Billed as Europes answer to Boeings Apache attack helicopter, Leonardo debuted its AW249 next generation combat helicopter in flight display for the first time at ILA Berlin airshow. The helicopter boasts a comprehensive package of breakthrough technologies and mission capabilities to enhance situational awareness and decision-making, while sustaining operational tempo and tactical manoeuvre, and pursuing and maintaining dominance in the battlefield against current and emerging threats, according to a Leonardo statement
A Ukrainian company has unveiled a new virtual reality training system designed to prepare soldiers for one of the most dangerous threats on the modern battlefield — FPV drones. The system, officially named “Reflex — Minus Drone”, is a VR-based trainer that teaches military personnel how to detect, track and engage FPV drones under conditions that closely replicate real combat
France has postponed plans to upgrade current aircraft carrier-based versions of the Dassault Rafale fighters to the F5 standard due to funding constraint. This is attributed to the cancellation of funding by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which pulled out from funding the F5 standard across the air force and naval versions
Russias Sukhoi Su-35S multirole fighter jet has the “biggest record of downed adversary combat planes among all fourth-generation fighters,” according to Head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Ruslan Pukhov. In comments made to the Russian news agency TASS, Pukhov said that the Su-35 boasts the worlds most extensive modern experience of air combat
A United States F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at a U.S
The Argentine Air Force
Australia has signed a A$4 billion agreement with Austal Defence Australia for the construction of eight Landing Craft Heavy vessels to strengthen the Armys ability to operate in littoral environments. The build tasking statement was signed at Henderson in Western Australia on February 24
The Turkish Armed Forces have showcased their ASLAN Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) during Exercise STEADFAST DART 26, currently underway in northern Germany.According to
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on February 17 delivered the 18th and final Atlantique 2 (ATL2) aircraft
Frances Defence Procurement Agency (DGA)