Equipment failure and piloting error are considered as the reasons of the crash of a Su-30SM fighter in Irkutsk on Sunday, while a bird hit in one of the engines downed a Su-34 fighter jet on October 17.Su-30SM crashThe telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (TFR) reported on Monday, "the investigation is considering two main versions of what happened: the failure of aviation equipment and piloting error," the report says
Portugal has announced the imminent transfer of Ka-32A11VS helicopters it acquired in 2017 for firefighting purposes, to Ukraine to help in its war with Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has called on Portugal to refrain from transferring the six fire-fighting helicopters to Kyiv
The first block of the first FDI HN frigate (Defense and Intervention Frigate) for the Hellenic Navy was laid down in dry dock at Naval Groups shipyard in Lorient, France. This important step marks the beginning of the assembly of the ship in the building hall
Nexter and Thales have exhibited the RAPIDFire system turret in its final form at the ongoing Euronaval 2022 event in France. One of the first systems produced will be installed on French Navy fleet replenishment tanker Jacques Chevallier in early 2023 ahead of the at-sea qualification phase
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Ukraines government has officially sent a request to Israel for the Iron Dome air defense system for use against Russias relentless missile attacks. Russia has been using a number of drones such as Shahed 136 and Mohajer-6 produced in Iran, Israels arch rival
An updated design of the French Navys future aircraft carrier PANG (porte-avions de nouvelle génération) was introduced by manufacturers at the ongoing Euronaval 2022
South Koreas Hanwha Defense will sign a basic contract with Poland for 288 K329 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers – valued approximately $6 billion – soon. The company and Poland's Armament Agency will sign the "framework" deal in Warsaw this week, as per multiple reports
Rheinmetall handed over the first of a total of 209 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles to the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) on October 15, the company announced Monday. In September 2020 the Hungarian Ministry of Defence has awarded Rheinmetall an order to supply infantry fighting vehicles and related products and services with a total value of more than €2 billion
Russias defense ministry has confirmed the loss of a Su-34 fighter-bomber in the southern Russian city of Yeysk on Monday. “On October 17, 2022, while climbing to perform a training flight from the military airfield of the Southern Military District, a Su-34 aircraft crashed,” the ministry said in an official release