2018
Ukraine-Qatar: military cooperation officialized
During the official visit of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to Qatar, six documents on mutually beneficial cooperation, including a military ...
India: BrahMos cruise missile test-fired with indigenous seeker
On 22 March, the BrahMos, claimed by its Indian Manufacturer to be the world's fastest anti-ship cruise missile, was successfully test fired with a...
BAE Systems Night Vision Goggles, Thermal Weapon Sights for US Army
The U.S. Army has placed two orders totalling $97 million for BAE Systems to provide new night vision goggles and thermal weapon sights, which toge...
Polaris Government and Defense introduces new DAGOR A1 off-road vehicle
Polaris Government and Defense is evolving its squad-ready DAGOR® off-road vehicle with the introduction of the DAGOR® A1. The DAGOR® A1 provides i...
Kazakh military vehicles marketed to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan is trying to sell military vehicles to its neighbors, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In an interview with InformBuro, the general dir...
Russia and Belarus in first joint tactical peacekeeping exercise
On 19 March, an opening ceremony for the Russia-Belarus tactical peacekeeping exercise took place in Ulyanovsk. The exercise is involving Russian A...
US Marine Corps to buy 35,000 of US Army's MHS new pistol
The USMC has budgeted the purchase of 35,000 of the U.S. Army’s new Modular Handgun System into its proposed 2019 fiscal year budget. The Army awar...
Norway: new main battle tank acquisition project
Norway’s long-term planning process is carried out under the direction of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The “Long-Term Plan – Materiel” ...
Rheinmetall to provide artillery ammunition to Australia via NIOA
Australia is procuring artillery ammunition from Rheinmetall. Under its “Land 17 Phase 1C.2 Future Artillery Ammunition” project, the Australian De...
Arctic Edge 2018: 1,500 US Special Forces GI’s in Alaska
The U.S. Army conducts mission-based training events year-round, but Arctic Edge 2018 is a unique opportunity that has brought more than 1,500 U.S....
South Korea: New artillery brigade equipped with KTSSM ballistic missile
Ministry of National Defense of South Korea has approved a plan to create a new artillery brigade under a ground forces operations command to be in...
Spain to buy new weapons for more than EUR 10 billion
Spanish Minister of Defense María Dolores de Cospedal will soon detail her new plan concerning a 15-year investment cycle for weapons systems. To p...
Raytheon laser weapons defeat multiple drones during US Army exercise
Forty-five unmanned aerial vehicles and drones fell out of the sky during a U.S. Army exercise after Raytheon's (NYSE: RTN) advanced high-power mic...
Oshkosh Defense to supply missile transporters and trucks to Qatar and Kuwait
On 16 March, the US Department of Defense awarded a contract to Oshkosh Defense for missile transporters and trucks under foreign military sales fo...
Russian Terminator 2 Tank Support Vehicle to enter service
The latest version of the BMPT-72 tank support combat vehicle, also known as Terminator 2, is about to enter service in the Russian army. The decis...
Troops, drones and vehicles sent by Dominican Republic to border with Haiti
Three border provinces of the Dominican Republic will see additional forces assigned to the defense of the border with Haiti. The order was issued ...
Rheinmetall fits MELLS AT Guided Missile on Marder IFV
Rheinmetall has integrated the state-of-the-art MELLS antitank guided missile into the Marder 1A5 infantry fighting vehicle. Following successful c...
South Korea, U.S. joint military exercises: just the routine
The annual military exercise involving U.S. and South Korean forces will be of a particular interest, as Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump have accepted...
British airborne soldiers protected by main battle tanks for urban operations
In the case of urban operations, combining airborne infantry (or special forces) and main battle tanks already proved efficient. The British army p...
Peru: AMX-13 light tanks converted into 122mm self-propelled howitzers
According to the Brazilian website www.forte.jor.br, the Peruvian army plans to convert from 30 to 40 old French-made AMX-13 105mm light tanks into...