Airbus and South African flight training provider ALT Academy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 16 September 2026 at...

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, told Bangladesh's High Commissioner to Nigeria that the Nigerian Army...

Uganda hosted the first African Chiefs of Defence Forces Conference on Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) from October 5...

Nigeria's Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd), told the head of US Army Southern European Task Force, Africa that...

Airbus used a newly delivered Angolan C295 maritime surveillance aircraft at Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2026 to pitch the...

On September 20, 2026, during an official 3-day visit to Ostrava, which encompassed participation in the Czech Air Force Days...

On 27 August 2026, Kenyan and US forces held their first combined, installation-wide base defence exercise (BDEX) at Manda Bay...

The 21st iteration of Exercise Phoenix Express concluded on September 18, 2026, at La Goulette Naval Base in Tunisia. A...

South African defense company Milkor Group and France’s Safran Electronics & Defense signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the...

On September 10, 2026, Italy’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Luciano Portolano, met his Libyan counterpart, Lieutenant General Salah...

Since 2025, the Turkish Navy has kept a rotating team based in Dakar to fly regular search, rescue, and surveillance...

Turkey’s state defense manufacturer, Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE), has opened its first company in Africa, a Cairo-based subsidiary...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expanded its fleet with five new helicopters, receiving three Leonardo AW109 Trekker B aircraft...

The Egyptian Air Force took delivery of its first five Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters this month, with the handover...

Morocco has finalized a contract to buy 10 H225M Caracal helicopters from Airbus Helicopters, giving the Royal Moroccan Air Force...

Algeria has become the first foreign customer to field Russia's Su-57E stealth fighter, and it is now adding long-range Su-34M...

The Nigerian Navy and the Portuguese Navy opened a five-day joint exercise, codenamed Coastal Grip II, on Friday at Nigerian...

On Friday, August 28, 2026, a senior Ugandan military official confirmed that all Ugandan forces are scheduled to conclude their...

On Thursday, August 27, 2026, the Nigerian Army and China's state-owned defense giant, NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation), officially launched...

On August 23, 2026, Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) J-16 fighters flew mock air-to-air combat against Egyptian Air...

Botswana and the United States wrapped up Exercise Southern Accord 2026 on 15 August 2026, closing 6 days of joint...

On August 15, 2026, Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka confidently affirmed that Ugandan forces would remain in Somalia through an independent...

A high-level Nigerian defence delegation, led by Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, concluded a two-day strategic...

New footage of a rolled-out Il-78MK-90A aerial refueling tanker, built in export configuration, points to Algeria as the aircraft's most...

Algeria donated four military helicopters and associated equipment to Niger on 9 August 2026. The transfer was a significant new...