Eurofighter and NETMA (the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency) have signed a contract to enable the development of a new Aerodynamic Modification Kit (AMK) for the Typhoon jet. AMK will allow faster integration of new weapons and certification of new external loads, including future anti-radar missiles, which enable the suppression and destruction of enemy air defence radars
The Swiss Air Force has completed the life extension work of its F/A-18C/D aircraft up until the introduction of the new F-35A jets by the early 2030s. The F/A-18C/D combat aircraft of the Swiss Air Force have been in service since 1997
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
Navantias San Fernando shipyard held the keel-laying event for the seventh corvette it is building for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) on May 8. The ship, Construction No
Iranian hackers group, ‘Handala has identified the coordinates of Israeli special forces called Uni Egoz operating in Lebanon and has passed them on to Hezbollah to be attacked with fibre optic drones. The Handala cyber group has revealed the identities of 60 senior officers of Unit Egoz, the so-called elite forces of the Israeli army
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The Swiss government is pursuing the acquisition of an additional long-range air defence system, to complement US Patriot following delivery delays of the American system. Last week it sent out request for information (RFI) to five manufacturers in four countries – Germany, France, Israel and South Korea, Kaj-Gunnar Sievert, spokesman for the Federal Armaments Office (Armasuisse), told the Keystone-ATS news agency on Saturday
China is shaken by a Japanese government plan to revise the rank titles of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) officers to that held by officers of the Imperial Japanese Army who committed some of the worst atrocities during World War II. The Japanese government recently finalized a plan to revise the rank titles of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) officers and intends to submit the relevant amendment bill to the Japanese parliament within this year
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Peru announced the signing of a contract with Lockheed Martin to purchase F-16 Block 70 fighter jets after its interim president Maria Blacazar reversed an earlier decision to defer the purchase to the next elected government. Two cabinet-level ministers in Peru have resigned after interim President Jose Maria Balcazar announced he would defer a decision to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States company Lockheed Martin