Finland plans to add new fighter jets to its military, having earmarked 10 billion euros ($12 billion) to replace its aging fleet of F-18 Hornet aircraft. The Nordic country said Thursday it had received final […]
Egypt received its first order of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters. On February 25, Russia officially announced that Egypt had received five Sukhoi Su-35 advanced multi-role fighter aircraft, the first of an order of 24. […]
PARIS (GDC) — Egypt has signed a contract with France to buy 30 Rafale fighter jets in a deal that investigative website Disclose said was worth 3.75 billion Euros (US$4.5 billion). Egypt’s defence ministry revealed […]
Abu Dhabi, UAE (GDC) — After a busy November full of military drills, not least of which took place at sea, Egypt is continuing its training efforts into December and throughout 2021, sending a message […]
France withheld the sale of the Meteor long-range, air-to-air missile to Egypt in response to a request from Israel, an arms specialist said. That French decision to forego an order for the Meteor missile differed […]
According to the Italian newspaper La Republica, the Italian government is set up to soon approve the MEGA defense deal with Egypt that includes 6 Frigates including 2x confirmed FREMM Bergamini, 24 M-346 trainer jets, […]
Paris has begun the process of designing a replacement for its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, with industrial lead Naval Group saying its successor will be “the biggest warship France has ever built”. French […]
France is considering proposing an alternative to Soviet-era Mikoyan MiG-29 combat aircraft for the Ukrainian Air Force’s future fighter jet, opex360.com reported this week. French military experts also quoted the source saying that French President […]
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to receive three more French-made Dassault Rafale fighters next week and another nine by mid-April, according to reports. The combat aircraft will land at the Ambala airbase in […]
Dassault hit its target of delivering 14 Rafales in 2021, with these transferred to export customer India. In a big boost to Indian Air Force (IAF), the third batch of three Rafale fighter jets landed […]
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