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Egypt shows off new M46-1M self-propelled howitzer installed on a 6X6 truck chassis

Egypt shows off new M46-1M self-propelled howitzer installed on a 6X6 modified Ural truck chassis. The M46-1M is a 130mm gun-howitzer installed on a Ural-4320-1911-30 armored chassis.  The self-propelled  gun is developed utilizing the 130mm towed howitzer M-46 or Chinese copy Type 59-1....

Airbus Helicopters officially hands over first two H145M to Royal Thai Navy

Airbus Helicopters has handed over the first two of five lightweight military multi-role H145M helicopters to the Royal Thai Navy. This marks an important milestone in the H145M programme on its way to the final acceptance and entry...

Pakistan may buy 20 Mi-17 military transport helicopters

Pakistan Minister of Defence may buy 20 Mi-17 military transport helicopters  made at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant,. "Baikal Daily" reported that the JSC "Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant" is waiting for a large order for the production of 20 helicopters to Pakistan. Moreover, the...

Turkey will buy more EJDER YALCIN Armoured Combat Vehicles

Turkey will buy additional 50 EJDER YALCIN Armoured Combat Vehicles developed by the «Nurol Machinery». ASELSAN with Nurol Machinery and under the requirements of the General Directorate of Security in Industry SARP total value of Remote Controlled Weapon System to supply the...

Russia getting ready to develop the new hypersonic strike aircraft

Russia getting ready to develop the new hypersonic aircraft or hypersonic strike vehicle. In Gromov Flight Research Institute is an important Russian aircraft test base, scientific research center located in Zhukovsky, based transport aircraft IL-76 is created flying laboratory-carrier planes for experiments with...

Turkey start construction of TCG Anadolu amphibious assault ship

Turkey begins construction of the first   amphibious assault ship for the Turkish navy. The new ship was named TCG Anadolu (Anatolia  in Turkish) and developed by the Sedef–Navantia consortium. The TCG Anadolu will use the same design as that of the Spanish ship Juan...

On June 22, the first Israel-bound F-35 will be christened at the Fort Worth, Texas

The first F-35 «Adir» stealth fighter jet  that will become part of the Israeli Air Force  nearing completion. On June 22, the first Israel-bound F-35 will be christened at the Lockheed Martin plant at Fort Worth, Texas. Defense Minister Moshe...

Germany plans forming a NATO battalion group in Lithuania

In the evening of April 28 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas received a confirmation via phone call with Federal Minister of Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen that Germany is going to be in the lead...