The biggest reform of the Ministry of Defence in over 50 years to fix what the Public Accounts Committee calls the ‘broken’ defence procurement system and to strengthen UK Defence, has been launched b ...

The order includes Saab’s latest training and simulation equipment including a high-fidelity system which realistically and accurately replicates training engagements and ensures the activity is measu ...

In a sign of the growing innovation of the Ukrainians, their Ministry of Defence has approved the use of a computerised training system for artillery gunners. The system, developed domestically by Ukr ...

AeroVironment (AV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, announced today that the U.S. Army has awarded a $54.9 million delivery order for the production of Switchblade® loite ...

Rheinmetall has handed over 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the Ukrainian armed forces for their defence against the Russian aggressor. The delivery was completed at the end ...

Europe's two biggest defence spenders have signed an landmark mutual agreement in an accord that breaks new ground and heralds the construction of a new artillery gun barrel factory in the U.K., amid ...

The Spanish Armed Forces have agreed to buy €150 million-worth of Eimos mortar systems from German defence giant Rheinmetall. The Spanish government has signed a contract with Rheinmetall subsidiary R ...

More mobile and with more capability: that's what's been promised by Patria ahead of the firm's unveiling of its new mortar system. The Finnish defence firm, joint owned by its national government and ...

A great last day at Global Defence Helicopter 2024, and an end that also marks a beginning. From next year our event becomes known as Global Defence Aviation as we reflect today’s industry, military a ...

Times change, and Global Defence Helicopter (GDH) is changing with the times. The industry’s premier annual event focusing on rotary wing aircraft will be back bigger and better than ever in 2025 — an ...

Another brilliant day at Global Defence Helicopter 2024. After yesterday’s plenary session, Day#2 was Streams Day: that meant three separate theatres, each hosting their own sets of presentations, wit ...

All in all it’s been an outstanding first day at Global Defence Helicopter 2024 in Warsaw. Our ever-growing event continues to provide a combination of industry, procurement and end-user insights, cou ...

Five firms — American Rheinmetall Vehicles, BAE Bofors, Hanwha Defense, General Dynamics Land Systems, and Elbit Systems — will fight it out to win the contract to supply the U.S. Army with Self-Prope ...

French defence giant Thales says it has made a great leap forward in Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) technology after demonstrating its new AI-controlled swarming capability. As per a recent press statemen ...

Kongsberg has signed a deal to install its Integrated Combat Solution (ICS) battlespace situational awareness tool on a series of BAE Systems vehicles being produced for the U.S. Army. As per a press ...

It's a dog's life — and it's worth a lot to the British Army and our other armed forces. That's why procurement agency Defence, Equipment and Support (DE&S) is spending an estimated £3.1 million on tr ...

Saudi Arabia is looking to buy more than $1 billion-worth of missiles and other munitions from firms in the United States. As revealed in a series of press statements from the Defence Security Coopera ...

Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has been commissioned by DARPA to fit its MATRIX autonomy package into the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk. The $6 million contract from America ...

The U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has announced more donations of weapons and equipment to Ukraine with a total value of close to half a billion dollars. As per a U.S. Department of State ...

200 new jobs will be created and hundreds more supported at one of the UK’s leading defence manufacturers, after a £1.6bn deal was announced by the Prime Minister today to supply thousands of advanced ...

200 new jobs will be created and hundreds more supported at one of the UK’s leading defence manufacturers, after a £1.6bn deal was announced by the Prime Minister today to supply thousands of advanced ...

Ukrainian forces have just integrated Vezha, a new battlefield technology platform that streams live drone video footage into their combat system. The Vezha battlefield video analytics platform will s ...

Swedish defence firm Saab has just launched a new compact passive sensor designed for tactical reconnaissance of communication signals. The company unveiled the newest addition to its Sirius tactical ...

BAE Systems is showcasing its new Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) prototype equipped with a 30mm Kongsberg turret at a major American defence exhibition. The new variant is on display for the fir ...

Truck manufacturer Mack Defense — which has been supplying vehicles to the U.S. Army since World War I — has been showing off the capabilities of its latest all-electric model. The vehicle is on displ ...

Six new products are being showcased at a major American defence exhibition by a firm which specialises in supplying advanced photonics solutions for the military, law enforcement, consumer, and aeros ...

Twin European defence giants Leonardo and Rheinmetall are linking up to establishing a joint venture which will produce Italy's new Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a family of Infantry Fighting Vehicles (I ...

Ten years on from the formation of the Defeat-ISIS coalition, its American coordinator has hailed its continuing success and suggested it might inform responses to future crises. In 2014 Islamic State ...

American officials have condemned "destabilizing" Chinese military exercises around Taiwan in the wake of a speech by the island's President Lai Ching-te. Before dawn yesterday (Monday), and without p ...

BAE Systems has received a $184 million boost from the news that it has been asked to supply the U.S. Army with an extra 48 Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPVs). According to a recent press statemen ...

