The Pentagon has awarded AeroVironment a $19 million contract on Apr. 12 to deliver RQ-20 Puma AE systems to Ukraine.
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Nigeria cleared to buy the AH-1Z but armed with rockets instead of Hellfire missiles
The Biden administration has cleared the potential sale of 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters to Nigeria. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on the Foreign Military Sale on Apr. 14.
Anka UCAV has a naval mine-hunting radar now
Turkey has equipped its Anka unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to detect naval mines.
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Italy expressed interest in joining Japan’s F-X fighter program
Visiting Italian defense minister Lorenzo Guerini told his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi that Italy is interested in the development of Japan’s next generation F-X fighter program.
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Russia claims to have destroyed S-300PMU system donated by Slovakia
The Russian Ministry of Defense says it launched Kalibr cruise missiles at a hangar in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro and destroyed four S-300PMU launchers concealed inside. It says those were the S-300 donated by Slovakia to Ukraine.
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