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Ukraine Considering Martial Law After Russia Opens Fire on Black Sea Ships
KYIV -- Ukrainian lawmakers will hold an extraordinary session on November 26 to consider a military council recommendation to introduce martial law after Russian forces opened fire on a group of Ukra

Russia to Build First Two Talwar-Class Frigates for India, Next Two In India
MOSCOW --- The first two Project 11356 frigates for India will be built in three years, Head of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexei Rakhmanov told reporters on the sidelines of a TASS-host

Second Gripen E Test Aircraft Takes Flight
On 26 November, Saab completed the successful first flight of the second Gripen E test aircraft. The second Gripen E test aircraft, designated 39-9, took off on its maiden flight at 09.50 am on 26

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Ukraine Considering Martial Law After Russia Opens Fire on Black Sea Ships
KYIV -- Ukrainian lawmakers will hold an extraordinary session on November 26 to consider a military council recommendation to introduce martial law after Russian forces opened fire on a group of Ukra...

Russia to Build First Two Talwar-Class Frigates for India, Next Two In India
MOSCOW --- The first two Project 11356 frigates for India will be built in three years, Head of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexei Rakhmanov told reporters on the sidelines of a TASS-host...

Second Gripen E Test Aircraft Takes Flight
On 26 November, Saab completed the successful first flight of the second Gripen E test aircraft. The second Gripen E test aircraft, designated 39-9, took off on its maiden flight at 09.50 am on 26 ...

Germany May Increase Troop Numbers to 203,000 by 2025
The defense ministry is set to approve a plan to create 5,000 more Bundeswehr jobs than initially foreseen, according to a newspaper report. Whether officials can convince young Germans to sign up is ...

New Mi-38T Military Variant Makes First Flight
KAZAN, Russia --- A Mil Mi-38T military transport helicopter manufactured at the Kazan Rotorcraft Factory made its debut flight under the program of preliminary trials, a TASS correspondent reported f...

XpressSAR Orders Four High-Resolution X-Band Satellites from IAI
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and XpressSAR, Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to purchase from IAI a constellation of up to four TecSAR synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite...

China Says Z-10ME Combat Helicopter ‘Invisible’ to IR-Homing Missiles
China's made-for-export attack helicopter Z-10ME is equipped with a new infrared depressor (presumably a jammer—Ed.)that renders it more capable of evading enemy missiles, according to its manufacture...

S. Korean Navy to Deploy New SAM Missile Next Year
SEOUL --- South Korea is set to deploy newly-developed weapon systems next year, including ship-based guided interceptors, defense industry officials said Sunday. The state-run Agency for Defense D...

Serbia Receives First of Nine Airbus H145M Combat Helicopters
DONAWORTH --- The Serbian Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin visited the Airbus Helicopters Donauwörth site to accept the first H145M for the Serbian Air Force. In December, two H145Ms will be deliv...

Israel Receives Two More F-35I Fighters
Two more F-35 stealth fighter jets landed in southern Israel Sunday (November 25, 2018), the army said, expanding Israel’s fleet of the state-of-the-art aircraft to over a dozen. The F-35 planes, k...

Navantia Launches New Logistic Support Ship for Australian Navy
FERROL, Spain --- Navantia has launched today “Nuship Supply,” the first Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) of a class of two for the Royal Australian Navy, according to contract signed in May 2016. ...

Mexican Navy Launches OPV “Reformador”
MEXICO CITY --- Today, at the Navy Shipyard Number 20 (ASTIMAR 20) of the Secretariat of the Navy - Navy of Mexico, based in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, the President of the United States of Mexico and Supre...

“Bright Spot” As Norwegian Navy Takes Over Its New Support Ship
OSLO --- It's a challenging time for the Norwegian Navy. However, during the night to Friday there was a bright spot as the Navy took delivery of its brand-new logistics and support vessel, KNM Maud. ...

Saab Selected for Hunter-Class Frigate Combat System Integration
Saab Australia has been selected by BAE Systems to be part of a team, including Lockheed Martin Australia, to deliver the combat system integration for the Hunter class frigate. This selection cont...

Mil to Develop High-Speed Combat Helicopter for Russian Army
KAZAN, Russia --- Russia’s Defense Ministry has opted for the project of the Mil Design Bureau to create a cutting-edge fast-speed combat helicopter while the Kamov Design Bureau will continue develop...

Finland to Upgrade Heavy Rocket Launchers
The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command received a mandate, on 19 November 2018, from Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö to conclude a contract with the United States government to procure fire con...

Royal Navy Pilots Conduct ‘Daring’ Landings on HMS St Albans
Royal Navy aviators have been conducting some of the trickiest deck landings around on the back of HMS St Albans. The Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate – the Royal Navy’s highest readiness warship ...

Israeli Air Force, Army Aim for Better Cooperation
Developing new combat doctrines, strengthening mutual trust and going from air support to a full-on partnership: last week (Tuesday), over 100 commanders participated in an "Air-Ground" conference ded...

Italian F-35s Participate in NATO TLP Exercises for First Time
AMENDOLA Air Base, Italy --- F-15C Eagles and an F-15D assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron and support personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, U.K., are participating in the NATO Tact...

China Keeps Touting Its Rapid Development of Fighter Jets
Spectators in the entire audience were stunned and let out a deep and collective wow when a J-10B fighter jet danced in the sky at the opening ceremony of Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai, South China's G...

New MTU Generators for Refurbishment of UK Type 45 Destroyers
Rolls-Royce is to supply 18 MTU Series 4000 diesel generator sets to BAE Systems as part of the Power Improvement Project (PIP) to increase the resilience of the power and propulsion system in all six...

Australian LHD Continues to Work Up for Helicopter Ops
The joint aviation capability embarked in HMAS Adelaide achieved key milestones while deployed to Papua New Guinea during Operation APEC 18 ASSIST. Eight helicopters from three squadrons embarked t...

Russia’s Southern MD Receives a Flight of Ka-52 Alligator Helicopters
In accordance with the re-equipment plan of the Southern Military District, army aviation received six new Ka-52 Alligator combat attack helicopters. Aircraft entered service with the military form...

Russian Engineer Troops Receive IMR-3M Obstacle-Clearing Vehicles
Engineer Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have received modern IMR-3M mine-obstacle vehicles. In the framework of the contract signed in 2016, the manufacturer handed over 13 vehic...

HAL Subsidiary Delivers Dhruv Helicopter Structures
BENGALURU/PRAYAGRAJ (Allahabad) --- The HAL’s Helicopter Division in Bengaluru received the first batch of helicopter structures and sub-assemblies manufactured by HAL subsidiary Naini Aerospace Limit...

Elbit Completes Acquisition, Privatization of IMI Systems
RAMAT HASHRON, Israel --- IMI Systems announced that the agreement to transfer the shares of IMI Systems to Elbit Systems was signed today (Sunday) in Jerusalem. The signing ceremony was attended b...

Turkish Aerospace to Exhibit in Force at IDEAS in Pakistan
PAKISTAN --- Turkish Aerospace will participate at the 10th edition of International Defence and Exhibition Seminar (IDEAS), which will take place between November 27-30, 2018 in Karachi, Pakistan. ...

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Brexit: Draft Agreement Between Eu and UK on Defense Issues
PARIS --- The United Kingdom and the European Union have been negotiating the terms of the former’s withdrawal from the latter since British voters opted for Brexit. The future relationship in securit...