Middle East

The quiet confirmation from Cairo that it would not finalize the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighters took few by surprise—not because of the decision itself, as many observers had already deduced the batch was bound for another North African client—but because of the reasons cited.

On October 27th a number of Middle East outlets reported that during anti-HAMAS operations in and around Gaza IDF uncovered caches of European and US-made military hardware (АТ-4, NLAW rocket launchers) supposedly originated from Ukraine.

As part of our European tour, we had the pleasure of visiting the factories of John Cockerill Defence in Liege, Belgium, a company that is very well known in the Africa and Middle East region, but also in South-East Asia and Latin America, for the quality of their turrets and their ability to adapt to the demands of different customers.

Russian Helicopters was present in force with six aircraft at the Dubai Air Show, and its CEO told the Tass agency that it was visited by numerous delegations.

It is scandal that was revealed by the investigative NGO Disclose and that directly accuses the French Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM) of complicity in extrajudicial executions against Egyptian smugglers. An affair that lasted five years that demonstrates the ambiguous relations between Paris and Cairo on the background of arms contracts.

Negotiations are reportedly underway between the Qatari Ministry of Defense, accompanied by Barzan Holding, and the Turkish companies Aselsan and Roketsan for the supply of Hisar air defense systems.

After breaking the rules by surprisingly displaying a mockup of an affordable stealth aircraft aimed at the export market during the Moscow MAKS exhibition, and after the controversy surrounding its absence from the exhibition organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Army 2021, Sukhoi is embracing its risk-taking and laying the groundwork for the new Checkmate project, which seems to ...

Mi-28NE attack helicopter manufactured by “Russian Helicopters” Holding Company (Rostec State Corporation) made its first demonstration flight as a part of the flight program at Dubai Airshow 2021 international exhibition. Guests and participants had the opportunity to enjoy complex aerobatics of the combat helicopter with the unique maneuverability.