Russian armys mobile tactical air defense S-300 and S-400 systems have entered services, various media reported Thursday. The systems are designed to engage hard targets such as nuclear warheads, rather than satellites
Indonesian Air Force has requested for more sophisticated fighter jets such as Sukhoi Su-35s to replace its F-5 Tigers, Antara News reported Wednesday. “Russian-made Sukhoi SU-35 meets the requirements of TNI-AUs weaponry system,” Chief of Air Force Vice Marshall Agus Suprianta was quoted as saying after opening a leadership meeting of the air force
Austrias Eurofighter Typhoons will be secured at World Economic Forum 2015, held from 21 to 24 January in Davos at Switzerland. The aircraft are supporting the airspace surveillance operation "Daedalus 2015" in Austria, contributing to the security of this conference, according to company press release
Eurofighter Typhoon will continue to play a 'key role' as a deterrent and 'policing capability' for 2015 says Alberto Gutierrez, the Chief Executive Officer of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug. Speaking from Eurofighter's Head Offices in Munich, Germany, the CEO said: "Now, more than ever, the role that the Eurofighter is playing in protecting nations and policing behaviours across the globe is a critical capability for our customer's armed forces
Iran deploys its new national missile defense system dubbed “real Iron Dome”, making its airspace the safest in the Middle East. “Today Iran's Air Defense System has provided our country with an Iron Dome in its real sense and Iran's airspace is the safest in the region," said Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard, vice speaker of Irans parliament was quoted as saying by Fars news agency
The Spanish government announced on Monday that four Eurofighters from the 11th Wing of the Spanish Air Force will join the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic. Spain is contributing 144 Spanish military personnel to the NATO ‘Baltic Air Policy mission, of which eight are pilots to form two crews per aircraft
Finmeccanica - Selex ES and its partners have been awarded by ENAV, the Italian air navigation service provider, a 205.9 million Euro framework contract for the development of 4-Flight programme, the new generation air traffic control system in Italy
Russia is planning to increase the number of airplanes and helicopters at its planned airbase in Belarus scheduled to be opened in 2016, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Andrei Ravkov that he is ready to continue the discussion of cooperation on a practical basis today
ThalesRaytheonSystems has won a contract to supply the French armed forces with 12 fixed Ground Master 400 radars and 4 mobile tactical Ground Master 200 radars under the SCCOA air command and control program. The contract awarded on 8 December by the DGA, the French defense procurement agency, includes installation and civil engineering work for the 12 Ground Master 400 radars
Indra will provide three state-of-the-art Defence Deployable Airspace Traffic Management Control System to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and will also be responsible of its support. The systems will enable the RAAFs Joint Battlefield Airspace Controller (JBAC) teams to deliver world leading airspace management and air traffic control capability in a highly mobile and deployable environment