Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is now the first uniformed service of the European Union. The announcement was made on Monday, alongside the unveiling of the uniform… Continue reading "Frontex Unveils New Uniform As It Faces EU Investigation"
Gaijin Entertainment, publisher of the vehicle shooter MMO War Thunder and vehicular combat game Crossout among other games, has issued a statement in response to allegations that the publisher was… Continue reading "Gaijin Entertainment Responds To Allegations Of Funding Donbass Separatists"
The US Army Futures Command recently announced that over the course of 2020 it has made significant progress in the fields of radio communications. The new radios are claimed to… Continue reading "US Army Futures Command Announces Advancements in Radio Technology"
It has been, quite frankly, a heck of a year, I think anyone reading this will agree. Obviously, the world-wide pandemic has dominated headlines, with the disease having a major… Continue reading "2020 – The Year’s Defense News In Review"
A new uniform item is coming to the US army – the Combat Cloth Face Covering (CCFC) or, in civilian terms, a camouflage face mask. More than a year on… Continue reading "US Army Will Introduce Combat Cloth Face Covering"
A small revolution in personal protection is underway for the United States Air Force Security Forces. The new Aspetto “Mach ‘V'” body armor system has been specially designed to fit… Continue reading "USAF Introduces Body Armor Designed for Female Personnel"
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 22 October, Elbit Systems of America and L3Harris announced that they had been awarded Other Transaction Authority contracts for their Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B) systems. Elbit… Continue reading "Elbit America and L3Harris Receive ENVG-B Contracts"
In an increasingly fractured world where grey-zone warfare has become part of Great Power Competition (GPC), the US Army has decided to disband the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG), the Army’s… Continue reading "The Untimely End of the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG)"
In a recent interview with Russian-state owned newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazette, General Oleg Salyukov – Commander in Chief of the Russian Ground Forces – said that a range of new weapon… Continue reading "Head of Russian Army Talks New Artillery, Drone/Anti-Drone Technology and Bigger Tank Guns"