The German federal government plans to hand over the Cobra (Counter Battery Radar) to Ukraine. In addition, Ukraine is to get high-tech radars that the Bundeswehr does not even have. According to Die Welt news, Berlin wants to send a COBRA radar to Ukraine to detect Russia’s shots. The Radar will increase the sensitivity of the 155mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers’ countershots.
While the current E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System fleet is suffering from obsolescence issues, the Department of the Air Force has decided to replace a portion of the fleet with the E-7 Wedgetail. A contract award is scheduled for the fiscal year 2023. In December 2021, USAF secretary Frank Kendall once said that the service is looking for a stopgap AWACS aircraft until it can develop and field a space-based AWACS system.
The Ministry of Defence (MSB) announced that the drifting naval mine detection tests were completed.
SSB President Demir said that Turkish UAVs had gained new capabilities. Meteksan’s MILSAR will detect naval mines that pose threats to maritime.
ASISGUARD, unveiled at the 2019 IDEF with its UAV solutions, shared its export success along with Africa and Asia export vision.
Turkish scientists visiting the Antarctic Zone completed one of their missions. GNSS Receiver, developed by HAVELSAN, took part in the trials.
The US Air Force introduced a new kit for general-purpose bombs to sink enemy vessels by employing a seeker-fitted Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), QUICKSINK.
ASELSAN’s targeting pod electro-optical reconnaissance, surveillance and targeting system (ASELPOD) is seen at Nigeria Air Forces’ JF-17 Thunder fighters.
Textron Aviation has been awarded an $11 million contract for its new Beechcraft King Air 360ER aircraft. The plane will be delivered to Sri Lanka under FMS.
HİSAR O+, the medium-range air defence missile system has gained a new capability thanks to ASELSAN’s RF seeker.
The UK and Japan have signed a Letter of Arrangement (LoA) to jointly conduct cooperative research on a world-leading fighter jet sensor-to-sensor technology.
Bayraktar continues to deliver TB2 UAVs with ASELSAN’s Common Aperture Targeting System (CATS) payloads. The new batch is delivered to the Turkish Land Forces Command, President of Defence Industries (SSB) Professor İsmail Demir announced.
The U.S. administration plans to sell C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft and Air Defence Radar Systems worth of $2.5 billion. The State Department decided to approve a possible Foreign Military Sale to of Egypt of C-130J-30 Super Hercules Aircraft for an estimated cost of $2.2 billion and Air Defence Radar Systems for an estimated cost of $355 million.
The Chilean Air Force has purchased three Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne early warning MK 1 (AEW1) aircraft from the UK Royal Air Force (RAF).
