Yearly Archive: 2022

BERN — Federal Councilor Viola Amherd visits the F-35A production site in Cameri on October 28, 2022. It is planned that Switzerland will produce at least 24 of the 36 combat aircraft it has ordered there. The head of the DDPS will also meet with representatives of the Italian Ministry of Defence,…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility – the country’s first in the private sector – in Vadodara, Gujarat on October 30, 2022. The facility will manufacture C-295 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) through collaboration bet…

The British Army’s new Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopter has made its first outing into the field.

Exercise Talon Guardian has seen 3 Regiment Army Air Corps take a 1,500km road trip over two weeks, establishing itself at three separate locations to plan and execute attack missions and maintain th…

ROKETSAN and STM, two leading companies in the Turkish Defence Industry, have joined forces to develop ALPAGUT a Smart Loitering Munition System that will change the rules on the battlefield. ALPAGUT will be developed jointly by the two companies, and will stand out ahead of cruise missiles with it…

China’s domestically developed Z-20 utility helicopter has surpassed the US’ Black Hawk, as it has adopted many advanced technologies the Black Hawk does not have, said the chief designer of the Chinese chopper on state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).

Deng Jinghui made the remarks wh…

There is no way as yet to know how the war in Ukraine will end, or even whether it will end or linger on at low levels or in the form of an uncertain ceasefire. What does seem all too predictable is that NATO will face a continuing and far more aggressive challenge from Russia as long as Putin is in…