The Italian Ministry of Defence published its recently approved multi-year planning document (Documento Programmatico Pluriennale: DPP) 2019–21 on its website on 5 July. The document allocates EUR21,432.2 million (USD24,046.7 million) or 1.21% of forecast...

Milrem LCM has been awarded a contract to support the new standard rifle being acquired from LMT Defense by the Estonian Defence Force (EDF), representing the first time the maintenance and repair of major...

The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) started a USD150 million project in early July to construct a five-star hotel in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The project – linked to Ethiopian...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is seeking to acquire an additional 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter aircraft from Russia, according to Vladimir Drozhzhov, the deputy director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC)....

Equipping National Guard and Reserve units with hand-me-down helicopters, which the U.S. Army calls “cascading,” can lead to such units receiving new technology or significant upgrades, including those for rotorcraft, nearly a decade after...

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to TECRO for the M1A2T Abrams Tanks and related equipment and support for an estimated cost of $2 billion. The Defense...

Indian public broadcaster, The Economic Times, quoting government sources, reported that India has taken a step towards acquiring Excalibur 155 mm precision-guided artillery rounds. Indian Defense Forces seek to acquire the capability to hit...

Ukraine’s Chargé d’Affaires, William Taylor, has confirmed that Kyiv for the first time has requested to buy military equipment through the U S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales program. “I’m pleased to announce...

MBDA has unveiled a family of concept air-launched weapons and enabling effectors envisaged to prospectively address the air-to-air, tactical, and deep strike requirements of the next generation of European air combat platforms, such as...

Sweden’s Luftvärnssystem (Air Defence System) 23 has entered service with the Swedish Army’s Air Defence Regiment (Luftvärnsregementet, Lv 6) on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea after having been taken out of...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have in recent months deployed a number of new non-lethal weapons and crowd-control measures on the border with the Gaza Strip as part of an effort to give its...

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed details about the scope of defence offsets that are under way in the country. The information shows defence companies from Israel are engaged in nearly half...

India’s newly elected government announced on 5 July that the defence outlay of INR3.19 trillion (USD46.6 billion) for fiscal year 2019/20, which was first announced in February’s interim federal budget, will remain unchanged. Finance...

The 3rd Marine Division has announced that U.S. Forces conduct High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) training in Queensland Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 19, July 6, 2019. According to a...

The West Virginia National Guard has announced that members of the U.S. Special Forces train with Polish and Latvian allies in West Virginia. West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) Special Forces Soldiers with the...

The West Virginia National Guard has announced that members of the U.S. Special Forces train with Polish and Latvian allies in West Virginia. West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) Special Forces Soldiers with the...

According to information from the Russian The Federal News Agency citing military experts, newest Sprut-SDM1 125 mm self-propelled anti-tank gun, or also know as light-tank, will be better than newest American combat vehicle that...