On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, a Czech-Israeli intergovernmental agreement was signed at the Ministry of Defense on the acquisition of a new SPYDER ground-based air defense missile system. The agreement was signed by Lubor Koudelka, Deputy Minister of Defense for the Management of the Armaments and Ac…

Royal New Zealand Navy frigate HMNZS Te Kaha is joining military partners as it transits the South China Sea en route to a major international defence exercise.

The New Zealand Defence Force last month announced its participation in Exercise Bersama Gold 21, and that it would interact with the Un…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. — China’s global market share of arms exports is falling as its weapons remain largely untested in combat and come with hidden costs, including political ones, experts say.

Arms sales from the world’s No. 2 economy during 2016-2020 were 7.8% lower than during the previous fiv…

TOULOUSE, France — Jet2.com has placed a further order for 15 A321neos following its initial one for 36 placed in August 2021. It takes the total order by the Leeds, United Kingdom, based airline to 51 A321neos. The two orders reflect Jet2.com’s ambitious fleet expansion and renewal plans. Engine …

RAF LAKENHEATH, England — The 48th Fighter Wing has reactivated the first U.S. Air Forces in Europe F-35A squadron. The 495th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed as the “Valkyries,” was activated at exactly 8:49 and 50 seconds, Friday morning, 30 years to the day since its designation as a fighter squadro…

MELBOURNE, Fla. — L3Harris Technologies will modernize the U.S. Air Force B-52 aircraft to protect aircrew from enemy radar threats under a new 10-year, sole-source $947 million IDIQ contract.

L3Harris will enhance the aircrafts’ AN/ALQ-172 electronic warfare (EW) self-protection system, provid…