Norwegian electricity company Elvias promise of providing more power to TikTok has proven detrimental to the production capacity of Norwegian/Finnish firm Nordic Ammunition Company (Nammo). Nammo facility at Raufoss, Innlandet county, must produce weapons around the clock to fulfil orders placed by the Norwegian government and allied countries that have pledged arms to Ukraine as well as to replenish their stocks, but the hydropower generated available for businesses is limited
Introduction of the Russian-made Mi-28NE helicopter helped change the tide of war against rebel forces known as Lords Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda, according to a top Ugandan General. “There is no doubt that the introduction of the attack helicopters into the battlefield changed the tides of war in Northern Uganda against the LRA in favor of the Ugandan Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF)
Russian forces are using commercially available drones made by Chinese company DJI for target acquisition in the Ukraine war. The Russian MoD on Wednesday released video footage of mortar shells firing at Ukrainian positions using DJI drone console hooked up to a mobile phone for target detection and correcting the angle of fire
Paramount Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of Paramount Group is gearing up production of composite blades for Mi-type helicopters with the establishment of a production facility in the United Arab Emirates. In February, Paramount Group said it signed an
Bell Textron has announced the delivery of three Bell 505 helicopters to the Royal Bahrain Air Force. Bell delivered the aircraft during an inspection and acceptance event in February 2023 at Bells Mirabel facility
A Russian Su-27 Flanker has allegedly tried to knock down a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 with a “jet wash effect,” by flying close to it at a very high speed. The event was recorded by the Bayraktar TB2's tail camera, Savunma Sanayi ST reported
A Chinese-made Mugin-5 commercial drone, retrofitted and armed with a bomb weighing about 20kg, has been shot down by the Ukrainians. The drone, manufactured by Chinese firm Mugin Limited based in the port city of Xiamen, was shot down by AK-47s in the wartorn country over the weekend,
The Iranian Navy said it has outfitted its new homegrown Shahid Mahdavi warship with different kinds of drones, including the kamikaze ones. “The Shahid Mahdavi combat support vessel has been equipped with cruise missiles with a range of 300 to 750km, Sepehr-7 vertical launch drones with a flight duration of 8 hours and a range of 200km, and kamikaze drones with a range of 1,300km, and it can also carry 5 helicopters,” Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, was quoted as saying by Iranian state-owned media
Ruselectronics holding, a subsidiary of Rostec State Corporation has completed the development of an anti-drone system capable of suppressing drone control at a distance of up to 5 km. The equipment allows you to “jam” several channels at the same time, which ensures the protection of objects from attacks by several UAVs at the same time, including those flying from different directions
Russian experts dashed to the Black Sea to retrieve the wreckage of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed following its encounter with Russian Su-27 jets. "I don't know whether we'll be able to retrieve it or not but it has to be done