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Iran receives Yak-130 advanced jet trainer, light attack aircraft
Iran has received an undisclosed number of Yakovlev Yak-130 ‘Mitten' advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft from Russia, footage and imagery posted online on 2...Full story -
Israel launches procurement of third operational F-35 squadron
Israel has begun the formal process of acquiring a third squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35I Adir combat aircraft, with the Ministry of Defense (MoD) announcing...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Switzerland to provide remote-controlled mine-clearing vehicle to Kyiv
Switzerland's Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection, and Sports (DDPS) announced in a press release on 29 August that it had received a tracked...Full story -
Anzen Engineering targets US markets with new headquarters
Anzen Engineering, a European aerospace engineering company, has officially launched a new Washington, DC-based headquarters with the goal of securing more US military...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Kyiv presses for Taurus cruise missiles
Ukraine is pressing its allies to transfer Taurus (Target Adaptive Unitary and dispenser Robotic Ubiquity System) cruise missiles to complement the Storm Shadow and...Full story -
UK Peregrine UAS completes factory acceptance testing
Thales and Schiebel have successfully completed factory acceptance testing (FAT) of the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Peregrine Camcopter S-100 rotary-wing unmanned aircraft...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Norway to donate converted IRIS-T air-to-air missiles for Ukrainian GBAD
Norway will donate converted IRIS-T air-to-air missiles to Ukraine for use by its ground-based air defence (GBAD), a Norwegian Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson...Full story -
PZL Mielec turns out first Polish-built F-16 rear fuselage
PZL Mielec has rolled out the first Polish-built rear-fuselage section for the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon programme at its facility in southern Poland.Full story -
Portugal to buy German Orion MPAs
The Portuguese Air Force will acquire Lockheed P-3C CUP Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) from the German Federal Government.Full story -
Indian Army to procure tethered UAVs, tank-driving simulators
The Indian Army is procuring 130 tethered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 19 simulators for training tank drivers, industry sources have disclosed to Janes.Full story -
KAI-Airbus sign initial production contract for helicopters
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed a pre-emptive integrated procurement contract with Airbus Helicopters for the production of its Light Armed Helicopter (LAH)...Full story -
Germany selects consortium to deliver AI backbone for FCAS
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has selected a consortium to deliver the artificial...Full story -
India orders Spike ATGMs
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract worth INR2.87 billion (USD34.7 million) with Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems Pvt Ltd (KRAS) to deliver an...Full story -
Montenegro, Slovenia agree joint Belin UAS procurement
The ministers of defence for Montenegro and Slovenia have signed an agreement for the joint procurement of C-Astral Belin unmanned aircraft system (UAS).Full story -
US approves first military financing package for Taiwan
The Biden administration has approved the United States' first Foreign Military Financing (FMF) package for Taiwan, a State Department official has told Janes.Full story -
US Navy awards HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding USD154.8 million Zumwalt contract modification
The US Navy (USN) on 29 August awarded HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division a USD154.8 million contract modification for the modernisation of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), HII...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Spain extends NASAMS unit rotation in Estonia
Spanish Minister of Defense Margarita Robles and her Estonian counterpart, Hanno Pevkur, agreed on the fringes of the 29–30 August EU defence ministerial meeting in...Full story -
Silentium Defence to provide passive radars for Australia's JABMS
Adelaide-based Silentium Defence will supply its passive radar sensors for Australia's Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) being developed under Project Air 6500...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian UAV attacks on Russian airbases destroy airlifters, bombers
Ukrainian attacks on Russian airbases over recent weeks have claimed a number of damaged and destroyed aircraft, including most recently a number of airlifters and...Full story -
Parting shot: Nag anti-tank guided missile
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) recently confirmed to Janes that the Nag anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), the development of which was...Full story