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US Opposing Iraq’s S-400 Air Defence System Purchase to Guard its Aerial Hegemony: Iraqi Legislator
The United States is fiercely opposed to Iraq’s procurement of Russian-made S-400 air defense system for fear of losing the aerial hegemony it enjoys in the region, as well as loss of lucrative arms deals, an Iraqi parliamentarian... More of this article »
Russian Army Receives 18000 ‘Ratnik’ Combat Outfits
The Russian Army are all-protected by Ratnik infantry gear, thousands of which they received recently, a month ahead of schedule. Manufacturer Central Research Institute for Precision Machine-Building (TsNIITochMash) announced Thursday... More of this article »
Nigeria Inducts Locally Built Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles
The Nigerian Army has inducted eight EZUGWU Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles built locally by Command Engineering Depot (CED). The equipment were inducted into Operations Lafiya Dole and Sahel Sanity. The vehicles are... More of this article »
Tornado-S Rocket Launchers to Replace Smerch systems in Russian Army by 2027
Russia’s Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) will replace the Cold War-era Smerch and Uragan systems within the next seven years. “The planned rearmament of rocket artillery units with advanced Tornado multiple... More of this article »
Turkey Begins Work on Next Gen KORAL Electronic Warfare System
Turkish defense contractor Aselsan has begun working on the next generation KORAL electronic warfare (EW) system. In a press conference yesterday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, revealed the development of the advanced... More of this article »
Russia’s TOS-2 Tosochka Heavy Flamethrower Undergo Trials
Russia’s latest TOS-2 ‘Tosochka’ heavy flamethrowers are currently undergoing trials with national troops. “Heavy flamethrower TOS-2 is one of the newest weapons with the RCBD [Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense]... More of this article »
EUROJET Signs Contract with NETMA for 56 New EJ200 Engines German Eurofighter Jets
EUROJET Turbo GmbH (EUROJET), the consortium responsible for the EJ200 engine installed in the Eurofighter Typhoon, today signed a contract with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) to provide 56 new EJ200... More of this article »
Greek S-300 Air Defence Systems Provide Cover to Turkish S-400 ADS
Turkey has found Greek deployment of its S-300 air defence systems (ADS) as a convenient cover to use its own S-400 ADS against the wishes of the United States. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar today said Ankara will use the armament... More of this article »
US Army to Order 3230 JLTVs from 2021 to Replace Humvees
The U.S. Army plans to acquire and field approximately 3,230 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) starting in 2021 to replace the ageing Humvees. The Agile Combat Support Directorate is currently working with the Department of the... More of this article »
US Army to Order 3230 JLTVs from 2021 to Replace Humvees
The U.S. Army plans to acquire and field approximately 3,230 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) starting in 2021 to replace the ageing Humvees. The Agile Combat Support Directorate is currently working with the Department of the... More of this article »
All-new Russian Il-76MD-90A Military Transport Aircraft Completes Final Assembly
The Russian heavy-lift Il-76MD-90A military transport plane, the all-new version of the popular IL-76, has completed final assembly and is scheduled to commence ground and flight tests soon. The installation of new PS-90A-76 engines,... More of this article »
Nigeria Receives Four Chinese Wing Loong II Attack Drones
Nigeria is believed to have received four Chinese-made Wing Loong II attack drones out of an order of eight. “The Wing Loong II, which can remain airborne for 31hrs in Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mode and... More of this article »
OshoCorp to Supply Auxiliary Power Units for Indian T-72, T-90 Tanks
OshoCorp Global is selected by Indian Army for development & supply of Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) of Russian origin T-72 and T-90 Tanks. The Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is an alternate source of power for the Fire Control System... More of this article »
Rheinmetall Unveils Lynx KF41 IFV for US$13 Billion Australian Army Program
Rheinmetall has unveiled the first of three Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicles for Australia’s $AUD18.1 billion (US$13.18 Billion) Land 400 Phase 3 program. Rheinmetall is delivering each of the Lynx vehicles to compete in the... More of this article »
Ukraine to Provide Radar Systems for US Military
Ukraine’s Iskra, a subsidiary of state-owned Ukroboronprom, will supply new radar systems to the U.S. military under a contract signed recently. “The U.S. is completely satisfied with the quality of our products. Just a few days... More of this article »
Ukraine Develops New Reconnaissance Strike Drone
