Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is reportedly requesting $4 billion from the defence ministry to modernise the Air Forces Su-30MKI fleet, but what happened to the ‘speedy procurement of Su-30MKI that was on cards? In July 2020, Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) greenlit an Air Force proposal to speedily procure
Germanys Leopard 2A7 beat out South Koreas K2 Black Panther to become the Norwegian armys next main battle tank (MBT). In a recent
Frances Dassault Aviation has announced the European Initiative for Collaborative Air Combat Standardization (EICACS) project with its European industrial and research partners. The grant contract, awarded by the European Commission on 19 December 2022, designates Dassault Aviation, recognized for its ability to manage complex cooperative programmes, as the coordinator of this study project, which brings together 37 industrial partners and research organizations from 11 European Union countries
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France and Italy signed a mega contract valued €2 billion with MBDA for Aster air defense missiles. The multibillion dollar deal was inked via Joint Organization for Cooperation in Armaments (OCCAr)
Portugal is mulling over buying Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones and has begun talks with Baykar, the company that produces them. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said this during a
Czech Republic will persuade Japan to buy some of its weapons, since it has hiked its defense budget by 2%. On January 25, the First Deputy Minister of Defence František Šulc discussed the opportunities for cooperation with his Japanese counterpart Toshiro Ino
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Indias DRDO and Frances Naval Group signed agreement to integrate Fuel Cell-based Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system in Kalvari-class submarines. The indigenous system by DRDOs Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) will soon be fitted onboard INS Kalvari
Ukraine is set to welcome its most advanced air defense system (ADS) as Italy and France, which jointly manufacture the SAMP-T air defense system (ADS) are preparing to ship the first such system to Kyiv. “In cooperation with France, we are finalizing the shipment of SAMP/T, and in addition, other actions are planned that we do not disclose,” Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said during an interview with local newspaper