China is on track to debut the Long March 12, its most powerful space rocket, later this year. Structural designer Zeng Wenhua from the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology confirmed the completion of the research and development stage for this latest addition to the Long March family
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has signaled a pause in procuring F-35 fighter jets, emphasizing the nation's focus on the F-16 and the KAAN fighter project. This decision stems from a prolonged deadlock with the United States over Turkey's purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia, resulting in Turkeys removal from the F-35 program
The first batches of Upyr first-person view (FPV) thermal-imaging drones have been sent to Russian troops in the special military operation area in Ukraine. "Among the technical innovations, we have sent the first batches of Upyrs with thermal imagers
Turkeys Aselsan has announced that the new Aselsan-developed electro-optical reconnaissance, surveillance, and targeting system, the ASELFLIR-600, will undergo its first tests this year. Last Thursday, Baykar tested the previous version, the ASELFLIR-500, equipped on the Akinci combat drone for the first time
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and QinetiQ Training & Simulation have released an open-source digital training ground for "Artificial Intelligence agents" named PrimAITE. This move is part of Dstl's Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence (ARCD) program and is intended to address the growing threat of cyber-attacks faced by the UK's Armed Forces
Turkey's Akinci Drone, equipped with the ASELFLIR-500T targeting pod, hit a moving target at sea during its first firing test. Developed by Aselsan, the ASELFLIR-500 targeting pod was tested at the AKINCI Flight Training and Test Center in Tekirdağ's Çorlu district
A rupture in the bow of the Royal Thai Navy corvette HTMS Sukhothai, is suspected to have caused the warship to sink in the Gulf of Thailand on December 18, 2022 killing 24 seamen while 76 were rescued. Some 35 Thai Navy divers together with 14 American naval divers commenced diving on Thursday to salvage the ship which they expect to accomplish over the course of a 19 day period
Singapore is setting its sights on becoming a hub for hydrogen-fueled large commercial planes, as outlined by the Singapore Hydrogen Cooperation Committee. Formed after the Cooperation Agreement signing in February 2022, involving Airbus, Changi Airport Group, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), and Linde, the committee has been scrutinizing the feasibility of hydrogen fuel in Singapore's aviation decarbonization efforts
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The United States State Department has given the green light for a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), involving a Taiwan Advanced Tactical Data Link System Upgrade Planning. The estimated cost of the sale is $75 million, with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) formally notifying Congress today