Airbus May Merge Fighter Jet Offices
According to union sources, Airbus may merge two separate fighter jet businesses as part of a broader reorganization of its Defence & Space (ADS) division.
Defence News
Air
Air
Investment
UAE on-Boards the KF-21 Program
United Arab Emirates joined the KF-21 Boramae program by paying Indonesia’s share and financing the project.
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Rheinmetall Presents 40mm SSW-40 Automatic Grenade Launcher
Rheinmetall presented its 40mm SSW-40 (Squad Support Weapon-40) grenade launcher as a fire support weapon at DSEI.
Weapon / Missile
ASELSAN to Produce Guidance Kits
ASELSAN and the Defence Industry Agency signed an agreement to produce guidance kits.
Country
TEI, İŞBİR and ASPİLSAN boards of directors Renewed
The new boards of directors of TEI, ASPİLSAN and İŞBİR companies have been set. The management of other TAFF companies will meet with a similar agenda soon.
Weapon / Missile
Roketsan Exports the UAV-230 Missile for the First Time
Roketsan exported the UAV-230 Air-Launched Supersonic Ballistic Missile for the first time to an unnamed buyer.
Unmanned Systems
BAYRAKTAR AKINCI Overpassed 30 thousand Flight Hours
Baykar company’s Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV, which signed eight export agreements, has completed 30 thousand flight hours in total.
Land
Expo and Air Show
KONŠTRUKTA Presents BIA 155 mm SPH system at DSEI
Slovak state-run defence company KONŠTRUKTA has developed a new wheeled Self-Propelled Howitzer system BIA 155 mm.
Weapon / Missile
Boeing to test DARPA’s Glide Breaker Prototype
DARPA has awarded Boeing a $70.6 million contract to develop and test technologies for the Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor prototype.
Air
Logistics
Poland to Pay $389 million for F-16 Sustainment
The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Poland of F-16 Sustainment and related equipment for a cost of $389 million.
Land
Unmanned Systems
First Unmanned Tank Sturm Steps in Battlefield in Ukraine
Russia deploys the unmanned tank Sturm to the battlefield in Ukraine. The tank is based on a T-72B3 tank chassis.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Beretta Introduces a New 5.56 mm Rifle
Italian Beretta Defence Technologies (BDT) introduces its NARP rifle system at DSEI. BDT has been working on the development of the system since 2018.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Ukrainian F-16 Pilots to be Trained in Romania
Romania, the Netherlands and Lockheed Martin on August 31 signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to establish an F-16 Pilot Training Centre in Romania.
Air
B-21 Step by Step Towards Maiden Flight
The B-21 Raider, the successor to the B-1 and B-2 stealth bomber, will be the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet.
