Yearly Archive: 2022

LIELVARDE AIR BASE, Latvia — Nearly 20 AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade landed at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, on Feb. 24. The helicopters and the Soldiers of the 1-3rd Attack Battalion, 12 CAB, are in Latvia to participate in the multinational exercise, Sab…

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s drone magnate Baykar on Saturday announced it has reached a new phase in its unmanned combat aircraft project, unveiling that the first prototype has entered the production line.

“A larger and more agile fish has entered the production line three and a half years later,” Sel…

The Pakistan Air Force on Friday held an induction ceremony for the first batch of six J-10CE fighter jets in Kamra, with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan attending the event.

The official commissioning of China’s new-generation main battle aircraft into the Pakistan Air Force marks the syst…

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has signed a contract worth AUD 67M with Hanwha Defense Australia following a recent announcement by the Australian Government to procure “Huntsman” self-propelled howitzers and ammunition resupply vehicles.

The contract was signed in December 2021 and …

In a significant boost to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’, and in sync with the announcement in the Union Budget 2022-23 that allocated 25% of Defence R & D Budget for industry led R & D, 18 major platforms have been identified by the Ministry of Defence…

ISTANBUL — So popular are Turkish-made armed Bayraktar drones with the Ukrainian army that the weapons are celebrated in a song. “We took offence at these orcs. Russian bandits are made into ghosts by Bayraktar,” go the words to the tune posted on the land forces’ Facebook page.

The Ukrainian…