The Lebanese army has received the new batch of arms supplied by France at the port of Beirut. The ten VAB HOT Mephisto armoured vehicles fitted with anti-tank missile launcher turret, 95 HOT powerful anti-tank missiles, and 2 simulation systems – were delivered Tuesday as part of a French assistance program. The new batch of a weapon […]

European guided weapons house MBDA has announced that EU Defence ministers have endorsed on 19 November the EU BLOS (Beyond Line Of Sight) project amongst a list of 17 defense projects aiming at being implemented in the frame of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). Proposed by France and supported by Belgium and Cyprus, the EU BLOS project […]

Ukraine National Guards and State Emergency Service is to receive first H225 multi-role helicopters in December. According to the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, the first Airbus H225 helicopters are almost ready and in December they will be transferred to the State Emergency Service and the National Guard of Ukraine. “The first helicopters Airbus H225 Super […]

The French Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle or remotely piloted aircraft has crashed near the Niamey Air Base in Niger on 17 November. According to a French MoD’s statement, MQ-9A Reaper Reaper came down around 01:00 hrs (Paris time) in a remote desert location near Niamey air base in Niger. The UAV crashed […]

European guided weapons house MBDA has announced that Marte ER anti-ship missile has completed its first firing, successfully passing a major phase in its development. According to the company, the firing trial was carried out on 9 November in an Italian test range. The Marte ER missile flew for more than 100 km on a planned trajectory that […]

European guided weapons house MBDA announced that the French Defence Procurement Agency DGA has awarded the company the contract for the MICA NG (Missile d’Interception et de Combat Aérien Nouvelle Génération) programme to develop the next generation of the MICA missile. With deliveries scheduled to begin in 2026, MICA NG will be available to arm the […]

An unofficial Instagram account of Russian pilot posted a video showing intercept of a couple of French Rafale fighter jets with a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft that flying over Syria. The author of the post claims that video shows the moment when a U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender provides aerial refueling to two French Rafaels in a […]

In a statement made Wednesday, the Airbus said the Royal Thai Air Force has taken delivery of its seventh and eighth H225M (previously known as EC725) multirole utility helicopters. Since 2012, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has placed orders for a total of 12 H225Ms under its fleet modernisation programme. Belonging to a contract signed […]

The well-known French company Dassault used this year’s Euronaval 2018 exhibition to display a model of the New Generation Fighter (NGF) that will eventually replace the current generation of Dassault’s Rafales and Germany’s Eurofighter Typhoons aircraft by around 2035-2040. The Dassault ‘s next-generation aircraft has no tail fin and a swept W-shaped wing design and incorporates highly advanced stealth […]

In a statement made on 19 October, the Airbus Helicopters announced that company will showcase the versatile and market-leading H135 aircraft as the future training helicopter for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Helicopter Association’s Fleet Fly-in at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Pensacola, Florida from October 22-26. “Airbus Helicopters is convinced the H135 […]