Following the NATO Summit in Belgium, Turkey’s President Erdoğan traveled to Azerbaijan. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev greeted Erdoğan in Fuzuli and afterwards the two leaders then traveled together to… Continue reading "Erdogan And Aliyev Sign The Shusha Declaration In Azerbaijan"
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense today accused the Armenian military of violating the November ceasefire that ended the war for Nagorno-Karabakh. In a press release issued today, Azerbaijan Army positions in… Continue reading "Azerbaijan Accuses Armenia Of Violating Ceasefire Amidst Border Dispute"
Rumors have abounded on the subject of the Polish Ministry of Defense’s desire to purchase the Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 MALE combat drones. It all started with a tweet coming from… Continue reading "Polish MoD Buys TB-2 UCAVs"
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has begun converting the Simsek Training System into a Loitering Munition System, alternatively known as kamikaze or suicide drones, Temel Kotil, head of TAI revealed in… Continue reading "Turkey to Use Target Practice UAVs as “Kamikaze Drones”"
On 11 March, Raytheon Missiles and Defense announced that it successfully conducted a firing test of a Stinger missile integrated with the next-generation a Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit, or… Continue reading "INTERVIEW: Raytheon Share Details on New Stinger/Javelin LWCLU Integration"
The KBP Instrument Design Bureau, which is part of the Rostec Defense group, has started developing a new missile that they state will be the world’s first multi-purpose anti-tank AND… Continue reading "Russian Design Bureau KBP Developing New Anti-Tank/UAV Missile"
In a year where seemingly everything that could go wrong proceeded to do so in spectacular fashion, a UCAV of all things wound up having a better year than most… Continue reading "Eastern Promise: The Baykar Bayraktar TB2 in Profile"
It has been, quite frankly, a heck of a year, I think anyone reading this will agree. Obviously, the world-wide pandemic has dominated headlines, with the disease having a major… Continue reading "2020 – The Year’s Defense News In Review"
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan has announced the arrest of two Azerbaijani soldiers for their suspected involvement in war crimes. In a press statement issued on 14 December, the… Continue reading "Two Azerbaijani Soldiers Arrested On War Crimes Allegations"
Two Russian journalists have been released from Turkish police detention on Monday, following questioning at an Istanbul courthouse. They had been arrested last week for allegedly filming around Turkish drone… Continue reading "Two Russian Journalists Deported After Arrest For “Illegal Filming” Near Baykar Facilities"