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U.S. soldier-centered approach helping lead ground modernization efforts
Nearly two years into its largest modernization overhaul in four decades, the U.S. Army looks to continue its momentum of developing new ground sys...
U.S. Defense leaders detail how Middle East, Africa fit in U.S. strategy
Since the National Defense Strategy was published in 2018, U.S. Defense Department officials who testify before Congress have stressed proposals ba...
USA and France dramatically increase major arms exports, Saudi Arabia largest arms importer
International transfers of major arms during the five-year period 2015–19 increased by 5.5 percent compared with 2010–14. According to new data fro...
U.S. DOD officials describe layered missile defense progress
The mission of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is defending the U.S., deployed forces, friends and allies from missiles of all sorts. "It's a no-f...
Turkey elaborates new doctrine on armed drone attacks
In Syria, Turkish-made armed drones like the Bayraktar TB2 and Anka in the Idlib area have made the army much more effective on the battlefield aga...
US Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle Report to American Congress
Issued on Feb. 20, 2020, a Congressional Research Service report makes the point on the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) background an...
Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) - Background and issues for U.S. Congress
The JLTV is an Army-led, multiservice initiative to develop a family of future light tactical vehicles to replace many of the High Mobility, M...
Analysis: Russia has to increase modern tank fleet - take 2
Numerous Soviet tanks posed the main threat to NATO in the Cold War. After the Soviet collapse, Russia decommissioned most of them and sent to ware...
Analysis: Russia has to increase modern tank fleet - take 1
Numerous Soviet tanks posed the main threat to NATO in the Cold War. After the Soviet collapse, Russia decommissioned most of them and sent to ware...
Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) in the FY2019 Annual Report
Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test &a...
Latest Russian arms may be included into START
The New Start is a bilateral strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States which came into force on February 5, 2011...
Bradley Family of Vehicles (BFoV) Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) in the FY2019 Annual Report
Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test &a...
U.S. Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicles programs in FY 2019
Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Te...
U.S. DoD releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal
On February 10, 2020, President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget request of $740.5 billion for national securi...
Russia sums up results of 2011-2020 arms program
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to sum up the results of the arms program for 2011-2020 this year and specify the parameters of the current prog...
Trump administration broadens use of landmines
President Donald J. Trump's administration has expanded the ability of combatant commanders to use landmines in specific, exceptional incidents. Pr...
France to deploy 600 more troops to Sahel
On Sunday, Feb.2, French Defense Minister Florence Parly has confirmed what Gen. François Lecointre, Chief of General Staff (CEMA), had already ann...
Belarus enters international ammunition business
Belarusian defense holding Belspetsvneshtekhnika (BSVT) has launched a manufacturing line to produce ammunition for small arms, according to Belaru...
Azerbaijan raised position in 2019 military strength ranking
Azerbaijan has ranked 52nd out of 137 countries in the Global Firepower list for 2019, Abdul Kerimkhanov reports on Azernews. Compared to 2018, Aze...
New SIPRI data reveals scale of Chinese arms industry
New research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) suggests that China is the second-largest arms producer in the world...