Greece Hold ORION-21 military exercise with four participants
Greece held a five-day multinational exercise “Orion-21” with Special Forces Units from Greece, the USA, Israel, Greek Cyprus and Serbia.
Israel News
Navy / Maritime
Regional / Strategy
Air
Israel’s F-16s are now Commercial
U.S. private company that provides adversary (“red air”) and joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) training to the air forces will operate F-16.
Ammunition
The US to sell $735 million arms to Israel
The U.S. approved the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel according to Reuters.
Bilateral Relations
Greece and Israel agree on $1.65 billion Defence Cooperation
Israel and Greece have signed a contract for the establishment and operation for 22 years of an International Flight Centre for Greek Air Force pilots.
Investment
Israeli Elbit Acquires Rokar at 31 million USD from BAE
Elbit Systems announced the acquisition of BAE Systems Rokar from BAE Systems, Inc., the U.S. headquartered subsidiary of BAE for approximately $31 million.
Weapon / Missile
BARAK (ER) Reaches 150 km
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), announced from its social media account that it has successfully tested a new long-range air defence system.
Unmanned Systems
Elbit Systems to Supply Hermes 900 UAV to a Country in Asia
Elbit Systems announced that it was awarded an approximately $300 million contract by an Asian country to provide HermesTM 900 UAS.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Unmanned AN-2s: Azerbaijan’s Unknown Heroes
According to MEE, the Azerbaijani military used Soviet-era Antonov An-2 aircraft as a decoy to destroy Russian S-300s with Israeli “Harop” suicide drones.
Land
Air
Ammunition
IDEX under the Shadow of Covid
IDEX in Abu Dhabi is hosting guests since February 21st. Boots are established but some participants did not attend due to the pandemic.
Air
Space
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Israel to Develop Arrow-4 with the U.S
The Israel Missile Defence Organization (IMDO) and the U.S. Missile Defence Agency (MDA) have started developing the Arrow-4 weapon system.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
Indian Army has leased four Heron UAVs
The Times Now News has reported that the Indian Army has leased four Heron unmanned air vehicles from Israel as part of an emergency procurement program.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
F-35 Sale to UAE is Ripped Off
The UAE signed a deal to purchase up to 50 F-35 and 18 MQ-9 Reaper drones from the U.S. just an hour before President Joe Biden was inaugurated.
Land
E/W
AI Steps on British Battlefield
The British soldiers will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify targets while putting themselves in less danger.
Cyber Warfare
Country
Bilateral Relations
Israeli IAI to cooperate with Albania's Luarasi University
Israel and Albania cooperate for future Cyber Warfare. Israeli IAI’s enterprise ELTA will cooperate with Albania's Luarasi University regarding cyber studies.
