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During the visit of French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu to Athens, Greece, on 14 April, where he met with his counterpart Nikos Dendias, the parties discussed the implementation of existing contracts. For example, the supply of Belharra frigates, Rafale fighter jets, NH90 helicopters and Exocet missiles.
The US Navy has officially announced the termination of the HALO programme, an ambitious project to develop a hypersonic missile capable of striking enemy vessels, including aircraft carriers, from a long distance. The main reason for the cancellation of the programme is its excessive cost.
CEO of Swedish defence company Saab Mikael Johansson has confirmed that his company is in talks with Canada over the potential sale of JAS-39E/F Gripen multi-role fighters.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has given official permission for the Armed Forces to operate a new domestically produced unmanned aerial vehicle, the B-1.
Russia has established systematic maritime logistics for the supply of artillery ammunition from North Korea, having received between 4 and 6 million shells over the past 20 months.
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace and Poland's WB Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to produce guided missiles in Poland.
Russia has filed an official request with the Indonesian authorities to transfer the Manuhua military airbase, located near the city of Biak Numfor in the province of Papua, to its disposal. This base is located near the northern coast of New Guinea and in close proximity to Australia.
The United States has allegedly launched a covert operation to replace old B61 nuclear bombs with the latest B61-13 at storage bases in Europe.
The US is likely to consider one of the most radical decisions regarding its military presence in Europe - transferring the functions of the key Ramstein airbase in Germany to Romania, to the Mihail Kogelnicianu base.
Instead of continuing the traditional bureaucratic procedure of modernising the M1 Abrams tank, which is almost 40 years old, the US Army decided to drastically change its approach and create a new platform.
Czech machine-building holding Motor Jikov Group plans to enter the defence industry and focus on the production of artillery shells.
Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken announced plans to purchase additional F-35s, but his country wants them to be manufactured in Italy, not the United States.
The Muramasa unit of the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade demonstrated the destruction of a Korean M1989 Koksan Koksan self-propelled artillery system, which the Russians used in the Kovrovsky area.
The Brave1 Defence Technology Cluster organised a unique test, which simultaneously tested more than 70 ground robotic systems from 50 Ukrainian manufacturers.
The American company General Atomics is upgrading its MQ-9B drones with a laser combat system that will allow it to quickly destroy enemy drones.
