Defense News Army 2025
US Army-backed Firehawk tests 3D-printed missile propellant for Javelin and Stinger launch motors
Firehawk Aerospace confirmed on Sept. 30, 2025 in a Dallas company announcement that it completed flight tests of Javelin- and Stinger-class launch...
US M2A3 Bradley Crews Qualify in Bulgaria Reinforcing NATO’s Eastern Flank Deterrence
The US Army has completed its Bradley live-fire qualification at Novo Selo, a largely nighttime event where the luminous trails from tracer rounds ...
US Army to test first autonomous AMPV prototype by 2026
BAE Systems and Forterra announced on September 30, 2025, that they will collaborate to develop an autonomous variant of the US Army’s Armored Mult...
US Sends Anti-Drone Defenses to Denmark for European Council Summit After Drone incursions
According to the Danish Ministry of Defence on 30 September 2025, the United States will provide Denmark with anti-drone capabilities to secure the...
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...