Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has announced the arrival of Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapons from the United Kingdom, after British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace stated on Monday that the UK… Continue reading "UK Delivers Light Anti-Tank Defensive Weapon Systems To Ukraine"
The world’s first criminal case over Syrian state-led torture resulted in a guilty verdict on Thursday, with a court in Koblenz sentencing a former Syrian military intelligence colonel to life… Continue reading "German Court Finds Ex-Syrian Colonel Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity"
Gáspár Maróth, the Hungarian government’s commissioner for defense development, revealed on Monday, December 20, that the Hungarian Armed Forces had purchased IRIS-T short-range anti-aircraft missiles for their Gripen fighters. The… Continue reading "Hungary Purchases IRIS-T Missiles As Part of The Gripen MS20 Block II Modernization Program"
The Greek Army received the first batch of M1117 Guardian armored vehicles as part of the US Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program on Wednesday, November 24. 44 of the 1,200… Continue reading "The US Donates 44 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles To Greece"
The British Army has revealed its plans for what it describes as its most radical transformation in 20 years. Speaking in the House of Commons, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said… Continue reading "British Army Unveils “Future Soldier” Modernization Plans"
The incoming German government presented its coalition agreement on Wednesday, with the “traffic light” coalition of the Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats providing preliminary details on what the Social… Continue reading "German Coalition Deal Greenlights Armed Drones, Tornado Replacement"
Turkish Aerospace Industries has announced the integration of a directed infra-red countermeasures system onto an Airbus A400M. According to TAI, the first system has been installed on A400M tail number… Continue reading "TAI Integrates In-House A400M Directed IR Countermeasures System"
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriell) accepted Norway’s first Boeing P-8A Poseidon on 18 November. The aircraft, named Vingtor after one of the P-3 Orions it will replace, will be handed over to the Royal Norwegian Air… Continue reading "Norway Receives First P-8A “Vingtor”"
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced on November 11 that it had teamed up with Leopard 2 manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and General Dynamics European Land Systems to form the EuroTrophy joint… Continue reading "Rafael Launches EuroTrophy Joint Venture with KMW & General Dynamics"
U.S. Army Europe and Africa officially reactivated the 56th Artillery Command as the Theater Fires Command on Monday, with a ceremony held on Allen Field at Clay Kaserne. In a… Continue reading "US Army Reactivates Former Pershing Missile Unit As European Theater Fires Command"