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Turkey Develops Local Manufacturing Capabilities As It Inducts New Akinci Drones
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Year: 2021
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Bayraktar TB3 to perform maiden flight in 2022
Bayraktar announced that an upgraded version of Bayraktar TB2 will perform its maiden flight in 2022, said Baykar’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Selçuk Bayraktar during the induction ceremony Akinci drone. Currently under development at the […]
Air Platform
U.S., India To Co-develop Air-launched Drones
The United States and India signed an agreement to co-develop air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles, the U.S. Air Force announced Friday. The agreement is the first project planned under the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, […]
Americas
U.S., Australia Wraps Up Alaska Red Flag 2021
The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday that it has concluded a multinational drill with the Royal Australian Air Force in Alaska. Red Flag-Alaska 21-3, held over the course of the last week, is a routine […]
Air Platform
Raytheon Tests Air-launched Coyote Drones
Raytheon has flight tested the air-launched effect variant of its Coyote drone for the first time. As part of the test, the unmanned air vehicle (UAV) was launched from a canister on the ground, successfully […]
Air Platform
Pakistan Received Five CH-4 Drones From China
Pakistan has received five Cai Hong 4 (Rainbow 4, or CH-4) multirole medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from China, according to export-import (EXIM) logs on the Pakistan Exim Trade Info website. The UAVs, […]
Defense Industry
Iraq Plans To Buy Bayraktar TB2, T-129 And Koral EW From Turkey
Iraq has reportedly expressed its interest in buying Turkish-built unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), helicopters and military hardware. Speaking on Iraqi television, Iraqi Defense Minister Juma Anad Saadoun reportedly said that Iraq had “reached a […]
Central Asia
Pakistan’s ISI Trained Taliban Special Forces “Badri 313”
The Taliban special force’s name pays homage to the battle of Badr. The fight took place over 1,400 years ago when prophet Mohammed ‘vanquished’ all his enemies with a force of 313 soldiers. However, this […]
Middle East
Israeli F-16I Destroyed Russian-made S-200 SAM In Syria
On 3 September, the Israeli Air Force destroyed a battery of the Russian-made S-200 missile system, operating with the Syrian Arab Army, learned GDC citing the Times of Israel news. The Israeli military reports that […]
Africa
China launches OPV for Algeria based on Type 056 corvette
China launched the first 1,500 ton-class offshore patrol vessel derived from Type 056 corvette for the Algerian Navy on August 23. The customizations are expected to make the Algerian version more powerful than its Chinese […]