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Airbus A320neo Sales 11 Times More Than Boeing 737 in 2019
Airbus sold 796 A320neo planes in 2019, more than eleven times Boeing’s tally of 737 order of 69 aircraft. The overall gross orders for Boeing in 2019 stood at 246 aircraft, down from 1090 a year before. The jet-maker’s previous... More of this article »
China to Buy 2 Types of Loitering Munitions
The Chinese military announced its plans to procure two different types of loitering munitions on Monday. The statement released on weain.mil.cn, the Chinese military’s weapon and equipment procurement website, does not mention... More of this article »
Naval Group, Nexter to Upgrade French Navy’s Narwhal Remote Weapon Systems
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has awarded Naval Group and Nexter a contract to modernize Narwhal 20B 20mm remote weapon stations (RWS) fitted aboard all French Navy surface vessels. “With Nexter Group, Naval Group... More of this article »
First Pakistani F-16 Crash in 11 years Raises Questions about Maintenance
The Pakistani F-16 jet that crashed today is the first in 11 years and has come after the United States sold a $125 million technical support and end-use monitoring package to Pakistan in July 2019. “Pakistan had requested a continuation... More of this article »
China May Have Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Planned for Amphibious Assault Ships
China may have plans to develop tilt-rotor aircraft for its Type 075 amphibious assault ships, the second of which is scheduled to be launched soon. Having vertical-landing and take-off ability a helicopter with the speed of a turboprop... More of this article »
Israeli University Develops Laser-based Drone Defense System
Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed a laser-based defense system dubbed “Light Blade” capable of destroying next-generation combat drones. The technology is being developed and commercialized... More of this article »
Russian Troops Destroy Javelin, NLAW Missiles Depot Using Long Range Weapon
Russian troops destroyed a Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missile systems in Ukraine’s Zhitomir city on Saturday. “In the past 24 hours, a strike was delivered with long-range precision weapons to destroy the ammo depot on the... More of this article »
China Replaces Russian Engine in J-10C Jet With Locally-made WS-10 Taihang
A newly built J-10C fighter has been fitted with a domestically developed WS-10 Taihang engine to replace the Russian-made AL-31 engine. The development could come as bad news for Russia’s United Engine Corporation which supplied... More of this article »
US Navy to get UC-12W Military Transport Plane
The United States Navy has awarded Textron Aviation $14.3 million to modify its Beechcraft King Air 350C Cargo Slick aircraft to UC-12W military transport plane. “Textron Aviation Inc., Wichita, Kansas, is awarded a $14.3 million... More of this article »
Turkey Relied on NATO-Compatible Equipment to Shoot Down Syrian Su-24 Planes
Turkey may have used NATO-compatible equipment and system to shoot down two Russian-made Su-24 fighter jets of the Syrian Air Force. Turkey was able to bypass Russian closure of the airspace over Northern Syria by using the sophisticated... More of this article »
Chinese Firm Develops Robotized Unmanned Ground Vehicle
A Chinese arms company unveiled its ‘Mule-200’ unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that can transport ammunition and supplies or provide fire cover. The firm, Zhong Tian Zhi Kong Technology Holdings Company displayed the Mule-200 at... More of this article »
Turkish Drone Strike Destroys Syrian Army’s Pantsir-S1 Air Defense System
A missile fired by a Turkish Drone destroyed a Russian-made Pantsir-S1 Air Defense System (ADS) of the Syrian Army deployed in Idlib province on Friday. Information leaked to the Turkish media said that the ADS’s radar was active... More of this article »
Replace ‘Failed’ Russian S-300 in Syria with Chinese Air Defence System: Chinese Media
Syria should replace its ‘failed’ Russian S-300 and Pantsir air defence systems (ADS) with the China made Red Flag series such as the Hongqi 9, the export version of FD-2000 land-based ADS. State-aligned media outlet Sina.com... More of this article »
Russian Military to receive 144 S-350 ‘Vityaz’ Air Defense Systems by 2027
The Russian military will receive 144 S-350 ‘Vityaz’ air defense systems by 2027, even as training has just commenced with their first system delivered in December. Almaz Antey will deliver 12 S-350s batteries, each consisting... More of this article »
Despite French Sanctions, Turkey Making Progress in Pak’s Agosta 90B Sub Upgrade
Turkish firm STM has said that it is making progress in the modernization of Pakistan’s Agosta 90B submarines despite “sanctions and restrictions” imposed by France whose Naval Group was the submarine’s manufacturer. “This... More of this article »
UAE Signs $64M Camcopter S-100 Deal at UMEX-2020
The UAE Armed Forces have signed deals amounting to nearly $170 million (AED 625 million) at the UMEX and SimTEX 2020 event in Abu Dhabi, one of which is a $64 million (AED 234 million) contract for Camcopter S-100 unmanned helicopters... More of this article »
