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Stepping Into the Deep End of Maritime Training
ADF STAFF | Photos by CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ARIF PATANI/U.S. NAVY
Participants in exercise Cutlass Express 2024 jump into a swimming pool for diver training in Victoria, Seychelles, on February 29, 2024. Eleven African naval forces…
Djibouti Getting Special Mission Aircraft
ADF STAFF
The Djiboutian Air Force will receive two Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprop aircraft for special missions such as border patrols after a contract award to Textron Aviation.
The contract was placed by U.S. Army Contracting…
Tunisia Upgrades Transport Planes
ADF STAFF
The Tunisian Air Force is upgrading two of its Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The two planes flew to Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore for upgrades by ST Engineering Defence Aviation Services.
The aircraft…
Nigeria to Buy Attack Helicopters
DEFENCEWEB
In a move to improve Nigeria’s air defense capabilities and help uphold regional stability, the country’s military is acquiring 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters.
U.S. manufacturer Bell Textron has been awarded a $455…
Radar System to Give Ghana Full View of SEA
ADF STAFF
A new surveillance system will give Ghana the most complete picture ever of its maritime domain.
The maritime domain monitoring system includes over-the-horizon radars that will let the Ghana Navy see beyond the 370…
Countries Look to Technology, Cooperation to Combat Illicit Weapons
THE EAST AFRICAN
Security chiefs in East and Southern Africa believe new technology and a shared approach are needed to combat arms smuggling.
Delegates from 26 African countries gathered in Nairobi in March 2024 for a regional…