Tag: UPDF

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently announced his intention to provide military and economic support to Mozambique to help fight violent extremism in the northern...

Uganda has awarded Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) a contract to maintain and support its Su-30 combat aircraft fleet in a historic deal. The MoU was...

The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) is operating a new medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), believed to be the Israeli Hermes...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned a helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, which is refurbishing Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) Mi-24 helicopters. The...

The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has commissioned the locally manufactured Chui (Leopard) infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), which is based on Twiga’s recently launched...

The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has lost an AB 206 helicopter in a crash that killed one of the pilots. The aircraft (serial AF-317,...

The Uganda People’s Defence Air Force is operating a growing number of L-39 jet trainers, taking delivery of second hand examples and refurbishing its...

Uganda People’s Defence Force 1. Order of battle 2. Overview 3. Defence economics 4: State of military forces 5: Country threat report 6: Major external deployments   Order of Battle Total...

Royal Marines and their Reservist counterparts have spent four weeks training the Uganda People’s Defence Force in maritime operations. 1 Assault Group Marines (1AGRM) travelled...

The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) has taken into service four 850 Military Patrol Boats (MPB) built in South Africa and supplied...

The United States has donated equipment and vehicles, including three armoured trucks, to the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) to support its...

Members of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) recently completed Joint Readiness Training Centre rotation 18-04 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. US Army...

U.S. Army Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington met with Gen. David Muhoozi, the Uganda Peoples Defense Force chief of defense...

The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) has for the first time displayed its T-90 main battle tanks as well as Chinese Type...

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commander Brig. Gen. David Furness attended the graduation ceremony for 60 engineers from Uganda People's Defense...

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief of staff Lieutenant General Vusi Masondo has visited Uganda with the aim of strengthening bilateral...

A group of 19 personnel from the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) participated in rotation 17-05 with the US military's Joint Readiness...

In late March the east African country of Uganda took ownership of equipment from the United States as part of an ongoing...

U.S. Marines and Uganda People's Defense Force soldiers completed an exercise to refine the UPDF's civil engineering proficiency Nov. 23, 2015. Special-Purpose Marine...

U.S. Marines and sailors are helping build the engineering and logistical capabilities of the Uganda People's Defense Force at Camp Singo, Uganda. This...