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In a First, Bayraktar Drone Shot Down by Igla-S MANPAD

July 25, 2023 @ 09:03 AM

Turkeys Bayraktar-TB2 combat drone has been shot down by a Russian Igla-S MANPAD for the first time. Defense Ministry-owned
Russia offers BRICS Nations Special module at Orbital Station

July 25, 2023 @ 06:46 AM

Russia is proposing creating a specialized module at the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) to BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) which would allow members to conduct their scientific research. “I would like to invite BRICS partners to consider the opportunity to take part in this project and, by joining forces, create a full-fledged module that, being part of the ROS, would allow the BRICS countries to use the possibilities of low Earth orbit to implement their national space programs,” said Yury Borisov, general director of Roscosmos said at a meeting of the joint committee on cooperation in the field...
Safran Offers $1.8B Cash to Acquire Collins Aerospace's Flight Control Business

July 24, 2023 @ 06:51 AM

Safran has announced the acquisition of Collins Aerospaces actuation and flight control business for $1.8 billion
Aselsan, Famae to Modernize Chilean Leopard 2 Battle Tanks

July 21, 2023 @ 12:21 PM

Modernization of Chilean Leopard 2A4CHL battle tanks will be carried out by Turkeys Aselsan and a local company Famae. Chile bought nearly 150 Leopard 2A4s in the mid-2000s
Italian Navy’s Cavour Aircraft Carrier, Horizon-class Destroyers to undergo Maintenance

July 21, 2023 @ 04:11 AM

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN) has signed with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the Secretariat General of Defence / National Armaments Directorate, the Maintenance in Operational Conditions (MOC) Framework Agreement for the
Lithuania to Crowdfund 500 Kamikaze Drones for Ukraine

July 20, 2023 @ 09:57 AM

Lithuanian people have launched a campaign to raise €300,000 to buy 500 First-Person View (FPV) kamikaze drones. "The war in Ukraine will go down in world military history as a war of ever-evolving drone technologies
U.S. Leases Naval Base in New Guinea to Confront China

July 20, 2023 @ 08:37 AM

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Kosovo Orders Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drones

July 18, 2023 @ 12:31 PM

Kosovos Prime Minister Albin Kurti said a contract has been signed with Turkeys Baykar for a batch of Bayraktar TB2 combat drones. Kurti confirmed the acquisition in a Facebook post on Sunday
Newly-Developed 82mm Mobile Mortar Handed Over to Russian Troops

July 18, 2023 @ 12:03 PM

Rostec has handed over to Russian troops the first batch of ‘Dork 2S41 self-propelled (SP) mortar that enables soldiers to fire on the move without leaving the armored vehicle. The experimental batch of SP mortar is mounted atop a ‘Typhoon armored vehicle and can fire 10 rounds a minute at a distance that is 1
First Modernized Argentine Medium Tank Completes Technical Evaluation

July 17, 2023 @ 12:36 PM

Argentina has completed the technical evaluation of its modernized medium tank (TAM) to its 2CA2 version clearing the way for its serial production. The modernization was conducted by the Israeli company Elbit Systems together with an Argentinas Industrias Metalúrgicas Pescarmona Sociedad Anónima (IMPSA)

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