Meeting today at EDA’s ministerial Steering Board, Defence Minister discussed the “Scoping EU defence investment gaps” analysis the Agency has produced and transmitted to the European Commission as its contribution to the tasking given by the Heads of State or Government at their informal meeting in…

China’s latest, domestically developed multipurpose large helicopter, the AC313A, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, taking a tremendous step toward the expansion of China’s arsenal of aviation equipment for emergency rescue.

Taking off at 8:55 am and landing at 9:17 am at the Lümeng Airport in J…

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s defense and aerospace industry sector turnover exceeded the $10 billion threshold in 2021 and returned to pre-pandemic figures, Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) head Ismail Demir said Tuesday.

Demir was speaking at the 4th Defense Industry Meetings organized by the Ist…

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile launched from a naval helicopter from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on May 18, 2022. The mission met all i…

BRUSSELS — The EU Commission wants to create additional incentives for joint armaments investments and is proposing a “solidarity mechanism” for this purpose. States that help Ukraine “most in containing Russian aggression” should be able to “replenish their own supplies.” “This could take the for…

LUXEMBOURG — On 16 May 2022, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) awarded an Outline Agreement to COMLOG for the provision of depot level maintenance support for PATRIOT surface-to-air guided missile systems deployed in Europe.

The contract will be running for the next five years and …