Ukraine Invasion forces Russia’s Global Arms Exports to Drop Significantly
While the United States continued to sell more weapons and retained its position as the worlds top exporter, Russias invasion of Ukraine has caused a significant drop in the volume of weapons it exported. Although still at world no
Iran to Get New Fighters after 2 Decades
Iran has confirmed a deal with Russia for Sukhoi Su-35 jets, in a major revamp of its fighter fleet with foreign aircraft in more than two decades. "Moscow is ready to deliver the fighter jets to Iran," Irans mission to the United Nations was quoted as saying in the official IRNA...
Ukraine Could Cannibalize Slovak, Polish MiG-29s to Keep its MiG-29 Fleet Flying...
Ukraine could use components from the MiG-29s to be donated by Slovakia and Poland on its own jets, Ukrainian MoD spokesman Yuriy Ihnat has hinted. "Supply of aviation systems is good news because it means that the supply of combat aircraft has moved on," Ihnat said at a briefing Thursday, adding...
MBDA Opens Facility in U.A.E. to Produce Missiles for Rafale Jets...
European missile maker MBDA has set up an engineering center in the U.A
Is Indonesia Next After Philippines to Buy BrahMos?
Indonesias defense minister Prabowo Subianto visited BrahMos Aerospaces pavilion during NAVDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi today, fanning speculations that supersonic cruise missiles could be on its shopping list. Indonesia has expressed interest in the Indo-Russian BrahMos system since 2018
Two-Seat Trainer Variant of South Korea’s KF-21 Jet Makes First Flight
The fourth prototype of South Koreas KF-21 Boramae fighter jet, which is also the first two-seat variant of the jet, completed its first flight on February 20. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a
Elbit Systems to Display its UAV Prowess at IDEX 2023
Israels Elbit Systems will present the Skylark 3 Hybrid UAS and Hermes 900 MALE UAS at the IDEX 2023 exhibition taking place in the United Arab Emirates next week. The 2021 edition of the IDEX marked the first participation of Israeli companies in a U
F-35 Jets at Aero India Raise Expectations of Sale to New Delhi
Touted to be the worlds most advanced fighter, the F-35A fighters made its debut at the Aero India 2023 (Feb. 13-17) show, sending signals of U
India Opting to Modernize Existing Su-30MKIs instead of buying new ones?
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
France’s DGA Receives 1st Rafale Built to Replace Greek Jets
Dassault Aviation handed over a two-seat Rafale F3R fighter to the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA), aimed to replace ones purchased from the French Air Force by Greece. The “B359” aircraft was delivered to the DGA on December 29 at the Dassault Aviation site in Mérignac (Gironde)
Questions over German F-35 Purchase after its Grounding in the U.S.
Some military experts are on the fence on Germanys decision to buy F-35 stealth fighter jets, after an American F-35B crashed recently which led to its type being grounded in the U.S
Ukraine to Receive 30 More Czech-Modernized T-72 Tanks from African Country
Czech Republics Excalibur Army will hand over another 30 upgraded T-72 tanks to Ukraines armed forces soon, which have been purchased from an unnamed African country. The modernization work will be carried out under an option for 30 additional tanks to the 90 T-72Bs already purchased, which the
U.K. Completes Quantum Navigation Flight Trials Unaffected by Jamming
U.K. MoD Selects L3 Harris to deliver 50 T4 Explosive Ordnance Disposal...
Polish WB Group Creates Attack Drone with "100s of Km" Range
KONGSBERG, Diehl Defence, MBDA to Jointly Develop Super Sonic Strike Missile
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...