Nigerian Police Acquires Three Songar Armed UAVs
The Nigeria Police Force announced from its social media accounts that it deployed three ASISGUARD SONGAR Armed UAVs.
Defence News
Unmanned Systems
Homeland Security
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
STM Brings Ships and UAVs to Pakistan
STM stated that it will exhibit military naval platforms and tactical mini-UAV systems at the IDEAS 2022 exhibition in Pakistan.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Greece Received Two Brand New Rafales
Hellenic Air Force (Polemikí Aeroporía/PA) added two more Rafale H3R fighter jets to its inventory.
Weapon / Missile
Iran Unveils Extended Range of Bavar-373 Missile; Sayyad 4B
Iran unveiled a new homegrown Bavar-373 missile’s extended range version called Sayyad 4B. The Sayyad 46’s range has gone from 200 to 300 kilometres.
Ammunition
127mm Vulcano Passes German Navy's Acceptance Tests
Bundeswehr announced that the German Navy, The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, BAAINBw qualified the 127mm Vulcano precision-guided munition.
Land
Ammunition
Norway Orders Additional K9 Howitzers from ROK
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency announced that it had ordered an additional four K9 VIDAR and eight K10 ammunition resupply vehicles from Hanwha.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Lithuania Buys HIMARS
U.S. approved FMS to Lithuania of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) Launchers and related equipment for an estimated cost of $495 million.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Oman Buys JSOW
The State Department approved a possible FMS to Oman of Joint Stand-Off Weapons (JSOW) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $385 million.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Belgium Procures 120 AMRAAM
The State Department approved FMS to Belgium of AIM-120C-8 (AMRAAM) and related equipment for a total estimated cost of $380 million.
Navy / Maritime
U.S. Navy’s Mini-Sub Collides with Fixed Object
A U.S. Navy SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) was damaged after it collided with a fixed object during training at a disclosed area on October 24.
Weapon / Missile
Second Tests of Dragonfire LDEW
UK works with MBDA, Leonardo, QinetiQ and Dstl on sovereign laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) capability. The Kingdom tested LDEW for the second time.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
China Displays Mach 7 hypersonic UAV
China displays MD-22 hypersonic drone mock-up at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Zhuhai Airshow.
Air
Tunisian Air Force Takes Delivery of First T-6c Texan II
The Textron group announced that it had delivered the first of eight Beechcraft T-6C Texan II intended for the Tunisian Air Force as part of the FMS contract.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Bilateral Relations
RSAF Participates in the Eagle Eye 3 Drill in Greece
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) takes part in the Eagle Eye 3 Manoeuvres from November 7 to 20 at Souda Airbase in Greece.
