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France will upgrade some of the Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets destined for Ukraine to enable them to hit ground targets.
The Defense News publication, citing budget documents, noted that Italy plans to order 25 more F-35 fighter jets and spend €7 billion on them.
This was disclosed by the Danish Defence Minister. For security reasons, the number of aircraft is not disclosed. It is only known that the planes will be handed over by the end of 2024. By the way, Denmark handed over the first batch of aircraft to Ukraine in August this year. In total, the country's government promised to send 19 US fighter jets to Ukraine.
On Friday, 14 September, the US State Department approved the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Romania for $7.2 billion
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defence has allocated about $1.3 billion to purchase the Viper Shield advanced electronic warfare system for its F-16 fighters.
The Kazakh company ARC Group is servicing the Russians with French Thales and Safran Su-30SM equipment to circumvent sanctions.
On 12 September, Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said that a group of Ukrainian air force pilots had started training on F-16 fighter jets in Romania.
The Aftonbladet newspaper quoted Defence Minister Paul Johnson as saying that Sweden wants to keep the possibility of transferring Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine.
This was reported by Defence Blog. The contract was signed on 19 August, but the Egyptian and Chinese governments have not yet officially confirmed this information. By the way, Chinese J-10 fighters are to replace American F-16s in the Egyptian Air Force.
China flies the latest Y-9LG electronic warfare and electronic intelligence aircraft during the Falcon Strike joint exercise with Thailand.
The Romanian Ministry of Defence has requested funds from the government to purchase the latest F-35A fighter jets.
We are talking about 12 aircraft worth 2.7 billion euros. By the way, Serbia initially wanted to buy Russian fighter jets, but after Russia's invasion of Ukraine it abandoned this idea. It is not yet known when deliveries of French fighter jets will start.
Defence Minister Claudia Tanner has announced that her country intends to purchase M-346 jet trainer aircraft from the Italian defence company Leonardo.
Lockheed Martin has presented the first Polish F-35A Lightning II to the Polish government during a launch ceremony at the F-35 production plant.
Thailand wants to upgrade its fleet of combat aircraft with Gripen fighters, preferring Swedish-made aircraft to US F-16s.
