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Ukraine hopes to receive a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the NATO summit next year, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Andrii Taran. He stated this at a briefing entitled "Defense aspects of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration: key aspects and tasks for the future," according to...

Iran is seeking to sell weapons and military equipment to Iraq through military cooperation agreements between the two countries, but Iraq is holding back. Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard during the reopening of Baghdad's central Tahrir Square, easing tensions a year after the...

The XM1155 ERAP program will provide an extended range, guided 155mm artillery round capable of defeating moving and stationary targets in all terrain and weather conditions. Northrop Grumman BALTIMORE - Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed multiple rounds of tests on its Solid...

Pakistan is in talks with different Turkish defense companies for the acquisition of hi-tech drones to consolidate its border-surveillance capabilities. According to sources, these drones will primarily be deployed on the eastern border that several Indian spy quadcopters had attempted to...

Soldiers able to communicate silently could change the face of operations on the ground. The US Army Research Office is funding new research into how brain signals could be analyzed and decoded to create a silent communication channel for military personnel. As reported by C4isrnet, the...

Tehran, Nov 27, IRNA – Iran’s naval deterrence and defensive power, as a point of trust and confidence in the Iranian nation, is the anchor of stability and lasting security in the strategic region of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman, said a statement of Iranian...

Photo by IrvinGQ The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center recently conducted an evaluation airdrop of the new ATAX system. IrvinGQ (formally Airborne Systems Europe) has announced that the DEVCOM Soldier Center in conjunction with Yuma Proving Ground...

China’s recent white paper on military strategy gives important clues about the type of superpower Beijing aspires to be. Christian Becker and Nadine Godehardt on four eye-catching aspects of the document. China has published its first white paper on national military strategy. Numerous...

UK's recently outlined plans to make Britain the leading center of power in all of Europe, starting with the Royal Navy. As the division between the UK's different nations grows increasingly, he emphasized the Shipbuilding industry to bridge the difference between the four nations of the...

The South Sudan chief of defense forces, Gen Johnson Juma Okot, led a high-profile South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) delegation to meet their Ugandan counterparts in Gulu City over the weekend to resolve the issue of repeated clashes between the two armies. The meeting was held at...

When German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp Karrenbauer invited her British and French colleagues Ben Wallace and Florence Parly to her Heimat in Saarland on August 20-21, she wanted an intimate and relaxed environment for the launch of the E3 format on defense issues. Saarland, located in the...

The medium to long-range system was jointly developed and designed by American company Raytheon and Norway's Kongsberg Defence Photo: Raytheon US Ambassador to Hungary David Cornstein and Hungarian Secretary of Defense Tibor Benkő have signed a memorandum of understanding for Hungary's...

Tehran, Nov 19, IRNA – Shahid Roudaki ocean-going, aircraft carrier warship joined the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy in a ceremony on Thursday. The ceremony was attended by a group of Iranian civilian and military officials including the IRGC Commander Major-General Hossein Salami...

The APG-79 radar has an open-systems architecture, rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (R-COTS) parts, and solid-state transmit and receive modules. PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – Radar experts at Raytheon Technologies Corp. will provide the U.S. Marine Corps with 16 AN/APG-79(V)4 active...

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract worth NOK 200 million with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to supply propeller systems for five F110 frigates, currently in construction for the Spanish Navy. Kongsberg Maritime press release These next-generation vessels are designed to...

The AMPS system provides the most enhanced protection for military and civilian aircraft against the growing threat of ground-to-air missiles, the company says Photo: BIRD Aerosystems BIRD Aerosystems, a developer of airborne missile protection systems and special mission aircraft solutions...

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command on 09 of October to sign a contract with Nammo Lapua Oy to procure light 66 KES 12 single-shot anti-tank weapons and training weapons. The procurement is part of the national defence development programme...

US Army researchers are looking to solve a problem that will become apparent over the next few years. How to charge a drone swarm safely and efficiently? You surely can’t get someone to plug in each drone. As the US Army continues to experiment with drone swarms, one of the biggest...

The U.S. Department of Defense annouces on November 17 that General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $9,473,511,245 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-2117. The contract modification exercises an option for construction...

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer says the EU needs more independence but will still depend on the US. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer | Carsten Koall/Getty Images German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer doubled down Tuesday on her assertion that Europe must continue to rely on U.S. security...