Foreign Affairs

Paris: The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with €4 billion (US $4.25 billion) in military aid in the 2024-2026 period, the Dutch government said in a spring budget update on April 15. Defence leaders will...

Washington: US Marine Corps has selected three companies to compete for its light loitering munitions program, which seeks to equip small units with an armed drone for over-the-horizon fire missions. AeroVironment, Anduril Industries and Teledyne...

Milan: The first A400M aircraft for Kazakhstan has rolled out of the paint shop at Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Spain, the company announced in an April 15 statement. The upcoming delivery of...

Santiago: Brazil’s Air Force and Embraer are beginning a joint study to look into adapting aircraft already in service to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, the local firm announced April 10. The head...

Tel Aviv: European countries continue to deploy advanced sensors. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract to provide a Multi-Sensor Multi-Mission Radar (MS-MMR) system for a European country's air defence system. Developed...

Milan: The European Union has announced a milestone decision that involves pumping millions of euros into Armenia’s industries in an attempt to pull the country closer to Western allies and away from its historical...

Tel Aviv: The Israeli multi-tiered air defence system and the coalition against Iran thwarted a major Iranian attack by armed drones, ballistic and cruise missiles. On April 13, Iran launched more than 300 of its...

&It is not usual for India to fluster China in its own backyard in the Southeast Asian region. But recently, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar deliberately chose to do so to unsettle China when...

Tel Aviv, Israel. Using a radar manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a world-class aerospace and defence company, which located an aerial threat, the Israel Navy was successfully able to intercept the threat. IAI’s...

Washington: When US Navy  destroyers The Sullivans and Delbert D. Black deployed in the fall to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, they joined the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group that was already well into...

National Harbour: The US Navy and Marine Corps will study amphibious warship readiness and how the services can get ahead of ship maintenance challenges, a top Navy officer told reporters. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral...

London: Britain’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed that software-update problems in the F-35 program will hit aircraft deliveries, though a key official said the delay is unlikely to affect the timing for proclaiming the...

Paris: France’s top defence official warned industry that he’s prepared to requisition “personnel, stocks or production tools” from his nation’s defence industries and their subcontractors if weapons production rates are not improved. Sébastien Lecornu, France’s...