Land Defense News
Germany rushes to save 400 Tomahawk missile deal after Trump withdraws 5,000 troops from the country
Germany is accelerating efforts to secure Typhon missile launchers and up to 400 Tomahawk Block V cruise missiles after Washington cancelled plans ...
Vietnam Unveils Viettel Recon Drones and Loitering Munitions for High-Intensity Warfare
Vietnam’s Viettel High Technology Industries Corporation (VHT) used Saha Expo 2026 to unveil a new family of reconnaissance drones and tactical loi...
U.S. Army Demonstrates Counter Drone Capabilities During Balikatan 2026 in Philippines
The U.S. Army used a Stinger missile to destroy a hostile-style drone during Exercise Balikatan 2026 in the Philippines, signaling how rapidly Amer...
U.S. Tests Avenger Air Defense System in the Philippines to Shield Dispersed Forces from Rising Drone Threats
A U.S. Army AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense system destroyed an MQM-170C Outlaw G2 drone with an FIM-92 Stinger missile during Exercise Balikatan 2026...
U.S. Army Uses Ground Robots and Combat Vehicles in First Assault Warfare Test in Morocco
U.S. Army airborne troops tested robotic assault tactics and combat vehicles during African Lion 26 in Morocco, where soldiers from the 173rd Airbo...
U.S. Explores Autonomous Containerized Drone Hubs to Enable Persistent Swarm Warfare From Dispersed Positions
DARPA is moving to transform small drones from expendable battlefield tools into autonomous combat networks that can be hidden, launched, recovered...
US Advances Distributed Indo-Pacific Drone Warfare with Firestorm xCell Microfactories Producing Tempest Drones
The United States is moving drone production closer to the front line in the Indo-Pacific after Firestorm received a $30 million APFIT award on May...
Türkiye Enters Long-Range Kamikaze Drone Race With Kuzgun Similar to Shahed-136 and U.S. LUCAS
Türkiye has unveiled the Kuzgun long-range loitering munition at SAHA Expo 2026, marking Ankara’s entry into the growing market for low-cost one-wa...
US spends $1.9 billion on Aegis Guam missile defense system to stop China's hypersonic attacks
The United States is investing nearly $1.9 billion to turn Guam into a hardened missile defense stronghold capable of resisting Chinese ballistic a...
Türkiye's BG AS-6 VTOL Drone Could Expand Competition in NATO Tactical UAV Markets
Turkish companies BG Türkiye and Ozismak unveiled the BG AS-6 at the SAHA 2026 defense exhibition in Istanbul, introducing a rocket-assisted VTOL d...
Roketsan’s CİDA Missile Strengthens Türkiye’s Role in NATO Long-Range Anti-Armor and Precision Strike Warfare
Roketsan’s newly unveiled CİDA NLOS anti-tank missile has emerged as one of the most strategically significant Turkish precision-strike systems dis...
Türkiye and Hungary join forces to develop Tolga counter-drone UGV for future warfare
Türkiye and Hungary are moving to field a mobile robotic counter-drone defense system after Turkish defense company MKE signed an MoU with Hungary’...
Ukraine Uses Ground Robots and Drones to Capture Russian Positions Without Troop Losses
Ukraine is shifting battlefield operations toward robotic assault and support missions as systems such as Ratel H, TERMIT, Droid TW 12.7 and KRAMPU...
Türkiye’s New PAMİR 4x4 Reflects Lessons from Counterinsurgency and Modern Mobility Warfare
Turkish manufacturer BMC has unveiled the new PAMİR 4x4 light tactical vehicle for the first time at the SAHA 2026 exhibition in Istanbul, presenti...
Türkiye HAN Deploys Baran Anti-Drone Weapon on Kangal UGV for Mobile Counter-UAS Defense
Türkiye has integrated its Baran anti-drone system onto the Kangal autonomous ground vehicle, a move unveiled at the SAHA 2026 exhibition that sign...
U.S. Army Tests AeroVironment's LOCUST Laser Drone Defense System for Homeland Airspace Security
AeroVironment’s LOCUST high-energy laser weapon system has completed a live counter-drone test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, demonstr...
AeroVironment Switchblade 400 drone joins US Army LASSO program to replace traditional anti-tank missiles
The U.S. Army has selected AeroVironment’s Switchblade 400 loitering munition for the LASSO program on May 4, 2026, which signals a major shift awa...
Otokar’s Cobra II with BEE EATER System Offers NATO a Turkish Vehicle-Mounted Aerial Reconnaissance Solution
Otokar unveiled at SAHA Expo 2026 in Istanbul a Cobra II 4x4 armored vehicle integrated with DASAL’s BEE EATER reconnaissance UAV system, marking a...
Ukraine’s Chaklun Jet Interceptor Could Change How NATO Stops Russian Drone Attacks
Ukraine’s Chaklun Jet interceptor drone emerged at the SAHA 2026 defense exhibition in Istanbul as a combat-tested response to the growing threat p...
U.S. Army Transforms National Guard Brigade into Drone and Electronic Warfare Combat Force
The U.S. Army is accelerating its transformation toward future multidomain warfare after the Virginia National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade becam...
Türkiye Develops Low-Cost TUNGA-X Interceptor Against Shahed-Style Drone Threats
STM has unveiled its new TUNGA-X interceptor drone at the SAHA 2026 defense exhibition in Türkiye, positioning the system as a low-cost countermeas...
Türkiye Challenges U.S. ATACMS Deep-Strike Dominance with New Kara Atmaca Cruise Missile
Turkish defense company Roketsan has unveiled the new Kara Atmaca mobile land-attack surface-to-surface cruise missile, a long-range precision-stri...
ROKETSAN Debuts Missile-Carrying İKA-PALEM UGV as Turkish NATO Solution for Remote Anti-Armor Warfare
ROKETSAN has unveiled the İKA-PALEM missile-carrying unmanned ground vehicle at SAHA Expo 2026 in Istanbul, giving Türkiye a new remote anti-armor ...
U.S. warns Iran major combat operations could resume if Gulf threats escalate
The United States warned that American forces are fully prepared to resume major combat operations against Iran if Tehran threatens U.S. troops, co...
Türkiye Reveals ATTILA 155mm Howitzer as New High-Mobility NATO Fire Support Solution
Türkiye has unveiled the new ATTILA 155 mm truck-mounted howitzer at the SAHA 2026 defense and aerospace exhibition in Istanbul, where MKE introduc...