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During the Euronaval Online, the digital edition of Euronaval 2020, the international naval defense and maritime security industry virtual exhibition, Israeli Company Rafael presents the naval version of the Spike electro-optical, guided missile. Naval SPIKE ER (Extended Range)...

A planned NATO space center will be installed at Ramstein, Germany, home of the NATO's Allied Air Command. Photo courtesy of NATO Oct. 19 (UPI) -- NATO is expanding its defense alliance to space, and is expected to announce construction of a "space center" at Ramstein, Germany, this week...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has raised to $95.8 billion the estimated cost of fielding a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles to replace the Minuteman 3 arsenal that has operated continuously for 50 years, officials said Monday...

Puma 3 AE being launched by hand. Image: AeroVironment The project aims to address the growing electronic warfare capabilities of adversaries such as China and Russia. The US Army is collaborating with two companies to enable small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to deploy a robust, on-demand...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) successfully completed a Live Fire with a Purpose (LFWAP) missile demonstration during Joint Warrior 20-2 by destroying a high speed maneuvering target using a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2), Oct. 14, 2020. Lt. j.g. Sarah...

Scale model of the F-110 frigate Rohde & Schwarz has signed a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to equip five new F-110 frigates with external communications systems. Rohde and Schwarz press release The Spanish Ministry of Defense (MoD) has ordered the construction...

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper spoke on Oct. 15 about Army modernization efforts that harness new technologies that will benefit the warfighter. His remarks were given during the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting. "Today, emerging technologies are expanding the...

Astana. October 19. KazTAG - Daryn Tuyakov and Mukhamedjan Talasov have been appointed as vice-ministers of defense of Kazakhstan, reports Akorda. “By the orders of the head of state: Daryn Tuyakov has been appointed as a deputy minister of defense of Kazakhstan; Mukhamedjan Talasov has been...

Nigerian Army has said its ‘Crocodile Smile’ exercise is not targetted at persons protesting against police brutality in different parts of the country. “This year’s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020 has no relationship with...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and his Australian counterpart Linda Reynolds agreed Monday that the two countries will begin coordination to enable Japan to protect Australian military assets even in noncombat situations. The protection by Japan's Self-Defense Forces of weapons...

Identifying air targets after they have been detected is crucially important in the theatre of operations. To meet this need of the Forces, Thales is unveiling the TSA6000, the latest addition to its family of IFF (identification friend or foe) interrogators. The fully digital TSA6000 comprises...

US attempts to entice South Korea into the Quad for the sake of containing China could harden Beijing’s views of the Korean Peninsula as an area critical to its attempts to ward off Washington’s geopolitical encroachment. to its attempts to ward off Washington’s geopolitical encroachment. by...

The military would like to have a pretty good defense system by 2030. by Kris Osborn Key point: Missile defense has always been a tricky thing. Can enough money and technological advances make such systems work as intended? Missile Defense in 2030 will require hypersonic defenses, new...

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Turkish Indigenous Rail Gun “Şahi-209” to be Integrated to Naval Assets The Turkish defence industry is growing day by day. As we shared before, they have been producing key equipment for the Turkish Armed Forces (UAVs, Naval Assets, Guns etc.). With the confidence of the success in recent...

I believe the Chinese also have a project.

Like Tanks on firing exercise in Latvia. Source: NATO eFP Battlegroup Personnel from the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup based in Tapa took part in a live-firing exercise south of the border in Latvia. Exercise "Iron Spear" took place at the...

Gravity Industries tests out one of its jet packs in front of a Merlin helicopter. (Facebook / Gravity Industries) For decades, science fiction has been telling us that jet packs are right around the corner. But, while it seems there’ll still be some time before any of us are using them to...

Credit: Lockheed Martin BETHESDA, Md. (Lockheed Martin PR) — On Oct. 14, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced a $370 million investment with 14 U.S. partners that will demonstrate and mature space technologies to help forge a path to sustainable Artemis operations on the Moon. As a...