U.S. Army paratroopers in Italy will be able to deploy faster thanks to the completion of a new storage facility at Aviano Air Base. The $4.5 million new warehouse will be used to store equipment for ...

The United States has agreed to send a third Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and crew to Israel to help fend off attacks from incoming missiles. According to a press statement rele ...

Airbus Helicopters and other industry partners have been demonstrating the capabilities of Manned-UnManned Teaming (MUM-T) via a European Union (E.U.) programme. Between September 30 and October 9 mul ...

Drone specialist Anduril has revealed details of its new autonomous Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that can provide both surveillance and strike capabilities. As per the company's website Bolt is a mod ...

American Rheinmetall Munitions has secured a $99 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with infrared smoke-screening vehicle-launched grenades. Details of the contract were published recently on th ...

Defence firm Northrop Grumman has just launched a new dual-feed version of its Bushmaster chain gun designed to fend off both drones and ground threats. In a press statement released yesterday (Wednes ...

Troops from the U.K., Latvia and Denmark have been helping to make sure Lithuanian volunteer soldiers are combat-ready during Exercise Strong Shield 3. The week-long exercise ran from October 1-6 in w ...

Three U.K Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have just won extra funding under the Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP). As per a recent press statement OpenWorks Engineering, High ...

The U.K. Ministry of Defence has launched a new £120 million procurement initiative for night vision kit to equip its armed forces. The Night Vision Devices Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement (FA) is ...

National Guard troops and U.S. Army soldiers on active duty have both been tasked with emergency relief efforts as America seeks to recover from Hurricane Helene and braces itself for Hurricane Milton ...

Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence has signed a €193 million contract with Kongsberg to expand and upgrade its NASAMS air-defence systems. As per a company press statement the new deal announced ...

German defence giant Rheinmetall has announced it has finished development of a new enhanced armour-piercing shell about to be tested by the Bundeswehr and the British Army. As per a press statement r ...

Romania is set to boost its air-defence capabilities by spending $110 million on four new sets of Raytheon Sentinel radar systems. As per a Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) press statement t ...

Two firms — American Rheinmetall Vehicles (ARV) and HDT Expeditionary Systems — have each scooped contracts to provide the U.S. Army with experimental new autonomous robotic mules. Under the terms of ...

The first of eight Boeing AH-6 Little Bird light attack helicopters being supplied to the Royal Thai Army has successfully completed its inaugural test flight. As per a Boeing press statement last wee ...

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has officially approved more than 900 different weapons and pieces of military equipment for its troops to use so far this year alone. And as per a recent MoD press ...

More than 1,000 British troops will be spending three months on manoeuvres in the Balkans as part of a wide-raging series of military exercises to boost readiness and interoperability. A total of 18 s ...

Ukraine has been showcasing some of its most effective domestically produced weapon systems. As per a recent Ukraine Ministry of Defence (MoD) press release Deputy Defence Minister Dmytro Klymenkov wa ...

Keeping critical national infrastructure such as power grids, water treatment plants, and transportation systems safe from cyberattacks is the focus of a new NATO research initiative. Late last month  ...

Army units from Germany and the U.S. joined forces in a training exercise to transport military equipment across one of Europe's biggest rivers. The Danube is the second-longest waterway on the contin ...

Swedish defence firm Saab has backed up its July deal to supply Lithuania with its Mobile Short-Range Air Defence (MSHORAD) system with a further deal for the same kit worth an additional SEK 1.2 bill ...

A cross-Government team has kick-started a new initiative to try and encourage faster innovation from U.K. firms developing all kinds of uncrewed systems. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) t ...

Soldiers have been using Augmented Reality (AR) to provide critical feedback for the development of the Bell Textron V-280 Valor, the U.S. Army's next-generation assault rotorcraft. The Valor won the ...

German defence giant Rheinmetall and U.S.-based manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace are teaming up to work on projects including a new augmented-reality driver display system that can provide enhanced 36 ...

Denmark has chosen Rheinmetall’s Skyranger 30 as the air defence turret system on its Piranha V Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). Last week the Danish Ministry of Defence's Materiel and Procurement Age ...

Four nations came together for a joint training session on all things connected to the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System — better-known by its HIMARS acronym. Estonia hosted the joint exercis ...

A new super-sensitive missile defence radar built by Raytheon has been delivered to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. According to a recent press statement released by the firm — part of multinational aero ...

Units from the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division (ID) have valued the nine months they've spent in northeast Europe this year honing their skills alongside NATO allies and partner nations. During that ...

Swedish defence firm Saab will soon have a new U.S. factory in which to produce its shoulder-mounted Individual Assault Munitions (IAMs) and precision-fire systems. The European defence contractor rec ...

The Finnish Army has agreed to purchase an additional 29 Patria 6x6 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs). The extra vehicles are being acquired under the terms of an additional purchase option which for ...

The latest package of military aid being donated by America to Ukraine includes the Joint StandOff Weapon (JSOW), HIMARS ammunition, and Javelin anti-armour systems. The U.S. Department of Defense (Do ...

