The United Kingdom will shortly complete the delivery of approximately 1,000 additional surface to air missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This comes in response to Ukrainian requests for more air defence capabilities, and the missiles will play a vital role in the provision of air defence for Ukraine and the protection of its critical infrastructure which is being continually targeted by Russia, the UK defence ministry confirmed in a statement
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The German Navy will start fielding Vulcano 127mm guided munitions for their F125 frigates. According to Italian and German governments requirements, the companies Diehl Defence and Leonardo developed and qualified the precision-guided ammunition family Vulcano 127 and 155 mm
Russia is reportedly planning to top up its drone fleet for $200 million with a fresh Iranian contract, after several imported drones were destroyed in the ongoing Ukraine war, reports say. Moscow secretly flew $141 million in cash and Western weapons seized in Ukraine to Iran in exchange for 166 drones around two months ago,
Ahead of the NASAMS air defense systems deployment in Ukraine, pro-Kremlin media has revealed that Russia recently used one of its most potent weapons, the air-to-ground Kh-32 missile to hit at infrastructure targets of its neighbour. Launched from Tu-22M3 long range bombers, the Kh-32 is said to been used in attacks on Ukraine during the past fortnight that left Kyiv and a number of cities without power for days
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said all component-level tests are complete on Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program and the on-orbit demonstration mission is on schedule for launch in 2024. The RSGS goal is to enable inspection and servicing of satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), where hundreds of satellites provide communications, meteorological, national security, and other vital functions
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has asked Raytheon, Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership and Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation to participate in the Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Traffic Management Field Test. As part of this effort, the team will conduct UTM flight tests in complex environments
Chinas FH-97A loyal wingman, a new type of drone that can accompany manned aircraft and provide it with intelligence, information and firepower support, made its debut at the Airshow China 2022 (Nov. 8-13) in Zhuhai
Ukraines armed forces performed 147 missiles hitting a number of Russian targets, including drone control point and ammunition depots. "The situation in the operational zones of our area of responsibility is consistently tense but under control
Japans Ministry of Defense reportedly wants to deploy long-endurance drones to detect hypersonic missiles. The ministry aims to have the deployment of such drones stated in the countrys three key defense documents, which are due to be revised later this year, and to realize the deployment by fiscal 2027,