Tagged: Defence procurement

2023 03 30 Bahrain approved for 24 surplus SuperCobra attack helos from US 0

4/5 Gen. Fighter News / Aerospace Industry / Air Power / Ali Gaffari / All Aviation News / Army / Army Aviation / Exercise & Air shows / From M. East / Military Aviation News / Navy Aviation / Week in Photos / What's News?

Bahrain approved for 24 surplus SuperCobra attack helos from US

Bahrain has been approvedto buy 24 surplus Bell AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 29 March. The US Department of State has cleared the Gulf state to...

2023 03 30 Greece approves purchase of Spike NLOS 0

Aerospace Industry / Air Power / All Aviation News / Army / Army Aviation / Europe / From Europe / Marry Reed / Military & Intelligence / Military Aviation News / Week in Photos / What's News?

Greece approves purchase of Spike NLOS

Greece’s Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) chaired by Prime Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos approved the purchase of Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) systems and missiles for all three services on 29 March. KYSEA approved...

2023 03 09 Romania seeks M1 tanks and other equipment 0

Army / Bogdan Gabriel Curcea / Europe / From Europe / Land Forces / Military & Intelligence / News & Events Features / Special Reports / War Stories & Memories / What's News?

Romania seeks M1 tanks and other equipment

Romania plans to seek parliamentary approval to procure M1 Abrams tanks and other military equipment Romania plans to seek parliamentary approval to procure a battalion of M1 Abrams tanks under a government-to-government agreement, Lieutenant...

2023 03 07 Denmark orders ATMOS SPHs and PULS MRLs 0

Aerospace Industry / Air Power / Army / Army Aviation / Chloe Becker / Features & Analysis / From Europe / Military & Intelligence / Special Reports / War Stories & Memories / Week in Photos / What's News?

Denmark orders ATMOS SPHs and PULS MRLs

Denmark awards contracts to Elbit Systems for artillery systems worth USD252 million Denmark has awarded contracts to Elbit Systems for 155 mm/52 calibre Autonomous Truck Mounted howitzer System (ATMOS) self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) and Precise...

2023 03 01 Serbia orders loitering munitions from UAE 0

Aerospace Industry / Air Power / All Aviation News / Bogdan Gabriel Curcea / Europe / From Europe / Global Security and Terrorism / Military & Intelligence / Military Aviation News / War Stories & Memories / What's News?

Serbia orders loitering munitions from UAE

Serbian Armed Forces to become first foreign customer for UAE Edge Group loitering munitions The Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) will become the first foreign customer for loitering munitions produced by the United Arab Emirates’...

2023 01 18 Lynx production begins in Hungary 0

Air Power / Army / Attila M. Oroszlán / Europe / From Europe / History of Aviation / Land Forces / Military & Intelligence / Video & Photos / Week in Photos / What's News?

Lynx production begins in Hungary

The low-rate initial production of the KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) began in Hungary at the beginning of 2023, Rheinmetall announced in a press release on 12 January. Pre-series production includes building the...

IDEF 2019: Turkey to buy 29 new armoured recovery vehicles 0

Aerospace Industry / Air Power / Army / Army Aviation / Europe / Exercise & Air shows / Features & Analysis / From Türkiye / Land Forces / Military & Intelligence / Military Aviation News / News & Events Features / Osman Tufekci / Special Reports / Week in Photos / What's News? / World News

IDEF 2019: Turkey to buy 29 new armoured recovery vehicles

Following trials with a prototype multi-purpose armoured recovery crane (MPARC), developed by the Machinery Production Group (MPG) of Turkey, a total of 29 production units are to be delivered to the Turkish Land Forces...

US DoD awards Bahraini AH-1Z contract 0

Aerospace Industry / Air Power / All Aviation News / Emine Erenoglu / Features & Analysis / From M. East / Military Aviation News / News & Events Features / Special Reports

DoD awards Bahraini Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters contract

Bahrain will receive 12 Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters by the end of August 2022, under a contract announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 7 February. The USD240.3 million Foreign Military...

Qatar receives first Airbus H125 training helos 0

Aerospace Industry / Air Power / Ali Gaffari / Army Aviation / Exercise & Air shows / From M. East / Middle East / Military Aviation News / What's News? / World Air Forces

Qatar receives first Airbus H125 training helos

Qatar has received its first Airbus Helicopter H125 training platforms, national media and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have revealed. Footage of the graduation parade shows the H125s to be painted in the livery...

France orders new EDA-S landing craft 0

Air Power / From Oceania / Mert Berk / Military & Intelligence / Military Strategies / Naval Forces / Navy / Oceania / Week in Photos / What's News? / World News

France orders new EDA-S landing craft

An industry team led by French equipment manufacturer CNIM has been awarded a contract by defense procurement and technology agency Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) to build 14 new EDA-S (Engin de Débarquement Amphibie...