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Vietnam's request for third ex-USCG cutter receives support of Biden administration by Ridzwan Rahmat The Vietnam Coast Guard's (Canh Sát Bien Viet Nam: CSBV's) request for a third ex-Hamilton-class, high-endurance cutter has received the endorsement of the Biden administration. The news was...

According to the statement made by the Chinese Ministry of Defense, the delivery of the ZTQ-15 (aka VT-5) light tank to the Chinese navy continues. The Marine Corps currently uses the ZTD-05A and ZBD-05 amphibious combat vehicles. According to defense industry researchers in China, the newly...

Ukrainian company NVO Practika signed two important export contracts for 2021 with Saudi Arabia, including the delivery of Kozak-5 4×4 armored vehicles. According to the news of the Ukrainian defense magazine Defense Express, the company delivered 60 Kozak-5 4×4 armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia...

Armor back from Germany Last night, 12 of the Jutland Dragon Regiment's infantry combat vehicles crossed the border between Germany and Denmark. Together with 120 soldiers, they have trained intensively in the American training ground Grafenwöhr, in the southeastern part of Germany. August 24...

F-16 demonstration flight 'solo display' During the next month's time, the Air Force will train demonstration flying with F-16 fighter jets. Here you can read when it takes place and get a better idea of why the pilots train demonstration flying. August 17, 2021 - Kl. 09.28 F-16 fighter jets...

Manila selects torpedo, countermeasures suppliers for PN's José Rizal-class frigates by Gabriel Dominguez & Dae Young Kim & Matteo Scarano The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) disclosed on 10 August that it has selected suppliers for the torpedo and countermeasure systems meant...

Stingray refuels Advanced Hawkeye in latest aerial trials by Gareth Jennings The Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial vehicle has passed fuel to a Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye receiver aircraft for the first time, it was announced on 19 August. A company-owned Boeing MQ-25A...

South African Force Intervention Brigade Commander tour ahead of handover Written by defenceWeb - 19th Aug 2021 Brigadier General Monwabisi Dyakopu in the DRC. The Commander of the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South African National...

US military providing additional training to Mozambican Armed Forces Written by Guy Martin - 16th Aug 2021 2079 JCET training in Mozambique. The United States and Mozambique have launched a second military Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) programme, which will see US Special Operations...

With engineers and roadway repair crews, Thai blue helmets help keep South Sudan moving UNMISS Thai engineers serving with UNMISS repair and rehabilitate existing infrastructure such as roads and bridges, among other duties. Pictured here, Lt. Col. Kaisin Sasunee (foreground), the current...

Modernization of Pakistan Navy’s first AGOSTA 90B by STM done. Second ongoing and third submarine modernization has recently begun. Fire-control-system, sonar suite, EW, radar and periscope modernized.

The patrol boat 'Jonquille' (P721) is the second of four vessels of the Geranium class. The latter is expected to be replaced by the vessels planned by the tender. French MoD photo The French armament procurement agency (DGA) has launched a new call for tenders to replace the four current...

GDMS picture. U.S. Navy Issues Multiple Contracts For Littoral Combat Ship Maintenance The U.S. Navy has awarded multiple contracts cumulatively worth up to $2.76 billion to maintain its East Coast-based Littoral Combat Ship fleet, according to Defense Department contract announcement. Martin...

A Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System launcher deploys into position aboard Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii, Aug. 16, 2021. The NMESIS and its Naval Strike Missiles participated in a live-fire exercise, here, part of Large Scale Exercise 2021. During the...

Italian Navy (Marina Militare)'s future LHD ITS Trieste (L 9890) conducting its fist sea-going on August 12, 2021, out of Muggiano shipyard near La Spezia. Giorgio Arra picture. First Sea-Going For Italian Navy’s New LHD Trieste (L 9890) The Fincantieri shipbuilder conducted the first sea-going...

An October 2017 aerial view of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine across from the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. U.S. Navy Investing $1.7 Billion To Improve Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded...

She did not pull a mine when the terror charges were brought. But three audio messages brought tears to her eyes A 23-year-old woman is accused of having been part of Islamic State in Syria. But that was a completely different interpretation she herself gave in court on Monday. The court in...

The acquisition of the corvette was delayed due to covid-19, but seems it's still in progress. According to the MaxDefense site the Corvette is expected to fulfill certain characteristics: Lenght: minimum 80 meters (closer or similar Jose Rizal class) Displacement: minimum 2.000 tons...

https://www.dailysabah.com/business/tech/huawei-accused-of-stealing-trade-secrets-spying-in-pakistan I would have thought the US and other companies would know better than joining cooperation like this.

MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) – Philippine creditors are close to selling a strategically located but debt-laden shipyard north of the capital Manila, government officials said on Tuesday, with a North American company cited as being an investor in the deal. Hanjin Philippines, a unit of South...