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Turkish Defense Industry to Hit Export Record in 2019
2019-11-08 Read More...
The Turkish defense and aviation industry is expected to beat its export record by the end of this year, Hurriyet Daily News

U.S. Secretary of Defense Receives Qatar’s Minister of Defense
2019-11-08 Read More...
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper met with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Dr. Khalid Al Attiyah at the Pentagon on November 6 to reaffirm the strategic security partnership between the U.S. and

GA-ASI’s Predator Series Aircraft Surpass 6 Million Flight Hours
2019-11-07 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced that its Predator®-series of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), which includes the Predator, Predator B, Gray Eagle, Avenger® and MQ-9B SkyGuardian® lines, has surpassed six million flight

Egypt Defense Minister Attends ‘Medusa 9’ Drills in Greece
2019-11-07 Read More...
Egypt’s Minister of Defense General Mohamed Zaki, headed on Monday to Greece to attend the main phase of the joint air and maritime drills dubbed “Medusa 9”, according to a statement by the military

Fincantieri Names Giuseppe Giordo General Manager, Naval Vessels
2019-11-06 Read More...
Giuseppe Giordo is the new General Manager of Fincantieri Naval Business Unit, taking on the role in place of the Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Bono, who held this position ad interim to

Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan Launch Joint Military Drill
2019-11-05 Read More...
Egyptian, Jordanian, and Pakistani Special Forces have started last Friday a joint military drill, named “The Dawn of the East 1”, at the National Counter Terrorism Authority’s (NACTA) headquarters in Pakistan. The drill will last until Friday 8

Iveco DV to Provide Further Amphibious Platforms to U.S. Marine Corps
2019-11-05 Read More...
In the frame of the contract recently awarded by the U.S. Marine Corps to the company, BAE Systems, along with teammate Iveco Defence Vehicles (Iveco DV), will deliver additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) under a third order for Low Rate

Russia’s State Arms Seller Celebrates 19th Anniversary
2019-11-04 Read More...
Today marks the 19th anniversary since the establishment of JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec Corporation). The company was created in 2000 in line with a decree of the President of the Russian

Iranian Army Receives New Version of ‘Farpad’ Drone
2019-11-04 Read More...
A home-made hand-launched reconnaissance drone, named Farpad, was delivered to the Iranian Army, Army Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said, Fars News Agency (FNA)

French Navy Receives First Two “Standard 6” ATL2s
2019-11-01 Read More...
This summer, Lann-Bihoué French naval air station received the first two ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft upgraded by Dassault Aviation. Last week, Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, flew on one of these

Bangladesh Orders Leonardo’s High-Tech Air Surveillance Radar
2019-10-31 Read More...
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has ordered Leonardo’s KRONOS LAND radar to provide air surveillance, allowing operators to detect and track targets in tactical

Nexter to Supply 4 Additional CAESAR® 8x8 to Denmark
2019-10-30 Read More...
Nexter, a KNDS company, European leader in land defense, announced the signing by the Danish Ministry of Defense Procurement and Logistics Organization (DALO) of a contract for the delivery of 4 additional CAESAR®

SRC Establishes Force Protection Division
2019-10-30 Read More...
SRC, Inc. has formed the force protection division in response to customer priorities and to focus on developing electronic warfare, counter-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and advanced technology solutions for protecting warfighters and military

Naval Group Starts Construction of First Digital Frigate for French Navy
2019-10-28 Read More...
The steel-cutting ceremony of the first defense and intervention frigate (FDI) took place last week on the Naval Group site of

India Orders $14.5 Billion Weapons from Russia
2019-10-24 Read More...
India has ordered from Russia a total of $14.5 billion worth of weapons and other military equipment, said the Chief of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Dmitry Shugayev, TASS news agency

UAE Space Agency Participates in 70th Int’l Astronautical Congress
2019-10-24 Read More...
The UAE Space Agency, represented by a high-level delegation led by Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi (photo), Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, is participating in the

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