Nigeria has invited China to set up defence manufacturing facilities in the African country as part of collaboration between Nigerian and Chinese companies. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Nigeria, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana mni, said this to a Chinese delegation that visited the capital, Abuja on March 20
The United States will establish four new military sites in the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement inked between the two nations, which went into effect on Feb. 1
Argentina could be considering to buy Dassault Rafale fighter jets as it discussed proposals for new military equipment and technology transfer with France last week. Discussions with France were held as part of a two day visit of the Argentinian Secretary of International Affairs for Defense, Francisco Cafiero to Paris where he met with the Director of International Affairs of the General Directorate of Armaments, Gaël Díaz de Tuesta to discuss proposals for new new military equipment, an Argentinian MoD statement said
Russias Federal Service of Military Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) has accused Slovakia of gross violation of the agreement between the Russian Federation and the Slovak Republic in transferring four MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. According to the Military-Technical Cooperation agreement of April 29, 1997: "each of the Contracting Parties will not be without the written consent of the other Contracting Party sell or transfer to third countries weapons and military equipment, technical documentation for their production, information and materials obtained or acquired as a result of bilateral military-technical cooperation," the FSMTC said quoting the agreement
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Bahrain has received the nod from the U.S
Airbus A310 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft completed a test involving autonomous guidance and control of a drone in-flight, demonstrating a breakthrough for future operations involving manned and unmanned assets. The test was conducted by Airbus Defence and Space and the companys wholly-owned subsidiary, Airbus UpNext
Honduras established diplomatic relations with China on Sunday, hours after it announced to break off ties with island nation Taiwan which China claims its own. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Honduran counterpart Eduardo Enrique Reina met in Beijing and signed the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Honduras on March 26 at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing
The multinational fleet of Airbus A330 tanker and transport aircraft, which was developed with support from the European Defence Agency (EDA), has been cleared for operations worldwide. First proposed at a NATO summit in 2012, the initiative for a Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) was established by EDA along with the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) and the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
Finland will deliver defence materiel worth €161 million to Ukraine which includes Leopard 2 armoured mine-clearing vehicles. This will be the 14th package of defence materiel to be delivered to Ukraine