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12 June

Germany Plans Revamped Military Service Model: Sources

Germany is planning a new military service model as the country looks to revamp its depleted armed forces in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, parliamentary sources said.

12 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Azerbaijan Says Russian Peacekeepers Have Completed Withdrawal

Russian peacekeepers completed their withdrawal from Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Baku recaptured last year from Armenian separatists, officials in Baku said.

12 June

A missile from the Patriot missile system takes off in the middle of a field. The red missile is seen beginning to blast off, leaving a trail of smoke behind and a jet of white-orange flames. The background is a calm and blue body of water that stretches to the horizon, and a light-blue, cloudless sky.

Staff Writer With AFP

Washington to Send New Patriot Missile System to Ukraine: US Media

The United States will send another Patriot missile air defense system to Ukraine in the coming days, US media reported.

11 June

A black drone is seen hovering above. It has four propellers, each of them attached to the end of its four "limbs". The background is a gloomy sky covered with dark white clouds.

Juster Domingo

Three Spanish Firms Team to Develop New Anti-Drone System

Spanish firms Escribano, Indra, and TRC have signed an agreement to develop a new counter-unmanned aircraft system (c-UAS) for Spain.

11 June

A Thales ControlMaster 200 is seen displayed in front of a building with window panes in gray, light green, and dark green colors. The system's truck is painted in deep green and brown camouflage colors. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen walking on the bottom left side of the image with two other people wearing suits.

Juster Domingo

Thales to Deliver Second Air Defense System to Ukraine

Thales has signed a deal with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence to deliver a second complete air defense system.

11 June

Joe Saballa

Ukraine to Keep F-16s Abroad to Protect From Russian Strikes: Official

Ukraine plans to store some of its F-16 fighter jets abroad to protect them from potential Russian strikes.

11 June

Pictured: Members of the Pathfinder Platoon, 16 Air Assault brigade provide all round protection in RWMIK’s whilst the RAF ATLAS C.1 performs touch & go landings at Pembrey Sands beach. The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested how they can insert behind enemy lines in aircraft landing on impromptu runways. Mounted in heavily armed RWMIK patrol vehicles, troops from Pathfinders - the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade - were delivered onto Pembrey Sands in southwest Wales from an RAF ATLAS C.1 (A400M) aircraft. With the beach’s vast expanse exposed at low tide, the aircraft swooped in to land on an area that Pathfinders had identified as firm and large enough to land on and marked for the pilots. With its four engines still running, the aircraft dropped its back ramp for the vehicles to drive off, and then took off after being on the ground for the shortest possible time. The rising tide covered all evidence that the aircraft had ever been there, while Pathfinders quickly moved off into the Welsh countryside. In military jargon this is known as a Rapid Air Landing (RAL) on a Temporary Landing Zone (TLZ). For the aircraft of the RAF’s Air Mobility Force to be able to conduct these operations gives greater flexibility in how troops can be delivered on to an operation, in a more covert way and without being restricted to permanent runways that can be defended by enemy troops. Pathfinders are trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines and work in small patrols, either in vehicles or on foot, to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning. A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter or aircraft. Alongside their primary reconnaissance role, Pathfinders provide a highly mobile strike force to support 16 Air Assault Bde missions by carrying out raids on high value targets or feints in supp

Rojoef Manuel

Babcock, Hobson to Boost Availability of British Army Ground Vehicles

Babcock has partnered with Hobson Industries to increase the availability of the British Army’s ground vehicles.

11 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Norway to Start Assembling Leopard 2 Tanks

Norway, which has ordered 54 German-made Leopard 2 tanks, will assemble 37 of them on Norwegian soil and potentially assemble tanks for other countries.

11 June