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Ukraine army receives new batch of modern military vehicles
The Ukrainian military received 70 units weapons and military equipment, in particular, the modernized T-72 tanks, new BTR-3, the "Stugna-P" and "Corsar" anti-tank missile systems, mobile all-round radars "Delta", the newest armored car "Warta" and "Novator", as...
U.S., Japan, Australia to conduct jointly mine warfare exercise
The Amphibious Force 7th Fleet Public Affairs has announced that the U.S. Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are scheduled to begin Mine Warfare Exercise 3JA 2018 off the coast of southern Japan,...
U.S Navy to commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City
The U.S. Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Sioux City (LCS 11), during a 9 a.m. ceremony Saturday, Nov. 17, at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Future U.S....
U.S. Air Force taps Kaman for Joint Programmable Fuzes
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Kaman Precision Products Inc. modification of the contract for the Joint Programmable Fuzes (JPF).Â
According to a statement put out by the U.S. Department of Defense on 14 November, the contract modification is for the...
U.S. Navy awards contract to Lockheed Martin for eight MH-60R Sea Hawks
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin $382 million for eight MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on 14 November.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, to provides for the...
China to develop unmanned variant of Sikorsky S-97 Raider
In a Twitter post, the Asia Managing Editor in the FlightGlobal, Greg Waldron released a photograph of a model of new Chinese TD15 high-speed unmanned helicopter.
According to a released photo, the new high-speed unmanned helicopter is developing by the Beijing Science...
Israel trains to destroy Russian-made air defense systems
Blow-up copies of 9K33 Osa, 2K12 Kub mobile surface-to-air missile systems and a commercial truck fitted with a visual modification kit to resemble Pantsir-S1 short-range air defense system were spotted at the military range in the Negev desert in Israel.
Published by...
Ukrainian Defence Minister denies Turkish Bayraktar TB2 acquisition
Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak in an interview with 5 Channel TV has refuted speculation that the country has signed the contract to acquire Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
A few days ago Ukrainian media reported that Ukraine has acquired...