Yearly Archive: 2020

ABU DHABI — Investigations by Kuwait’s permanent parliamentary committee to try the ministers involved in the Eurofighter aircraft deal have reportedly found large-scale misappropriation of state funds in securing a deal for the fighter jets.

The probe has currently run into a stalemate over m…

Russia is giving its troubled Pantsir S1 (SA-22) anti-aircraft system one more chance to be useful in combat. A new version, Pantsir S1M, was shown in public for the first time in a June 24th parade in Moscow. S1M was first made public over a year ago at the Dubai (UAE) IDEX 2019 trade show. S1M sys…

A Russian fighter jet intercepted two U.S. reconnaissance aircraft and a refueling tanker as they flew in “neutral” airspace over the Black Sea, the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.

The intercept was at least the 12th this year involving U.S. and Russian aircraft worldwide, according…

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has recently completed an upgrade project for the NATO SINDRE-I radar systems fielded in Norway. This upgrade delivers novel technology to the radar, eliminating obsolescence issues and improves supportability.

The enhanced capability of the radars m…

TRIESTE, Italy — The steel cutting of the first of four forward sections for as many logistic support units LSS (Logistic Support Ship) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the FLOTLOG program (“Flotte logistique”) took place at the Castellammare di Stabia shipyard.

The sec…

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) took delivery, on Saturday June 27, the third KC-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft. The aircraft, registered FAB 2855, landed at 4:35 pm at Wing 2 – Anápolis Air Base (GO).

The reception marked the completion of the first transfer of a KC-390 by a crew exclusive…