Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced on September 25 that South Africa has evaluated its C-390 Millennium transport aircraft. The announcement coincided with the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition, held at Waterkloof Air Force Base from September 18-22
The European Defence Agency (EDA) held the kickoff meeting for the IAPUNIT II project on September 13. This project aims to develop a fuel cell system that operates with standardized military fuel, creating an 8-kW demonstrator of an innovative auxiliary power unit (APU) specifically designed for military applications, utilizing high-temperature proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells
Ukraine is actively negotiating with its allies to secure Swedish Gripen and European Eurofighter fighter jets, according to Defense Minister Rustem Umierov. He revealed this during a
Lockheed Martin has introduced the AGM-158 eXtreme Range (XR), an improved variant of its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) family, featuring a significantly increased operational range. The
Ukraine took delivery of 18 Bohdana howitzers today and is set to receive additional F-16 fighters and a second SAMP/T air defense battery soon. Ukraine's Defense Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, has reportedly announced that Denmark will deliver another batch of F-16 fighter jets by the end of the year, without disclosing the number for security reasons
The Netherlands and Naval Group have signed an Industrial Cooperation Agreement (ICA) for the Netherlands Submarine Capability (NSC) program. The formal contract with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense will be finalized in the coming weeks
The Netherlands is going to provide air-to-air missiles for Ukrainian F-16s that can use to defend Ukrainian airspace. This means Ukraine cannot use the air-to-air missiles for its operations inside Russia such as the current attempt to capture land in the Kursk region
The United States has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of PATRIOT M903 Launching Stations New Buy and Upgrades for an estimated cost of $224 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today
The Dutch Ministry of Defense has repeated an order for 51 drone radars. The contract was signed on August 21 at Robin Radar Systems HQ, The Hague
EXAIL Technologies has secured a €60 million contract to provide the Belgian and Dutch navies with twelve robotic underwater mine countermeasure systems and several hundred K-STER drones as part of the BENL program. K-STER drones are used in the final phase of missions to neutralize underwater threats identified by other drones in the UMIS system