Super-Tucano turboprop aircraft in service with the Afghanistan Air Force dropped laser-guided bombs in the flight against Taliban. “This was the first time that [Afghan] pilots employed guided live bombs utilizing the on-board Forward Looking Infrared system,” Maj
A Japanese F-15 fighter jet made an emergency landing Monday at a U.S
The United States handed over two Black Hawk attack helicopters to Jordan Sunday, being the last batch of 12 machines Washington gave to the Middle East country under a security assistance program. An American embassy statement said the aircraft "will strengthen the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF), its Quick Reaction Force and Jordan's security"
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will showcase A400M, the new-generation military airlifter, at the upcoming Singapore Airshow to take place at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, 6-11 February. The A400M Atlas was designed specifically to meet the needs of European NATO nations, as well as the requirements of international air forces
The Turkish army is using locally-made vehicles, weapons, and ammunition, including helicopters, howitzers and drones, in their ongoing Operation Syrias Afrin region. T-155 Firtina (Storm), a locally-produced self-propelled howitzer, the T-122 Multiple Barrel Rocket Launcher (MRBL), T-129 ATAK helicopters, with its guided air-to-ground CIRIT rockets are among weapons mobilized for the offensive, pro-government
The Britain's Royal Navy formally accepted the first River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) by BAE Systems at the company's Clyde shipyard in Scotland. Guto Bebb MP, the recently appointed UK Minister for Defence Procurement, accepted delivery of the HMS Forth on Thursday, witnessing the progress on the Type 26 programme as production started on the second hull section of GLASGOW, the first of the City Class frigates
Raytheon has been awarded a $92 million contract to provide engineering and technical services to support the Stinger Weapon System to the governments of Poland and Taiwan. “Missiles Systems, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $92,011,033 cost-plus-fixed-fee domestic and Foreign Military Sales (Poland and Taiwan) contract to provide engineering and technical services to support the Stinger Weapon System,” the US department of defense announced Thursday
The US forces in Afghanistan have redeployed a squadron of 12 A-10 ‘Warthog ground attack aircraft, to ramp up military operations against ‘Daesh militant group. The Warthogs, armed with a 30 mm cannon and known for their ability to fly low and slow, can provide air support while undertaking counterterrorism missions and targeting Taliban narcotics production facilities, the US military said in a statement on Tuesday
Russias latest multirole Mi-171A2 helicopter has completed trials in extremely low temperatures of up to -50 degrees Centigrade, local media reports quoting Russian Helicopters Holdings press service. "The results of the tests, held in Yakutia, have proven that main systems and avionics are operable [in extremely low temperatures]
An Iranian navy vessel has test-fired a long-range cruise missile dubbed “Ghadir” as part of the ongoing two-day military drills in southern Iran and in the Sea of Oman. The missile fired on the second day of the war games code-named “Muhammad Rasoulallah” successfully targeted the hypothetical enemy, Tasnim news agency reported