Yearly Archive: 2020

PARIS — Germany’s Federal Security Council issued a final export license for the sale of 15 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to Qatar at its last meeting, Der Spiegel reported Dec. 7 citing a government briefing to the Bundestag which it has obtained. The vehicles are made by the Munich ar…

Russian Helicopters Holding Company considers it necessary to warn that Ukrainian aircraft repair enterprises are carrying out illegitimate overhaul of Mi-17V-5 Helicopters and thereby endangers the lives of the American and Afghan soldiers that are operating these helicopters.

According to the r…

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign a pricing update for the strategic Partnership Agreement with Millog Oy for 2021-2028. The Partnership Agreement is in force until further notice.

Millog Oy and the Defence Forces are in a strategic pa…

Britain’s Royal Navy will send its newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, and its strike group near Japan “as soon as early next year,” Kyodo News reported over the weekend.

The strike group is expected to exercise with the U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces in the waters near Japan’s …

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf sailed under Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) command for the first time in early October 2020, and has since been at sea regularly, with the crew conducting training, testing and trials on the new vessel.

The work is part of a normal process to incrementa…

Documents obtained by Drone Wars using the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) reveal how British military officials view the UK’s next generation armed drone, known as Protector, and the types of advanced capabilities the aircraft will have.

Protector, which is set to replace the UK’s current flee…