Air Defence Missile Procurement for Finland
Finland accelerates its armament acquisition procedures after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. MOD announced the procurement deal for Bolide defence missiles.
Defence News
Air
Weapon / Missile
Air
Country
Kuwait to Investigate Caracal and Eurofighter Deals
The Kuwait National Assembly to form a parliamentary investigation committee to investigate corruption allegations in two multibillion-dollar defence deals.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Baykar’s Unmanned Kızılelma Jet Performs its Maiden Flight
Baykar’s AI-25TLT jet engine equipped KIZILELMA stealth UCAV performed its maiden flight at Çorlu Airport. KIZILELMA took off at 14:59 and flew for 18 minutes.
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
Finland to Remove Arms Embargo to Turkiye
Finland has given an "initial green light" to recent Turkish requests to export military materiel despite a de-facto ban in place since October 2019.
Air
New Crop Duster Aircraft for USAF
The U.S. expands its Counter-Insurgency (COIN) aircraft. The USAF announced AT-802U Sky Warden after U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
Weapon / Missile
NSM Expands its Market
Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is expanding its share in the international market. The Netherlands, after the United Kingdom, also selected NSM.
Weapon / Missile
Korea's KF-21 Boramae to Conduct Deep Strike Missions
ROK continues to study ROKAF's KF-21 Boramae Program and related weapons. Korea expects next-generation strike capability with a new deep strike weapon.
Air
Investment
Unmanned Systems
Turkish Aerospace to Develop Anka-3 UAS
Turkiye has started to develop studies for a new jet engine-driven Unmanned Combat Aerial System (UCAS).
Air
Homeland Security
TUSAŞ to Deliver First T70 to the Gendarmerie
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced that the first locally produced utility helicopter would soon be delivered to the Gendarmerie General Command.
Air
Unmanned Systems
A400M at Remote Carrier flight
A400M to Launch UAVs Small-scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and loitering munition in future.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
ASELSAN’s Albatros -S is Unveiled
SSB President İsmail Demir has shared a piece of information about ASELSAN's Albatros-S Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) with Swarm technology.
Country
Defence Politics
Giant Leap for Japanese Defence Budget
Japan to reorganise its future military steps. Japan plans to increase its defence budget by about 50% in the next five years.
Weapon / Missile
Çakır Counts Days for Inventory
Turkish indigenous anti-ship missile Çakır is counting days for Turkish inventory.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to RNZAF
Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), the first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon MPA, in a ceremony at the Museum of Flight.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 US Navy advances distributed maritime operations with unmanned systems - The US Navy is accelerating integration of unmanned surface and underwater systems to support distri...
- 15:00 European defence planners increase focus on logistics resilience - European governments are investing in fuel storage, transport infrastructure and dispersed logistics...
- 15:00 China expands AI-enabled ISR capabilities across services - China is integrating artificial intelligence into ISR systems across air, naval and space domains to...
- 15:00 Japan strengthens integrated air and missile defence architecture - Japan is enhancing integration between radar systems, interceptors and command networks to improve r...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in anti-submarine warfare - Navies are expanding use of autonomous underwater vehicles to support anti-submarine warfare through...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems evolve toward network-centric architectures - Military organisations are increasingly integrating counter-UAS capabilities into network-centric co...
- 15:00 Hypersonic defence efforts focus on layered sensor integration - Defence agencies are developing layered sensor architectures combining radar, infrared and space-bas...
- 15:00 Distributed satellite constellations enhance battlefield connectivity - Military planners are deploying distributed satellite constellations to provide resilient communicat...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft redefine future air operations - Air forces are integrating collaborative combat aircraft into operational planning to extend sensing...
- 15:00 Industrial scalability becomes decisive factor in defence procurement - Governments are increasingly prioritising production scalability and delivery timelines when selecti...
