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Czech Air Force's JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets are now upgraded and deployed in the latest version, announced the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). This program provides Czech pilots with access to new weapons, sensors and communication solutions, radar functions and improvements in the interface between the pilot and the aircraft. Read more Czech Air Force's JAS 39C fighter jet (Credit: Jan Kouba/Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of the Czech Republic) Read more

Iran's Air Force successfully overhauled an F-4 fighter jet, state TV reported on Sunday. The 1.5-year-long project at the Shahid Lashkari Air Force Base in northern Tehran Province was finished, using up to 18,000 man-hours, Tasnim News Agency reported on Sunday. Read more IRIAF F-4 fighter jet (Credit: Tasnim News Agency) Read more

Greece’s government council for foreign affairs and defense, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, has approved a plan to upgrade 85 F-16 fighter aircraft to the F-16V standard through a potential $1.45 billion contract, Reuters said on April 28, 2018. Read more Two HAF F-16 fighter jets (Credit: HAF) Read more

The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters for an estimated cost of $911.4 million, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on April 27, 2018. Read more A US Marine Corps AH-1Z Zulu attack helicopter (Credit: Bell Helicopter) Read more

The US-based defense giant Lockheed Martin was awarded an $828 millions foreign military sales contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, the US Department of Defense announced on April 27 on its website. Read more A US Army  M270A1 MLRS  firing the Lockheed Martin's Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (Credit: Lockheed Martin) Read more

Vietnamese defense industry has unveiled a medical evacuation vehicle based on the chassis of the BTR-152 armored personnel carrier (APC), according to the QPVN news channel. Read more People's Army of Vietnam BTR-152 armored personnel carriers (Credit: Soha.vn) Read more

The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic are planning to get 25 Zuzana 2 155 mm self-propelled howitzers (SPH) based on the Cold War-era Dana SPH, according to the country's Ministry of Defense (MoD). The Dana is a 152mm 8x8 self-propelled howitzer that was developed in the late 1970s to respond to a request for the Czech army for a new mobile artillery system. Read full news at this link ... Slovak-made Zuzana 2 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer at IDEB defense exhibition in Bratislava, May 2014. (Picture source Army Recognition) Read More

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Aselsan signed a preliminary agreement on April 26 for the development of Turkey's future National Fighter Jet, the TF-X. The deal was signed during the first edition of Eurasia Air Show, held this week in Antalya. Read more Turkey's TF-X fighter jet provisional design showcased by TAI at IDEF 2017 Read more

Cobham Aerospace Communications has been awarded the contract to supply Boeing with advanced FliteLineTM communication and navigation radios for retrofit on more than 450 Northrop T-38C military trainer aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. Read more A Student pilot from the 80th Flying Training Wing assigned to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot training (ENJJPT) program takes off at sunrise in a T-38 Talon Oct. 30, 2014, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Danny Webb) Read more

The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company may deliver up to 40 75-seat SSJ-100 planes to the Russian Defense Ministry and up to 10 aircraft of the same type to the Rossiya special flight detachment, Company President Alexander Rubtsov said. Read more A SSJ-100 airliner (Credit: UAC) Read more

Leonardo and the Australian Ministry of Defence have agreed to establish a helicopter transmission repair and overhaul facility in Melbourne capable of servicing MRH Taipan, foreign NH90 and certain civil helicopter main gear boxes. Planned to be set up into an existing facility of Leonardo and to commence operation in mid-2020, the centre will employ at least 12 technical staff for 30 years or more. Read more The first Australian Multi-Role Helicopter arriving in Australia in 2007 (Credit: Commonwealth of Australia) Read more

The Company NIMR Automotive, manufacturer of light to medium-wheeled military vehicles headquartered in United Arab Emirates has demonstrated its NIMR Ajban 440A light armoured tactical vehicle in Lithuania fitted with the Kongsberg Protector 12.7mm RWS (Remotely Weapon Station) and Metravib Pilar V Acoustic Shot Detection System. Read full news at this link ... NIMR Ajban 440A fitted with Konsberg Protector RWS turret in  Lithuania (Picture source NIMR Linkedin) Read More

The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $97.9 million to develop a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) next-generation missile warning system for aircraft that will protect pilots and crews from new and emerging threats. Read more The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $97.9 million to develop a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) next-generation missile warning system for aircraft (Credit: BAE Systems) Read more

Russian Central Military District special operations units have used Taifun-K armored vehicles for the first time during an exercise at the Shilovo training range in the Novosibirsk Region in West Siberia, the district’s press office said. Kamaz-63968 Typhoon (Taifun-K) is a family of Russian multi-functional, modular, armoured, mine resistant MRAP vehicles. The Typhoon family is part of Russia's Typhoon program launched in 2010. Read full news at this link .... KAMAZ-63968 Typhoon-K at Victory Day military parade rehearsal, April 2018.  (Picture source Vitaly Kuzmin) Read More

French Air Force C-130H Aircrews are set to be partly trained in Belgium, according to a contract announcement issued today by the European "Tenders electronic daily" (Ted). Read more A French Air Force C-130H airlifter (Credit: Armée de l'air, J. Fechter) Read more

The Finnish ministry of defense has completed the tender requests to five producers that are expected to participate in the purchase of the new fighters of the Finnish air force, the ministry said on Monday, April 23 2018. Read more A Finnish Air Force F/A-18 fighter jet (Credit: FAF) Read more

HENSOLDT, a leading German sensor solutions provider, is presenting its passive radar system called "TwInvis" to the public for the first time in live operation during this year's International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin, it said yesterday. Read more Hensoldt's new TwInvis passive radar system (Credit: Hensoldt) Read more

On 25 April 2018, at the Berlin Air Show ILA 2018, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Dassault signed the purchase contract for a Falcon 2000 LX twinjet in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The agreement involves the delivery of the aircraft and its conversion into the flight test vehicle iSTAR (in-flight Systems and Technology Airborne Research) by 2020. Read more An artistic rendering of DLR's future iSTAR flight test vehicle (Credit: DLR) Read more

GE Aviation hosted the U.S. Army for the successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the T901-GE-900 engine in early March. The T901 is GE Aviation’s engine for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), the U.S. Army’s undertaking to re-engine its Boeing AH-64 Apaches and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks. The PDR is a major milestone within the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) contract, a $102 million, 24-month contract the Army awarded GE in September 2016. Read more A rendering of GE's T-901 engine for the US Army ITEP program (Credit: GE) Read more