Center for analysis of world arms trade, 17th of May, 2018. The Greek Air Force chose P2002 JF of Italian company Tecnam as a new training aircraft for initial training. It will replace obsolete training aircraft T-41D “Mescalero” of the Cessna Mescalero Company.
The Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine approved intergovernmental agreement with Turkey on military-financial cooperation, which assumes supply by Kiyev of Turkish defense products through loans, which were received from Ankara. This was reported on the 23rd of May by Interfax.
Center for analysis of world arms trade, the 4th of May, 2018. The Excalibur Army, a member of the Czechoslovak Group (CSG), entered into a contract for the supply of restored BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and 122-mm 2C1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
According to information posted on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, the delivery of the main battle tanks (MBT) “Leopard-2A6” for the Finnish Armed Forces is scheduled to be completed in 2019. According to the ministry, another batch of 20 tanks was prepared for their delivery by sea to Finland.
Russia will start deliveries of armament and military technique to Armenia within the new defense loan worth 100 US dollars. This, as “Ria news” says, was reported to journalists in the frame of exhibition ArmHitech-2018 the Deputy General Director of the FS MTC Vladimir Drozhzhov.