A Ukrainian company has unveiled a new virtual reality training system designed to prepare soldiers for one of the most dangerous threats on the modern battlefield — FPV drones. The system, officially named “Reflex — Minus Drone”, is a VR-based trainer that teaches military personnel how to detect, track and engage FPV drones under conditions that closely replicate real combat
Malaysia is considering anti-ship missiles made by Turkey and the U.S
Ukraine has deployed Mirage-2000 aircraft equipped with bombs whose guidance kits have been developed in Ukraine. Videos have appeared in pro-Ukrainian social media depicting the first use of French Mirage-2000 fighters by the Ukrainian air force to bomb Russian targets
The first serially produced MC-21-310 aircraft has been transferred from the final assembly shop to the flight test department of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. The movement marks the completion of import-substitution project started nearly 10 years ago to remove key Western components such as engine, landing gear, flight control systems among others that were barred to Russia following sanctions initiated since Russian invasion of Crimea
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Russian arms exporter, Rosoboronexport has signed over $20 billion worth arms export deals with African countries since 2023. The exporter continues to build and expand military-technical and military-cooperation with its African partners
A Russian laboratory assembles some 200 FPV drones a week with parts such as printed circuit boards and motors taken from drones intercepted by Russian anti-UAV systems. According to a Russian officer of the laboratory situated in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) it takes five to six captured enemy unmanned aerial vehicles to assemble one operational drone
Iran announced the setting up of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority( PGSA), which has been tasked with allowing ships to transit the strait of Hormuz after obtaining PGSA permission. “Navigation within the introduced boundaries of the Strait of Hormuz, which were previously determined by the Armed Forces and authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is contingent upon full coordination with these entities, and passage without permission will be considered illegal,” the PGSA announced May 19
The Odyssey aerial repeater, which increases the range of drones by tens of kilometers, has been developed in Russia by the Aviatechnolab Design Bureau with help from the Airborne Forces (VDV) special forces (Spetsnaz) brigade besides the all-Russian Peoples Fronts Kulibin Club. The repeater drone allows for receiving video from attack and ground surveillance drones, switching frequencies in flight to prevent the drone from being jammed, and transmitting data to the operator
Sweden today announced the selection of Naval Group's Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI) for the Swedish Navy's Lulea frigate acquisition program. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Defense Minister Pál Jonsson announced the selection during a press conference aboard the Visby-class corvette Harnosand, moored in Skeppsbron