Chinese PLA to Procure 1.4 million Body Armor Units Worth $1.85 billion
The Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) plans to procure 1.4 million units of Body Armor worth 13 billion yuan ($1.85 billion) in the coming two years as it prepares for possible military conflicts against ‘Taiwan secessionists... More of this article »
France tests nEURON stealth combat drone with Rafale Jets, AWACS Aircraft
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) and Dassault Aviation have tested a nEURON demonstrator along with five Rafale fighter jets and an AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft, in multiple tactical configurations. The... More of this article »
Israeli F-35I Jets Strikes “Large Convoy” in Syria
Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I “Adir” stealth fighter jets reportedly carried out a “successful” airstrike to destroy a “large convoy” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- Quds Force, or Iraqi Popular... More of this article »
Iran Installs Home-made Radar in Mirage F1 Warplanes
Iran has installed locally-made radar and other equipment in Mirage F1 warplanes flown to the country by Iraqi pilots during the 1991 US invasion of Iraq. “We have overcome the aircraft’s previous shortcomings in the area of radar... More of this article »
China’s Z-10 Attack Helicopter Upgraded with Powerful Engine
China’s military has revealed an upgraded Z-10 attack helicopter with a more powerful engine with reduced infrared signal. The latest Z-10 ‘s engine has its exhaust openings facing upward instead of outward like the early model,... More of this article »
Yemeni Rebels Reveal New Air Defense System
Yemeni Houthi rebels have unveiled their newly-inducted air defense system that shot down a Saudi Tornado fighter on Friday night. “It is part of a new, domestically-designed and sophisticated air defense system. It constitutes... More of this article »
Digital Drawing of Latest Singaporean Endurance-class Ship Unveiled at Airshow
ST Engineering displayed a digital drawing of the Joint Multi Mission Ship, the Endurance 170, at the Singapore Air show 2020 (February 11-16). The ship is intended to host helicopters as well as the F-35B jets that the city-state... More of this article »
US Okays $1.867B Raytheon-Kongsberg NASAMS Air Defence System Sale to India
he United States has approved a Foreign Military Sale to India of an Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS), also called National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) for an estimated cost of $1.867 billion. The... More of this article »
HAL to Export Su-30MKI, MiG-29 Engine Parts
India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Rosoboronexport to export spares and accessories of engines of the Su-30MKI and MiG-29 fighter jets. “The MoU envisages... More of this article »
Ground Tests of Superconducting Electric Aircraft Engine Begin in Russia
Ground tests of the world’s first electric hybrid aircraft engine based on a superconducting system has commenced in Chaplygin in Novosibirsk, Russia. Following the successful ground tests, a flying laboratory based on the Yak-40... More of this article »
Bharat Dynamics Unveils Amogha-3 Anti-Tank Missile at DefExpo 2020
India’s Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has unveiled its new third generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) named “Amogha-3” at DefExpo-2020 exhibition in Lucknow city, Uttar Pradesh state, today. “AMOGHA-III,... More of this article »
Russian Electronic Warfare System Brings Down Hostile Drones in Syria
Russian electronic warfare (EW) system de-activated the control system of hostile drones launched by terrorists at its Hmeymim air base in Syria yesterday. This is the first time that the Russian command has reported the use of EW... More of this article »
Russia to Swap Western Avionics in MC-21 Airliner with Locally-made Ones
Russia has planned to replace MC-21 twin-jet airliner’s avionics manufactured by America’s Honeywell and Rockwell Collins, and France’s Thales with indigenous airborne avionics before 2023. A draft tender was issued... More of this article »
Turkish Albayraklar Defence Firm To Shut Shop, Offers Stock For Sale
Albayraklar Savunma Company awarded as the fastest growing defense company of the Year in 2019 resolved to quit the sector by offering its stocks for sale. The stocks of Albayraklar Defense Company affiliated to Albayraklar Holding,... More of this article »
Russian GLONASS Satellites Guided Iranian Missiles to US Target in Iraq
Iran used Russian GLONASS satellites to navigate its missiles while striking United States military bases in Iraq. The use of satellite guidance enabled precision strike on January 8- said to be with an accuracy of 10 meters- which... More of this article »
French MOD orders more than 23,000 parachutes from Airborne Systems
Airborne Systems, a world leader in parachute systems, has won its first contract to provide a new troop parachute system for the French airborne forces. Under the contract with the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement), procurement... More of this article »
Iran May Buy Chinese J-10Cs Using Part of $3B Qatar Funds
