The Department of Defense announced Friday that the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group would be deployed to the Caribbean, shortly after it announced it had conducted a tenth… Continue reading "USS Gerald R. Ford Strike Group Ordered To Carribean Amidst U.S. Strikes On Alleged Drug Boats"
Last week, on 17 October, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced that nine top officers across multiple branches have been expelled from both the military and the Chinese Communist… Continue reading "China Removes Top Military Officers"
France’s leading shipbuilding company, Naval Group, delivered the lead ship of the FDI (Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention) class, Amiral Ronarc’h, to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on 17 October.… Continue reading "Naval Group Delivers First FDI-Class Frigate Amiral Ronarc’h to the French Navy"
Integris Composites has been named an armor partner for American Rheinmetall in the U.S. Army’s XM30 Combat Vehicle program, a $45 billion modernization effort. The XM30 is designed to replace… Continue reading "Integris Composites Named Armor Partner for XM30 Program"
Estonia’s defense ministry announced on Thursday that it is planning to purchase South Korea’s Chunmoo multiple launch rocket artillery systems, following the signing of a defense cooperation agreement between South… Continue reading "Estonia Announces Chunmoo Rocket Artillery Purchase Plans"
Denmark’s government has announced a new purchase of 16 F‑35 Lightning II fighters, bringing its planned fleet to 43 jets. Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen hailed the move as “a… Continue reading "Denmark Orders 16 More F-35 Fighter Jets"
Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signed a letter of intent on cooperation between the Swedish and Ukrainian air forces on Wednesday, including a possible export… Continue reading "Ukraine and Sweden Sign Letter Of Intent For Gripen E Negotiations"
The U.S. delivered the first two Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters to the Lithuanian Armed Forces after a one-year delay. The Baltic country’s military announced the arrival of the… Continue reading "U.S. Delivers First Black Hawks to Lithuania After One-Year Delay"
At AUSA, AeroVironment (AV) unveiled three new members of the Switchblade family of Loitering munitions. These one-way attack drones can be sent to loiter over an area for an extend… Continue reading "AUSA 2025: AeroVironment Unveils Latest Switchblade Loitering Munitions"
Turkey’s defense industry achieved a milestone with the first live-fire test of its new GÖKSUR naval air defense system in Sinop on the northern Black Sea coast on earlier this… Continue reading "Turkey Successfully Tests GÖKSUR Naval Air Defense System"