On Friday, December 31, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that it had signed a $3.1 billion deal with the US government for 12 Lockheed Martin CH-53K heavy transport helicopters… Continue reading "Israel Signs An Agreement To Purchase 12 CH-53K King Stallions And Two KC-46 Pegasus Refueling Aircraft"
The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency has said that the nearly 100,000 Russian troops amassed near the border separating the countries are preparing for an attack that could take… Continue reading "Ukrainian Military Intelligence Chief: Russia Preparing For Invasion In Late January"
As another news-packed week passes, we have plenty of work to do, covering a range of interesting subjects. This week Lebanon suffered brutal clashes in Beirut, Iran tested its new… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (11-15 October)"
A pilot with Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army was killed on Saturday, after his MiG-21 crashed during a military parade at the Benina military base in Haftar’s… Continue reading "Pilot Killed In Crash During Libyan National Army Parade"
It has been another busy week full of defense news, in this new series of Weekend Briefings we’ll round up all of the latest, most important and interesting defense stories… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing"
BAE Systems has announced that it has been contracted by Boeing to begin low rate initial production of its Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System. The $58 million contract follows… Continue reading "BAE Systems Begins Production of F-15 EPAWSS Electronic Warfare System"
A Pantsir-S1 short range air defense system abandoned by its operators in Libya was covertly transported to Rammstein Air Force Base in Germany by the United States. According to The… Continue reading "UAE-Supplied Pantsir S1 Captured In Libya Extracted To Germany By US"
The Central African Republic claims that its security forces repelled a rebel assault on the nation’s capital of Bangui today. In a post on his Facebook page, Prime Minister Firmin… Continue reading "UN Peacekeeper Casualties In Rebel Attack On Central African Republic Capital"
In a year where seemingly everything that could go wrong proceeded to do so in spectacular fashion, a UCAV of all things wound up having a better year than most… Continue reading "Eastern Promise: The Baykar Bayraktar TB2 in Profile"
Belarusian law enforcement claims that members of the Russian Wagner PMC are in Belarus to disrupt the upcoming Belarusian presidential elections on 8 August, following an early morning raid on… Continue reading "Belarus Alleges Russian Plot To Disrupt Elections"