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Teseo MK2/E AShM Completes First Firing Test
Weapon / Missile Italy

Teseo MK2/E AShM Completes First Firing Test

The new generation anti-ship missile for the Italian Navy, Teseo MK2/E, has completed its first firing test.

China Shows HQ-19 ABM in Zhuhai Airshow 2024
Expo and Air Show Weapon / Missile China

China Shows HQ-19 ABM in Zhuhai Airshow 2024

During the 2024 Zhuhai Airshow, China displayed its HQ-19 anti-ballistic missile system as an outer-layer interceptor.

Musa Heybet has been appointed as ASFAT Chairman
Country Turkiye

Musa Heybet has been appointed as ASFAT Chairman

Deputy Defence Minister Musa Heybet has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of ASFAT (Military Factory and Shipyard Operation Inc.)

Niger Signs Deal with Russian Glavkosmos for Three Satellites
Space Bilateral Relations Communication Niger Russia

Niger Signs Deal with Russian Glavkosmos for Three Satellites

Niger has signed an agreement with Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, to acquire three satellites.

Pakistan Tests SMASH Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile Pakistan

Pakistan Tests SMASH Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile

Pakistan Navy test-fired indigenously developed Ship Launched Ballistic Missile from a warship.

SİPER Product 2 Long-Range AD Missile Goes Abroad
Weapon / Missile Expo and Air Show France Turkiye

SİPER Product 2 Long-Range AD Missile Goes Abroad

SİPER long-range air defence system's new missile SİPER Product 2 has been displayed in an exhibition for the first time in Euronaval 2024.

Altınay Increases Its Power in KAAN’s Landing Gear
Air Investment Expo and Air Show Turkiye

Altınay Increases Its Power in KAAN’s Landing Gear

Altınay, which purchased DASAL shares from ASELSAN, made a move in its other subsidiary, TAAC Aviation Technologies and signed an agreement with NETAŞ.

ASELSAN Signs USD 316.5 Million and TRY 1.2 Billion Contract
Ammunition Investment Turkiye

ASELSAN Signs USD 316.5 Million and TRY 1.2 Billion Contract

ASELSAN and the Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) signed a contract to produce Guidance Kits for the Turkish Armed Forces.

ROK to Equip Kf-21 with Meteor
Weapon / Missile France Republic of Korea

ROK to Equip Kf-21 with Meteor

ROK has signed a deal with MBDA to procure 100 meteor air-to-air missiles for KF-21 Boramae jets.

Modi and Sanchez launch C295 military aircraft plant
Air Investment India Spain

Modi and Sanchez launch C295 military aircraft plant

India and Spain launched the Tata Aircraft Complex in Vadodara, where the Airbus-Tata cooperation manufactures C295 aircraft.

ASELSAN to Display High-Capacity GÖKSUR PDMS at Euronaval
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile Expo and Air Show France Turkiye

ASELSAN to Display High-Capacity GÖKSUR PDMS at Euronaval

ASELSAN will unveil the new configuration of GÖKSUR PDMS, which does not have onboard sensors but 20 missiles, at the Euronaval 2024 exhibition.

BAE Systems Provides Naval Guns for Belgian-Dutch Frigates
Weapon / Missile Belgium United Kingdom Netherlands

BAE Systems Provides Naval Guns for Belgian-Dutch Frigates

BAE Systems will provide Bofors 40 Mk4 40 mm naval guns for the Belgian-Dutch ASWF frigate programme.

Safran Shows NGDS Decoy Launcher With MANPADS
Weapon / Missile France

Safran Shows NGDS Decoy Launcher With MANPADS

Safran revealed the NGDS decoy launcher's new configuration with Mistral MANPADS as a combined hard/soft-kill solution for warships.

Görgün Announces October Exports $820 Million
Country Turkiye

Görgün Announces October Exports $820 Million

Secretary of Defence Industry  Haluk Görgün announced that the sector’s exports increased by 61 per cent in October, reaching $820 Million.