Rheinmetall and WilNor Governmental Services, together with experienced Norwegian and German companies, will collaborate to remove unexploded ordnance in North Sea and Baltic Sea. The partners will answer the request for quote issued by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, for ordnance removal
The Netherlands is set to lend F-16 fighter jets to aid in Ukraines F-16 training in Romania. Putting pen to paper in Madrid on August 30, Netherlands Minister of Defence Kajsa Ollongren, together with her Romanian counterpart Angel Tîlvăr and Lockheed Martin's Filippo Marchetti, signed this decision
Buoyed by the excellent results by drones in its war against Russia, Ukraine has plans to buy or manufacture up to 200,000 UAVs worth an estimated $1.09 Billion by the year-end
Thales and Schiebel have announced the completion of the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Peregrine Programme. It marks an important step towards the final delivery of the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Peregrine System, which is a rotary wing Uncrewed Air System (UAS) which aims to provide a protective ‘eye in the sky capability for Royal Navy warships
Pakistani and Chinese Air Forces on Wednesday began the Shaheen-X exercise in which the PAF deployed for the first time, the J10-CE aircraft, considered a competitor to the Dassault Rafale fighter. The PAF had started to acquire a squadron of J10-CE fighters starting in 2021, soon after India began receiving Rafale aircraft from France
In the early hours of Wednesday, a massive Ukrainian drone attack targeted various regions in Russia, causing fires at airports and naval bases and damaging Il-76 planes. Russian air defense units countered some attacks, while drone boats attempted an assault on Sevastopol's bay in Crimea but were repelled by anti-submarine forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed space agency Roscosmos and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) to present proposals for creating extremely low-earth orbiting satellites by December 1 this year. The satellite constellation is intended to rival Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink that is being used by Ukrainian forces for encrypted broadband internet enabling secure battlefield communication
Russias Kalashnikov Concern plans to establish an unmanned aviation training center for training of operators of all company-made drones. This was stated by Alan Lushnikov, President of the Kalashnikov Concern JSC, on the sidelines of the plenary session "Unmanned aircraft - dual-use technologies in war and peace
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The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently carried out manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) exercise involving a GJ-2 armed reconnaissance drone and two J-16 fighter jets. State-owned China Central Television (CCTV) published a report on the training that took place at an undisclosed location