URAL, a new armoured personnel carrier with a versatile modular platform and an innovative feature set, that fulfils the requirements of even the most demanding missions. An all-around armoured hull fully protects the personnel against various threats; and thanks to the vehicle’s ample interior space, ergonomic full-size seats, parabolic spring suspension and biggest tire size […]

Turkish firm Otokar is shown armoured fighting vehicle Cobra II Cobra II is the follow-on to the original and highly successful Cobra, which has been built in large numbers for the home and export markets. Otokar has confirmed that the Cobra II will be marketed alongside the original Cobra. The Cobra II has more volume, […]

The MQ-8C Fire Scout is a Bell 407 helicopter modified with autonomous controls from the MQ-8B drone copter. It weighs 2.7 tons, has a 1,000 lb payload, can fly for 24 hours and can carry AGM-176 Griffin missiles, APKWS II guided 70 mm rockets, and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. It first flew in October 2013 and […]

Royal Air Force Typhoons have flown 1,000 miles from Lincolnshire to Turkey to take part in a special combat air exercise. The XI squadron based at RAF Coningsby has taken to the skies to train alongside the Turkish Air Force and other international partners to increase a working relationship in the event of emergency operations. […]

Iraq said it received the first batch of Sukhoi warplanes from Russia as it pressed a counter-attack Sunday against Sunni militants whose offensive threatens to tear the country apart. Related The arrival of the fighter jets comes with Iraqi forces, backed by aerial cover, pushing to retake the militant-held city of Tikrit and world leaders […]

A Marine Corps pilot who landed his crippled jet on a specially built ‘stool’, has described the incredible landing on the deck of the USS Bataan. After a front landing gear malfunction, Captain William Mahoney of the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), had to perform the audacious maneuver […]

The UK’s biggest military vehicle demonstration, Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD), has got underway in Bedfordshire yesterday, giving visitors an insight into the vast array of equipment used by the British Army. The DVD 2014 event, held at the Millbrook proving ground brought together the MoD’s equipment and support organisation (DE&S), the Army and industry to […]

On June 25, 2014 the supply of next batch of five vehicles of BTR-3E armored personnel carriers for the needs of National Guard of Ukraine was carried out on the Kyiv Armored Plant, which is a member-enterprise of Ukroboronprom State Concern. This is the second batch of armored personnel carriers of such class, which was […]

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Thursday said that the first two South Korean made F/A-50 “Fighting Eagle” jet aircraft will be delivered by September 2015. But prior this, Air Force pilots with high jet time and maintenance crews, will be first sent to South Korea for briefing and training. Gazmin expects delivery of the remaining […]

The first RNZAF Beechcraft T-6C advanced trainer has made its first flight from Beechcraft’s Wichita facility in Kansas on June 10. The aircraft – NZ1401 – made the flight with a Beechcraft company crew at the controls and lasted two hours, and functionality checks such as flight performance and handling characteristics were conducted. It will […]