Chad orders additional Ara MRAP
Chad's Ministry of Defence has placed an order for an additional 20 Proforce Ara MRAP at an undisclosed amount. The...
Ekene Lionel is the founder, Editor-in-Chief and Director of Military Africa and Unmanned Africa, the Abuja-based defence publications covering land, air and naval developments, the defence industry and security across the continent. Since 2016 he has written more than 900 articles for Military Africa on African air forces, navies, armies and procurement, alongside opinion and analysis columns, and he reports from major international defence exhibitions.
Chad's Ministry of Defence has placed an order for an additional 20 Proforce Ara MRAP at an undisclosed amount. The...
After signing a partnership agreement to manufacture surveillance drones, French AERACCESS and Nigeria's Proforce has signed a memorandum of understanding to...
The Kingdom of Morocco has been offered the entire Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the United Arab Emirates. The United...
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crashed in Kaduna, Kaduna State on Tuesday evening. The Super Mushshak...
Alkali MRAP; a new product designed by Nigeria's DICON/NAVMC has been developed to cater for the protection of troops against...
The Royal Moroccan Army (RMA) is seeking a replacement for its entire armoured vehicle inventory which is deemed too old...
The United States government has approved the sale of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopter to Nigeria, valued at almost $1 billion....
India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a contract with the Nigerian Army for further helicopter pilot training. The...
Update: the Nigerian Navy is no longer acquiring the MBDA's SIMBAD-RC air defence system. To plug the capability gap in...
French shipyard Piriou has launched the first of three missile-armed OPV 58S offshore patrol vessel for Senegal’s Navy, the Walo....
The European Union is ending some of it's military training commitments in Mali due to continued cooperation between Russian mercenaries...
Nigeria's Proforce Defence and French drone company Aeraccess has signed a partnership agreement to manufacture surveillance drones. The agreement which...
Two Royal Canadian Navy warships HMCS Moncton and Goose Bay are in West Africa, to participate in the multinational exercise...
On 30th March the Malian armed forces (FAMa) received two Mi-24P Hind-F attack helicopters and a sole P-18 early warning...
Nigerian Navy’s new Landing Ship Tank (LST), NNS Kada, an LST 100 class vessel is on it's way home after...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has indicated interest in procuring a number of aircraft from Airbus including C-295 tactical transport....
Military senior leaders from the U.S. Army and over 40 African countries attended the 10th African Land Forces Summit, (ALFS)...
Nigerian Troops deployed under Operation Desert Sanity have found the wreckage of an Alpha Jet aircraft in Sambisa Forest, Borno...
Nigeria's top defence solutions provider, Proforce Intelligence Systems Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Agency...
China's efforts to increase its economic and military footprint in Africa appear to be gaining momentum as Beijing intends to...
The United States Navy Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Dakar, Senegal following their participation...
Nigér has placed an order for Ejder Yalçins armoured vehicles from Turkey’s Nurol Makina, in addition to Bayraktar TB2 unmanned...
Obangame Express (OE22), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa kicked off its 11th year with 32 participating nations...
Israel Shipyards has announced on 15 March that it has signed an agreement with an undisclosed African customer to supply...
Nigeria's Minister of Defence Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi, (rtd) has restated the Federal government’s commitment to promote Cybernetics in...