Air Warfare

Algeria orders Aksungur UAV

11th October 2022

Algeria is set to become the first export customer to use the Turkish-made Aksungur MALE UAV in North Africa.

Defence Notes

LOM PRAHA overhauls Algerian trainer aircraft engines

9th June 2022

Algeria sends engines for its Zlin trainer aircraft to the Czech Republic for MRO work.

Air Warfare

Tensions flare as Morocco and Algeria consider new fighter jets

6th January 2022

A new arms race is brewing in North Africa, as both Morocco and Algeria look to procure the most advanced fighter jets available.

Air Warfare

Algeria receives MiG-29M batch

29th October 2020

Algeria ordered 14 MiG-29M/M2 aircraft in 2019

Training

Adacel completes ATC simulator project in Algeria

20th June 2018

Adacel Systems has completed installation and site acceptance testing for an air traffic control (ATC) simulation system and intelligent communications environment (ICE) training system in …

Defence Helicopter

AgustaWestland begins flying first Algerian AW101

6th November 2009

AgustaWestland has begun test flying the first AW101 for the Algerian Armed Forces. The aircraft, marked as G-17-610 and painted in primer, is understood to …

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Aksungur [Algeria]

Programme Background Algerian media outlets reported in early October 2022 that the Algerian Air Force had acquired six Aksungur UAVs from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). Forecast Methodology ...

ISR/special mission

MC-27J - Algeria

Programme Background Algeria has a long standing ISR aircraft requirement to support its Beech 1900 fleet comprised of six aircraft. The new ISR fleet is ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Wing Loong II (Algeria)

Programme Background In September 2021, Mena Defence reported that the Algerian Air Force had placed an order for 24 Wing Loong II from China. The report ...

Fighter - multirole

Multirole Fighter (Algeria)

Programme Background According to media reports, the Algerian Air Force placed an order in August 2018 for 18 Su-35 fighter jets to be procured from ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Aksungur [Angola]

Programme Background In mid-March 2023, Ömer Yıldız, Deputy General Manager of TAI, told CNN TÜRK, a localised variant of the American channel CNN, that Angola ...

Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers

SPO-10

The GosNRTI SPO-10 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) outfits the MiG-25RB (NATO reporting name Foxbat) reconnaissance aircraft flown by the Algerian Air Force and the Syrian ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

United 40 Block-5

The United 40 was unveiled at the Dubai Airshow 2011 and is a MALE UAV with a twin-wing configuration and a hybrid turbine-electric engine. The ...

Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming

SPS-141 Siren

The SPS-141 Siren is a radar jamming system which equips the MiG-25RB reconnaissance aircraft. The SPS-141 is thought to have been developed in two configurations; the ...

Fighter - air superiority, Fighter - multirole

Su-35

The Su-35 (NATO reporting name Flanker-E) is a single-seat multirole air superiority fighter developed as the latest variant of the Su-27 Flanker family. Production of ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Aksungur

The Aksungur is a twin-engined MALE UAS manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for the Turkish Armed Forces. TAI completed the platform's maiden flight on 20 March ...

Fighter - air superiority

MiG-29

The MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is an air superiority fighter aircraft designed to engage air targets in any weather, day and night.  The production ...

Transport

Il-76MD

The Il-76MD is a further development of the baseline Il-76M military transport aircraft. When compared to the baseline platform, upgraded structural elements have resulted in ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Wing Loong II

Designed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the Wing Loong II, or Wing Loong 2, is the second ...