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Flapless flight: Successful first flight of ground-breaking BAE Systems MAGMA UAV

BAE Systems and the University of Manchester successfully completed flight trials of MAGMA, a new UAV with a revolutionary blown-air flight…

Fergus Kelly

New UK-based RAF Typhoon squadron will temporarily integrate Qatari personnel

The U.K. is to create a new Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon squadron that will temporarily integrate personnel from Qatar

Fergus Kelly

Did ISIS kill Iraqis with weapons the US gave to Syrian fighters?

ISIS captured European weapons given by the US to Syrian rebels and later used them against the Iraqi Security Forces…

Joanne Stocker

Lebanon to get $120 million in US military aid including ScanEagle drones and helicopters

The United States is to give the Lebanese Armed Forces more than $120 million in additional military aid for border security…

Fergus Kelly

UPDATED ISIS attack on Tanf deconfliction zone repelled by MaT

The U.S.-backed vetted Syrian opposition group Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra (MaT) repelled ISIS attacks on the deconfliction zone near At Tanf…

Fergus Kelly

German parliament extends Afghanistan mission until March

Germany's parliament has agreed to extend the mandate for German troops in Afghanistan until March 2018, backing the three-year-old NATO…

Joanne Stocker

Israel hits Gaza after rocket fire, three wounded

The Israeli air force hit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday lightly wounding three people, after Palestinians fired at southern…

Staff Writer With AFP

Saudi Arabia to buy more than 600 Raytheon-made Joint Standoff Weapons for $302 million

Raytheon has been awarded a $302 million contract to produce 618 AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapon glide bombs for Saudi Arabia

Fergus Kelly

US drone strike targets Al Shabaab in Somalia

A US Africa Command drone strike in Somalia targeted al-Shabaab near the capital Mogadishu, the latest US airstrike against al-Qaeda…

Joanne Stocker

NATO extends Secretary General Stoltenberg’s mandate until 2020

NATO has extended Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's mandate until September 2020, the alliance said

Fergus Kelly