Yearly Archive: 2022

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will provide the Moroccan army with the Barak MX air and missile defense system in a deal worth more than $500 million, according to international sources involved in the defense system trade.

The Barak MX missile defense system is flexible and modular and can …

OTTAWA — The federal government has officially launched a competition for the purchase of armed drones after nearly two decades of delays and discussion around whether Canada should buy the controversial weapons.

A formal request for proposals was released [Feb. 11] to the two companies short…

WARSAW — Polish company Mesko, a unit of the PGZ group, has concluded a deal with the US Department of Defense for the supply of potentially several hundred of its Piorun Man-Portable Air-Defense System.

Piorun is the latest missile developed by the company, which previously developed the Grom…

SINGAPORE — Jazeera Airways, the Kuwaiti-based carrier, has firmed up an order with Airbus for 28 aircraft, including 20 A320neos and eight A321neos. The order confirms the Memorandum of Understanding announced in November 2021.

“Jazeera Airways is a long-standing partner of Airbus and we…

Ukraine on Sunday received a consignment of Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems and ammunition by plane from Lithuania, the defence ministry said.

“Lithuania has pursued and will continue to pursue a consistent support for Ukraine by all possible means. Ukraine’s security is our security,” Li…

RAF FAIRFORD, United Kingdom — B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, support equipment and personnel from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota arrived at Royal Air Force Fairford, Feb. 10 to execute the long-planned Bomber Task Force mission, a regularly-scheduled U.S. European Command …