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Iran to Put a Satellite into Geostationary Orbit

Iran to Put a Satellite into Geostationary Orbit
Iran is planning to increase the orbital altitude of its military satellite in the coming years to reach a geosynchronous equatorial orbit of 36,000 kilometres, said an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Command official said. Brigadier General Ali Jafarzadeh, an IRGC commander, said that the importance of this orbital altitude (geostationary-orbit) comes from the fact that it…
  • 15.05.2020
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China’s Navy Back To Conducting Drills

China’s Navy Back To Conducting Drills
Chinese navy will conduct 11 weeks of exercises off the coast of northern China from Thursday. The Shandong aircraft carrier expected to be put through its paces as pandemic eases. These unusually long military exercise in waters off the northern port city of Tangshan aim to catch up on training missed during the coronavirus pandemic. According…
  • 14.05.2020
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Localising US Military Armoured Industry in Saudi Arabia

Localising US Military Armoured Industry in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia announced the establishment of the "Oshkosh Altadrea Manufacturing", which will be the first joint venture specialising in land systems in the Kingdom with a majority-Saudi ownership. This comes as a result of signing an agreement between Oshkosh Defence, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, and Altadrea Manufacturing Co. Saudi Press Agency reported the signing…
  • 14.05.2020
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Ukraine Will Import 3 Weapon Shipments From US this Year

Ukraine Will Import 3 Weapon Shipments From US this Year
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Volodymyr Yelchenko, said that Ukraine is importing at least three shipments of weapons from the United States this year. In his interview with "Den" (The Day) Newspaper, Yelchenko said that: “Last year, we had the first case of direct purchase by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from the…
  • 14.05.2020
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China’s JL-9G Carries Out its First Flight

China’s JL-9G Carries Out its First Flight
Chinese sources have reported that China's carrier Guizhou JL-9G has carried out its first flight on 12 May 2020. Based on these reports that Military Watch sites, it is expected that the single-engine fighter could enter service in the near future. The JL-9 is is a two-seat supersonic fighter-trainer developed by the Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC) for…
  • 13.05.2020
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NASA Purchases a Soyus MS Seat from Roscosmos

NASA Purchases a Soyus MS Seat from Roscosmos
A US astronaut now has a Soyuz MS seat in the Autumn of 2020 based on a contract that has been signed between Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation, and NASA, the American Nationaal Aeronautics and Space Administration. TASS published a quote from the press service of Roscosmos saying that on 12 May 2020 "a…
  • 13.05.2020
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Saudi International Airshow 2021 – Press Release

Saudi International Airshow 2021 – Press Release
Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince SULTAN BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD, Chairman of the Saudi Space Commission Founder and Chairman of Saudi Aviation Club; the Saudi International Airshow, 2nd edition, will be held in Riyadh in February, 2021. The 2019 edition of Saudi International Airshow showed such great success that it…
  • 13.05.2020
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DSA 2020 & NATSEC ASIA 2020 Deferred

DSA 2020 & NATSEC ASIA 2020 Deferred
The Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2020 and NATSEC Asia 2020 exhibitions have been deferred by almost two years to 28 - 31 March 2022. The announcement was made by DSA Exhibition And Conference Sdn. Bhd., the organiser of both events, which have been touted as the largest defence and security exhibitions in Asia. The decision…
  • 12.05.2020
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Turkey is Developing a New UV, the “Small Tank”

Turkey is Developing a New UV, the “Small Tank”
The "small tank"is an armoured vehicle that will join the group of unmanned vehicles developed by the Turkish defence industries with local capabilities, to meet the needs of the security forces and the army in the country, reports Anadolu Agency. The vehicle will have the feature of remote control and self-drivingThe vehicle will be provided…
  • 12.05.2020
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S. Korea: Defence Budget Cuts to Cope with Covid-19 Crisis

S. Korea: Defence Budget Cuts to Cope with Covid-19 Crisis
South Korea is considering more cuts to the defence budget to fund a third round of extra spending to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The South Korean finance ministry recently submitted the amount it is pushing to cut from defence spending this year for the extra budget the government plans to…
  • 12.05.2020
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