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Sweden sends surveillance aircraft to eastern Mediterranean
Sweden has dispatched one of its Gulfstream S102B Korpen electronic intelligence (ELINT) aircraft to the Mediterranean to operate from a UK airbase on Cyprus.Full story -
US Army National Guard buying FlexTrain instrumented live training system
The US Army National Guard is buying two additional sets of Ravenswood Solutions’ FlexTrain instrumented live training system under a USD39.9 million contract that...Full story -
Nepal to receive M28 tactical airlifters from United States
Nepal is to receive a pair of PZL Mielec M28 short take-off and landing (STOL) light transport aircraft under a contract announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD)...Full story -
BQM-177A SSAT target achieves IOC
The US Navy’s (USN’s) new BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC), the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on...Full story -
Singapore's next-generation AFV seen with missile-capable remote weapons station
A possible missile-armed variant of the Singapore Army’s 29-tonne tracked Next-Generation Armoured Fighting Vehicle (NGAFV), a troop carrying variant of the service’s...Full story -
Sofia gives go-ahead for Su-25 overhaul, upgrade
On 27 February the Bulgarian government approved funding for the agreement between the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Belarus’s 558th Aircraft Repair Plant (558...Full story -
UK reveals plans to buy new N-POD floating offboard decoy for soft-kill defence
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AFA Winter 2019: US Air Force halt on KC-46A acceptance continues
The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) indefinite halt on accepting KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tankers from Boeing due to foreign object debris (FOD) concerns continues into...Full story -
AHRLAC programme moves into business rescue
Paramount Group’s AHRLAC and Mwari aircraft projects have gone into business rescue, following an application to the South African courts.Full story -
Japan commissions second Asahi-class guided-missile destroyer
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Asahi-class guided-missile destroyer in a ceremony held on 27 February in Nagasaki Prefecture.Full story -
Ukraine details latest T-80 upgrades, announces plans to produce T-84s this year
The Ukrainian armed forces have received upgraded T-80BV main battle tanks, according to a 1 March press release from state-owned company UkrOboronProm.Full story -
Turkey and South Korea consider procuring IDS electromagnetic measurement radar
Turkey and South Korea have shown interest in buying the Flying Aircraft Radar signature Acquisition and Determination (FARAD), an electromagnetic measurement radar...Full story -
Type 052D destroyer and Type 054A frigate enter service with PLAN
Photographs circulating on Chinese social media indicate that a Type 052D (Luyang III-class) destroyer (pennant number 119) and a Type 054A (Jiangkai II-class) frigate...Full story -
PLA set to adopt new tactical missile system
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is expected to adopt a land-based, mobile missile system capable of firing Poly Defence’s CM-501GA precision-guided missile and...Full story -
Changes afoot for US Army's organisational structure, forward basing
US Army leaders are drawing up plans to overhaul the service’s organisational structure and questioning if more forces need to be forward based to rapidly respond to a...Full story -
Retired US Air Force pilots criticise potential fourth-generation aircraft buy
A pair of retired US Air Force (USAF) pilots on 6 March criticised the service’s potential buy of fourth-generation aircraft, saying it does not conform with the...Full story -
Martin-Baker develops advanced sequencer for ejection seats
Martin-Baker has developed new technologies, including an advanced sequencer and a new parachute, for both its US16E ejection seat found on the Lockheed Martin F-35...Full story -
Top US general warns against selling Turkey F-35
Tensions between Washington and Ankara ratcheted up after NATO’s supreme allied commander US General Curtis Scaparrotti warned that if Turkey deploys the Russian S-400...Full story -
MoD reveals Ascent penalties for late pilot training delivery
The Ascent partnership has had payments withheld by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the late delivery of pilot training courses, the government disclosed in late...Full story -
Rafale F4 to get upgraded SPECTRA fire control radar avoidance system
Dassault’s Rafale F4 multirole combat aircraft is to include an upgraded version of a Thales/MBDA Rafale Fire-Control Radar Protection and Avoidance System (Système de...Full story