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Brazil Prepares International Competition for Armed Recon Vehicle May 27, 2022 | Defense News Brazil is beginning the acquisition process for an eight-wheeled armored recon vehicle. China's NORINCO has reportedly expressed its interest in the acquisition and offered the ST1 system.
Argentine Air Force Tests JF-17 Warplanes May 24, 2022 | Merco Press This article highlights that "a delegation of Argentine Air Force (FAA) officers has visited China's National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) to further evaluate that country's JF-17 Thunder jets for a possible purchase."
China Hones Its Air Combat Skills With Help From Renegade Western Pilots May 23, 2022 | Intelligence Online A small South African firm known as the Test Flight Academy of South Africa, in partnership with AVIC, "recruits former Western air force pilots by offering them attractive salaries and then sends them to China." The article highlights that this can "enable China's PLA, which is looking to obtain skills and information from the Western armed forces."
McKinsey & Co. Worked With Russian Weapons Maker Even As It Advised Pentagon May 21, 2022 | NBC News While consulting for the DoD and U.S. intelligence community, consulting firm McKinsey and Co. had Russia's state-owned military-industrial corporation Rostec as a client. McKinsey also reportedly has a singificant presence in China, working with state-owned enterprises there, as well.
Not "Business As Usual": The Chinese Military's Visit to Iran May 16, 2022 | Middle East Institute This report on relations between Beijing and Tehran highlights "troubling trendlines" in areas like "arms transfers; drone, dual-use, and missile technologies; and cyber and intelligence capabilities." The piece notes that "Iran's defense industry continues to show interest in Chinese weapons, specifically fighter jets," and says that a "jets-for-energy barter is not out of the question."
Circuit Breakers: Securing Europe's Green Energy Supply Chains May 12, 2022 | Rhodium Group Europe's "reliance on China for the energy technologies of the future poses a similar problem" to its reliance on Russian oil and gas. The article highlights several deals in Europe, including "the largest wind farm in Croatia opened in the coastal town of Senj, constructed and run by Chinese company Norinco International." The article highlights that NORINCO "which is providing both capital and hardware, is not only a Chinese state-owned industrial giant, but also a major defence company and supplier of weapons and equipment to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army."
Australia's Huge Snub to China and Russia As the Country Rips Up Their Invites to a Major Weapons Summit May 10, 2022 | Daily Mail Australia's Navy "banned China and Russia from a major international military summit in a bitter snub amid rising tensions with the two powers." This expo was the "Indo Pacific 2022 International Maritime Exposition...with arms dealers from more than 700 defence companies across the globe showing off the latest cutting-edge Navy technology."
How China Supplies Russia's Military May 09, 2022 | The Diplomat The article discusses a conversation with a senior international relations lecturer at the University of South Wales, Sydney that describes the history of Chinese-Russian military cooperation and how this relationship has grown more interdependent and reciprocal since 2014. While China has imported a number of Russian defense systems, Russia and China are now collaborating on a number of joint production programs such as "aircraft engines and anti-aircraft weapons" including the effort to modernize "the Russian Klimov RD-33 turbofan engine." In addition, Russia looks to China for various components ranging from naval diesel engines, to replace German engines, to drone technologies and composite materials.
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