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The US Department of State has approved the possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of Volcano anti-tank munition-laying systems to Taiwan for an estimated cost of USD180...

South Korea has conducted a drill with manned and unmanned aircraft to improve its response to incursions by small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Since Russia launched its assault on Ukraine, all eyes have been on the Russian military - its use of drones from Iran, manufacturing new Russian drones, the missing components, the complicated import and export paths... Intelligence services as such have

According to information we have gathered, the changing structure of the CIA (IO, 21/12/22) into mission centres for analysts, field officers

Russia has reportedly relocated some of its strategic bomber aircraft to the Far East region of the country following Ukrainian strikes on its western airbases.

US-based aircraft maintenance provider AAR Corporation could benefit from a provision in the recently enacted fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act...

The Macedonian parliament approved a 2023 national budget on 23 December that includes EUR274.6 million (over USD292 million) for defence. EUR88.79 million of this...

Airbus is close to finalising a C295 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) development contract with Spain, at the same time as pitching a maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA)...

Led since June by Canadian lawyer Fra' John Dunlap, the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta - or more succinctly the Order of Malta - is more involved in Ukraine now than

According to two well-placed sources in the Chinese security apparatus, President Xi Jinping has asked Ding Xuexiang, Wang Huning and

Germany takes command of the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) on 1 January, the alliance announced on its website on 28 December.

The Argentine Ministry of Defense (MoD) on 27 December signed a contract with the Israeli MoD's Directorate of International Defense Cooperation to buy Uvision's...

Did you know even C-2 Greyhound aircraft perform the famous “Shit Hot Break”? The “break” is the tight turn performed by aircraft recovering aboard a carrier to enter the downwind leg of the traffic pattern. [...]

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Airbus is confident that Spain will order further Eurofighter (C.16 in national service) combat aircraft, in addition to the Project Halcon jets contracted earlier in...

Austria has signed a declaration of intent (DOI) with Italy to acquire an additional 18 Leonardo AW169 medium-twin helicopters.

Indonesia's state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has fully integrated the BAE Systems Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun on the country's third and fourth KCR-60M-class fast attack craft...

Meta's Threat Report on the Surveillance-for-Hire Industry, published on 15 December, heralds a turning point for open source intelligence (OSINT) specialists. Most of the companies named in the report, and subsequently banned by Facebook's parent company, are OSINT firms.The report

Chinese Huawei has reportedly lost the ticket to provide the Turkish armed forces (TSK) with data network services, currently provided

Some Israeli and U.S. F-35s among the aircraft affected by a technical directive issued by the F-35 Joint Program Office. Some F-35s, including at least 11 F-35s of the Israeli Air Force, and an unspecified [...]

The post ‘Small Number’ Of U.S. And International F-35s Grounded After F-35B Incident At Fort Worth appeared first on The Aviationist.

The MQ-1C Predator A+ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has been retired after 18 years and +30,000 flight hours. On Dec. 19, 2022, with a transfer flight from the 61° Gruppo (Squadron) APR (Aeromobili a [...]

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