Philippines to Procure Çukurova Defence 4X4X4 FABL
The PA is expected to formalise an order for four armoured backhoe loaders from Çukurova Defence to improve the service's combat engineering capabilities.
Defence News
Land
Logistics
Expo and Air Show
Land
NMS Participates in Japan's DSEI
Nurol Makina will be present at the DSEI Japan exhibition. In recent years, Nurol Makina has participated in armoured vehicle tenders in Japan.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
U.S. Claims Drone Recovery is Difficult
Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said the MQ-9 Reaper drone sank in an area of the Black Sea with depths up to 1,500 metres.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Navy / Maritime
Meteksan Defence Exported DCSIM
Meteksan Defence exported its Naval Damage Control Simulator (DCSIM) to an Asian Country. This system is exported to five countries.
Country
ASELSAN Signed Export Contract of some $ 19 million
ASELSAN signed an international sales contract worth $18.87 million for the supply of defence systems for a major international shipyard.
Air
Country
Unmanned Systems
Who Saves the Drone that Crashes into the Black Sea?
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted on March 14 an MQ-9 Reaper while flying in international airspace over the Black Sea.
Navy / Maritime
Defence Politics
The AUKUS gets Materialised
The AUKUS reached a new milestone in San Diego when the leaders of the three allies revealed an outline of the decades-long plan to the public.
Land
Romania to Buy 95 JLTVs with a Potential $104 Million Deal
The State Department approved an FMS to Romania for 95 Heavy Gun Carrier Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) at an estimated cost of $104 million.
Air
F-35 Deliveries Resume
The Pentagon has resumed accepting F-35s from Lockheed Martin. Deliveries of the jet were halted following the December crash of an F-35B.
Land
US Starts Retiring M113s
The US Army delivered the first AMPV to the 1st Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, signalling the end of the M113 APCs.
Air
Unmanned Systems
A Su-27 Downed an MQ-9 Reaper on the Black Sea
U.S. European Command informed that a Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone operating over international waters over the Black Sea.
Weapon / Missile
Haluk Görgün: "We don't need S-400s"
ASELSAN Chairman of the Board Haluk Görgün stated that Turkiye’s air defence systems are being developed and said, “We do not need the S-300s and S-400s.”
Air
Space
Unmanned Systems
First fllight of Germany's Space Unmanned System "Athena"
Bundeswehr's turbojet-powered unmanned space aircraft demonstrator "Athena" completed its initial flight tests in the autumn of 2022.
Sensors
ASELSAN Exported ASELPOD to Iraq
It has been revealed that the Iraqi Air Force has supplied ASELSAN’s ASELPOD Electro-Optical Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Targeting Pod.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 US Air Force advances next-generation ISR integration - The US Air Force is enhancing integration between airborne, space-based and ground ISR systems to en...
- 09:00 European militaries expand focus on civil-military infrastructure resilience - European governments are increasingly integrating civilian infrastructure such as energy grids and t...
- 09:00 China strengthens joint firepower coordination across services - China is improving coordination between missile forces, airpower and naval assets to enable rapid an...
- 09:00 Japan enhances distributed basing for air operations - Japan is investing in dispersed airfields and rapid deployment capabilities to maintain air operatio...
- 09:00 Autonomous systems expand role in maritime domain awareness - Navies are deploying networks of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to improve maritime doma...
- 09:00 Counter-drone systems move toward fully integrated defence networks - Military organisations are integrating detection, electronic warfare and interception systems into u...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence efforts prioritise global sensor coverage - Defence agencies are expanding global sensor coverage through satellites and ground systems to ensur...
- 09:00 Distributed space architectures become standard military approach - Armed forces are increasingly adopting distributed satellite constellations to enhance resilience an...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft expand into electronic warfare roles - Future autonomous wingman systems are being designed to perform electronic warfare, decoy and suppre...
- 09:00 Defence procurement increasingly driven by industrial capacity - Production scalability, supply chain resilience and delivery timelines are becoming decisive factors...
