Baykar Signs "Biggest Ever Export Contract" with Saudi Arabia for Akinci Drones
Turkeys Baykar Defense today signed its “biggest ever export contract” with Saudi Arabia for the export of Akinci attack drones. The number of drones nor the value of the contract has not been disclosed yet
Russia Hugely Accelerating Drone Production
Russia has substantially accelerated production of drones - that of Orlan reconnaissance drones has gone up 53 times compared to last year while a new factory has been set up to meet exponential demand for Lancet loitering munitions. Kalashnikov concern said in a recent statement that it will multiply the production...
Turkey, Indonesia to Deepen Defense Cooperation
Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Hakan Fidan in Jakarta on July 15 where the two leaders discussed measures to deepen cooperation in the field of defense. "I see that there is still a lot of space and areas of defense...
U.S. Considering Military Options Against Russia for "Complicating" Anti-ISIS Efforts in Syria...
The United States is reportedly considering conducting military options to counter growing Russian activity in the skies over Syria. A Pentagon spokesman told the Associated Press (AP) the actions of Russian aviation "complicated efforts to strike the leader of the Islamic State group last weekend
DARPA Asks Northrop Grumman to Design Warship-Deployable Autonomous VTOL Aircraft
Defense Advanced Research Project Agencys (DARPA) awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving Navy ship at sea. The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) demonstrator will be designed as a cost-efficient, multiple-mission capable vehicle...
Russia to Set up Drone R&D Centre
Russias state-owned Rostec said its subsidiary Ruselectronics holding will create a research and production center to test the development of unmanned aerial systems in the Urals Federal District. It will develop promising products in the field of unmanned aircraft escort, and will also act as a “one-stop shop” for providing regional support measures to technology companies in the industry
U.S. Drones Intercepted for Airspace Violation during Syria-Russia Exercise: Kremlin
Russia has accused the U.S
Ukraine to Present MINI SHARK UAV at Turkey’s IDEF Exhibition
Ukraines Ukrspecsystems will showcase its new MINI SHARK drone at the upcoming IDEF-2023 exhibition in Turkeys Istanbul (July 25-28). MINI SHARK has a wingspan of 2
Swiss Startup Reveals Ultra-Long-Range Hypersonic Hydrogen Airplane
Destinus debuted the latest demonstrator of an aircraft at the Paris Airshow that can connect New York and Paris in about 90 minutes! Founded in 2021, Destinus is headquartered in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It has facilities and offices in Madrid, Munich, Toulouse and Paris
China Modifies Military Drones For Weather Monitoring Purpose
China has launched two all-new weather monitoring drones- the Haiyan I UAV and Haiyan II UAV on the basis of Wing Loong/Pterodactyl military-grade UAVs: Pterosaur-10 and Pterosaur-2. On June 28, Chinas National Mobile Observation Service took delivery of first of these drones
MQ-9A Flies with REAP Pod which Provides Communications Infrastructure during Natural Disasters...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) completed a flight demonstration of the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) Pod on an MQ-9A Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Russia Develops Mobile Station to Suppress Long-range Ukrainian Drones
Russian specialists have developed Argus-Antifuria mobile electronic warfare station to suppress long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The jamming station was unveiled at the Special Gear exhibition running in Moscow on June 29-30
Philippines Receives Mobile Long Range Air Surveillance Radar from Japan
MD Helicopters Develop Configurable Avionics & Weapons System for AH530 Chopper
Poland, Australia Strengthen Defense Ties in Warsaw Meeting
China Launches First Hangor-class Submarine for Pakistan Navy
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...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...