Military Police (MP) officers from Bulgaria and the United States have teamed up to hone their hostage rescue skills. MP personnel from both forces took part in a simulated scenario executed by a ten- ...

The Egyptian Government is seeking to bolster its defences with the help of RTX via the potential acquisition of 720 more Stinger missiles. The potential deal, worth an estimated $740 million, has bee ...

U.S.-based defence contractor Leonardo DRS has announced it has finished supplying its new C5I Battle Management System (BMS) hardware for the Australian Army's heavy armoured vehicles ahead of schedu ...

  A legendarily tough patrol test staged annually by the British Army — and being attempted by soldiers from 40 nations — will this year feature an increased focus on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Ex ...

Bulgaria is seeking to buy Javelin FGM-148F missiles for the first time in a deal worth $114 million to U.S. defence contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. As revealed in a press statement from the ...

Four further AS-90 self-propelled artillery guns are set to be delivered to the Ukraine within the new U.K. government's self-imposed deadline of 100 days after taking office. Sir Keir Starmer's Labou ...

France's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has agreed a contract to buy seven extra SAMP/T NG missile defence systems on top of its original order. The news was announced at the Conference on European Air and ...

The British Army has ordered a six-wheeled "Extenda" variant of the High Mobility Transporter (HMT) Jackal 3 vehicle, built as a collaboration between Babcock and Supacat.

A new version of KNDS' Dingo 3 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) went on show in the U.K. for the first time this week. The German firm was showing off its Dingo 3 4x4 patrol variant at the British Arm ...

A prototype variant of Rheinmetall's Boxer Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) featuring Patria's NEMO mortar has been revealed to the public for the first time. The new Boxer Armoured Mortar Variant (AMV ...

Members of the public have had their first good look at Challenger 3, the British Army's next-generation Main Battle Tank (MBT). One of two completed prototype vehicles is on show at DVD 2024, the mil ...

 

British military vehicle manufacturer Supacat has just launched two new platforms: an Armoured Closed-Cab version of its High Mobility Transporter (HMT ACC) and a Tactical Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV- ...

NATO allies practised adversarial scenarios as close as possible to true combat conditions in Exercise Paladin Shield in Latvia. The latest ten-day manoeuvres, which followed on from last month’s Pala ...

Leading Virtual Reality pioneer Varjo has recently opened a new manufacturing facility near Helsinki. The firm, which makes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) headsets ...

The U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) has agreed a new open-ended contract to supply troops with Video Data Link (VDL) technology which could be worth up to $182 million to defence firm L3Harris. As pe ...

The British Army has taken delivery of five new TAIPAN radar systems from Swedish defence manufacturer Saab. The firm announced this week the next-generation Artillery-Hunting Radar (ARTHUR) systems h ...

Weapons platform manufacturer ISTEC Services has completed delivery of 65 mounts for the British Army’s Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). As per a press statement issued by the firm last week, the ...

NATO's cutting-edge communications capabilities will be tested when the latest Digital Backbone Experiment (DiBaX) is staged in Latvia next month. At the end of October representatives from a range of ...

Defence materiel agency Forsvarsmateriell has selected the optimum site in eastern Norway for part of a new national military radar system. Sirikjerke in Øvre Eiker — a mountain peak roughly 30 miles ...

The Polish Army has just taken delivery of new tanks, self-propelled howitzers and rocket launchers. As per recent news reports the new kit arrived by ship at the port of Gdynia, which lies just north ...

More than 200 A4 versions of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle will be built for the U.S. Army in deal worth $440 million to BAE Systems. The tracked combat vehicles — variants of which have been in servic ...

Two American firms — Anduril and Performance Drone Works — have won a $14 million contract to supply their Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) drones to the U.S. Army for use on the battlefield. The Ghost ...

The U.S. Army has been putting Patria's NEMO 120mm Turreted Mortar System (TMS) to the test in a series of live-fire exercises. The NEMO system, integrated onto a U.S.-made Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehi ...

The British Army has been experimenting with using hydrogen as a power source to charge its electric vehicles. As per a recent Ministry of Defence (MoD) press release, the move was part of a collabora ...

Defence giant BAE Systems Australia has been showcasing its newest next-generation autonomous combat vehicle: ATLAS. The full name of the 8x8 Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV) is the Autonomous Tactical L ...

Bigwigs from Congress and the U.S. Embassy have been touring a U.S. Army maintenance and warehouse facility in Poland designed to enhance rapid deployment and increase combat readiness. The Army Prepo ...

This week some four-legged friends were among the Ukrainian recruits eager to learn new skills in the U.K. as part of Operation Interflex. As per a Ministry of Defence (MoD) press release, the second ...

Patria is showcasing the all-terrain tracked concept vehicle dreamed up under a European development programme of which it is the industrial coordinator. The Finnish firm, joint owned by its national ...

A new domestically produced drone has been approved for use by Ukraine's Ministry of Defence (MoD). As per today's (Wednesday's) MoD press statement, the organisation has given the green light for its ...