Ukraine’s state-owned Luch Design Bureau presented mock-up of a new reconnaissance strike unmanned aerial vehicle Sokil (Falcon)-300, on Friday. The Sokil-300 UAV is armed with guided missiles with a range of up to 10 km. It can... More of this article »
Turkish Bayratkar Attack Drone Gets Deadlier with New Targeting System
The Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) conducted a successful test-fire using an ASELSAN-developed Common Aperture Targeting System (CATS). Guided by the CATS targeting system, the Bayraktar TB2 drone fired... More of this article »
Russian Military Receives Modernized T-72B3 Tanks
Uralvagonzavod has delivered a batch of T-72B3 tanks to the Russian military. These tanks were upgraded by the company from T-72B to B3 standard under a state defense order. Russia’s Izvestia reported last week that the military... More of this article »
Indonesia Wants F-35 Jets, But US Pushing F-16s or F/A-18s Instead
The United States has rejected an Indonesian proposal to purchase F-35 jets and instead wants Jakarta to buy F-16 Block 72 aircraft or another equivalent American-built fighter. Jakarta’s insistence on the F-35 may be a ploy for... More of this article »
Kenya Air Force Receives Third C-27J Transport Plane
Kenya Air Force has received all three ordered C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft. The final aircraft resumed test flights in Italy in May and arrived in Kenya at the beginning of October, where it was handed over in an official... More of this article »
China Unveils Wing Loong- 10 Attack Drone
China has displayed its new Wing Loong-10 attack drone at Nanchang Airshow 2020 that kicked off on Saturday. The aircraft is a ground-attack version of the Wing Loong. It uses 1t thrust ZF850 engine that costs ¥6 million, according... More of this article »
US Approves $46 Million Javelin Missiles Sale to Australia
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Javelin missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $46 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered... More of this article »
Turkey Develops Engine to Power UAVs
Turkey’s TUSAS Engine Industries (TEI), subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), has produced a new engine to power locally-made drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and Akinci. Selcuk Bayraktar, Baykar’s Chief Technology... More of this article »
Romania’s €1.2B Corvette Deal to Go to Naval Group
Romania appears poised to sign a deal for four corvettes with French company Naval Group pegged at €1.2 billion, despite being challenged by Dutch shipbuilder Damen. “There is a dispute, in fact not one, there have been... More of this article »
Azerbaijan Destroyed Six S-300 Systems of Armenia: President Ilham Aliye
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has claimed that the military has destroyed at least six Armenian S-300 missile systems using Turkish and Israeli drones. “Modern methods of warfare are different from those of the 90s. Unmanned... More of this article »
Russian Army Gets Artillery Fire Control System
The Russian military has taken delivery of new 1B198 automatic artillery fire control systems, state-owned Rostec company announced Tuesday. Rostec-subsidiary High Precision Holding said the systems were developed and manufactured... More of this article »
Russian New Engine for Su-57 Stealth Jet to be classified as 5+ Gen
The upcoming ‘Second Stage’ engine for the Russian Su-57 fighter jet could be classified as 5+ generation, due to its increased thrust over current fifth-generation fighter aircraft engines. “I would even say that this (Second... More of this article »
Greece Preparing to Test S-300 Air Defence System in Response to Turkey’s S-400 Test
Greece is preparing to test its Russian-made S-300 air defence systems (ADS) installed on the island of Crete in response to Turkey’s test of its S-400 ADS last week. Satellite images by the Turkish military show that Athens has... More of this article »
Russia to Win An Order for VPK-Ural Armored Vehicles from Middle East Country
Russia will sign an export contract for VPK-Ural armoured vehicles with a Middle East country. If signed, the first of the ordered vehicles will be delivered to the unnamed customer by the end of this year. The vehicles are already... More of this article »
Vietnam Plans to Convert Decommissioned MiG-21 Aircraft into Drones
Vietnam plans to convert Soviet era Mig-21 aircraft into unmanned drones to serve as target drones or even as combat UAVs. So far, research has been carried out on how to have the drone (MiG-21) automatically land properly, Viet Defence... More of this article »
South Korea’s F-35 Fleet Has 24 Jets: DAPA
The United States has so far delivered 24 F-35A stealth jets to the South Korean military, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said today. “We experienced some delay in the delivery due to the COVID-19 situation,... More of this article »
MBDA Announces VL MICA NG Missile Launch
The MICA NG, a new infrared seeker based on a matrix sensor will provide increased sensitivity, a new radio frequency seeker with an active electronically scanned antenna (AESA) will allow for smart detection strategies. The VL MICA... More of this article »
