The French Navy has announced that the acceptance trials and crew training of the frigate “Courbet“, the first upgraded “La Fayette” class frigate, have been successfully completed and the ship is now operational. We recall that the French Navy decided to upgrade three of the five frigates in service of the class, as an interim […]
Saudi Arabia was given the green light to purchase 31 Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) for as much as $23.7 million
The Turks are building the aircraft carrier “Anadolu” with the prospect of it actually operating as an aircraft carrier despite the fact that it will not have the F-35 at its disposal as was the original plan. Instead, armed drones will be used such as the Bayraktar TB-3 armed unmanned aerial vehicle, which will be […]
SEOUL and BEIRUT — Hanwha Defense has signed the largest deal to export its K9 self-propelled howitzers and other support vehicles to Egypt, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced Feb. 1. The arms agency did not disclose the details of the deal, valued around $1.7 billion, but a source privy to the deal told […]
RIYADH: The Royal Saudi Naval Forces concluded the “Morjan 17” mixed bilateral exercise with their Egyptian counterparts in the Red Sea on Monday, the Kingdom’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. Ali Al-Bahri, the director of the exercise, said the maneuvers aimed at promoting cooperation between the Saudi and Egyptian naval forces to take advantage of […]
Washington had announced earlier that its military forces in the Gulf country deployed Patriot surface-to-air missiles to intercept Houthi attacks on Abu Dhabi
Italian shipyard Fincantieri announced that it has delivered to Qatar the first patrol vessel of the “Musherib” class. In total, Qatar will receive two Doha class plus Doha class corvettes and an LPD (similar to Algeria‘s “Kalaat Béni Abbès“, which is a version of the Italian “San Giorgio“), for €4 billion plus €1 billion for […]
The clashes took place as soldiers were on an operation to combat illegal logging on the border with The Gambia
The US is investing in new battlefield surveillance aircraft and as part of this, the second Long Range Radar-Enhanced (LRR-E) carrier, and the first production aircraft, was delivered to the US Army in late December. It is to replace the MARSS QRCs in service after 20 years of service and will provide information to manoeuvre […]
Unless progress was made, the official said, Iran’s nuclear capabilities could go beyond limits imposed under the JCPOA