Ten companies across Europe and North America will each receive a funding boost of up to €300,000 after they were shortlisted by a NATO programme set up to encourage innovation in the defence industry ...

The Netherlands will be spending up to €250 million on Israeli manufacturer Rafael's Spike LR2 anti-tank weapon system. In a recent letter to the country's House of Representatives Dutch Defence Secre ...

Latvian authorities investigating the crash of a Russian military Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) near a town close to the countries' shared border have confirmed it was an armed "Shahed" drone. Accordi ...

Operation Interflex — the programme set up to train thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in the U.K. — will be extended for at least another 12 months. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed in a recent p ...

Sweden's armed forces are splashing out just over €40 million on nine new amphibious bridge and ferry systems from General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS). The Swedish defence procurement agenc ...

Roughly 11,000 Latvian and allied troops are currently involved in a month-long military exercise aimed at enhancing the country's readiness. Exercise Namejs 2024 began on Tuesday and runs until Octob ...

Swedish defence and aerospace firm Saab has won a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to supply its ten of its Giraffe 1X KRR short-range radar systems to equip its Ground ...

The U.K. Government has pledged to send £162 million-worth of Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) systems to help boost Ukraine's air defences. The new package is set to be announced by Defence ...

A pre-production version of the British Army’s new Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank (MBT) will be among the equipment showcased at Army Expo 2024. Staged across five days next week, this year’s version o ...

A U.K. start-up specialising in cyber and countermeasures warfare has been snapped up by defence giant BAE Systems. The multinational defence contractor has acquired Kirintec, which has expertise in c ...

Two of the three firms in contention for the U.K.’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) procurement programme are understood to have withdrawn, leaving Leonardo as the sole bidder. The British MoD is seeking ...

Residents in Trondheim, Norway, have been greeted this week by the unusual sight of missile systems being deployed around the city. As part of Exercise Nidaros Shield, the anti-aircraft battalion from ...

The Norwegian military plans to upgrade its Bell 412 helicopters in a new deal struck with Kongsberg and Patria. As per yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) press statement, a contract for upgrading has now been c ...

Slovakian firm Konštrukta – Defence has reached a new milestone in the development of its Eva M2 self-propelled howitzer. The Eva M2 — a lighter version of its BIA 6×6 — has just successfully complete ...

Croatia has agreed a deal to acquire eight Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and warheads to boost its artillery defences. As per a Pentagon press statement this week, th ...

NATO forces have further enhanced the defences on Europe’s southeastern flank with the deployment of a mobile radar system into Romania. As per a recent NATO press statement, one of the alliance’s Dep ...

An upgraded version of a Soviet-era Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) will soon be used by Ukrainian forces in their fight against the Russians. The 8-wheeled Khorunzhyi APC is a modernised and improve ...

The British Army wants to know which of its recruits would make the best pilots for unmanned attack drones. As per a press statement this week, the force has been hunting for suitable candidates for i ...

Germany's armed forces have confirmed a new multi-million-Euro order for Hensoldt's Dynahawk fire control sighting system. The German defence contractor has secured an order starting immediately and s ...

The U.S. Army has approved a continued limited production run for General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) to deliver more of its M10 Booker "light tank" combat vehicles. The armoured fighting vehicle is ...

Unmanned systems produced by ARX Robotics are being put through their paces in a NATO joint exercise in Lithuania. A large-scale exercise on NATO's eastern flank involving the German and Lithuanian Ar ...

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have received a $1.3 billion boost from news that the U.S. Army has given the green light to its biggest-ever order of Javelin missiles. As per yesterday's press announcem ...

The Netherlands is seeking to improve its missile defences with a $224 million purchase of new Patriot launchers and conversion kits from Lockheed Martin and RTX. As per a U.S. Department of Defence s ...

Two Rheinmetall HX2 trucks equipped with the firm's autonomous technology bagged a first prize in an international robotics competition. In the European Land Robot Trial 2024 (ELROB) competition, Rhei ...

BAE Systems Hägglunds AB has won a contract to supply Denmark with 115 more of its CV90 combat vehicles. The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) is a series of Swedish tracked armoured combat vehicles originally ...

The U.K. government has spelled out its full range of military support to help Ukraine fend off Russian aggression — including £3 billion a year until at least 2030. As per the factsheet released this ...

Defence contractor General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced it has moved a step closer to supplying a radar upgrade to its Gray Eagle drones. As per a recent General Atomics pr ...

     

     

Defence firm Thales has been showing off its Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle (PMV) to representatives of the Czech military. The PMV, manufactured by Thales Australia, was put through its paces  ...

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has claimed his country's bespoke Delta situational awareness and battlefield management system has helped its forces destroy enemy equipment valued at more th ...

Indonesia is welcoming allies from across the globe as it hosts a series of military manoeuvres involving 5,500 troops from ten nations. Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2024 is the biggest iteration of t ...

Norway is seeking to enhance its ground-based air defence systems with the purchase of 100 extended-range RTX missiles. According to a press release on the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) w ...

