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The information was shared by the Czdefence publication. The Ministry of Defence wants to buy 150,000 20-mm shells for the M197 cannon of the AH-1Z attack helicopter, as well as 70-mm Hydra 70 missiles for the AH-1Z and UH-1Y. By the way, the Czech Republic is going to purchase 12,000 rocket engines and various warheads for the Hydra missiles.
The information was shared by the press service of Rheinmetall, which will fulfil the order together with its Belgian subsidiary FZ Thales Group. The contract is worth 100 million euros.
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence has announced that deliveries of the F-16V fighter jets it has purchased from the US could finally begin in 2026.
This was reported by a source of Al Jazeera agency. Greece plans to decommission 32 F-16 Block-30 aircraft. Most likely, they will be sent to the USA for modernisation and then handed over to the Ukrainian army.
Romanian National Defence Minister Angel Tilvar said that his country is going to sign a contract to purchase the first batch of US fifth-generation F-35A multi-role fighters by the end of this year.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that F-16 fighter jets provided by the West will not be able to dramatically change the situation at the front.
According to Infodefensa, Uruguay will buy A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from Brazil. The contract is worth $100m. It will include six aircraft in use.
In August last year it became known that Norway was planning to transfer F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukarine. Now there is information about how many aircraft it will be and when they will arrive.
This was announced by the representative of the US Department of State, Metthew Miller. We are talking about 2 billion, which will be allocated under the Foreign Military Financing programme. This money will be used to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.
The CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Mehmet Demiroglu, said that they plan to produce about 300 KAAN 5th generation fighters.
Ukrainian companies continue to supply aircraft engines for Turkish attack helicopters and drones.
The Republic of Poland will consider transferring at least one additional MiG-29 squadron to Ukraine.
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence said on Friday, 6 July, that it had detected 36 Chinese military aircraft around the island in the previous 24 hours.
It is about 24 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft in Tranche 4 and Tranche 5 versions, which will replace older versions of the aircraft in two squadrons. Unfortunately, the amount of the contract and the terms of its realisation have not been disclosed yet. By the way, Italy currently has 94 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters in service: 80 in the single-seat version and 14 in the combat trainer version.
In 1974, tests of the General Dynamics YF-16 prototype on a runway led to the accidental first flight of the fighter jet. This prototype later became the world-famous F-16 Fighting Falcon.
