WB Electronics S.A., the continuator of technological transformation in the Polish army and the defence sector, has developed new DragonFly combat unmanned quadrocopter. The DragonFly micro unmanned quadrocopter designed in order to support the following combat operations, depending on the payload in use: Surveillance, detection, recognition and identification of the objects of interest (EO/IR payload GS9), Detection and strike […]

NATO was started reconnaissance flights over Black Sea to monitor the Ukraine’s missile exercises near Crimea. A NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) surveillance plane took off from its air base in Germany on Friday and was en-route to monitor skies above Ukraine and Romania. A NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) […]

The Myanmar Air Defence Force has agreed to buy a new Chinese-built Y-9E transport aircraft. The Y-9E is an export version of Chinese Y-9 medium-range transport aircraft produced by Shaanxi Aircraft Company. Myanmar Air Force will be the first foreign customer of Y-9E transport aircraft. Also, the new Y-9E transport aircraft looks to buy for Thailand and Venezuela […]

Russia has begun testing of its new hypersonic missiles for Long Range Aviation. Russian Tu-22M3 (or M) long-range strategic bomber test-fired a new hypersonic missile, that could fly up to five times the speed of sound. According to the lenta.ru, the test prospective weapons will last several years and the adoption of new missiles is expected in […]

The Turkish army destroyed 12 PKK positions in airstrikes against the terrorist group in northern Iraq, military said early Monday. Reporting by Sefa Sahin for aa.com.tr According to a statement issued by the Turkish General Staff, fighter jets carried out the airstrikes in the Avasin-Basyan and Qandil regions on Sunday between 8.01-9.03 pm (17.01-1803GMT). The […]

The Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force will seek to purchase JF-17 multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. That was reported by QUWA. As per aviation journalist and close Pakistan Air Force (PAF) watcher Alan Warnes, the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force (or Azeri […]

Norway plans to order five Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes to maintain its surveillance capacity and meet future security challenges, the NATO country’s Defence Ministry said. That was reported by Joachim Dagenborg, Reuters. Norway’s long maritime border with neighbouring Russia has become a renewed focus for the country’s military planners following the Russian annexation […]

Nearly 4,000 Soldiers from 11 NATO countries are in Lithuania to take part in Exercise Iron Sword 2016, which runs from Nov. 20 to Dec. 3. That was reported by www.army.mil. Iron Sword is a Lithuanian led exercise designed to train and evaluate the Lithuanian Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Iron Wolf) Brigade, and the Motorized Infantry […]

Open Joint Stock Company “Ilyushin Aviation Complex” has begun final assembly of the first production Il-112V, slated for the Russian Air Force. OJSC Voronezh Aircraft Production Association (Part of  Open Joint Stock Company “Ilyushin Aviation Complex”) manufactured the fuselage of the first prototype of light military-transport Il-112V aircraft. The company continues the assembly of similar fuselage […]

Marines with Marine Helicopter Attack Squadron 267 prepared to deploy to Okinawa, Japan, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Nov. 10, 2016. That was reported by www.marines.mil. HMLA-267 is heading to MCAS Futenma for approximately six months in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. This milestone […]