On November 14, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced that it has signed a contract to purchase two Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for 2.6 billion dirhams… Continue reading "UAE Puts In An Order For Two Additional A330 MRTTs From Airbus"
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense’s press office on Wednesday, October 13, Russian and Serbian military pilots have begun joint tactical exercises in Serbia called BARS-2021 (Brotherhood of Aviators… Continue reading "Russia And Serbia Conduct Joint “BARS-2021” And “Slavic Shield” Exercises"
Lockheed Martin announced on October 14 that the Precision Strike Missile it is developing for the United States Army broke its flight distance record, during a flight test held at… Continue reading "Precision Strike Missile Exceeds “Maximum Threshold” In Record-Setting Flight"
Dassault Aviation officially delivered the first Rafale to the Hellenic Air Force on Wednesday. The occasion was commemorated with a ceremony at Dassault’s Flight Test Center in Istres, with Dassault… Continue reading "Dassault Aviation Officially Delivers First Greek Rafale Fighter"
On Friday, the Department of Defense (DoD) revealed details on the White House’s fiscal year 2022 Defense Budget request. With $715 billion for the DoD, and $753 billion when including… Continue reading "Biden’s $715 billion 2022 Defense Budget Proposal Revealed"
The third week of March brought us more interesting defense news. Sadly, its seen several air incidents, the situation in Western Tigray raises many concerns as updated of satellite imagery… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (22-26 March)"
The crew of a Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber died in an accident near Kaluga, Russia. The Russian defense ministry reported that a ‘malfunction’ was responsible for the deaths as… Continue reading "Three Airman Die in Tragic Incident of Tu-22M3"
In an unprecedented move the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, the heads of the six branches of the US military have issued a joint memorandum to all service people in… Continue reading "US Joint Chiefs Publish Unprecedented Memo In Response To Events at US Capitol"
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"
Russian and Belarusian airborne forces participated in a joint tactical exercise in Western Russia starting on 18th February through to the 20th. The exercise was held at the Strugi Krasnyye… Continue reading "Paratroopers from Belarus and Russia Complete Joint Military Exercise"