Bulgaria has announced plans to modernized its military by 2020 using $1.5 billion to buy new equipment. Half of those money will be used for new fighter jets.
Day: April 22, 2011
NATO says its not running out of munitions for Libyan ops
Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, the chairman of NATO’s military committee, has refuted media reports that stocks of precision guided munitions are running low.
USSOCOM orders more Puma UAS
AeroVironment announced that it has received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order from the U.S. Special Operations Command for new digital Puma‚ All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), initial spares packages and training services on Apr. 11.
Ukraine adopts ATGM with limited anti-air capability
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that it has adopted the Stugna-P anti-tank missile. The laser-guided missile is also capable of hitting low flying, slow aircraft like helicopters.
CVW-5 returns to NAS Atsugi, Japan
After having flown to Guam from Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan to make way for relief operations during the recent earthquake, aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 5 are slowly making their way back.
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