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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.
The US Air Force held an exercise in Alaska, in which strategic aircraft took part. All three types of bombers arrived in the northernmost state.
The US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to order the development of a hypersonic missile for F-35C deck-mounted fighters. The weapon is called Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (HALO).
The US Navy has been revealing the location of strategic nuclear submarines that carry nuclear weapons with unexpected frequency over the past year. One of the Ohio-class submarines has arrived in the UK.
Polish troops will be reinforced with US Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk multirole helicopters in the foreseeable future. The Armaments Agency has already approved the purchase.
