DefenceTalkDeputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti’s minister of foreign affairs, agreed to establish a bilateral strategic and defense forum today during a meeting in Djibouti City, Djibouti. “The forum will provide a formal and enduring structure for discussing and coordinating issues of mutual concern between the two nations,” according to a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-djibouti-to-establish-strategic-defense-forum-47754/

DefenceTalkElbit Systems has been awarded an approximately $40 million contract to supply a country in Africa with the Wise Intelligence Technology (WiTTM) System for Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense. The system will be supplied within two years. A highly advanced end-to-end solution, WiT supports every stage of the intelligence process, including the collection of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/elbit-to-supply-african-nation-with-wise-intelligence-technology-system-47597/

DefenceTalkChad’s 2,000-strong contingent in Mali, which has played a leading part in the fight against militants, on Saturday officially joined the regional African force deployed there. “As of today, our Chadian brothers who are fighting to liberate Mali are joining AFISMA,” Ivorian army chief Soumaila Bakayoko, whose country currently chairs the regional bloc ECOWAS, told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chad-joins-african-force-in-mali-47097/

DefenceTalkThe navies of Sudan and Saudi Arabia have launched their first joint military exercises in the Red Sea, the official SUNA news agency reported on Sunday. The training is to run until Wednesday and focus on anti-smuggling operations and “boosting security and stability”, SUNA quoted Sudan’s military spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad as saying. Two Saudi […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sudan-saudi-navies-in-first-exercises-media-46861/

DefenceTalkRussia said Wednesday it was delivering military hardware and light weapons to the governments of Syria and Mali as it expands sales and maintains its footing in some of the world’s deadliest conflicts. The head of Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Isaikin, said Russian deliveries to the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad included air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-supplying-syria-mali-with-arms-46792/

DefenceTalkThe company now has a mobile telemetry support vehicle which is capable of supporting flight tests at remote locations, says Mike Kgobe, the Chief Executive Officer of Denel Aviation. In the past this highly-specialized test flying could only be conducted within South Africa. Mr Kgobe says this service is part of Denel Aviation’s initiative to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/denel-test-pilots-spreading-their-wings-into-africa-46641/

DefenceTalkThe US military plans to set up a base for drones in northwest Africa to bolster surveillance of Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in the region as well as allied Islamist extremists, a US official told AFP on Monday. The base for the robotic, unmanned aircraft would likely be located in Niger, on the eastern border of Mali, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-plans-drone-base-near-mali-official-46557/