Airbus, representing the Eurofighter Consortium has signed a MoU with Portuguese Aerospace and Defence Industries ((AED Cluster Portugal) to explore collaboration for Replacing Portugal's F-16A/B jets with Eurofighter Typhoon Fighters. According to Airbus, this memorandum of understanding lays the foundation for positioning the Eurofighter Typhoon as a "truly European" solution to replace Portugal's aging F-16 fleet
China is restricting exports of motors, batteries, controllers, and other key components used in Ukrainian drones after pressure from the United States to prevent the same parts from flowing to Russia. Ukrainian officials say Beijing has blocked direct sales along with attempts to source components through allied countries, while also prohibiting shipments to Baltic states over concerns they will be transferred to Ukraine
Turkey has taken delivery of its first Altay Main Battle Tank as BMC officially transferred the vehicle to the countrys armed forces on Tuesday. On the same day, BMC inaugurated the Tank and New Generation Armored Vehicles Production Facility in Ankara
Rheinmetall and Bulgarias VMZ (Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi) signed an agreement Tuesday to establish a
French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has asked Thales to develop, deliver, and deploy a
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and NASA completed the first flight of the X-59 supersonic aircraft, a quiet supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for faster commercial air travel, on October 28. The X-59 took off from U
A high-energy laser demonstrator transferred for further testing in Germany has set the German Navy on a path toward operational shipborne laser weapons
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A second import-substituted prototype of the Russian MC-21 medium-range aircraft has conducted its first flight from the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant of the Yakovlev Company, part of Rostecs United Aircraft Corporation. The jet is being used to test domestically produced systems and PD-14 engines
Navantia will begin the definition phase for the Spanish Navys future intelligence ship, after the Council of Ministers approved the program designed to replace the aging Alerta A-111. The definition phase includes engineering studies to establish the ships design for maritime intelligence gathering and electronic warfare operations