Korea has declined to provide anti-aircraft weapons as requested by Ukraine, the countrys Defense Minister Suh Wook emphasised during a phone talk with his Ukrainian counterpart, his office said Monday. In response to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov's request for anti-aircraft weapons in their phone call on Friday, "Suh explained that there are limits in providing lethal weapon systems to Ukraine, given our security situation and its potential impact on our military's readiness posture," Boo Seung-chan, the spokesperson for the defense ministry, told a regular press briefing, Korean media reported
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that Moscow is hoping that the special military operation in Ukraine could be ended in the foreseeable future. “We are talking about the foreseeable future,” Peskov told reporters when asked if the war would end in a matter of days
The Japan Coast Guard has chosen MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) designed by General Atomics. Operations under JCG RPAS Project will feature GA-ASIs MQ-9B SeaGuardian and begin in October 2022, the company said in a statement