The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General has announced a formal inquiry into whether potential war crimes conducted by US forces, including special operations forces (SOF), have been… Continue reading "US DoD Opens War Crimes Investigation"
Hanwha Defense Australia has officially launched its AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicle, ahead of the delivery of three Redback prototypes for evaluation in Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 3 program. As… Continue reading "Hanwha Defense Launches AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle"
Australia’s Defense Minister Linda Reynolds announced today that the Australian Defense Forces will be purchasing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters to replace the “Aussie Tigers” currently used in the armed… Continue reading "Australia Formally Selects AH-64E Apaches As Tiger Replacements"
The first of a trio of Rheinmetall KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) has been delivered to Australia for the next stage of the LAND 400 Phase 3 competitive tender.… Continue reading "First KF41 Lynx in Australian Colours"
A deal worth just under $30 million has been green-lit by the US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for an FMS (foreign military sales) contract with Northrop Grumman to supply… Continue reading "JCREW Counter-IED System for Australia"
On Tuesday 17 November Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, traveled to Japan to meet Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to finalize a military agreement which had been in the works for… Continue reading "Japan and Australia Conclude Negotiations on Increased Military Cooperation Agreement"
“It is alleged that some patrols took the law into their own hands, rules were broken, stories concocted, lies told and prisoners killed.” The Chief of the Defence Force (CDF)… Continue reading "Australian Special Operations Forces War Crimes in Afghanistan Confirmed"
Reminding readers that the views of the authors do not always necessarily represent the official US government position at the beginning of each publication, the US Army’s War College’s Strategic… Continue reading "US Publishes New Assessment of Allied Military Capabilities"
Under a new joint venture, Textron Systems and Raytheon Technologies are joining forces with Rheinmetall Defense subsidiary American Rheinmetall Vehicles to offer the KF41 Lynx for the US Army’s long… Continue reading "Rheinmetall KF41 Lynx (Re)Joins Competition for US Army OMFV"
With the Inspector General of the Australian Defense Force’s (IGADF) much anticipated report still to be completed and issued to government, further allegations have emerged in the press regarding potential… Continue reading "More Allegations Emerge Of Australian SOF War Crimes in Afghanistan"