KAAN Shakes the Middle East: The Impact of Saudi Arabia's Purchase of Turkish Fighter Jets

Saudi Arabia's move to acquire 100 KAAN fighter jets from Turkey is not just a typical arms deal. This strategic decision has the potential to reshape the military power landscape in the Middle East, bringing significant impacts to regional dynamics.The KAAN purchase significantly strengthens Saudi Arabia's air defense posture....

F-35 for UAE?

illustration Pentagon and State Department officials threw cold water on any notions of U.S. ally the United Arab Emirates (UAE) potentially getting the Lockheed Martin F-35 this week at the Dubai Air Show, as America’s flagship fifth-generation fighter jet made its first appearance at the Middle Eastern expo. Talk of the Gulf...

Saudi Arabia to Receive Thunder-2 Ballistic Missile System in 2022

illustration The Saudi Arabia’s military is expected to receive new mobile Thunder-2 short-range ballistic missile system in 2022. Saudi Arabia is in the middle of receiving first components of the Thunder-2 ballistic missile, which has been jointly developed by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Ukrainian...

India’s Outgunned Russia And Saudi Arabia as The World’s Fourth-Largest Defense Spender

India has broken into the world top-five defense spenders’ club. Asia’s third-largest economy spent $50.6 billion in 2016, up from $46.6 billion last year. India now has the fourth-largest defense budget, followed by Saudi Arabia and Russia, according to the 2016 Jane’s Defense Budgets Report, released by research firm IHS Markit...

Saudi to host biggest air defence symposium

The Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) has announced plans to host the International Symposium on Air Defense 2020+ (ISAD2020+), a world first in air and missile defence, in Jeddah. The first-ever official international Saudi Arabian defence symposium, ISAD2020+ will be held at the Air Defense Forces Institute, Jeddah from April...

X-47 Pegasus UCAV

DARPA is the central research and development organization for the U.S. Department of Defense. DARPA’s mission is to maintain the technological superiority of the U.S. military and prevent technological surprise from harming our national security. We fund researchers in industry, universities, government laboratories and elsewhere...

Boeing Rolls Out the New Phantom Eye HALE Drone

Four months after beginning the construction of the first Phantom Eye technology demonstrator, the company rolled out the completed aircraft from the Phantom Works workshops at St. Louis. The unmanned, high altitude, long endurance (HALE) platform powered by two liquid-hydrogen engines. The twin-engine Phantom Eye demonstrator will...

China's J-15 carrier-based fighter in flight test

The Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark is a carrier-based fighter aircraft that is in development by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and the 601 Institute for the PLAN's future aircraft carriers. Rumors initially claimed that the aircraft was to be a semi-stealth vari...

India: Missile defence system to be test fired in August

The indigenously developed ballistic missile defence system will be test fired in August this year, a top defence official said today. "Now the (ballistic missile defence system) test is going to be conducted in the month of August during which we will try to intercept a missile at altitudes of 15-20 kilometres," DRDO chief V K Saraswat...

Bahrain: Asry's ship repair sales top $59m

Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (Asry) said its ship repair sales reached $59.423 million for the first five months of the year with 82 vessels repaired. At the 120th board meeting of the company on Wednesday, the directors were updated on progress on the $188m expansion programme, which, among other things, will see a...

Hwasong- 5 ballistic missiles of UAE

In 1989 the DPRK concluded an arms sales agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The $160 million deal included 25 Hwasong 5 missiles, self-propelled artillery, multiple-rocket launchers, and munitions. The Hwasong 5 was the first ballistic missile to reach true production status within the DPRK. In comparison to the prototypes,...

Russia woos saudis to buy weapons

Russia hopes to use its newly-expanded cooperation with Saudi Arabia for a series of joint defense ventures Saudi Arabia is close to buy Russian arms and military equipment worth some $2 billion (€1.4 billion), a Russian defence industry source was quoted by Interfax on Saturday. The news agency reported that the unnamed source said...

Saudi to deal with US on a long-pending request for as many as 72 F-15 Eagle tactical fighters

Abdullah and Obama met a year ago in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, the day before Obama's Cairo address to the Muslim world, at a time when the US was seeking inducements to Israel from the Arab world to move peace negotiations forward. Analysts said the Saudis would be keen to talk about US-driven new nuclear sanction over Iran,...

Kuwait gives approval for military salary increases

At its latest meeting on Sunday, the Kuwaiti cabinet reviewed a report from the Supreme Defense Council concerning salary increases for military and security personnel, approving all the requested pay rises. The issue will shortly be discussed in parliament, where MPs are expected to approve the increases.The meeting also featured discussion...

5 leaders suggest Arab peacekeeping role

Five Arab leaders meeting in Libya recommended Monday that Arab nations to prepare a military force to take part in peacekeeping missions, according to a statement at the end of the meeting.The one-day mini-summit also recommended holding two full Arab League summits every year. Issues would be discussed and recommendations would be...

Sudan to Become Africa's Largest Producer of Military Weapons Technology, Planes

Military Industry Corporation The ever first plant for defense industries in Sudan was opened in 1960, to produce ammunitions for light weapons. However, the preparations for the creation of an inclusive Military Industrial Corporation started in the early 1990s. It has been officially established by a Transitional Decree in 1993,...