• Defence Helicopter

  Algeria expresses interest in AW249 while AW139 deal remains in limbo

  12th December 2022

  Leonardo and Algeria hope to seal the AW139 deal in 2023 while Italy and the North African country further strengthen defence ties.

• 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.

• Air Warfare

  Farnborough 2022: Algeria weighs its fighter aircraft options

  19th July 2022

  Could the Su-35 still be the answer to Algerian future fighter requirements?

• 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 …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• 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 Bilateral Agreement The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Angolan counterpart João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço signed a bilateral agreement in Ankara, Turkey, ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...