As Middle East muscle-flexors -- Saudi Arabia and Iran -- have agreed to shake hands and move rapidly to restore diplomatic ties, there are signs that the war of each others proxies in the impoverished country of Yemen could end. The conflict in Yemen is seen by Western sources as an extension of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, where they have lent support of varying degrees to rival forces in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon
Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar has expressed frustration over talks with the U.S
The three Type 052D guided missiles being built for the Chinese Navy are likely to receive “major upgrades to their radar systems,” state-owned media reported Sunday. Two Type 052D warships were launched from Dalian Shipyard in Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Friday, and three additional hulls of the same type still under construction in the yard
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first F-16 Block 70 fighter being built for the Royal Bahraini Air Force. The Kingdom of Bahrain became the first operator of F-16s in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the 1990s, and now, will be the first to receive the aircrafts most advanced variant, the F-16 Block 70
A Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter dropped GPS-guided bombs in eastern Ukraines Kurdyumovka, Russian media claimed. Kurdyumovka is close to Artyomovsk located on the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR), where fierce fighting for the city is underway
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant – the largest NPP in Europe – lost all off-site power on Thursday morning, after Russia bombed the area. IAEA said the blackout happened at the plant after its last remaining 750 kilovolt line was disconnected
Italian C-27J Spartan transport planes will get a new avionics suite under a contract signed with Leonardo and Armaereo. The contract includes: the development, integration qualification and certification of a new avionics configuration for the C-27J, the upgrading of a number of general systems on the aircraft, the self-protection system and the flight simulator
Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division recently received approval as a vendor to provide some additive manufacturing components to Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) platforms. The certification enables NNS to use additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to fabricate pipefittings or other potential components for use on aircraft carriers, submarines and other NAVSEA platforms
European missile maker MBDA has set up an engineering center in the U.A
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