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Saab rolls out first GlobalEye early warning aircraft, destined for UAE

Sweden's Saab rolled out its first Bombardier Global 6000 jet-based GlobalEye swing-role early warning aircraft featuring the new Erieye ER long-range radar

Fergus Kelly

EU to double support for joint Sahel security force with €50 million contribution

The European Union is set to double its contribution to the G5 Sahel joint force, a multinational counter-terrorism force in West…

Joanne Stocker

Turkey says armed unmanned ground vehicles to be used in Efrin operation

Turkey's armed forces will use armed unmanned ground vehicles during its Operation Olive Branch in Efrin, Syria, a government department…

Fergus Kelly

The Defense Post Digest #1

A collection of The Defense Post's recent favorites from around the site and around the web. In the past week…

Staff Writer With AFP

Lithuania to deploy special operations forces to Afghanistan in NATO train and assist role

Lithuania is to deploy special operations forces to Afghanistan in a train and assist role in support of NATO's Resolute Support…

Fergus Kelly

US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 4 near Jamaame, Africom says

An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed four fighters on February 21, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said.

Staff Writer With AFP

BAE profits fall, counts on government defense spending

British military equipment manufacturer BAE Systems announced a drop in annual net profit on Thursday but said it expected government…

Staff Writer With AFP

Basque separatist group ETA puts dissolution to vote

Basque militant separatist group ETA has put its proposed dissolution to an internal vote, according to extracts of a letter…

Staff Writer With AFP

India conducts night flight test of Prithvi-II short range missile, second missile test in 2 days

India conducted a successful night flight test of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II short-range missile at the Integrated Test Range…

Fergus Kelly

US approves $259 million sale of 4 King Air 350ER ISR planes to Kuwait

The U.S. Department of State approved the possible $259 million sale of four Sierra Nevada King Air 350ER Intelligence, Surveillance, and…

Joanne Stocker