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According to information released by the InfoDefensa website on October 12, 2020, the Uruguayan Army has begun the modernization program to upgrade its Condor UR-425 4x4 armored vehicles. Condor UR-425 4x4 Armored Personnel Carrier of the Uruguayan Army 15th infantry battalion. (Picture...

The Russian Navy completed tests of the latest Karakurt-class corvette of project 22800 in the Arctic. It was previously unknown how far the warship can operate in low temperatures and bad weather. The Odintsovo corvette fulfilled all missions during a two-month sortie in the Barents and White...

The Finnish Defence Forces will improve its night fighting capability by procuring new image intensifiers for soldiers and hand-held multipurpose observation and surveillance systems for mortar units. Antti Kaikkonen, the Minister of Defence of Finland, has authorized the Finnish Defence Forces...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is no stranger to helicopters and drones, having jointly developed the BK117 helicopter with Germany’s Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, as well as more recently testing a large drone powered by three ZX10R Superbike engines. Their latest development is the unmanned...

Anti-tank missile-slinging Gazelle rotorcraft were just one of the highlights of Serbia’s Joint Action 2020 exercise. While the extraordinary display of North Korean military might on show in Kim Il Sung Square was justifiably the focus of much attention last weekend, over in the Balkans the...

AUSA 2020: Bell to begin building 360 Invictus imminently Bell will start building its 360 Invictus helicopter this week. The company is developing the 360 Invictus for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive Prototype (FARA-CP) programme, according to a company...

Airbus announces it has been selected to develop a Communications and Mission System modernization upgrade for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) KC-30A MRTT fleet. KC-30A MRTT is the Australian designation for Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. U.S. F-35A refuled...

According to information published on the Facebook account of the Romanian Minister of Defense Nicolae Ionel Ciucă, the first 36 wheeled armored vehicles Piranha V will be delivered to the Romanian army in the next few days after performing qualification tests at the Bucharest factory...

According to information published on October 12, 2020, NSPA (NATO Support and Procurement Agency) has successfully implemented a multi-million dollar contract for the upgrade of the Iceland Air Defence System's Long Range Air Surveillance Radars (AN/FPS-117). An Australian AN/TPS-77 radar...

US imports $531Million Worth Defense Goods from Turkey in 2020 The United States has imported $531.1 million worth defense goods from Turkey during the first nine months of 2020, official Turkish data has revealed. The U.S. topped the list in defense and aviation imports from Turkey for the...

As China pushes to become a blue-water power, nuclear-powered submarines are critically important to Beijing’s plan. Historically the Chinese Navy’s (PLAN) nuclear-powered submarine fleet has been constrained by its limited construction capacity. There is only one shipyard in the country up to...

The U.S.A.F. Security Forces Center is delivering the next generation of ballistic helmets to security forces units as part of its effort to standardize and modernize Defender equipment across the Air Force. Malcolm McClendon, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs...

The delivery of the first modernised Super Lynx Mk 95A helicopter to the Portuguese Navy has been pushed back to early January 2021. Deliveries of all five modernised Super Lynx Mk 95 helicopters to the Portuguese Navy are now planned to be completed in 2021. (Victor Barrerira) The...

Tigr 4×4 armored vehicle Russian Army's mobile Command and Control (C2) posts, based on Tigr (Tiger) light vehicles, passed field tests recently. The Russian Armed Forces have tested for the first time during the field tactical exercises the brand-new command and control (C2) vehicle based on...

On 8 August 2020, the Nigerian Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, announced that a new batch of Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems (UCAS) from China will arrive in his country before late 2020. The UCAS', dubbed to be China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation...

TOKYO, March 28, 2013 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has delivered the world’s first helicopter satellite communication system (HSA40) to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) through the Tokyo branch of the company’s distributor, Seiryo Electric Company. The...

More photos from the shooting exercise carried out by a ASW KQ-200/Y-8Q sub-hunter a few days ago. We can see, at least part of, the new Chinese depth charge which has a self-steering head and which would be developed by the 710 Institute of the CSIC.