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Recently created German security company Solitaire Advisory's recruitment of consultant Andre Ufer in mid-October will give it access to the

Americas

The USAF Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded General Atomics $18 million to design and develop an unmanned Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) aircraft. AFRL is developing an open architecture concept Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) to achieve its goals of rapid time-to-market and low acquisition cost, while extending and enhancing the sensing volume of manned platforms.

Sentry View Systems won a $63 million deal for the Minuteman III Remote Visual Assessment Contractor Logistical Support 2.0. The LGM-30 Minuteman III, built by Boeing, is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It is a long-range, solid-fuel, three-stage ICBM with the capability to carry single or multiple nuclear warheads. Work will take place in Utah, Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming. Estimated completion date is November 3, 2026.

Middle East & Africa

The Nigerian Army revealed that it has received 60 tracked armoured personnel carriers from China when it invited television journalists to a commissioning ceremony at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI) in Jaji on October 28. Speaking during the commissioning of the new armoured tanks at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji Kaduna State, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya said the deployment of new platforms to the battlefield underscores the Federal Government’s commitment to ensure that a state of normalcy is achieved across the country.

Europe

Both Estonian and Finnish air forces are investigating an Estonian L-39’s intrusion into Finnish airspace on November 1. The following day, the Estonian Defense Forces issued a statement saying that: “Due to human error, two Estonian Air Force L-39 jet trainers turned towards Finnish airspace south of Utö Island yesterday at 14.02 local time. The incident occurred over international waters, when planes were taking part in a training exercise with an allied warship. The violation of the airspace lasted for less than a minute.”

The UK Shadow surveillance aircraft fleet fleet will be expanded from 6 to 8 aircraft and upgraded to include new defensive systems. As part of a £150.3 million contract with Raytheon UK, the latest Defensive Aids Systems will also be installed across the fleet of 8 aircraft, increasing its ability to defend itself and operate in unfriendly airspace.

Asia-Pacific

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration will soon sign a contract with Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) to convert four Dassault Falcon 2000LXS business jets into Baekdu-class intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms. The contract is worth around $747 million and KAI will be the lead system integrator while LIG Nex1 will supply the mission equipment.

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Watch: Learn How To Fly The L-39 Tactical Jet Trainer

16 A-10 Warthogs took part in a Mission Generation Exercise and staged a nice “Elephant Walk”. “Elephant Walk” events are becoming increasingly frequent at air bases in the U.S. and all around the world to [...]

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The newly established UK Abraham Accords Group, an informal grouping of British MPs dedicated to promoting and ensuring the future of the normalisation of relations between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, already has lots of friends in the three signatories'

Key Technologies presented its Theia border monitoring system at the Milipol security trade fair in Paris on 19-22 October. The

The French foreign ministry is currently mulling the succession of Pierre Lévy, who is due to retire as France's ambassador

Specialist anti-disinformation company Logically, which on 12 October joined the Upscale 7.0 programme run by UK high-tech business accelerator Tech Nation,

Having gathered on 21 October for the third time since the board was formed in August, the Iraq National Oil

The newly established UK Abraham Accords Group, an informal grouping of British MPs dedicated to promoting and ensuring the future of the normalisation of relations between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, already has lots of friends in the three signatories'

Key Technologies presented its Theia border monitoring system at the Milipol security trade fair in Paris on 19-22 October. The

The French foreign ministry is currently mulling the succession of Pierre Lévy, who is due to retire as France's ambassador

Specialist anti-disinformation company Logically, which on 12 October joined the Upscale 7.0 programme run by UK high-tech business accelerator Tech Nation,

Having gathered on 21 October for the third time since the board was formed in August, the Iraq National Oil

Americas

Boeing won a $13.6 million contract modification, which exercises an option to perform 24 modifications in support of the Increment Three Block One retrofit as well as the procurement, manufacture and assembly of 25 additional retrofit kits supporting engineering change five for existing P8-A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A Poseidon is the US Navy’s maritime patrol aircraft. It is capable of broad-area, maritime and littoral operations, and is also successful at search and rescue. Work will take place in Washington. Expected completion date is in December 2023.

An annual air exercise between South Korea and the United States kicked off secretly on November 1. The exercise will be held over five days. “We cannot comment on the exercise as it is one that is not disclosed to the media,” an Air Force official told Yonhap News Agency when asked.

Middle East & Africa

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a state-owned Israeli company and Rafael will for the first time exhibit at the Dubai Airshow taking place from November 14-16. Israel-UAE ties have expanded in technologically-sensitive fields in the year since the signing of Abraham Accords, a deal brokered by the United States of America. For instance, the two countries signed a historic space exploration cooperation agreement at the 2020 Expo Dubai in October and will collaborate on the “Beresheet II” mission destined for the Moon.

Europe

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin revealed on November 1 that the military will receive around 200 aircraft, 26 S-350 and S-400 air defense systems besides a number of new S500s in the coming years to counter NATO. “This is required by the general military and political situation, including the growing intensity of NATO aviation flights near Russia, and the appearance of alliance ships with guided-missile weapons in the waters of the Baltic and Black Seas,” Putin told a meeting of the country’s military chiefs in the coastal city of Sochi.

Asia-Pacific

Space Dynamics won a $29 million contract for the support and sustainment of the tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination of data for the Republic of Korea Global Hawk. Seoul ordered four RQ-4 Global Hawks from US company Northrop Grumman for 965.9 billion won ($812 million) in 2014. First aircraft delivered to the South Korean military in December 2019, and the last one in October 2020. Work will take place at Osan Air Base, Republic of Kore. Estimate completion date is November 30, 2024.

Thales Australia announced that it will invest $6.5 million in the first phase of an industrial plan to transform its Lithgow Arms facility in regional New South Wales. Phase 1 of the plan will establish a modern manufacturing and integration hub for the design, development and precision manufacture of next generation weapons systems.

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Watch: South Korea Awarded Defective RQ4 Global Hawk Maintenance Contract

The F-35A bound to the recently reactivated 495th FS Valkyries has flown with the new markings and the “LN” tail code for the first time. The first F-35A Lightning II sporting the markings of the [...]

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We interviewed Chinese military aviation expert Andreas Rupprecht to learn more about the progress of the PLAN (People’s Liberation Army Navy) Naval Aviation. Last week we reported about the the existence of two new stealth [...]

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Uvision Air is beginning to become a familiar contractor in Washington, where it showcased its wares at the US Army's

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to make a trip to Kyiv later this month, keeping an old promise to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky that he would visit the Ukrainian capital before the end of his term in office, in

The US firm Strategic Technologies Analytics Group (STAG) has won a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), published

The Israeli aircraft broker Aaron Frenkel's group Uvision Air is beginning to become a familiar contractor in Washington, where it