On 13 July, France’s parliament approved President Emmanual Macron’s 413 billion Euro spending boost to the nation’s armed forces. A part of France’s 2024-2026 budget it was previously announced by… Continue reading "French Parliament Approves Plans to Increase National Military Spending"
Taiwan officially retired its MIM-23 Hawk surface to air missile systems on 29 June, with a ceremony at the Republic of China Air Force’s Air Defense and Missile Command headquarters… Continue reading "Taiwan Retires Last Hawk Surface to Air Missiles"
Finland’s defense ministry announced Wednesday that it had cleared the Finnish Defence Forces to purchase Rafael Advanced Defense Systems’ David’s Sling long-range air defense system. The Finnish requirements for a… Continue reading "Finland Selects David’s Sling For Long Range Air Defense"
Last week, construction began for infrastructure relating to the Philippine Air Force’s incoming surface-to-air missile batteries. Under Project TIKAS, the Department of Public Works and Highways will construct facilities to… Continue reading "Philippine Air Force Begins Surface-to-Air Missile Infrastructure Construction"
On October 20, Philippine state media reported that the Philippine Navy (PN) had completed training with the Mistral 3 surface-to-air missile system (SAM) on BRP Jose Rizal. This involved operational… Continue reading "Philippine Navy Completes Surface-To-Air Missile Training"
Raytheon Missiles and Defense has announced that its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor is now named GhostEye. The announcement, made ahead of the 2021 annual meeting of the… Continue reading "Raytheon’s LTAMDS Radar Now Lead Member Of GhostEye Family"
Israel Aerospace Industries announced on Monday that it has begun the customer fulfillment process of its Barak Extended Range surface-to-air missile, following the successful completion of a series of trials… Continue reading "IAI Begins Barak ER Customer Deliveries After Successful Trials"
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday has announced plans to procure upgraded Patriot interceptor missiles in a report released for lawmaker review on Wednesday. According to the Ministry, the… Continue reading "Taiwan To Procure Patriot PAC3 Missile Segment Enhancement Interceptor Missiles"
The Indian Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted the first launch of its next generation Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system; the Akash-NG. The test firing occurred at the… Continue reading "India Conducts Successful Tests of Akash-NG Surface to Air Missile"