SEOUL — South Korea approved a 750 billion won (US$605 million) project Monday to upgrade its Patriot missile defense system by 2027, the state arms procurement agency said, in the wake of North Korea’s recent missile provocations.

The Defense Project Promotion Committee endorsed the project to…

VIENNA, Austria — After the successful operations in 2021, Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 is once again supporting the Romanian Border Police. The operations started in March and are scheduled to continue until August 2022. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) service is delivered by the Europe…

Global aircraft orders for April have seen a continuation of the strong order books seen at the start of the year and a continuation of recovery in market demand and confidence. 138 single-aisle and six wide-body aircraft were ordered, the highest April for new orders since pre-pandemic 2018.

Air…

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.