by | Jul 21, 2022 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea, and WARSAW, Poland — Korean defense companies Hyundai Rotem, Korea Aerospace Industries and Hanwha Defense expect to sign a memorandum of understand on July 27 with the Polish Ministry of Defense for wide-ranging weapon exports, officials here...
by | Jul 21, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. and Dutch militaries signed an agreement Wednesday in the Netherlands to work together on future vertical lift programs, according to a statement from the U.S. Army. FVL is a plan to design and manufacture a generation of helicopters ― and other...
by | Jul 21, 2022 | Security
SEOUL — South Korea will buy 20 more F-35A fighter jets from the United States, as a part of its F-X project focused on acquiring foreign stealth fighter jets from 2023 to 2028. The nation’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration’s promotion committee, led by...
by | Jul 20, 2022 | Security
In the two weeks since ambassadors from all NATO member states signed the accession protocols for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, approximately half of the member countries have now ratified the decision. But as countries such as Hungary, Turkey, and the...
by | Jul 20, 2022 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — The Czech government has decided to launch negotiations with the United States to buy 24 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets for the country’s Air Force. The aircraft are to replace the 14 Saab JAS 39 Gripens currently operated by the Czech military,...
by | Jul 19, 2022 | Security
SEOUL — Korea Aerospace Industries and the country’s Air Force on Tuesday confirmed the first successful test flight of Seoul’s indigenous 4.5th-generation fighter jet, the KF-21 “Boramae.” The test puts South Korea on the map as the world’s eighth country to have...
by | Jul 19, 2022 | Security
ANKARA — Turkey’s defense and aerospace exports in the first half of 2022 reached a record high of almost $2 billion, up 48 percent from the same period in 2021, official statistics revealed on July 19. According to the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM), Turkish...
by | Jul 19, 2022 | Security
JERUSALEM — The U.S. Marine Corps has successfully tested an air-defense package incorporating Israel’s Iron Dome Tamir missile, according to Israel’s Ministry of Defense. “This test has proven the Iron Dome Tamir interceptor and associated ground components can be...
by | Jul 18, 2022 | Security
SIEGEN, Germany — European Union member nations must soon deliver shopping lists of weapons and ammunitions expended in Ukraine that they want Brussels to help restock, according to EU and industry officials. The July 25 deadline would kick off the first cycle of a...
by | Jul 15, 2022 | Security
Rome — Italy’s F-35 final assembly line has been qualified to start offering maintenance to European jets and this month received its first customer: a Norwegian F-35. The Norwegian fighter flew in July 4 after the facility at Cameri in northern Italy achieved full...
