Defense Industry

Insights into defense companies, contracts, and global market trends.

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Egypt Receives First CH-47F Chinook Helicopters From Boeing

Egypt Receives First CH-47F Chinook Helicopters From Boeing

Lead Egypt has taken delivery of the first five of twelve Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, with the handover marked publicly during the second El...

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Azerbaijan and Turkey Start Joint Naval Drone Production

Azerbaijan and Turkey Start Joint Naval Drone Production

Lead Azerbaijan has begun domestic production of two Turkish-designed naval drones, the armed SALVO uncrewed surface vessel and the KAYRA kamikaze surface vessel, at a...

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GE Engine Shortfall Stalls India’s Tejas Mk1A Fighter Rollout

GE Engine Shortfall Stalls India’s Tejas Mk1A Fighter Rollout

New Delhi has begun fining General Electric over years of delayed jet-engine deliveries that are holding up India's most important fighter program, even as the...

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Rosoboronexport Signs $13 Billion in Weapons Deals, Confirms New Su-57E Buyers

Rosoboronexport Signs $13 Billion in Weapons Deals, Confirms New Su-57E Buyers

Rosoboronexport Signs $13 Billion in Weapons Deals, Confirms New Su-57E Buyers Russia's state arms trader Rosoboronexport says it signed export contracts worth more than $13...

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China Deepens Military Aviation Ties With Kazakhstan as Russia Moves to Revise Defense Pacts

China Deepens Military Aviation Ties With Kazakhstan as Russia Moves to Revise Defense Pacts

Open-source imagery and specialist defense reporting show Kazakhstan has begun operating a Chinese Shaanxi Y-9E military transport aircraft and is reportedly negotiating for Hongdu K-8...

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Egypt, Turkey Sign MoU on Joint Explosives Production

Egypt, Turkey Sign MoU on Joint Explosives Production

Egypt and Turkiye have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and produce explosives, the most concrete step yet in a defense-industrial partnership that...

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Nigerian Firm BabaSky Unveils Integrated Counter-Drone System to Army, Air Force

Nigerian Firm BabaSky Unveils Integrated Counter-Drone System to Army, Air Force

Lead: BabaSky Technologies, the defense-technology subsidiary of Nigeria’s UNICCON Group, has demonstrated an integrated counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) to senior officers of the Nigerian Army...

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American Rheinmetall Delivers First Lynx XM30 Prototype in Bradley Replacement Race

American Rheinmetall Delivers First Lynx XM30 Prototype in Bradley Replacement Race

American Rheinmetall has delivered the first of eight Lynx XM30 prototypes to the U.S. Army, putting hardware into government testing in the competition to replace...