As the first Black Hawks from the Polish factory in Mielec were delivered to the Philippines, the country’s Secretary of Defense, Delfin Lorenzana, stated his hopes for acquiring even more… Continue reading "Philippines Hope For a Further Black Hawk Deal"
Lockheed Martin announced on 3 January, that its 2021 deliveries surpassed 140 aircraft. A total of 142 aircraft were received by various customers around the world. Although the US Democratic… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Surpasses Delivery Plans For 2021"
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the ‘final deliverable configuration’ of Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) on January 11, 2022. The present test was to… Continue reading "DRDO Tests Final Deliverable Configuration of Man Portable ATGM"
Elbit Systems, an Israeli aerospace and defense company, stated on 5 January, that its Brazilian subsidiary, AEL Sistemas, has won a contract to supply the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) with… Continue reading "Brazilian Air Force Procures Two Hermes 900 UAVs from Israel"
Denmark will strengthen NATO in the Baltics when it deploys an Iver Huitfeldt class frigate to Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) later this month. Concurrently, one of Denmark’s two… Continue reading "Danish Frigates Reckon with Russia and Pirates in 2022"
As tensions between Russia and the western powers continue, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on 2 January, that 400 armored vehicles will enter service during 2022. In a statement… Continue reading "Russia Plans To Deliver 400 Armored Vehicles To Its Armed Forces This Year"
India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant has set out to sea for its third set of sea trials. This comes after successive high profile visits to the carrier at Cochin… Continue reading "India’s Vikrant Aircraft Carrier Sails Out For Third Set of Sea Trials"
The Russian deployment in Mali continues to expand with reports of Russian soldiers and private military contractors occupying a former French base. This occupation of the base has been preceded… Continue reading "Russian Forces Deploy In Timbuktu, Mali Following French Withdrawal"
US Special Operations Command Europe announced on 6 January, that it will be establishing a forwards-based headquarters for American special operations forces in Albania. The new forwards headquarters will be… Continue reading "US Establishes Special Forces Forwards Headquarters In Albania"
On 27 December, 2021, NAVAIR and Lockheed-Martin signed a deal regarding the development of a new bespoke variant of the F-35 ‘Lightning II’ multirole aircraft for a new, undisclosed party,… Continue reading "NAVAIR Commission For A New F-35 Variant"