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The US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) wants to arm the fifth-generation F-35C Lightning II fighter with a new missile. If it succeeds, the deck aircraft will be able to destroy enemy ships with the AGM-158C LRASM.
Last week, the US announced the dispatch of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to the Persian Gulf. The aircraft arrived in the Middle East the previous day.
Turkey will modernise its F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters on its own. The domestic project is called ÖZGÜR. The upgrade will bring the American aircraft of the Turkish Air Force to the Block 70/72 level.
Iran's navy and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps this week adopted a new cruise missile. It is called Abu Mahdi and is designed to destroy enemy ships.
The Royal Qatar Air Force has 36 French Dassault Rafale generation 4.5 fighter jets in service. However, Doha may order another batch of aircraft from Dassault Aviation.
Naval Group is developing a project that aims to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle from a submarine and put it in control. In May 2023, a final test took place off Toulon, called "UAV on submarine" ("UAV on submarine").
Czech company Czechoslovak Group will show a Tatra truck-based launcher for the KHAN ballistic missile at the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF 2023).
The information was shared by the manufacturer's company. We are talking about two Saab 340B AEW-300 aircraft worth $58,000,000. By the way, Saab no longer produces these aircrafts, so they are planned to betray them from the company's warehouses. Before that, the planes belonged to the UAE.
A small contingent of the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) will be deployed to Japan next week. For the first time in history, Italian F-35A Lightning II fighter jets will be sent to the Land of the Rising Sun.
Ukrainian defence industry strike maritime drone. It is called Maritime Autonomous Guard Unmanned Robotic Apparatus V5 or MAGURA V5.
China's People's Liberation Army has once again sent aircraft to Taiwan. This happened after the island state started the 5-day Han Kuang military exercise.
Recently we wrote that Aselsan is preparing to develop GÜRZ air defence system. A similar solution was presented by Roketsan. It is called BURÇ.
Ukrainian company Skyassist announced the start of mass production of Sirko drone.
The Belgian company John Cockerill has been awarded a contract to modernise M113 armoured personnel carriers for Ukraine. Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will provide them to the Ukrainian armed forces.
The information was shared by the press service of the manufacturer's company Rheinmetall. Deliveries of weapons will begin in the coming months. We are talking about two installations. By the way, Ukraine already uses Skynex, but unfortunately, it is not known how many of these anti-aircraft guns are on combat duty.
