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Poland Signs Contract to Buy 32 F-35 Jets worth $4.6 billion

January 31, 2020 @ 05:30 PM

Poland has signed an agreement with the United States to purchase 32 F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft worth an estimated worth $4.6 billion Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak signed the contract today in Deblin, home of the Polish Air Forces 41st Training Aviation Base
Updated Heron Surveillance UAV to have Improved Sensors

January 30, 2020 @ 11:44 AM

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil the Heron MK II, a Multi Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), at the upcoming Singapore Airshow. The Heron MK II is an updated model of the Heron UAV, which is used by the Israeli Air Force and is operational with over 20 other organizations worldwide
India's Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to Begin Sea Trials in Mid-2020

January 21, 2020 @ 07:21 AM

The Indian Navy's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) INS Vikrant will embark on its first sea trial in mid-2020. The Empowered Aex Committee (EAC) reviewed the progress in the construction of the boat at the Cochin Shipyard on Monday
Northrop Completes Initial In-water Testing of Mine Hunting Sonar

January 7, 2020 @ 10:46 AM

Northrop Grummans AQS-24 mine hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of AQS-24B Deploy and Retrieval (D&R) payload. Operated from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), the AQS-24 D&R demonstrated the unmanned operations needed to perform a mine hunting mission off the MCM Mission Package aboard the littoral combat ship (LCS), Northrop said in a
Delivery of Aksungur Combat Drones to Turkey in Jan 2020

December 31, 2019 @ 06:53 AM

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is set to deliver the new Aksungur combat drones, derived from TAIs Anka, to Turkey in January 2020. “TAIs new Aksungur unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be delivered to Turkish security forces within the first month of 2020,” Temel Kotil, CEO of TAI, was quoted as saying by Anadolu Agency on Monday
Rheinmetall to Modernise 21 Dutch Army Recovery Vehicles

December 23, 2019 @ 04:39 PM

Netherlands has awarded Rheinmetall a contract to upgrade the Army's fleet of 21 Bergepanzer-3 armoured recovery vehicles to the latest technological and tactical standard. "The Royal Netherlands Armed Forces have awarded Rheinmetall an order for the second phase of the modernization of their fleet of 21 Bergepanzer 3-Büffel/Buffalo armoured recovery vehicles," Rheinmetall said in a statement late last week
Kuwaiti Eurofighter With E-Scan Radar Makes First Flight

December 23, 2019 @ 03:00 PM

The first Eurofighter jet equipped with Captor E-Scan Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar made its first flight at the Flight Test Centre of Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin-Caselle, on Monday. "On the 23rd December 2019 at the Flight Test Centre of Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin-Caselle, the first Instrumented Series Production Aircraft (ISPA 6) equipped with the Kuwait Air Force configuration has successfully completed its first flight," Eurofighter announced
China Boasts it Snatched Motor Sich from US, Russia

December 19, 2019 @ 12:19 PM

Following China's purchase of 50% of shares in Ukrainian engine maker Motor Sich, the Asian country has boasted it laid hands on the firm snatching the deal away from the US and Russia. Ukrainian state-owned defense conglomerate UkrOboronProm has now confirmed the sale of more than 50% of Motor Sichs shares to the Chinese
Montenegro To Get 2,700 Oshkosh Vehicles

December 18, 2019 @ 07:48 AM

The US Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense a contract valued $804 million to supply 2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) and related support. "Oshkosh Defense was awarded an $804 million modification to Foreign Military Sales (Montenegro) contract for the procurement of 2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and 16,714 associated packaged or installed kits," the US Department of Defense said in a statement Wednesday
Afghan Forces get five new MD-530F Gunships

November 26, 2019 @ 10:35 AM

The Afghan Air Force received five MD-530F attack helicopters from Arizona-based US defense contractor MD Helicopters on November 22. The rotorcraft were shipped out of Mesa-Gateway Airport, Mesa, Arizona, via Boeing 747 and reached Kandahar on October 27, 2019

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