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WASHINGTON: Unreleased Pentagon documents and Congressional demands for information reveal that Washington has long planned for the day when the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia would be ripped up. The report by...
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is looking to offer a weapons platform that would include a 50-kilowatt directed energy laser capability for the Army’s future maneuver short-range air defense (SHORAD) system, as the service readies a...
Ukrainian state-run defense firm UkrOboronProm, has delivered a new batch of repaired 220-mm Uragan Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to a statement released on Monday by the UkrOboronProm,...
WEST POINT, N.Y. – From the moment he stepped onto, as he calls it, Apron 9 ¾, West Point Fourth Classman Blaise Boodlesworthy has been waiting for the end of beast barracks when he...
The Ministry of Defense of Slovak Republic. will propose the Cabinet approve the procurement of the Vydra (‘Otter’) 8×8 armoured vehicles. Up to 16 SVK firms could become involved in the production of the...
The US Army has awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a USD21 million contract, via the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) mechanism, to develop a new insensitive munition (IM)-compliant rocket motor for the BGM-71 Tube-Launched, Optically-tracked...
Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) and Australia’s Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group – the research and development arm of the Department of Defence (DoD) – have signed an agreement to collaborate on land systems...
The governments of South Korea and the United States have agreed to suspend this year’s iteration of the annual ‘Vigilant Ace’ aerial exercise to facilitate the countries’ ongoing negotiations with North Korea over its...
Raytheon Missile Systems is advancing a series of transformative capability enhancements for the 155 mm M982A1 Excalibur 1b precision-guided artillery projectile. The standard M982 Excalibur is an extended-range guided projectile that uses a combination...
State-owned aerospace and defence prime Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is on track to perform the maiden flight of its new strike-capable Wing Loong I-D reconnaissance medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV)...
Textron has reported a decrease in revenues in the third quarter of 2018 year on year (y/y) across all its business units, with the hardest hit to its system business line that reported a...
CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa — Retiring Headquarters Battalion Sgt. Maj. Joe Perkins expressed outrage and disgust on the hallowed literary digest LinkedIn over the lack of high-pay, high-power jobs available for veterans with no discernible...
U.S. Army soldiers now capable of rapidly responding to enemy electronic warfare technology rather than waiting on their higher echelons. According to Sgt. Lisa Vines, soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored...
As old programs go, the Corps is looking at new cyber capabilities and getting back into the air defense game. …read more Read more here:: Breaking Defense (Land)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan bodyguard seems like “a real straight-shooter,” sources reported today, adding that the professional guardian’s steely-eyed, thousand-yard stare brings a tide of warmth and comfort to the officials he protects....
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that the UK is deployed hundreds of troops, as well as aircraft and armour to the Netherlands as part of the biggest NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise in...
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe agreed with the United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis here Thursday to control risks and deepen mutual trust so as to make the...
A History of South African Firearms South Africa has a rich history evident in its firearms, but this is a story that is seldom told outside of Southern Africa and certainly the lore that...
ABOVE: The KMS+Nexter Defense Systems outdoor pavilion. The gate guardian is the European Main Battle Tank (EMBT), a new concept launched at Eurosatory 2018. The EMBT comprises the chassis of the German Leopard 2...
ABOVE: The KMS+Nexter Defense Systems outdoor pavilion. The gate guardian is the European Main Battle Tank (EMBT), a new concept launched at Eurosatory 2018. The EMBT comprises the chassis of the German Leopard 2...
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