On 11 February 2025, Microsoft Corp. and Anduril Industries, a leading defense technology company, announced a strategic partnership to advance the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation… Continue reading "Anduril Takes Over Microsoft’s $22 Billion US Army Headset Program"
On 6 February 2025, Germany’s BAAINBw awarded Rheinmetall a massive €3.1 billion ($3.2 billion) contract to supply and upgrade the “Infantry Soldier of the Future – Enhanced System” (IdZ-ES). This… Continue reading "Germany Awards Rheinmetall €3.1 Billion Contract for Future Soldier System"
On January 16, the UK announced a new £4.5 billion ($5.5 billion USD) aid package for Ukraine. The star of this package is the brand new Gravehawk air defense system… Continue reading "New Gravehawk Air Defense System Headed to Ukraine as part of British £4.5 Billion Aid Package"
One of the most interesting companies at AUSA 2024’s Australian Industry pavilion was Canberra-based Kord Defence. The company manufactures programmable push-button controllers which can be attached to rifles. Soldiers can… Continue reading "AUSA 2024: Kord Defence Controllers Save Seconds in the Heat of Battle"
Advancements in military connectivity and growing reliance on networked military hardware have highlighted the importance of ensuring that communications and cloud services remain secure on the modern battlefield, while extreme… Continue reading "Interview: Getting The ‘Anywhere Edge’ With SEMPRE"
2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu observed that “all warfare is based on deception”. And, as AUSA 2024 shows, militaries today are still looking for new ways to deceive the enemy.… Continue reading "AUSA 2024: Seawolf Offers Decoy Tanks, Aircraft, and Artillery"
One of the biggest lessons from the war in Ukraine thus far has been that you need a lot of artillery rounds to fight a war – many more than… Continue reading "AUSA 2024: Repkon Provides Machinery for Artillery Production"
On Tuesday, 17 September, at noon, thousands of portable communication pagers used by Hezbollah militants across Lebanon and in various parts of Syria exploded almost simultaneously, in an unprecedented event.… Continue reading "Paging Hezbollah: What We Know About the Israel-linked Pager Explosions in Lebanon & Syria"
India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in a meeting on 3 September, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for 10 capital acquisition proposals worth ₹1,44,716 crore ($17.23 billion). The Ministry of Defence… Continue reading "India Approves 10 Military Projects Worth Over $17 Billion"
On 13 August, the U.S. State Department approved a series of foreign military sales [FMS] totaling $20 billion to Israel. The approvals authorizing these large-scale arms sales come at a… Continue reading "US Greenlights $20 Billion Arms Sale To Israel, Including 50 F-15 Fighter Jets"