More than 5,000 kits to convert 155mm artillery shells into guided weapons are set to be purchased by the Government of Finland. The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 5,500 of t ...

Amid sweltering Texas heat the U.S. Army's 2nd Chemical Battalion has been engaging in a series of field training and gunnery exercises aimed at enhancing their mission readiness and operational effec ...

Ukrainian forces fighting off the Russian invasion have welcomed news that a consignment of almost 1,500 drones is heading their way courtesy of Latvia. According to social media post on Thursday made ...

The U.K.'s Strategic Command’s Defence Modelling and Simulation Office (DMSO) is using what was originally developed as commercial software for wargaming and analysis. As per a recent Ministry of Defe ...

Troops from the U.K. and Australia were part of a multinational team working side by side to keep combat vehicles fuelled and ready to fight on a demanding training exercise Down Under. As per a recen ...

Soldiers in the U.K. are being equipped with a smart AI-enabled rifle sight that helps to shoot down drones. "Drone Mode" software built into the SMASH X4 fire control system "can recognize unmanned a ...

The Danish government has provisionally agreed to purchase almost 350 Excalibur artillery shells in a deal worth an estimated $121 million. The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of ...

The Australian Army has welcomed the arrival of two more UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters to bolster its fleet. The two new battlefield aircraft were delivered from America last month via a C-17A Globemas ...

The Australian government has struck a deal to buy up to 350 more anti-tank missiles at a projected cost of about $100 million. The sale of the Javelin FGM-148F missiles, developed in a joint venture ...

A total of 36 of Boeing's state-of-the-art Apache AH-64E attack helicopters could be winging their way to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in a new multi-billion-dollar deal. As per a Department of Defence ...

A new 'silent hangar' test facility will help the U.K.'s armed forces develop protection against attempts to jam their GPS devices. In what will become one of the biggest such facilities in Europe, th ...

A tracked armoured personnel carrier (APC) previously in use with the Swedish Army is heading to the Ukraine. The PbV 302 — developed by Hägglund & Söner, now BAE Systems Hägglunds — comes equipped wi ...

The newest addition to Rheinmetall's mine-clearing vehicles, the Keiler Next Generation (NG), showed what it can do in a live demonstration staged at Germany's largest military training area. The NG, ...

Italy is seeking to acquire six MQ-9 Reaper drones and associated systems in a $738 million deal. The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale, which is for the Block 5 variant of the unm ...

A mixture of raw Ukrainian recruits and more seasoned fighters have been given training by British soldiers. Troops from 18 Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) spent five weeks helping to train 116 Ukrainia ...

The German government has submitted a request to buy up to 600 of the most modern Patriot missiles. As per a U.S. Department of Defence statement on Thursday, the U.S. State Department has approved th ...

The U.K. has just launched the first of a new series of satellites into space to provide key real-time intelligence for its Armed Forces' military operations.  Named "Tyche" after the Greek goddess of ...

Poland has put pen to paper on a deal to acquire the first 28 of its new Bóbr-3 reconnaissance vehicles. The PLN 800 million deal (roughly £160m) was signed off on Wednesday on the eve of the annual P ...

A firm has won an order with a potential total value of $50 million to supply U.S. Special Forces troops with miniaturised laser sights. B.E. Meyers & Co. specialises in supplying advanced photonics ( ...

A tumultuous two weeks in the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine have seen the first incursion into sovereign Russian territory since World War Two. Inevitably the situation on the ground remains dynamic ...

The U.K. is pushing ahead fast with £1bn plans to develop its own hypersonic missile system, according to a Government minister. In Parliament, Lord Coaker Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence ...

Norway has been given the green light to boost its artillery defences with the acquisition of new High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reveal ...

An fully autonomous combat vehicle prototype has been showing what it can do at the Project Convergence Capstone 4 field trials in California. The U.S. Army experimentation exercise held earlier this ...

Drones set to be delivered to the U.K.'s armed forces to provide cutting-edge capability have been put through rigorous trials at RNAS Predannack in Cornwall. Under Project TIQUILA, which aims to deli ...

Poland's fleet of Apache helicopters will become the biggest outside the United States after its government signed off on a purchase of 96 AH-64Es. A representative from its Ministry of Defence formal ...

German defence giant Rheinmetall has announced plans to acquire American firm Loc Performance Products as it seeks to bolster its position in the world's largest defence market. The Düsseldorf-based m ...

A leading German sensor specialist has bagged a €100 million contract to supply air defence radar systems for use in Rheinmetall's new Skyranger 30 anti-aircraft gun tank. Hensoldt has been chosen by ...

Stinger missiles, artillery ammunition and radar systems are among the latest arms and equipment in a $125 million package heading to Ukraine to support the country's ongoing struggle to repel the Rus ...

Soldiers from six NATO nations have come together at Camp Adazi in Latvia for land exercises aimed at enhancing familiarity and cohesion between the allied forces. Units from the U.K. and U.S. linked ...

