Fincantieri and Cantiere Navale Vittoria laid the keel of the Multi-purpose Offshore Unit (UAM) destined for the Italian Coast Guard today, at the company's yard in the Veneto region. Following a ceremony to mark the event, the plaque of the day was welded onto the first two blocks of the hull already completed
South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said it carried out the first armament tests on two KF-21 fighter prototypes on Tuesday. In an
NATO air policing drills saw Polish MiG-29 and F-16 fighters, French Rafale jets and Dutch F-35 stealth jets simulating aircraft intercepts and conducting approach, handover and escort procedures. Polish MiG-29 and Netherlands F-35 jets took off from Malbork Air Base to fly integration training in Polish airspace
The Hellenic army could acquire Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAVs) for $268 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today
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
The U.S
Embraer and Lockheed Martin are trying to sell multi-mission tactical air transport aircraft, C-390 Millennium and C-130J, to the Indian Air Force. The IAF issued a Request for Information (RFI) in December to acquire a medium transport aircraft (MTA) which has the capability of lifting 18-30 tones
Ukraine has officially sought the transfer of F-16 jets belonging to the Netherlands as Amsterdam is in the process of tranisiting to F-35 jets.The Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Kajsa Ollongren confirmed this inforamtion, according to Dutch publication,
Ukraine is eyeing F-16 fighter jets to bring down Russian targets as it expects the blockade of receiving long-range weapons and fighter jets from the West to be resolved soon. "The issue around long-range weapons and fighters for Ukraine can be resolved soon
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is reportedly requesting $4 billion from the defence ministry to modernise the Air Forces Su-30MKI fleet, but what happened to the ‘speedy procurement of Su-30MKI that was on cards? In July 2020, Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) greenlit an Air Force proposal to speedily procure