MANILA –– The two Turkish-made T129 “Atak” attack helicopters delivered to the country last March are now “fully mission capable”, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) said Tuesday.

Col. Maynard Mariano, PAF spokesperson, said this means that the air assets are ready for their role as a “strike aircra…

Today, on May 30, the Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks discussed the delivery of the NASAMS anti-aircraft missile battery with about 100 soldiers to Latvia to strengthen national defense in a telephone conversation with the Spanish Minister of Defense Margarita Robles Fernández.

“Spain has shown…

Lapland will be the first region to receive “next-gen” F-35 fighter jets, according to the Finnish Air Forces.

This is partly due to the airbase’s proximity to Norway, which also houses F-35 aircraft, according to Colonel Tuukka Karjalainen of the Lapland Air Command.

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), through UM 0929 – a separate unit dealing with air transport and special operations – has issued a tender in SICAP for the purchase of three to six medium / heavy anti-terrorist helicopters and personal transport with a maximum value of 815 million lei (163 m…

Representatives of the Algerian delegation expressed interest in intensifying defense cooperation during a recent visit to the Czech Republic. At the Ministry of Defense, they met with Tomáš Kopečný, Deputy Minister for Industrial Cooperation, and looked at several domestic arms companies.

The me…

SEOUL — South Korea will start mass-producing a newly developed command post vehicle later this year under a project to deploy it to the military next year, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) signed a 55.3 billion won (US$44.57 …