The British Army has hailed as a success its most recent tests of its new Ajax armoured vehicle in UK exercises. In a post on social media platform X, it announced that military crews had completed it ...

German defence giant Rheinmetall will supply more battle tanks and armoured recovery vehicles to the Czech Republic as part of a German government drive to support Ukraine. The firm, which has its hea ...

Army units from the US, UK, and Australia have been collaborating to enhance the way their autonomous and AI-enabled sensors and drone systems communicate and work together. Under AUKUS Pillar II - th ...

Patria has signed a Life Cycle Management (LCM) contract with Finland and Latvia for its Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme, which is based on its 6x6 vehicle. CAVS was a 2020 accord that ...

BAE Systems has been awarded a $48 million contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to further advance its "Insight" system. Insight is a next-generation Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reco ...

V Corps, the US Army's only forward-deployed warfighting headquarters, has hosted the first event of a new initiative aiming to share Apache helicopter knowledge and skills with Polish soldiers. The P ...

Boeing has announced that its Patriot missile component production line is set to break records in 2024. The firm's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seeker program - which builds the component th ...

Extra military personnel are being deployed to Lebanon to provide assistance amid fears that the situation there "could deteriorate rapidly.”  Ministers have called for British nationals to get out of ...

Plans for a new network of radar stations tracking satellites to help protect the UK from space-based warfare have been given the go-ahead by the government. The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability ( ...

The first Patria 6x6 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) constructed at Latvia's new factory in Valmiera has been handed over to its armed forces. Back in 2021 the Latvian government signed a deal with t ...

New battlefield surveillance drones and lighter body armour were among the innovations tested by US soldiers on a recent exercise in the Philippines. “Transformation in Contact” is the name given to t ...

A British government minister flew to Ukraine to help start negotiations for new contracts for weapons and equipment provided by UK firms. Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry Maria Eagle joi ...

The Armed Forces of Ukraine's fleet of armored vehicles has been replenished with another domestically developed model. The Ministry of Defence has codified and adopted the Dzhura armored vehicle, whi ...

With wildfires raging across parts of California, two Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters with water buckets and 13 personnel from the Arizona National Guard have deployed to Mather Field to support the s ...

Rotary Assets from across the Joint Aviation Command (JAC) including Apache, Chinook, Wildcat, and Merlin, have come together at RAF Leeming to take part in the very first Exercise Hades Warrior under ...

The U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Niger announce that the withdrawal of U.S. forces and assets from Air Base 201 in Agadez is complete.  This effor ...

Bulgaria intends to significantly upgrade its air defence capabilities by purchasing the German IRIS-T missile system. The nation's Government has put forward a bill to its legislature which would inc ...

BAE Systems has received a $493 million contract to continue producing M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPH) and M992A3 Ammunition Carriers for the U.S. Army. This contract award includes production a ...

Recent work done by NATO allies on readiness and contingency planning for conflicts involving nuclear weaponry as well as conventional armaments has been praised by a senior American politician. Actin ...

In a ceremonial change of command on August 1, U.S. Army Col. Bruce Bredlow handed over the reins of the 52D Air Defense Artillery Brigade (ADA BDE) to U.S. Army Col. Hailey Bairu. Col. Bredlow expres ...

Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) has ordered a significant number of Thales UK’s Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) for UK Armed Forces. The order, worth £176 million, will equip current and futur ...

For the first time scientists and engineers have successfully fired a high powered laser energy weapon from a British Army combat vehicle. This ground-breaking test, conducted at the Defence Science a ...

The new Labour Government has confirmed that Armed Forces personnel will receive a 6% pay rise. In a move aimed at helping to ease the forces' ongoing issues with recruitment and retention of staff, t ...

Army aviators have been sharing their experience of operating the new Apache AH-64E attack helicopter with their Australian Army counterparts. Eight soldiers from the Australian Army Aviation Command ...

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters to lead a concept study in the frame of  the Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project. Its parti ...

Following decisions taken at the Washington Summit, national armaments directors have agreed on a strategy to enhance NATO’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Force (NISRF) with additiona ...

A new U.S. ballistic missile defence site in Redzikowo, Poland is now operational and available for the defence of the Alliance. Dubbed “Aegis Ashore”, the site is part of a larger NATO missile shield ...

Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) has signed contracts with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and the defence company KNDS for the procurement of 12 wheeled self-propelled howit ...

Representatives of the NATO Defence and Security Cooperation Directorate met recently with officials from Azerbaijan’s National Defence University in Baku to take stock of the reform efforts undertake ...

President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today signed a 10-year bilateral security pact aimed at strengthening Ukraine's ability to defend itself in the present while also deter ...

Together with Denmark, the Netherlands is to contribute €400 million to a Swedish fund set up to build CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine. A large share of the vehicles will be produced in th ...

The drones will be procured as part of the Drone Capability Coalition for Ukraine, co-led by the UK and Latvia In February, the UK and Latvia announced that they would lead the new Drone Capability Co ...

