Defense News Army 2024
Portugal Confirms Acquisition of F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jets to Replace F-16 Fleet
In an interview with Diario de Noticias on April 12, 2024, the Portugal Air Force Chief of Staff, General João Cartaxo Alves, confirmed that the Lo...
Netherlands Delivers Three F-16s for Training Ukrainian Pilots in Romania
According to the X account of Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren on April 17, 2024, the Netherlands transferred three additional F-16 fighter j...
DARPA Reveals First AI-Piloted X-62A Successfully Dogfights Human
On April 17, 2024, DARPA released a video announcing the first-ever flight tests of AI algorithms autonomously piloting an X-62A against a human-pi...
Germany sends 50 stealth E-bike to Ukrainian Special force operator
The German government has confirmed the delivery of 50 E-Bike Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) to Ukrainian Special Forces, as part of a €20 mi...
South Korean Army Conducts Major Live-Fire Artillery Exercise Near North Korean Border
On April 17, 2024, the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported that the South Korean Army and Marine Corps conducted live-fire artillery exercises...
Chinese Army Conducts Major Live-Fire Air Defense Exercise on China-Myanmar Border
The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA Chinese Army) started a live-fire air defense exercise on the China-Myanm...
US Army awards technical support contract to General Dynamics for M10 Booker
According to the US Department of Defense as of April 15, 2024, General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., located in Sterling Heights, Michigan, has been...
Belarus receive modernised MI-35M combat helicopter equipped with recent missile detection system
On April 7, 2024, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense published photos of the Machulishchi airbase, announcing the arrival of 4 new MI-35 helicopter...
Israel's defense cost at least 7 times more than Iranian attack
On April 15, 2024, Israeli air defense systems successfully intercepted the majority of over 300 missiles and drones launched by Iran. Despite the ...
Australia Boosts Defense Budget with Focus on Naval Power and Missiles
On 17 April 2024, The Australian government announced a major increase in defense spending. Over the next ten years, the country will allocate an a...
What Are Military Capabilities of Israel and Iran in Middle Eastern Conflict Scenarios
The shadow warfare between Israel and Iran increasingly threatens to escalate into open conflict. Iran avoids direct state-on-state conflict, prefe...
Germany purchases GL40 grenade launchers from Austrian company Steyr
The Austrian firearms manufacturer Steyr Arms has achieved success in a German Army armament project. As announced by the company on April 16, 2024...
Canada to deliver 450 SkyRanger drones to Ukraine
On April 15, 2024, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry confirmed the anticipated reinforcement of their aerial surveillance and reconnaissance capabilit...
First test firing with Jaguar 6X6 armored vehicle for 1st French Spahi Regiment
On April 16, 2024, the Commanding Officer of the 1st Spahi Regiment announced the first test firings of the new Jaguar 6X6 armored reconnaissance a...
Argentina buys 24 Danish F-16 Multirole Fighter Jets
On April 16, 2024, President Javier Milei and Defense Minister Luis Petri announced via their X account (formerly Twitter) the signing of the contr...
Canada Allocates $1.16 Billion for Military Support to Ukraine
On April 16, 2024, Canada announced a budget of 1.6 billion Canadian dollars (approximately 1.16 billion US dollars) in its budget to strengthen Uk...
What Are the Combat Capabilities of Israel's Multi-Layered Air Defense System?
Israel's missile defense arsenal stands among the most sophisticated in the world, comprising several layers of systems designed to safeguard the n...
Taiwan develops and tests new home made interceptor system called Tien Chien II
A surface-launched version of Taiwan's indigenously-developed Tien Chien II (TC-2) missile passed a test-firing Monday during its debut in a missil...
PGZ Announces Delivery of first LPR 4x4 Armored Vehicles to Poland
In August 2023, the Polish Ministry of National Defense, through the Armament Agency, signed a contract with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) and ...
Milrem Robotics signs contract with Japan To Supply THeMIS UGV Ground Robot
According to information published by Milrem Robotics on April 16, 2024, a leading robotics and autonomous systems developer in Europe, has been aw...