2022
Raytheon Australia to upgrade Thales Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles with EW capability
As reported by Charbel Kadib in Defence Connect, Raytheon Australia has been selected by the Commonwealth government to upgrade the Australian Army...
Raytheon Missiles and Defense Northrop Grumman complete second hypersonic missile flight test
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, successfully completed its second flight test of the scramjet-powered Hypers...
Fourteen Portuguese M113 APCs finally on their way to Ukraine
Fourteen M113 armored personnel carriers offered to Ukraine by the Portuguese Government as part of plans to help Kiyv in the fight against the Rus...
Green light from European Union for 500 million euros in additional military aid to Ukraine
The European Union's Foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels on Monday, July 18, gave the green light to a 5th tranche of 500 million to finance the...
Nigerian Army receives FV107 Scimitar CVR(T)s from Jordan
According to a tweet from Defense News Nigeria posted on July 16, the Nigerian Army recently received an unspecified number of the British-built FV...
Northrop Grumman completes Preliminary Design Review for 300KW class High Energy Laser
Northrop Grumman recently completed the preliminary design review for a high-energy laser prototype that will feature an architecture scalable to m...
Ukrainian soldiers are trained by German army on Gepard anti-aircraft tank
According to the German newspaper Lübecker Nachrichten, at least 100 Ukrainian soldiers are currently being trained in using the Gepard anti-aircra...
US Marines tests new air defense missile system integrating Israeli Iron Dome technology
According to a statement published by the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Marine Corps’ Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) prototype successfully...
Ricardo to deliver additional ABS-ESC retrofit kits for US Army Humvees
The U.S. Army has awarded Ricardo’s Defense business unit, located in Michigan, over an 18.9million USD to deliver additional Antilock Brake System...
Dragonfire Laser Directed Energy programme (LDEW) led by MBDA proving trials underway
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power ...
Lithuania plans to acquire 18 French-made Nexter CAESAR 155mm self-propelled howitzers
According to information published by several French newspapers on July 15, 2022, Lithuania signed a letter of intent to procure 18 French-made CAE...
Poland agrees on the purchase of 116 US second-hand M1 Abrams main battle tanks
On Friday, July 15, 2022, the Polish defense minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced the purchase of 116 second-hand M1 Abrams main battle tanks from ...
Estonia to purchase six US-made M142 HIMARS rocket launcher systems
According to information published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), on July 15, 2022, the U.S. State Department made a determinati...
First M270 MLRS rocket launchers donated by European countries arrived in Ukraine
According to information released by Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on his Twitter account, on July 15, 2022, the first M270 MLRS Mult...
Chile plans to acquire four French-made ARQUUS Bastion 4x4 APC armored vehicles
According to information published by the Spanish Defense website "InfoDefensa" on July 14, 2022, the Undersecretary of the Interior of the Ministr...
FNSS from Turkey to open Depot Level Maintenance and Repair Facility in Oman
Within the scope of the Armoured Personnel Carriers (PARS III) and Integrated Logistics Support supply contract signed between the Turkish company ...
US successfully conducts flight test of a future hypersonic missile
The U.S. DARPA’s (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Operational Fires (OpFires) program has successfully executed its first flight test of...
South Korea unveils its Next Generation Main Battle Tank concept by Hyundai Rotem
The South Korean company Hyundai Rotem unveils the Next Generation of Main Battle Tank (NGMBT) using new technologies of mobility, firepower, and p...
Philippine Army to inspect newly delivered Israeli-made AVLB armored vehicle-launched bridge
As reported by Priam Nepomuceno from the Philippine News Agency, the Philippine Army on July 14 said it will be subject to a post-delivery technica...
Russian commandos engage Tigr armored vehicles with Arbalet-DM RWS in Ukraine
MOSCOW, July 14. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Russian commandos are successfully using Arbalet-DM remotely controlled weapons stations (RCWS) in Ukraine, a secu...
