Monthly Archive: Novembre 2020

JAKARTA — Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto last month spent more than two weeks on a mission to solve a long-standing riddle of how Indonesia will replace its aging fighter jets.

Subianto, who flew to the U.S., Austria, France and Turkey, was also bargain hunting as Indonesia is constrained by…

SOCHI, Russia — Vladimir Putin had a meeting with the leaders of the Defence Ministry, federal agencies and defence industry companies on the supply of new command and control systems to the armed forces.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin:

Good afternoon, colleagues.

We continue working…

ATHENS — Along with the first six used French Rafale fighter jets that it will purchase in the first half of 2021, Greece will also secure the technical support of the Exocet missile systems carried by the Hellenic Air Force’s Mirage 2000 aircraft, according to Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoul…

Eurojet Turbo GmbH (EUROJET), the consortium responsible for the EJ200 engine installed in the Eurofighter Typhoon, today signed a contract with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) to provide 56 new EJ200 engines for the German Air Force.

The contract, signed in Munich, betwe…

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping stressed “fully building the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force into a world-class air force” when attending an event celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) on November 8 last year. According to the magnificent blueprint, the PLA…

MUMBAI — The Indian Navy’s fifth Scorpene class submarine, ‘Vagir,’ was launched on Thursday at Mumbai’s Mazagon Dock.

Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik launched the submarine through video conferencing.

Vagir is part of the six Kalvari-class submarines being built in India. The sub…