Weekend Briefing (4-8 October)
Welcome back to the Weekend Briefing our regular round up of the week’s defense news. This week saw Japan’s Izumo undertake historic F-35B trials, USS Connecticut was involved in an underwater collision, Iran and Azerbaijan began military exercises on their borders, Israel recieved more F-35Is, the PLAAF increases its activity over the Taiwan Strait and much more. All topics that we have covered this week are available to you in the list down below.
Three More F-35I “Adir” Fighter Jets Touchdown At Nevatim Airbase In Israel
Bayraktar TB2 UAVs Join The Inventory Of The Turkmenistan Army
DSEI 2021: Boat Demo Round Up
Japan Announces October Dates For Izumo F-35B Trials
Australia Looks Set to Replenish it’s Growler Fleet with US Approval for Replacement Aircraft
First Royal Air Force Wedgetail Radar Now In Production
Baykar Defense To Build A UAV Training And Testing Center In Ukraine
Czech Republic Procures SPYDER Air Defense System From Israel
Philippine Naval Modernization Comes Into Focus During Exercises with Australia
Erdogan And Putin’s Meeting in Sochi Comes To A Close
PLAAF Increases Taiwan Strait Activity Over PRC National Day Weekend
USMC F-35Bs Conduct First Landings And Takeoffs From Izumo
Russia Launches Hypersonic ‘Tsirkon’ Missile From Nuclear Submarine For The First Time
New Zealand’s CDF Visits Ireland as Discussion Around Ship Sale Heats Up
F-35A Completes Nuclear Design Certification Process Flight Test Program
Frontex Chief Visits Poland as State of Emergency Extended in Border Area
DARPA Hoping to Apply Quantum Computing Lessons to Optimization
L3Harris Awarded 10-Year Contract For B-52 Electronic Warfare Upgrades
Estonia Becomes The First Customer of The Blue Spear Anti-Ship Missile
Marshall Becomes First Tempest Supplier With Delegated Design Authority
Royal Air Force Officially Retires E-3D Sentry With Royal Parade
First US Mobile Hypersonic Launcher Prototypes Deployed
USS Connecticut Involved In Underwater Collision In South China Sea
US Department of Defense Climate Adaptation Plan Released
Iran And Azerbaijan Tensions Rise Amidst Exercises At Their Borders
Taiwan’s F-16Vs Prepare For National Day Celebrations
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