SYDNEY — A former US military pilot and flight instructor who worked in China was arrested in Australia and faces extradition to the United States.

Australian Federal Police arrested Daniel Edmund Duggan, 54, on Friday in the rural town of Orange in New South Wales. He appeared in court there …

There are reports of Russian allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb in Ukraine. “These allegations are false,” a senior Defense Department official told reporters at the Pentagon today.

“The world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation….

Saab has signed a four-year contract with the Lithuanian Defence Materiel Agency, which will allow the customer to place orders for RBS 70 missiles until 2026. A first purchase within the new contract has also been placed, with an order value of SEK 350 million. Deliveries will take place 2023-2024….

PARIS — The Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian manufacturer Embraer have agreed, for the second time, to cut back the number of KC-390 tanker/transport aircraft on order.

From 28 when the program was launched, the number of aircraft on order has now been cut to 19, after having been previously r…

Russia has lost more than 25% of its in-service fleet of Ka-52 attack helicopters, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD).

In an update posted on Twitter, the MOD said there have “been at least 23 verified losses of Russia’s Ka-52 HOKUM attack helicopter in Ukraine since the invasion”.
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At a time when China’s latest armed reconnaissance drone, the stealth-capable GJ-11, is on display at an ongoing expo in Beijing, official media reported that the uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) is capable of conducting missions to size air superiority.

Military analysts said that while the report…