Defense News Army 2025
Türkiye’s ALTAY tank gets ASELSAN subsystems reshaping NATO armor power
On October 1, 2025, ASELSAN announced the successful completion of Factory Acceptance Tests for its subsystems developed under the ALTAY Series Pro...
Poland and South Korea sign $2.6B deal to deliver 1,266 Legwan 4x4 military vehicles by 2035
Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on September 25, 2025, the signing of a landmark defense de...
Russia Plants Hypersonic Oreshnik Force in Belarus Reshaping Eastern Defense
On September 25, 2025, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko confirmed that Russia’s Oreshnik hypersonic missile system is already en route to ...
UK Royal Marines Test BvS10 Viking Amphibious Landings in Norway Across Arctic and Baltic
UK Royal Marines from the Commando Logistic Regiment’s Armoured Support Group deployed their Viking BVS10 vehicles from the well deck of RFA Lyme B...
U.S. doubles Estonia’s HIMARS artillery to 12 amid growing tensions between Russia and NATO
On October 1, 2025, Kyiv Post reported that the United States has quietly moved to expand Estonia’s pending HIMARS package, increasing the number o...
Australia Gains Firepower As US Approves $705M Sale Of 48 HIMARS Rocket Systems
On September 30, 2025, the U.S. State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale of 48 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMA...
President Maduro puts Venezuela’s military on wartime footing amid U.S. tensions
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declared a sweeping state of external emergency on Monday, September 30, 2025, placing the country’s armed forc...
Romania seeks approval for 216 new main battle tanks in €6.5B second-phase plan
DefenseRomania reported on September 29, 2025, that lawmakers in Bucharest received a request to authorize the second phase of Romania’s main battl...
Sweden deploys first Loke counter-drone system to defend bases from small drone attacks
On September 29, 2025, Saab confirmed that Sweden’s new Loke counter-drone (C-UAS) concept was deployed during the Swedish Air Force's contribution...
Pentagon Awards Raytheon $5.04B Army Contract for Coyote Counter-UAS and KuRFS radars
The U.S. Department of War announced on Sept. 29, 2025 a $5.04 billion contract to Raytheon for the Coyote counter-UAS system, including fixed and ...
China Test-Launches New DF-26D Hypersonic ‘Guam Killer’ Missile
China has test-launched its new DF-26D missile, a variant believed to carry a hypersonic or maneuvering warhead. Officially unveiled at Beijing’s S...
U.S. Marines deploy armored LAV-25 vehicles on Puerto Rico beach amid Caribbean tensions
On September 30, 2025, U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) staged Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) along the coastline of Arr...