Iran may drop its plan to buy Russian MiG-35 and Su-30 fighters, and opt to acquire Chengdu J-10 jets from China by investing half of the $3 billion financial assistance provided by Qatar. The $3 billion aid was offered by the Emir... More of this article »
Russian firm Delivers Helmet-mounted Night Vision Goggles to African Nation
Russia’s Shvabe Holding Company, part of Rostec, shipped a large batch of helmet-mounted night vision goggles to an unnamed African country, the company announced Thursday. “The Shvabe Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation... More of this article »
Philippines to Purchase Two Brahmos Missile Batteries from India, Contract in May
The Philippines Army is set to become the first international customer of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile with its Department of National Defense (DND) intending to buy two batteries the contract for which is expected to be... More of this article »
Dassault Falcon 8X Planes Converted To Electronic Warfare Role
The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has contracted Dassault Aviation to integrate three of its Falcon 8X aircraft with Thales’ CUGE universal electronic warfare capability, under the Archange program launched to strengthen... More of this article »
Turkey Invites Malaysia for “Hurjet” Combat-Trainer Project as Wedge with US Deepens
Turkish Aerospace has invited Malaysia to partner it in the production of its home-made Light combat-trainer jet, “Hurjet”, the CEO of the aviation giant Turkish Aerospace said. Malaysia may contribute to the technology... More of this article »
German Army to get 1,000 new Rheinmetall Military Trucks
German Bundeswehr placed a €400 million order with Rheinmetall to supply 1,000 military transport trucks for the army. The order is the third call-off from a framework contract signed in July 2017 encompassing over 2,200 military... More of this article »
Singapore to Buy Most Expensive Version of F-35 jets for $2.75B
The US State Department has approved a sale of up to 12 F-35B aircraft to Singapore, the most expensive version of the jets, estimated to cost $2.75 billion. The government of Singapore has asked to buy up to 12 F-35Bs – an initial... More of this article »
Junked Railway Rake Mistook for Indian ICBM
Images sent by Western satellites of Tinsukia Railway station where a rake had been lying below the surface was confused for an Indian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The images of the rake sent from sparsely populated... More of this article »
Pakistan Navy Receives ATR Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Surveillance Drone
Pakistan Navy (PN) inducted an ATR aircraft-based maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) and LUNA NG unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for coastal reconnaissance on January 4. The ATR turboprop aircraft was converted into MPA role by Germany-based... More of this article »
Pakistan Army Gets New EW, Ground Surveillance Radar Facility
The Pakistan Army has set up new laboratories to test indigenously developed electronic warfare equipment and ground surveillance radars (GSRs) at National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC), Haripur. On Friday, Chief of... More of this article »
German Army to buy MBDA’s ‘Enforcer’ Shoulder-launched Missile System
The German Armed Forces have contracted European missile manufacturer, MBDA to purchase the ‘Enforcer’ shoulder-launched precision-guided anti-armor missile system. Signed on 20 December, the contract will fulfill the German requirement... More of this article »
Turkish Aerospace Inaugurates First Office in Pakistan
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has set up a new office in Pakistan, weeks after Islamabad hosted a Turkish defense exhibition on its soil for the first time. “We have launched our new office at Pakistan’s National Science... More of this article »
Leonardo’s Osprey 50 AESA Radar Equipped on Beechcraft Plane Completes First Flight Test
Leonardo’s new Osprey 50 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar equipped on a B200 King Air has completed its first flight test in the UK. The new radar is a larger-aperture variant of Leonardo’s Osprey surveillance... More of this article »
Czech Republic Orders $40M RBS 70 NG from Saab
Saab has won a $40 million contract to supply Czech Republic with RBS 70 Next Generation (NG) Very Short-range Air Defense (VSHORAD) man-portable air defence system. The order includes integration with Czech Air Defence, test equipment... More of this article »
Flypast during Qatar National Day Hints at Doha’s Interest in Pakistani JF-17
A contingent of Pakistani JF-17 performed during the Qatar National Day Celebrations yesterday indicating of possible sale prospects to the Gulf state. Images of the aircraft performing aerobatics were released by the Pakistani MoD. The... More of this article »
Germany To Get Kongsberg’s Counter Drone System
Germany has awarded Kongsberg a $27.2 million (250 MNOK) contract to supply a Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) to its armed forces. “Kongsberg has entered into a contract with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment... More of this article »