2018
Russia successfully tests IA-equipped air defense automatic control system
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have tested for the first time an air defense automatic control system (ACS) fitted with elements of artificial ...
Live firing of SAAB missile systems in Vilnius
Saab has held a demonstration of its dismounted weapons support systems - the NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon), Carl-Gustaf, and AT4 -...
US Army wants better, lighter munitions for UAS and attack helicopters
The U.S. Army needs a family of lightweight, longer-range precision munitions to fire from its fleet of unmanned aerial systems and attack helicopt...
Warrior Competition 2018 Day 4 event House of Terror at KASOTC in Amman Jordan
May 3, 2018, day 4 for Army Recognition online Defense and Security magazine at the Warrior Competition 2018 at the KASOTC, King Abdullah II Specia...
Harris Corporation radios for US Special Operations Command
Harris Corporation was awarded a $21,000,000 maximum, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, single award contract for the sustainment of handhel...
Warrior Competition 2018 Day 4 event Time s Up at KASOTC in Amman Jordan
May 3 2018, day 4 for Army Recognition online military magazine with its Online Defense and Security Web TV at the Warrior Competition 2018 in KASO...
Raytheon FGM-148 Javelin antitank missile systems sold to Ukraine
The U.S. government has confirmed the sale of 37 Javelin anti-tank launchers, and 210 missiles made for those launchers, to the Ukrainian governmen...
Russia cuts military spending for the first time since 1988
Russia reduced its military spending last year for the first time since 1998, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in ...
US Missile Defense Agency orders additional THAAD anti-ballistic missiles
Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded two contracts worth US$162 million for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile...
Plans for short-notice deployments of US National Guard
A new strategy is foreseen by the director of the Army National Guard for short-notice deployments, which will imply more training days. As part of...
Lockheed Martin's Indago 3 SUAS upgraded with infrared sensors
Lockheed Martin's Indago 3, a small quadrotor unmanned aerial system has been upgraded with high resolution infrared sensors capable of day or nigh...
Black Hornet micro-drones for Netherlands army scouts and marines
On 2 May, the Defense ministry of The Netherlands signed a contract with the Norwegian manufacturer Prox Dynamics to purchase dozens of tiny reconn...
Stryker ICV-Ds delivered to US 2nd Cavalry Rgt, Battle Group Poland
A picture posted today on Instagram has revealed that an important batch of 30mm Stryker ICV-D have been delivered to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry...
Georgia reveals its first US-made Javelin anti-tank missile systems
On April 30, the Georgian armed forces have unveiled the first of their newly delivered Javelin anti-tank missile systems.
Warrior Competition 2018 Day 3 event The Great Escape KASOTC Amman Jordan
May 2, 2018, day 2 for Army Recognition online Defense and Security magazine at the Warrior Competition 2018 in KASOTC, King Abdullah II Special Op...
US Ground HQ deactivated in Iraq
This is a major milestone in the long fight against the self-called Islamic State: on April 30 in Baghdad, the U.S. armed forces folded down the fl...
US Army kicks off Combined Resolve X exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany
Nearly 3,700 service members from 13 allied and partner nations will participate in exercise Combined Resolve X at the 7th Army Training Command's ...
Warrior Competition 2018 Day 3 event McQuade at KASOTC in Amman Jordan
May 2 2018, day 3 for Army Recognition online military magazine with its Online Defense and Security Web TV at the Warrior Competition 2018 in KASO...
395 Chinese peacekeepers sent to Mali
China will dispatch 395 peacekeepers in May to Mali for one year on a UN mission. Officially formed on Wednesday 1st May, the battalion will be Chi...
Chinese Dongfeng-26 ballistic missile commissioned
The Dongfeng-26 ballistic missile has been commissioned into the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force, said Wu Qian, spokesperson with China...