India Tests BRAHMOS Anti-ship Missile, China Deploys DF-17 Hypersonic Projectile
The ship-launched version of India’s supersonic cruise missile, BRAHMOS, was test fired on 18 October 2020, a day on which information leaked that China had deployed its DF-17 hypersonic missile as part of its efforts to subjugate... More of this article »
China Tests Rocket-propelled Landmine Launchers in Tibet
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted a live-fire training exercise of its rocket-propelled landmine launchers that spread a large number of mines over a given area in a short time. The test, conducted... More of this article »
Malaysia Invites Bids for new Maritime Patrol Aircraft
The Malaysian Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is inviting bids for the acquisition of two new manned maritime patrol aircraft. An online briefing for the tender was conducted on 1 October 2020 in Kuala Lumpur. Members of the defense... More of this article »
South Korea to Deploy M-SAM II Air Defence in Response to North’s Latest Missiles
The South Korean military plans to soon deploy its locally-made M-SAM II air defence system (ADS) in response to the Pyongyang’s new missiles and rocket launchers shown at last Saturday’s military parade. Speaking about Seoul’s... More of this article »
Russia’s Tigr-based C2 Vehicles Pass Field Tests
Russian Army’s mobile Command and Control (C2) posts, based on Tigr (Tiger) light vehicles, passed field tests recently. The Russian Armed Forces have tested for the first time during the field tactical exercises the brand-new... More of this article »
Turkey’s CTech to Delivers Drone Satellite Terminals to Military
Turkey’s CTech company is supplying SATCOM On-The-Move (SOTM) terminals for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from July. Aerial SOTM terminals will provide Turkish UAVs such as Bayraktar TB2 and Vestel Karayel with satellite communication... More of this article »
Russia Developing Anti-Drone Missile for TOR Air Defense System
Russia is working on a small and cheap surface-to-air missile (SAM) missile for the TOR short-range air defense system, especially suited for intercepting the small-sized drones. “The cost of anti-aircraft guided missiles of... More of this article »
Azerbaijan Used “Unmanned” Bi-planes to Locate Armenian Air Defence
The bi-planes fly towards Armenian positions forcing their ground troops to open fire thus exposing them to Azeri raids by drones and ground artillery, topcor.ru reported Friday. The pilots of the An-2 bi-planes parachute out... More of this article »
US to Sell Switzerland PATRIOT Missile Units Worth $2.2 billion
The US State Department approves a possible Sale to Switzerland of five Patriot Configuration-3+ Modernized Fire Units for an estimated cost of $2.2 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification... More of this article »
Kamikaze Drone ‘Alpagu’ to be Deployed with Turkish Security Forces by Year-end
Turkish defense company STM announced today it will deliver fixed wing kamikaze drone ‘Alpagu’ to the security forces towards the end of the year. Alpagu weighs 2kg and has a low radar cross section. It differs with its... More of this article »
Dutch, Russian Armies Show Different Approaches to Battling Hostile Drones
The Dutch and Russian Armies today revealed different approaches to battling hostile drones which are becoming a growing threat to ground-based assets While the Dutch Army today announced the creation of a ‘Stinger Platoon’ equipped... More of this article »
UK Frigates to get Bofors 40 Mk4, Bofors 57 Mk3 Naval Guns
BAE Systems won a contract to produce and deliver Bofors 40 Mk4 and Bofors 57 Mk3 naval guns for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Type 31 general purpose frigate program. The agreement, through a contract with Babcock International,... More of this article »
Egypt Orders 2 Italian FREMM Frigates for €1.2B: Report
Egypt has reportedly placed an order for two Italian FREMM Bergamini-class frigates for $1.2 billion. The contract was signed in late August. The Egyptian Navy will receive its first frigate by the end of this year. It will get the... More of this article »
Russia’s TOS-2 Tosochka Launcher Fires Thermobaric Rockets for the First Time
Russia used TOS-2 Tosochka rocket launcher with thermobaric rockets for the first time during Kavkaz-2020 exercises held recently. “The new systems destroyed the advancing columns of armored vehicles of the mock enemy. The fire... More of this article »
Russia’s TOS-2 Tosochka Launcher Fires Thermobaric Rockets for the First Time
TOS-2 “Tosochka” rocket launcher Russia used TOS-2 Tosochka rocket launcher with thermobaric rockets for the first time during Kavkaz-2020 exercises held recently. “The new systems destroyed the advancing columns... More of this article »
Serial Production Launched of Mi-28NM, Russia’s Deadliest Attack Helicopter
Russian Helicopters has launched serial production of Mi-28NM, the company’s CEO, Andrei Boginsky, said Tuesday. “Serial production has begun. Under the current defense order we will provide 98 helicopters by 2027. The... More of this article »