On Thursday 30 May, UK forces participated in a joint operation with US forces against Houthi military facilities to degrade their ability to persist with their attacks on international shipping in th ...

Defence Minister Bill Blair came to the country's largest defence industry trade show on Wednesday to announce billions of dollars in training and equipment deals for the armed forces, and faced yet m ...

The NATO Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Force (NISRF) has successfully completed a software update for its fleet of five RQ-4D Phoenix remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). Following compre ...

The announcement follows deals with Moldova and Norway as the bloc attempts to bolster its military credentials. The EU has half a dozen more defence deals planned, after signing two with Moldova and ...

France’s president has joined the head of NATO in pushing for a policy shift that could change the complexion of the war in Ukraine — allowing Kyiv to strike military bases inside Russia with sophisti ...

The Swedish government has announced it will donate 13 billion kronor ($1.23 billion) in military aid to Ukraine in the largest support package Sweden has donated since Russia's full-scale invasion of ...

Belgium will deliver 977 million euros ($1 billion) in military aid and 30 F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine under a 10-year bilateral security agreement signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Belgia ...

Poland fleshed out details on Monday of "East Shield", a 10 billion zloty ($2.55 billion) programme to beef up defences along its eastern border with Belarus and Russia, saying it hoped to complete th ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy secured a pledge of additional air defence missiles and military support from Spain on Monday. The support is a much-needed boost for Ukraine, which Ukraine's n ...

Thousands of Armed Forces personnel and members of the public will take part in events in Normandy and Portsmouth this June. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will leads tributes for the 80th anniversary of ...

A new game-changing weapon that uses radio waves to disable enemy electronics and take down multiple drones at once is under development for the UK’s armed forces. System can neutralise a swarm of dro ...

As part of the resumption of events at the NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Centre in Kuwait (NIRC), a “NATO talk” was held on Monday (13 May 2024) to address the future of NATO relations ...

WHAT IS CHALLENGER 3? The Challenger 3, is the British Army's new Main Battle Tank for the future. Along with Ajax and Boxer, it will be at the heart of the Army’s warfighting capability in the Heavy ...

CAES is developing the Precision Strike Sensor Core for the U.S. Army, enabling APNT and supporting the Army’s Long Range Precision Fires initiative, allowing for first-strike success CAES is advancin ...

U.S. military aid is reaching Ukraine as that nation's military strives to blunt Russian attacks in the Kharkiv region, said Sabrina Singh, deputy Pentagon press secretary.  The Russian attacks on Kha ...

Britain’s development of a sovereign hypersonic strike capability is taking a substantial leap forward with a new agreement to facilitate collaboration on cutting edge tech. Ninety organisations – lar ...

It's easy for an autocratic regime like Russia to accelerate their defense industrial base at the expense of its economy to continue its war in Ukraine, along with help from Iran and North Korea, said ...

High-tech robots will protect soldiers and the public from variety of threats including explosives and hazardous materials. Can operate in narrow spaces, tough terrain, and climb stairs. £21m investme ...

Armed Forces minister has met with defence leaders and military chiefs in Romania and Bulgaria. This follows the UK government announcing a further £500m in military support for Ukraine and to increas ...

A major package of measures to target and dismantle Russian intelligence gathering operations in the UK will be rolled out today, the Home Secretary has announced. Today, the UK government will:  expe ...

Senior leadership from U.S. Special Operations Command today emphasized the significant role that partnership plays in accomplishing the mission of special operations forces during keynote remarks at ...

Denmark and Sweden have decided to strengthen their defence cooperation, including joint procurement of military equipment and cooperation in the Baltic Sea region, with Danish and Swedish defence min ...

The defence industry forum was held in Brussels to discuss cooperation and increase ammunition production for Kyiv in response to Russia's ongoing aggression. The European Union hosted a defence indus ...

Allies recognize that Germany and Czechia have attributed the responsibility of the malicious cyber activities in their respective countries to the threat actor APT28 sponsored by the Russian Federati ...

Foreign Secretary David Cameron was in Kyiv to reiterate UK support to Ukraine The visit follows the Prime Minister’s announcement that the UK will spend 2.5% of GDP on defence, and commit to at least ...

U.S. Africa Command's premiere and largest annual joint and combined exercise, African Lion 2024, got underway Monday in Tunisia, the Pentagon announced during a briefing today. U.S. Army Southern Eur ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) celebrated the delivery of the first MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to Marine Unmanned Ae ...

The Joint Economic Data Hub (JEDHub) report shows growth in Defence sector employment, recruitment and revenue. The Joint Economic Data Hub (JEDHub) report shows growth in Defence sector employment, r ...

Raytheon, an RTX business, has awarded Spanish supplier, Sener, a contract to develop and produce the electro-mechanical control section of the Patriot® GEM-T missile. Sener will directly contribute t ...

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has been awarded an F100 engine contract for a material management program by Saudi Arabia’s Middle East Propulsion Company (MEPC), the prime contractor of the Saudi ...

