Over the past year, Russia has torn down the last vestiges of cooperation with the West, most ominously with regard to nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. This is evident in Moscow’s approach to the 10th Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and its recently-announced decision to suspend participation in the New Strategic Arms Reduction […]
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South Korea conducted the first flight of the two-seater version of its domestic KF-21 Boramae fighter, Yonhap News Agency reported concerning the Arms Procurement Agency.
It is noted that the flight took place on Monday, February 20, and lasted 34 minutes: the KF-21 Boramae prototype two-seater aircraft took off at 11:19 from the 30th Air Training Wing of the Korean Air Force.
In total, this was the fourth prototype of this fighter to make its first flight – the previous three prototypes were single-seat and flew in July and November 2022 and January 2023, respectively.
An Airbus A400M at the Dubai Air Show in 2015. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Airbus took a EUR477 million (USD508 million) charge in 2022 on its long-troubled A400M military transport plane, the European aerospace manufacturer announced on 16 February.
Earnings charges for the A400M have totalled approximately EUR6.7 billion since 2014. The aircraft has experienced technical problems, schedule delays, and cost overruns since the programme was launched in 2003.
There are “early phases” of discussions for India to purchase the F-35 stealth aircraft made by U.S. defense behemoth Lockheed Martin. This occurred while the United States pressured India not to buy arms from Russia.
According to Rear Admiral Michael L. Baker, the Defense Attaché at the United States embassy in India, New Delhi is still in the “early phases” of determining whether or not to buy the next-generation fighter for its Air Force.
The Italian Armed Forces operate a range of conventional helicopter types, including the AW101 pictured. They are now looking at the drivers and technologies that will be needed to replace them. (Leonardo)
The Italian military has spelled out its future rotorcraft requirements, with the commander of Rome Air Force Command setting out the country’s key technological and operational drivers.
According to Ted Colbert, Boeing’s vice president and CEO for defense, space, and security, his trip to Israel will help “ensure that it is absolutely and positively obvious that we remain committed to supporting Israel.” The F-15IA and the KC-46, two major programs we’re working on right now, express that.
Israel will use the F-15IA, known as the F-15EX in the US, to replace the F-15I, which has been used for about 50 years.
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“We believe this demonstrates how prepared Israel’s long arm is to carry out its most relevant goals both now and in the future.
Photo by Semen Vasileyev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
The Russian military’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has left its drydock at the Sevmorput Naval Shipyard in the country’s northwestern Murmansk region.
Admiral Kuznetsov was moved to its specially built drydock in Sevmorput, also known as Shipyard Number 35 or the 35th Shipyard, in May 2022.
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Russia carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears to have failed while President Joe Biden was in Ukraine on Monday, CNN reported, citing two US officials familiar with the matter.
Russia notified the United States in advance of the launch through deconfliction lines, one official told CNN. Another said that the test did not pose a risk to the United States and that the US did not view the test as an anomaly or an escalation.
Retired Army Col. Paris Davis will receive the Medal of Honor 58 years after saving his men in a fierce 1965 battle in Vietnam. (Task & Purpose illustration / photos via The Paris Davis Interactive MOH Story).
Early next month a decorated Special Forces colonel who disobeyed orders to save the lives of his men during a fierce battle in Vietnam in 1965 will receive the Medal of Honor at a ceremony in the White House. The award recognizes Col.
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The U.S. military’s main special operations task force focused on combating ISIS across the Middle East has released pictures showing personnel firing an XM905 Advanced Mortar Protection System, or AMPS, in Syria. The XM905 is turreted, computer-assisted 120mm mortar specially developed to help provide an added layer of defense at forward operating bases. The complete system looks like it could belong in a video game like Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare or Command & Conquer.