The Czech Republics First Deputy Minister of Defence František Šulc and Air Force Commander Brigadier General Petr Čepelka participated at the ceremony marking the handover of the first H1 helicopter to the Czech Armed Forces in the Bell Textron factory in Amarillo, Texas. Eight UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters and four AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters will replace the Czech Air Forces obsolete Mi-24V/35 helicopters
Nigeria has invited China to set up defence manufacturing facilities in the African country as part of collaboration between Nigerian and Chinese companies. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Nigeria, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana mni, said this to a Chinese delegation that visited the capital, Abuja on March 20
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Components in future warplanes and battle ships could be made from a combination of different materials instead of just one, under DARPAs METALS program, reducing vulnerabilities when exposed to local forces or environments. In traditional design and manufacturing of planes, ships, vehicles, and other engineered structures, every part or individual component is typically constructed from a single material
Pakistan has reportedly sent a team of engineers to Myanmar to fix the Air Forces “junk” JF-17 Thunder fighter jets which the country ordered in 2016 but were grounded last year. Not a single aircraft from the 11-strong JF-17 fleet is currently operational due to technical glitches, the
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a former aviation security head of Antonov State Enterprise (ASE) on charges of allowing the destruction of the An-225 "Miria," the World's biggest transport aircraft during the early days of the Ukraine-Russia war in 2022.The former security head along with the former deputy manager of ASE who is currently absconding, are accused of preventing servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine from entering the Gostomel Airport where the AN-225 aircraft were based, according to a statement released on Friday by Ukroboronprom, the parent company of ASE