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France Signs Mega Arms Deal With UAE to Supply 80 Rafale F4 to its Air Force

December 5, 2021 GDC 0

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French Navy Commissions First Air Defense FREMM ‘Alsace’

November 29, 2021 GDC 0

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) multi-mission frigate (FREMM) “Alsace” entered “active duty” (admission au service actif in French) on 22 November 2021. It is the seventh Aquitaine-class FREMM overall but the first of two air-defense […]

Croatia Purchases 12 Dassault Rafale Jets From France

November 26, 2021 GDC 0

At a ceremony attended by the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic Andrej Plenković, the French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and the Chairman […]

UAE Plans to Buy Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets

November 22, 2021 GDC 0

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the United Arab Emirates in early December 2021, according to two well-informed officials. Bloomberg news agency reported that the officials refused to provide details, while a spokeswoman for […]

France, Egypt 30 Rafale jets deal came into effect on 15 November

November 17, 2021 GDC 0

French Defense Ministry Spokesman Herve Grandjean revealed that the contract that was signed between Egypt and the French Dassault Aviation company to purchase additional 30 Rafale fighter jets would come into force this summer. In […]

Turkey Wants to Revive SAMP-T Partnership With Italy and France, Erdogan

November 12, 2021 GDC 0

Turkey would take “positive steps” with France and Italy on the SAMP-T missile defense system developed by the Franco-Italian EUROSAM consortium, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday. Ankara, which has incurred U.S. sanctions over its […]

Rheinmetall, Thales Awarded Contract to Support Tiger Helicopter Simulators in France and Germany

November 5, 2021 GDC 0

Thales and Rheinmetall will continue to look after the helicopter simulators used for training crews of the Tiger attack helicopter. In summer 2021, a contract to this effect was awarded through OCCAR, the European procurement […]

Naval Group showcases new drone management solution

November 4, 2021 GDC 0

In September 2021, French defense contractor Naval Group successfully conducted operational demonstrations of its drones’ mission management solution integrated with the combat management system. In partnership with Autoridade Maritima Nacional de Portugal (AMN), Tekever, ECA […]

Naval Group Launches Second FDI Class Frigate

October 23, 2021 GDC 0

According to information published by Mer et Marine on September 2021, the French firm Naval Group launches construction of the second Frigate for defense and intervention or FDI in La Montagne, West France. The FDI […]

What Attributes Make A Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet?

October 9, 2021 GDC 0

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Saab Awarded A Contract For US Navy’s LCS Sensors Suite

April 14, 2021 0

Washington (GDC) – Saab says it will expand its East Syracuse plant and add 50 new jobs after the U.S. Navy selected the company to help upgrade its fleet of small, fast combat ships. US [...]
BlueScope Awarded A Contract To Supply Steel For Hunter-class Frigate

June 7, 2020 0

Under the $2.6 million contrac, BlueScope is set to deliver more than 1500 tonnes of steel plate which will be used to construct five ship blocks in the prototyping phase of the program. The blocks [...]
Pakistan Navy’s New Type 054 AP Frigate Started Sea Trials In China

June 19, 2021 0

The first Type 054 A/P frigate for the Pakistan Navy started sea trials in late May. Local ship spotters images show the frigate leaving the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard (near Shanghai) under her own power. China’s [...]
Philippines Building Up Maritime Capability to Counter China

November 1, 2020 0

MANILA (GDC) – The Philippines is taking a page out of China’s book by building up its own fleet that includes fishing boats in the South China Sea, the South-east Asian nation’s top diplomat said. [...]
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Block 1

May 23, 2020 0

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Biden Administration Approves $735 Million Arms Sale To Israel

May 19, 2021 0

As the Biden administration approved a $735 million arms sale to Israel, some lawmakers are questioning whether the deal could be used as leverage amid the ongoing bombing of the Gaza Strip, the Washington Post [...]

Lockheed Martin to Develop New Hypersonic Weapons For US Marines

December 3, 2021 0

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in collaboration with Lockheed Martin are developing the OpFires mobile medium-range hypersonic missile assembly to fit on the back of an U.S. Army’s Palletized Load System (PLS) 5-axle […]

Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Around The World

December 2, 2021 0

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Morocco purchases Skylock anti-drone system

December 1, 2021 0

The Kingdom of Morocco is intensifying its purchases of anti-aircraft systems, which have become a threat in terms of their ability to reconnaissance and attack, especially with the difficulty of targeting them using traditional defensive […]

Lockheed Martin to Deliver THAAD Missile Defense to Saudi Arabia in 2023

November 30, 2021 0

Lockheed Martin plans to deliver the first THAAD air defense missile system to Saudi Arabia in 2023, according to information published by Defense News on November 16. The US State Department made a decision approving a […]

Italy deploys SAMP/T air defense system in Kuwait

November 28, 2021 0

The Italian Armed Forces have deployed a batch of SAMP/T air defense missile systems to Kuwait as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the name of the US military’s international military intervention in Iraq, Syria and Libya against […]

Pakistan Successfully Tests Shaheen 1A Ballistic Missiles

November 27, 2021 0

Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile Shaheen-1A. The army said the test flight aimed to revalidate the weapon system’s specific design and technical parameters. Army officials, scientists and […]