TAIPEI — After nearly a year of dynamic and static testing, the Brave Eagle Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) has made its first official flight at a special ceremony Monday morning (June 22) at Ching Chuan-kang Air Force Base in Taichung, with President Tsai Ing-wen presiding over the event.

The offi…

The Royal Navy’s experts in getting new technology to the frontline quickly are trialling the use of heavy-lift drones for future use on warships.

NavyX and DARE (Discover, Analysis and Rapid Exploitation) have been working with UK drone firm Malloy Aeronautics and Planck Aerosystems in the devel…

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $38 million from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to provide operation, maintenance and logistic services for the Textron T-6 trainer aircraft fleet of the Israeli Air Force.

This contract a…

To guarantee the security of Switzerland and its people, the military must continue to be able to monitor, protect and defend its airspace in the event of an attack. As a neutral state, Switzerland wants to depend as little as possible on third countries or organizations. This independence, and ther…

MOSCOW — Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) started serial production of Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopters for civilian customers. Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant made the first rotorcraft which is ready to start operation.

Mi-8AMT helicopter in its Arctic version completed…

The Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, attended today the completion of factory reception of the 0-series of the modernized “Oganj” rocket launcher and the test firing in the “Nikinci” Weapons and Military Equipment Testing Centre.

As Minister Vulin pointed out after the firing, rocket artill…