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Havelsan and Egypt’s AOI Sign Sales Agreement for Hamza-1 VTOL Drone
Havelsan and Egypt’s AOI Sign Sales Agreement for Hamza-1 VTOL Drone
Angola’s Navy Takes Delivery of Six HT-100 Naval Drones for New Corvette Fleet
Angola’s Navy Takes Delivery of Six HT-100 Naval Drones for New Corvette Fleet
Project Hoefyster: Tracking South Africa’s Badger ICV Programme
Project Hoefyster: Tracking South Africa’s Badger ICV Programme
Egypt Receives First CH-47F Chinook Helicopters
Egypt Receives First CH-47F Chinook Helicopters
Milkor and Safran Sign MoU on UAV Optronics and Navigation Integration
Milkor and Safran Sign MoU on UAV Optronics and Navigation Integration
Hensoldt South Africa Secures 200-Unit KENIS Sensor Order at AAD 2026
Hensoldt South Africa Secures 200-Unit KENIS Sensor Order at AAD 2026
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Havelsan and Egypt’s AOI Sign Sales Agreement for Hamza-1 VTOL Drone

Havelsan and Egypt’s AOI Sign Sales Agreement for Hamza-1 VTOL Drone

Havelsan and Egypt's AOI have signed a sales agreement for the Hamza-1, a jointly developed fixed-wing VTOL drone, moving their partnership from co-development to commercial deliveries and positioning Egypt as...

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Angola’s Navy Takes Delivery of Six HT-100 Naval Drones for New Corvette Fleet

Angola’s Navy Takes Delivery of Six HT-100 Naval Drones for New Corvette Fleet

Angola's Navy has taken delivery of six ANAVIA HT-100 NAVAL unmanned helicopters from the UAE's EDGE Group, its first organic drone capability. The systems will arm three new BR 71...

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Project Hoefyster: Tracking South Africa’s Badger ICV Programme

Project Hoefyster: Tracking South Africa’s Badger ICV Programme

Project Hoefyster, South Africa's programme to replace the Ratel with the Denel-built Badger ICV, has run eighteen years without a delivery. This tracker follows the contract history, delivery status, industrial...

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Egypt Receives First CH-47F Chinook Helicopters

Egypt Receives First CH-47F Chinook Helicopters

The Egyptian Air Force has received the first five of 12 new-generation Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters under a $426 million FMS deal, replacing its Cold War-era CH-47D fleet with...

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Milkor and Safran Sign MoU on UAV Optronics and Navigation Integration

Milkor and Safran Sign MoU on UAV Optronics and Navigation Integration

Milkor Group and Safran Electronics & Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding at AAD 2026 to explore integrating French optronics and navigation systems onto the Milkor 380 and 780 MALE...

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Hensoldt South Africa Secures 200-Unit KENIS Sensor Order at AAD 2026

Hensoldt South Africa Secures 200-Unit KENIS Sensor Order at AAD 2026

Hensoldt South Africa launched its KENIS 1280 AK thermal sensor as a standalone product at AAD 2026 and booked a 200-unit follow-on order from Estonia's HEVI Optronics, taking the counter-drone...

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