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Saab to build Carl-Gustaf M4 in India

Saab will begin production of the Carl-Gustaf M4 from its site in Jhajjar in Haryana next year, with the first-ever 100 percent ownership of a venture by a foreign manufacturer in India. The production is intended to largely service the Indian Army-requirements with additional potential for exports.

Embraer C-390 takes 7th win in South Korea

Depiction of a Republic of Korea Air Force Embraer C-390 | Image: Embraer Defense & Security

The Republic of Korea has selected the Brazilian Embraer C-390 for its transport aircraft requirement for an order estimated to be approximately worth USD 540 million. The C-390 was competing against the Lockheed Martin C-130J and the Airbus A400M, in a contest similar to the ongoing airlifter requirement of the Indian Air Force.

Embraer C-390 at the Dubai Airshow 2023

Here’s your chance to check out the capabilities of the Embraer C-390 airlifter, with Chief Commercial Officer of Embraer Defense and Security, Frederico Lemos, guiding a tour of the aircraft at the Dubai Airshow 2023.

Boeing F-15 at the Dubai Airshow 2023

Boeing F-15 Chief Pilot, Matt Giese and Executive Director, Robert Novotny explain the capabilities of the latest F-15EX variant and describe how they flew the F-15QA in a display at the Dubai Airshow 2023, in this special video report on the fighter aircraft.

German journalists ‘threatened’ by Israeli troops in West Bank

The logo of the German broadcasting television network ARD is pictured on the facade of the ARD capital city studio in Berlin's government district. Israeli soldiers in the West Bank threatened and detained a team of journalists from the German public broadcaster ARD, the network reported on Sunday evening | File Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

Israeli soldiers in the West Bank threatened and detained a team of journalists from the German public broadcaster ARD, the network reported on Sunday evening. The soldiers behaved extremely aggressively towards the journalists and weapons were aimed into the team’s vehicle on several occasions, ARD said. Bavarian Rundfunk, the ARD member station that operates the network’s Tel Aviv studio, described the incident as an attack on press freedom.

Updated: Man arrested, flights resume after Hamburg Airport drama

After many hours, the police were able to end the hostage situation at Hamburg Airport | Photo: Jonas Walzberg/dpa

Flights at Hamburg’s airport returned to normal schedule on Monday morning, hours after police managed to end a lengthy hostage stand-off with an armed man without bloodshed. The airport said security measures will be overhauled and physical barriers strengthened after the armed man managed to drive his car onto the runway apron on Sunday, forcing a halt to air traffic.

Russia unveils new Argus underwater drone
| The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle concept can operate in swarms to map the seabed and monitor undersea infrastructure like oil and gas pipelines

Depiction of the Argus Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) concept | Source: Rubin Design Bureau

Russia’s Rubin Design Bureau has developed the multi-mission, unmanned submersible for surveys, mapping, search and salvage operations, monitoring and sentry duties, with potentially indefinite endurance capabilities and expandable or customisable payloads depending on mission requirements.

Airbus delivers first C-295 to India
| The aircraft is the first in an order for 56 C-295 transport aircraft to replace the Avro 748 aircraft of the Indian Air Force with final delivery by August 2031

The first Indian Air Force C-295 | Source: Airbus Defence and Space

According to Airbus, ‘The first 16 C295s of the 56 aircraft on order will be assembled at the San Pablo Sur site in Seville, Spain, with the second aircraft due to be delivered in May 2024 and the next 14 rolled out at a rate of one per month until August 2025.’

New CIA video to tutor Russian sources on tradecraft
| It's rather less than expected with no dead-drops, brush-pasts or secret radios

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has published a new video to instruct potential Russian sources on how to get in touch with them. As such, the 1 minute and 34 seconds-long video is subdued as it begins — from the background music and narrator’s voice, it could be an advertisement for a new insurance policy or investment fund offered by a Swiss bank.