Yearly Archive: 2020

BUENOS AIRES — The Minister of Defense, Agustin Rossi, traveled today to the Federative Republic of Brazil where he was received by the ambassador to that neighboring country, Daniel Scioli and – under a strict sanitary protocol – he toured with his Brazilian counterpart, Fernando Azevedo e Silva …

ISTANBUL — Turkish defense company and automotive manufacturer Otokar has signed a new export agreement worth $110 million for the sale of military vehicles to an undisclosed African country. The company informed the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Tuesday about the deal.

A statement declar…

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — A contract to build six CH-53K King Stallion helicopters was signed this week between the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and Sikorsky Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Company.

The Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 4 contract, which was signed October 26, is for just ov…

TEL AVIV — ELTA Systems, an IAI Group subsidiary, unveils its new Passive Coherent Location System (PCL). The system enables the creation of an air situation picture that tracks non-emitting targets using non-cooperative transmitters.

It detects and tracks aerial threats based on target reflec…

Naval forces are exposed to several threats with complex behaviours, such as unmanned air and surface vehicles, light aircraft and missiles. RAPIDFire leverages the combined expertise of Thales and Nexter to meet the very short-range defence requirements of the armed forces.

The solution feature…

ANDERSEN AFB, Guam — Approximately 200 Airmen and four B-1B Lancer aircraft with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived at Andersen AFB, to conduct Bomber Task Force missions in support of Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with allies, partners and joint f…