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Czech defense ministry expects to ink deal worth some $430 million for Rafael’s SPYDER, says system will be key to modernizing its military Illustrative: An F-16 fighter jet flies past the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' SPYDER surface-to-air missile system, during a performance by the...

On May 28, 2020, Lockheed Martin delivered the first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452), the Marine Forces Reserve squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York. (Photo by David Key) MARIETTA, Ga., May 29, 2020 — Lockheed...

Lockheed Martin’s SBIRS GEO-5 satellite, the first military space satellite built on a modernized LM 2100™ bus, recently completed Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) environmental testing. SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 22, 2020 – The world’s most advanced missile defense satellite recently and successfully came...

Finland strengthens regional cooperation with Sweden and Norway. Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen, Norway's Minister of Defence Frank Bakke-Jensen and Sweden’s Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist signed the Statement of Intent (SoI) in Lakselv, Norway, on 23 September 2020. The trilateral...

Rheinmetall and the Dutch procurement agency Defence Materiel Organization (DMO) have renewed and expanded their longstanding framework agreement for the supply of various types of ammunition for a period of at least ten years. The framework agreement envisages annual call-offs of around €50...

System will be integrated onto the Sa'ar 5 and Sa'ar 6 corvette missile ships Israeli navy patrol vessels take part in a drill simulating the targeting of an infiltrated enemy vessel and the evacuation of a patrol boat, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Ashdod, southern Israel...

The French military has participated in a series of military exercises this year with Turkey’s rivals in the Eastern Mediterranean to signal Paris’ support of these countries in their ongoing territorial disputes with Ankara. Such support is also helping generate new arms sales for France...

A propeller entangled with the synthetic slime Vessel Stopping Occlusion Technology. The Navy looked to the sea for inspiration as it developed two new anti-terror weapons — a pneumatically-launched “rubber octopus” and an artificial “hagfish slime.” Both inventions would let the Navy...

After years of playing down the risk of far-right infiltration in the military, political leaders are confronting an issue that has become too dangerous to ignore. Christof Gramm, the head of Germany’s military counterintelligence service, will retire early.Credit...Omer Messinger/EPA, via...

Baku, September 25, AZERTAC "Illegal presence of the armed forces of Armenia in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan remains a major threat to regional peace and security. Armenia tries to derail the peace process under the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. The aim pursued by Armenia is...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo s WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Greece, including an increasingly-watched naval base, to kick off a four-nation tour of Europe, the State Department announced Thursday. Pompeo will depart the US on Sept. 27 and return over a...

World China Taiwan The editor of China's state-backed Global Times newspaper has taken aim at an article published in the professional journal of the U.S. army which calls for a return of American forces to Taiwan. Hu Xijn tweeted his disdain at the piece written by Capt. Walker D. Mills, from...

A Special Forces unit and their counterparts from the Alliance conducted training missions on various landscapes, involving a number of tactical, medical and other aspects NATO-Ukraine drills, September 2020 Joint combat exercise of Ukraine's Armed Forces and NATO representatives took place...

Mapped: The Countries With the Most Military Spending Whether it’s fight or flight, there’s a natural tendency of humans to want to protect themselves. In this day and age, this base instinct takes the form of a nation’s expenditures on armies and armaments, towards an end goal of global...

The Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Delbert D. Black, arrives at Port Canaveral. Photo by Sarah Villegas/U.S. Navy Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The USS Delbert Black will be commissioned Saturday, according to the U.S. Navy. The commissioning ceremony will be a private event due...

The quest to convert military technology for the civilian market is one that Israel’s defense industries have been on for decades, with only limited success Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is conducting initial talks with VC funds and investment houses towards the creation of a new fund to...

FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman rides atop of an APC with Javelin anti-tank missiles during a military parade in Kiev on August 24, 2018. © Genya Savilov / AFP An American-made Javelin anti-tank missile malfunctioned during a major military exercise attended by Ukrainian President...

The question that may decide the future of the Indo-Pacific region, and of the US-China rivalry, is this: Will Beijing succeed in picking apart the loose coalition of countries opposing its hegemonic aspirations, or will Washington succeed in knitting that coalition more tightly together...

Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche PHOTO:Twitter Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have eliminated several top commanders and fighters of Boko Haram terrorists group in their various camps at the fringes of Lake Chad in Kukawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. The...

Throughout the past nine years of conflict, the Syrian military has been instrumental in ensuring the survival of the Bashar al-Assad regime—not because of its performance on the battlefield, but rather due to its consistent loyalty. Unlike other state militaries that faced regime challenges by...