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The UK Ministry of Defence plans to buy more weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The purchases will be financed by the Ukraine Support Fund.
The US Air Force held an 'elephant ride' of KC-135 Stratotanker refuellers. The event took place at MacDill in Florida.
The US Army has allocated additional funding for the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptors. The US Army has secured additional funding for the production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptors.
An additional batch of F-15E Strike Eagle fighters has arrived at Kadena Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa. This is part of an effort by the US Air Force to decommission obsolete F-15C/D aircraft.
Recently, a Russian T-90A tank hit Louisiana. Now the US has Tor-M1 and S-300 surface-to-air missile systems. But in this case we are talking about mock-ups of very high quality.
The United Kingdom and Germany have signed an agreement to begin a new phase of development of "more lethal" ammunition for improved main battle tanks. The UK intends to upgrade 148 Challenger 2 tanks to Challenger 3 level.
The US has been sending large quantities of GMLRS precision-guided missiles to Ukraine since last summer. The US Army has signed a new contract with Lockheed Martin to replenish the stockpile.
Turkish company BAYKAR has announced its new development, the Kemankes cruise missile.
Norway is one step closer to acquiring the American MH-60R Seahawk multirole helicopter. The potential deal has been approved by the US State Department.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun learning to use German Leopard 1 tanks.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has conducted its first engine test as part of the advanced T929 ATAK-II attack helicopter. The development is taking place under the Ağır Sınıf Taarruz Helikopter programme.
India's defence ministry will not be limited to the Nagastra-1 kamikaze drones. The Defence Research and Development Organisation has started building a huge drone. It will be called Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV).
Although the US Air Force has begun scrapping the A-10 Thunderbolt II at the Warthog flick, the service continues to improve the aircraft. In particular, a software upgrade will allow the attack aircraft to carry more high-precision small-diameter bombs (SDBs) at the same time.
The US Air Force has one fighter in service that was able to destroy two Russian MiG-29 aircraft in a single engagement. It is the F-15C Eagle, part number 86-0156. It will not be making any more combat sorties. The fighter arrived at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Massachusetts this week.
Two divisions of the US MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 air defence systems have been put on combat duty in Ukraine. This was reported by the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Oleh Yashchuk.
