Africa

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), visited foreign partners in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Aug. 3, 2022, to hand over 24 Puma Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) at the ATMIS Headquarters. Staff Sgt. Dallin Wrye, Combined Joint Task […]

According to information published by Tactical Report on August 9, 2022, the Egyptian Naval Forces are reportedly in talks with the company ThyssenKrupp to acquire SeaSpider Anti-Torpedo-Torpedo (ATT). “Hardkill” in this sense means a defense system that actively targets the incoming threat torpedo independent of its type or homing functionality with the aim of destroying […]

According to information published by Tactical Report on August 4, 2022, the Egyptian government is reportedly in talks with the Spanish company Navantia to acquire amphibious assault ships and patrol boats. The Egyptian Navy already has two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships, the Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Anwar El Sadat, that respond to the needs […]

As reported by DefenceWeb on July 25, Aero Vodochody has concluded maintenance work on three Nigerian Air Force (NAF) L-39ZA trainer and light attack jets, which have recently returned home: after a two-year overhaul, the three aircraft departed the Czech Republic for Nigeria on 17 July, Key Publishing reports. In 2020, the three L-39ZAs were […]

The Royal Moroccan Air Force has commissioned European aerospace and defence giant Airbus with a fleet of H135 helicopters for primary military training missions. The twin-engine light H135, which is considered a reference model in the segment, will be used by the North African country for pilot training and in “a wide range of demanding […]

According to a tweet from Defense News Nigeria posted on July 16, the Nigerian Army recently received an unspecified number of the British-built FV-107 Scimitar armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicles from Jordan. These Scimitars are part of the second consignment of equipment procured from Jordan. The Nigerian Army has received FV107 Scilitars from Jordan (Picture […]

Egypt will begin local manufacture of K9 self-propelled howitzers next year following an order for hundreds of the systems from South Korea’s Hanwha Defence. Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, Egypt’s minister of state for military production, told Al-Ahram last month that local production will eventually see 67% of components being produced in Egypt. Training workers and equipping […]

The Algerian Air Force has recently acquired four WJ-700 Falcon drones from The Company China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (Casic), a state-owned company dedicated to armaments and aeronautics. Unlike the Wing Loong, which also acquired Casic and carried light ammunition, the Falcons can carry, launch missiles and shoot down air targets at a distance […]

The South African government’s defence and security materiel State-owned enterprise (SOE) Armscor has not been a United Nations (UN) approved vendor since last September. The initiative to ensure collective South African representation on the world body’s list of approved vendors was led by former Armscor chief executive Kevin Wakeford. He saw the move as being […]

Morocco’s armed forces are taking delivery of Sherpa armoured vehicles and VL MICA air defence systems from France following contracts signed some two years ago. It has been reported that the first batch of Sherpa vehicles had arrived in Morocco and were seen being transported to military bases in the North African country. In 2020 […]