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Hungary will purchase four Swedish Gripen C fighter jets to add to its existing fleet and extend technical support for the existing fleet for another 10 years.
United24 Media journalists have filmed a report about Ukrainian pilots who are undergoing a training programme on F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters in Denmark.
The Malaysian Air Force has a certain number of Soviet MiG-29s in service, which are currently in storage, as well as an unknown number of Russian Su-30MKM fighters.
Researchers from Kobe University, Fujii Minoru and Sugimoto Hiroshi, have presented an innovative development in the field of aviation materials - a "nanospheric" paint that can significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft.
Denmark in August 2023 announced the transfer of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukraine. Now there is information about when the Ukrainian Air Force will receive the first Danish aircraft.
The information was shared by the Turkish publication SavunmaSanayiST. The aircraft successfully took to the sky, flew the planned distance and landed.
The Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk said that on 21 February, Ukrainian troops shot down another Russian Su-34 bomber.
The information was shared by the Ukrainian ambassador to Ankara, Vasyl Bodnar, during an interview with CNN Türk. He said that Ukraine was going to buy the aircraft. The ambassador also said that Ukrainian specialists are involved in the project, developing an engine for KAAN. The ambassador said that the Turkish fighter jet will be able to compete with the US F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor combat aircraft.
The information was shared by the publication Defence Express. This transfer will be carried out within the framework of the agreement between the USA and Ecuador, which was signed in January 2024. The agreement provides for the transfer of Soviet weapons from the stocks of the Ecuadorian army to Ukraine. In return, Ecuador will receive US-made equipment - UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
The Netherlands is set to hand over more F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine than it originally said.
The information was shared by the Novinky edition, citing a statement from the Ministry of Defence. The amount of the contract is 5.62 billion dollars. We are talking about 24 F-35A aircraft, which will replace the Gripen. The Czech Republic has leased them from Sweden until 2027.
Information about it appeared on the website of the department. It is about sale of 8 helicopters and additional equipment to them for the sum of $500 000 000. The helicopters are planned to be armed with M240H machine guns.
Germany plans to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Sea King helicopters in the Mk41 modification.
This was reported by the country's defence ministry. The helicopters arrived in Albania on 13 January. They were delivered by the military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III of the US Air Force. By the way, Albania should receive 3 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters worth $50 million from the United States.
France's Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has signed a contract with Dassault Aviation to supply new Dassault Rafale fighter jets to the French Air and Space Forces (AAE).
