French Defence Minister Florence Parly said Paris will dispatch its sole aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the Indian Ocean next year, to defend freedom of navigation.
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Belgium could decide on F-16’s successor by end of this month
Reuters is saying that Belgium will pick the winner of its fighter competition by end of this month.
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USN stood up first UAS test and evaluation squadron
The U.S. Navy’s first Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) test and evaluation squadron was ‘stood up” at Patuxent River’s Webster Outlying Field on Oct. 18.
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AIDC delivers first F-16V to RoCAF
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) has delivered the first upgraded F-16V to the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) on Oct. 19.
UAE has shown interest in Akash
UAE Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi Al Falacy was in India recently and he has indicated that the Gulf state is interested in the Akash air defense missile system.
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