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Jan- 2024 -

3 January

Air

A gray Turkish Aerospace Industries Anka-3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle is seen flying above the clouds. The warplane is largely flat-shaped, with its four landing wheels jutting out underneath. The background is a light blue sky, with white clouds reflecting the sun's orange rays below.

Turkey’s Anka-3 Drone Completes Maiden Flight

Turkey's Anka-3 combat drone has passed its first test flight, flying for one hour and 10 minutes and reaching an altitude of 8,000 feet.

Dec- 2023 -

21 December

Sea

The Indian Air Force (IAF)'s newest air defense missile system has passed a series of test fires at Air Force Station Suryalanka. The locally-developed Surface-to-Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) An outline of a ship can be seen on the horizon sailing in calm waters as the sun begins to set. The sky is covered in dark blue clouds, and small pockets of light make the sun's golden rays shine down in the background. The water is dark blue.

Juster Domingo

Netherlands to Spend Up to $274 Million on Seabed Surveillance

The Netherlands will allocate up to $274 million to protect cables and pipelines resting on its coastal seabed.

21 December

Americas

Joe Saballa

General Dynamics Wins $1.3B Canadian Army C4ISR Contracts

General Dynamics has been awarded contracts totaling $1.3 billion to support the Canadian Army’s C4ISR system.

20 December

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justin Wambold, a forward observer assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launches a Skydio X2D, a small unmanned aerial system, to capture overhead imagery during squad attacks as part of Realistic Urban Training exercise at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, Aug. 15, 2023. RUT is a land-based predeployment exercise which enhances the integration and collective capability of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force while providing the 15th MEU an opportunity to train and execute operations in an urban environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker)

Rojoef Manuel

New Zealand Buys Aerial Drones for Army

New Zealand has signed an agreement with three industry partners to procure aerial drones and remote ground sensor solutions for the army.

14 December

Africa

A Thales surveillance system is seen propped up in a grassy plains. It's positioned on the left side of the foreground, with two military personnel in camouflage on the far right in the background. The sky is a clear, cloudless blue.

Juster Domingo

Thales Installs Surveillance System in Spanish Enclave in Morocco

Thales has teamed up with Trablisa to install a surveillance system at the Spanish Civil Guard's Melilla Command in North Africa.

8 December

Air

Ronald Watkins

Irish C295 MSA Surveillance Plane Receives Viasat SATCOM Terminal

Viasat has announced the integration of its secure broadband SATCOM onto an Irish Air Corps’ Airbus C295 MSA aircraft.

8 December

Americas

Joe Saballa

US Army to Launch High-Altitude Spy Balloon Program in 2025

The US Army will soon launch a program to develop a high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform.

7 December

Asia Pacific

This handout photo from Chase Doak shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon over Montana

Staff Writer With AFP

Chinese Balloon Detected Around Taiwan: Defense Ministry

Taiwan's defense ministry said it had detected a Chinese balloon crossing the so-called median line that bisects the sensitive strait separating the island from China.

3 December

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

UK to Start Gaza Surveillance Flights to Help Find Hostages

The UK's military will conduct surveillance flights over Gaza to help locate hostages held by Hamas since its October 7 attack on Israel, Britain's defense ministry confirmed.

1 December

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