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Slovakia Considers Buying Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drones

Slovakia Considers Buying Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drones

ISTANBUL — Battle-tested Turkish combat drones seem to have gotten yet another customer as Slovakia has expressed interest and signaled it could become the second European Union member state to acquire Bayraktar TB2s.

The intention was reaffirmed by Slovakia’s Defense Minister Jaro Nad who on W…

Belgium Awards €600M Contract to Upgrade Air Bases for F-35

Belgium Awards €600M Contract to Upgrade Air Bases for F-35

The Belgian Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday that it had awarded a Belgian-Dutch-American consortium a contract worth some 600 million euros for the construction of the infrastructure necessary for the operation of the future F-35 combat aircraft, expected to arrive in Belgium from April 20…
AeroVironment Wins $20M Order for RQ-20 Puma UAVs for Ukraine

AeroVironment Wins $20M Order for RQ-20 Puma UAVs for Ukraine

AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $19,737,523 firm-fixed-price contract for RQ-20 Puma AE systems, reconnaissance surveillance and target acquisition kits, initial spares package, contractor logistics support and new equipment training for the country of Ukraine.

Bids we…

Romania Grounds MiG-21 Fighters to Speed Up F-16 Purchase

Romania Grounds MiG-21 Fighters to Speed Up F-16 Purchase

BUCHAREST — NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their “considerably high accident rate”, and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said.

The move was unrelated to Russia’s invasi…


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