Defense

UAE defense companies are showing off systems that if fielded could move the country into the category of makers of large autonomous combat aircraft.

Russia’s Roscosmos Space Corp. has rescheduled the launch of the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spaceship to the International Space Station to an earlier date.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Feb. 21 that his country would formally suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty.

The future of access to space may lie with equatorial launch sites that could make launch windows a thing of the past.

With royal approval for the record-breaking IDEX and NAVDEX event in Abu Dhabi, the opening day saw multi-billion deals confirmed.

UK company Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has appointed of Chris Walton as managing director of Marshall Middle East.

MD Helicopters’ senior director of sales, Steve Suttles, is enthusiastic about the company’s latest military product, the Cayuse Warrior Plus light scout, reconnaissance, and attack helicopter.

Edge’s new Halcon Systems Reach-S uncrewed aerial vehicle is on display equipped with four 30kg Desert Sting-16 munitions.

Raytheon Emirates has plans to establish a local final assembly, integration and test line for the Coyote counter-UAS interceptor within the Tawazun Industrial Park.

Bell Textron has completed the AH-1Z programme of record (POR) for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Satellite developers are pitting themselves against each other to provide a sovereign, resilient military satcom capability for Australia's JP9102 requirement.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been widely criticized for moving too slowly in spending the €100 billion committed to recapitalizing the Bundeswehr.

President Biden promised further deliveries of lethal aid and equipment to Ukraine as he made a surprise trip to Kyiv on Feb. 20.

Marketed as an aircraft designed to conduct humanitarian operations, AVIC's 60-tonne AG600 is also expected to serve the People’s Liberation Army.

As IDEX opens its doors for its 30th anniversary show, it does so with an impressive set of numbers.

EDGE has unveiled new cutting-edge unmanned and autonomous solutions with enhanced capabilities for application across air, land, and maritime domains.

Denel is exhibiting its range of defence and technology products at IDEX 2023.

Organised by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI), the KSA Pavilion at IDEX 2023 was inaugurated on the opening day of the show today.

The Airbus Helicopters AS565SB Panther helicopters of the UAE’s Joint Aviation Command (JAC) have long been a popular feature of IDEX exhibitions and Dubai Airshows'.

The TAI Aksungur is a twin-engined medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) and uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed from the Anka-S.

Winning the prize for the most unexpected exhibit at IDEX this year is the Kamov Ka-62 helicopter.

North Korea has announced the successful execution of an unplanned firing drill that saw a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile.

The Russian Progress MS-21 resupply capsule completed a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

The International Defence Conference (IDC) kicked off today in Abu Dhabi, ahead of IDEX and NAVDEX 2023.

“Artificial intelligence is now being adopted by many of the UAE’s military,” said Col Staff Pilot Abdulnasir Mohamed al Hameedi. Alan Warnes reports.