2021
Serbian armed forces complete joint live fire exercise Response 2021
Serbian Armed Forces and Ministry of the Interior units are conducting intensive training activities as part of the joint live-fire exercise “Respo...
NATO relies on Thales for real-time view of the operational situation in joint theaters
Thales announced on April 13, 2021, that NATO awarded Thales on 17 March the new increment to provide an operational situational awareness system t...
FLIR wins US DARPA contract to develop revolutionary new protective fabrics for chem-bio defense
FLIR Systems announced on April 12 that it has won a contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to rapidly devel...
Russian military employs Pantsir-S SPAAGMs to engage ground targets
The Russian Armed Forces are now trained to operate the Pantsir-S self-propelled anti-aircraft gun-missile (SPAAGM) system (NATO reporting name: SA...
French army starts NATO Bold Eagle exercise in Estonia
On April 3, 2021, the predominantly armored tactical combined arms sub-grouping (SGTIA, Sous-groupement tactique interarmes) of the Lynx 9 mission ...
First Thales Bushmaster ambulances shipped to Netherlands
According to a tweet published by Thales Australia on April 12, four of the new Australian-made MEDIVAC variant of the Bushmaster APC have been shi...
Romania hosts US Joint Forces for NATO Dynamic Force Employment training near Black Sea
In the early morning hours on 10 Apr, 2021, special operations forces at Ramstein, Germany, assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, loaded th...
South African Reva MRAP variant fitted with Ingwe ATGMs and mortar
The original Reva Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) is a mine-protected vehicle (MRAP). It is produced by Integrated Convoy Protection. Other varian...
Taiwan reconfirms intention to buy 108 M1A2T Abrams tanks
As announced by Army Recognition on April 20, Taiwan reconfirmed its intention to increase the tank component in the ranks of its army and simultan...
Russia to display four types of main battle tanks at Victory Day 2021 military parade
For the military parade of Victory Day that will be held in the center of Moscow on May 9, 2021, Russia's armed forces will display four main battl...
Russian army takes delivery of new batch of 20 Uran-9 tracked armed UGVs
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has announced the delivery of a new batch of 20 Uran-9 tracked unmanned combat ground vehicles (UGV) to the R...
CNIM from France launches military New Generation Motorized Floating Bridge
French Company CNIM Group has announced on March 23, 2021, the launching of its new Next Generation Motorized Floating Bridge PFM NG (Pont Flottant...
Lithuanian company Ostara develops Krampus hybrid buggy with autonomous driving system
The Lithuanian company Ostara is developing Krampus buggy, an innovative hybrid vehicle that will provide new mobility possibilities for defense an...
ADASI from UAE develops QX-4 kamikaze drone able to carry precision guided bombs
The UAE-based company ADASI, a subdivision of EDGE, has designed and developed the QX-4, a new generation of UAV loitering munitions able to carry ...
Kurganets-25 IFV being developed on schedule
The Special Machine-Building Design Bureau (SKBM, a subsidiary of Rostec’s holding High-Precision Weapons) is developing the newest Kurganets-25 in...
Russian 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade receives modernized T-80BVM tanks
As the press service of the Russian Eastern Military District reported on April 7, 2021, modern T-80BVM tanks entered service for the first time wi...
US Marines and Norwegian military conduct exercise Arctic Littoral Strike in northern Norway
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 21.1 enhanced their warfighting ability above the Arctic Circle during exercise Arctic...
South-Korean Chunmoo K239 MLRS rockets/missile launcher to enter in service with UAE
According to a contract released at the Day 3 of IDEX, International Land Defense Exhibition that was held in Abu Dhabi, on February 2021, UAE (Uni...
Russian Kh-35 Bal coastal missiles deployed in the Arctic
The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to deploy Kh-35 Bal coastal cruise missiles (NATO reporting name: AS-20 Kayak) in the Arctic, along the No...
Kestrel anti-armor rockets deployed by Taiwan Coast Guard to South China Sea islands
The Taiwanese armed forces have deployed a total of 292 Kestrel anti-armor rockets to its Dongsha and Taiping islands in the South China Sea in res...