DefenceTalkThe United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it plans to buy a dozen Chinese L15 aircraft, as it seeks to bolster its defences after a series of attacks by Yemeni rebels. In December, the UAE threatened to scrap its mega-purchase of US F-35 fighter jets, protesting stringent conditions amid Washington’s concerns over China. The UAE defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uae-defence-ministry-says-to-buy-chinese-aircraft-78040/

DefenceTalkThe United Arab Emirates is ploughing money into drones, robots and other unmanned weaponry as autonomous warfare becomes more and more widespread — including in attacks on the Gulf country by Yemeni rebels. Large, black drones with the orange logo of EDGE, the UAE’s arms consortium, were on display at this week’s Unmanned Systems Exhibition […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uae-invests-in-drones-robots-as-unmanned-warfare-takes-off-78036/

DefenceTalkEgypt has kicked off joint air and naval drills with France, one of its biggest arms suppliers, in the Mediterranean, the Egyptian army said Monday. “Egypt and France are carrying out the ‘Ramses 2022’ naval and air exercises in the Mediterranean… which will last several days,” army spokesman Gharib Abdelhafiz said in a Facebook statement. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/egypt-france-kick-off-military-drills-in-mediterranean-78021/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will produce 12 CH-53K heavy lift helicopters for Israel under a U.S. Navy Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement. This production announcement is for the first four of 12 aircraft for Israel and is on the heels of a contract to produce nine more aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps. The signed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-to-build-ch-53k-helicopters-for-israel-77998/

DefenceTalkIndonesia on Thursday ordered 42 Rafale fighter jets from France and may acquire two French submarines, while the United States approved Jakarta’s potential purchase of 36 F-15s in the face of growing tensions in the Asia-Pacific. Indonesia’s first order for French warplanes comes as Jakarta replaces an ageing fleet — consisting mainly of American F-16s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indonesia-to-buy-us-french-warplanes-as-paris-boosts-asia-alliances-77913/

DefenceTalkThe US Air Force announced Thursday a set of B-52 strategic bombers had landed in Britain for scheduled NATO exercises, amid heightened tensions between the bloc and Russia over Ukraine. The North Dakota-based aircraft, support equipment, and personnel touched down at a Royal Air Force base 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of London, in Fairford, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-b-52-bombers-arrive-in-britain-for-exercises-77907/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia of F-15ID Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $13.9 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Indonesia has requested to buy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indonesia-to-buy-36-f-15id-fighter-jets-77899/

DefenceTalkFour Danish F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Lithuania after the country appealed for a greater NATO presence due to Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine, officials said on Friday. Denmark’s decision to send the jets “comes at just the right time”, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said at a ceremony at the Baltic state’s northern air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/danish-fighter-jets-arrive-in-lithuania-amid-regional-tensions-77794/

DefenceTalkChina’s deployment of J-16D fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence zone this week marked the first sighting of the new high-tech warplanes, Taipei confirmed Tuesday, their electronic-jamming equipment posing a fresh threat to the island. Taiwan lives under the constant specter of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled, democratic island as part of its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-high-tech-warplanes-pose-big-new-threat-to-taiwan-77763/

DefenceTalkChina sent 39 warplanes — mostly fighter jets — into Taiwan’s air defence zone on Sunday, the island’s government said, in the second-largest daily incursion on record. Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled, democratic island as part of its territory to eventually be reclaimed, by force if […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-sends-second-largest-incursion-of-jets-into-taiwan-defence-zone-77737/