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RAAF set to acquire two Airbus A330-200s for MRTT conversion

June 13, 2020 GDC 0

The RAAF is reportedly considering acquiring two more Airbus A330-200s airliners and converting them to KC-30A multi role tanker transports (MRTT). The RAAF’s initial five KC-30s were new-build aircraft delivered in 2011 and 2012, and […]

BAE Systems demonstrates new version of US Marine Corps’ combat vehicle

July 8, 2022 0

U.K.-based BAE Systems published the photo of a new version of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) armed with a medium-caliber turret. BAE Systems Delivers First Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV-30) To U.S. Marine CorpsDateOctober 20, 2024BAE [...]
Latvia To Buy HIMARS Rocket Artillery From U.S.

August 17, 2022 0

Latvia has submitted a request to the United States government for the purchase of HIMARS rocket systems. US Army Deploys HIMARS Near CrimeaDateApril 15, 2021Lithuania Purchases M142 HIMARS Artillery RocketsDateJanuary 25, 2023Estonia Latest Country To [...]
Turkey Tests Bunker Busting SARB-83 Munition

June 26, 2020 0

SARB-83, a domestically developed concrete-piercing aircraft ammunition with warhead technology produced by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), has been successfully tested, Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank said Wednesday. Varank also [...]
Ukraine Destroyed 50 Ammunition Depots Using HIMARS Rocket Artillery

July 27, 2022 0

Ukraine said on Monday its forces had used U.S-supplied HIMARS rocket systems to destroy 50 Russian ammunition depots since receiving the weapons last month. Ukrainian HIMARS destroyed 60 high-value ammunition depots since it received the [...]
Egyptian Navy takes delivery of Aster-30 Missiles and Vulcano Munitions for FREMM frigates

June 2, 2021 0

The Egyptian Navy has reportedly taken delivery of ASTER-30 vertically launched surface-to-air missiles and Vulcano precision-guided, gun-launched munitions to equip them on the service’s FREMM Bergamini-class frigates. Cairo bought two frigates built by Italian company [...]
Brazil Issues RFP To Upgrade Leopard 1A Tank

June 16, 2021 0

The Brazilian Army is seeking to upgrade its Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 1A5BR main battle tank (MBT) through a competition for local modernisation. The request for information (RFI) and request for proposals (RFPs) are scheduled [...]

China using Egypt as military hub to supply ammo, spare parts and artillery to Russia and Africa

April 19, 2025 0

A fleet of Chinese Xi’an Y-20 strategic transport aircraft made an unusual and unannounced visit to Egypt this week. According to the Washington Post, which quoted a “classified leaked US document” dated 17 February, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi planned […]