Denmark is currently a hub as American helicopters, cargo, and vehicles are being transported through the country in connection with the large NATO exercise Steadfast Defender. Host nation support to ...

In a display of international collaboration the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, Norwegian Armed Forces and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division joined forces to construct a ...

The Secretary General praised President Zelenskyy’s leadership and the bravery of the Ukrainian forces and people, but acknowledged that “leadership and bravery alone cannot repel the Russian forces; ...

Air defence remains a hot topic after the exchange of projectiles, including missiles and one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems, between Iran and Israel in the Middle East. While Israel’s multi-layer ...

The Albanese Government is continuing its unwavering support for Ukraine, with the announcement of a new $100 million assistance package.  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marle ...

Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, announces a partnership with Sentien Robotics, a leade ...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg took to the skies in a German Eurofighter as part of his visit to the 73 Tactical Air Wing at Laage Air Base in Germany. Mr Stoltenberg called his flight “a gre ...

Sweden should raise its military spending to around 2.6% of GDP by 2030, a parliamentary committee said in a report on Friday, as the country rebuilds its defence capabilities after joining NATO in Ma ...

From 17 to 19 April 2024, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, visited Algeria upon the invitation of General Said Chanegriha, Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army. In ...

The Ukrainian General Staff has released a video purporting to show the attack on the Dzhankoi military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea on April 17th. Four S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, th ...

British Army soldiers are a step closer to getting their hands on one of Europe’s most lethal tanks – the Challenger 3 - the Defence Secretary has announced. Latest Challenger 3 tanks finalising produ ...

HDT Global (HDT) announced today the award of a $432 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with Rigid Wall Shelters. The program, known as the Army Standard Family of Rigid Wall Shelters Phase 1 (A ...

In an era dominated by new technologies and cutting-edge methods of transportation, it may be hard to imagine that there are military units that still rely on the steadfast support of animals like mul ...

Babcock and Roshel, a leading manufacturer of armoured special purpose vehicles, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaboratively explore opportunities to support the Canadian Armed ...

Poland plans to join a project to develop a European-wide air defense system to deter potential drone and missile attacks, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. Speaking at a news conference with Danish Pr ...

The Lithuanian Government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with German company Rheinmetall for the construction of a 155mm ammunition factory in Lithuania.  The agreement was signed by L ...

The Missile Defense Agency selected Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to deliver the nation's new homeland missile defense capability, the Next Generation Interceptor.  Lockheed Martin, as the MDA's NGI pri ...

COMMIT (Command Materiel and IT), the Dutch military procurement organisation, signed an agreement with Thales for the delivery of seven Ground Master 200 Multi- Mission/Compact (GM200 MM/C) with two ...

In response to increased Iranian threats and the growing risk of escalation in the Middle East, the UK Government has been working with partners across the region to encourage de-escalation and preven ...

The Palletized High Energy Laser (P-HEL) system, developed by BlueHalo in support of the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), has a proven track record of successfull ...

The Commonwealth of Australia has today signed the production contract for 123 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles with more than 100 of those vehicles to be exported from Australia for use by the Ger ...

The production of laser energy and radio waves – viewed once as weapons of the future – are being fast-tracked in Britain for the battlefields of Ukraine and Red Sea passages coming under Houthi attac ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met at the White House with President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan yesterday to participate in discussions related to strengthening the ...

The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme promotes dialogue and practical cooperation between NATO Allies and partner countries based on scientific research, technological innovation and ...

Five Spanish Eurofighters and a roughly 60–strong support detachment joined NATO’s Air Shielding mission performing training and deterrence flights from Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base on Romania’s Black ...

Russia poses "a chronic threat" to the world and further aid to Ukraine to repulse the Russian invasion of that country is crucial, said Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the commander of U.S. European Co ...

Speaking at the NATO Open Door Conference in Helsinki on Wednesday (10 April 2024), NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană welcomed Ukraine’s readiness to join NATO and said that “NATO’s door rem ...

The UK and Ukraine sign a new defence agreement to encourage cooperation on defence and industrial issues.  UK and Ukraine sign new arrangement on defence and industrial cooperation  Signing came duri ...

Six RAF fighter jets will commence a four-month mission in Romania from today, flying air policing missions alongside the Romanian Air Force Royal Air Force fighter jets have started protecting NATO’s ...

Australian and Finnish Army soldiers are providing leadership training courses to Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) soldiers to enhance their survivability and lethality against invading forces in Ukraine ...

Saab has signed an initial three-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence, for the provision of support to Live Simulation systems with ILT-D (Instrumented Live Training), valued at £60M and opti ...

The Emirati Armed Forces strengthen their Army, Air Force, and Navy to counter emerging threats. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is witnessing a surge in defence expenditure, signalling a comprehensive ...

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, to NATO Headquarters on Monday (8 April 2024) to discuss regional security issues ...

With Ukraine now the most mined country in the world, Pearson Engineering has secured a contract from the UK’s Ministry of Defence to provide equipment to defeat the threat of mines and improvised exp ...