F-16 fighter jets of the Iraqi Air Force has launched airstrikes on target the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions in Syria. According to Iraqi officials, F-16IQ fighter jets destroyed a building where members of the ultra-hardline Sunni militant group were storing weapons, killing 10 of its members.  A second strike destroyed a building housing 30 Islamic State fighters. […]

The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible $82.5 million Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 5 Armed Bell 407GX helicopters, the U.S. Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA) announced in a 5 October statement. According to the statement, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of five […]

The U.S. Army recently awarded Navistar Defense, LLC a foreign military sales contract for the purchase of 4×4 and 6×6 military trucks for the government of Iraq.  The contract, announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), is worth more than $31.4 million is covers foreign military sales for Iraq. According to the DoD’s […]

The Iraqi Army has received the first batch of BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles that it purchased from the Russian government. The first arrived in Iraq BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles were seen in photographs that began circulating on social media on 28 August. Iraq’s source said that negotiations for this purchase began in 2014, but its implementation was […]

The new BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles of Iraqi Armed forces were seen at the Russian “Kurganmashzavod” JSC military-industrial complex in the Kurgan. The new BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles in sand-coloured camouflage were spotted during the visit of the Russian delegation to the Kurganmashzavod plant. The “Voyennyy Osvedomitel” has speculated that it could be new fighting vehicles that were ordered by […]

On May 20, 2018, the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) at Balad Air Base received a two-seat training aircraft the L-159T1 advanced light combat aircraft, the fuselage number IQAF-5902. This is a two-seater delivered as a part of the contract for the L-159 system delivery between AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. and the Ministry of Defense of Iraq. The aircraft […]

The first Gorets-M armored vehicles granted by Russia to the Iraqi Armed Forces have arrived at Port of Basra. The Iraqi army has received the next batch of Russian military vehicles included KamAZ-65225 military tank transporters for T-90 tanks and new Gorets-M armored vehicles. Gorets-M 4×4 armoured vehicle based on the Russian-made 8×8 Kamaz-43502 chassis. and developed by  OKB Tehnika.  The vehicle was equipped […]

The China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) now offers its new anti-tank missile carrier for Iraqi Armed Forces. According to a local source, Chinese company offers advanced anti-tank missile system, mounted on the chassis of the 8×8 VN1 wheeled armoured personnel carrier. The new anti-tank missile carrier is armed with a light version of the HJ-10A missiles (Chinese clone of the Israeli […]

The sixth edition of International Defense Exhibition (IQDEX-2018) opened in Baghdad, Iraq.  The four-day exhibition holds on the spot of Baghdad International Fair in the west-central part of the capital, with the participation of 18 countries and more than 70 weapons production companies. The IQDEX is one of the leading defence exhibition in the MENA […]

ISIS fighters in Iraq claim they have shot down a spy blimp-like airship near Tikrit, a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometers northwest of Baghdad. The ISIS’s media has released imagery showing members of the terrorist group displaying a wreckage of the spy aerostat. The aerostat like this is designed for providing real-time video surveillance from a very […]