The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced on 15 November that it has selected Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail to serve as its next generation of airborne early warning and command aircraft. In… Continue reading "NATO Selects E-7 Wedgetail As New Airborne Command And Control Aircraft"
Over 30,000 Ukrainian armed forces personnel have been trained on UK soil as part of the biggest training programme of its kind since 1945. Known as Operation Interflex, the UK-led… Continue reading "30,000 Ukrainian Recruits Trained by UK Armed Forces"
Following a meeting held in Manila on 3 November, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirmed that the two countries are working towards a reciprocal… Continue reading "Japan and Philippines Negotiating Reciprocal Access Agreement"
The UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles have visited Rolls-Royces’s nuclear reactor manufacturing site in Derby, to meet the first… Continue reading "AUKUS: Grant Shapps and Richard Marles Visit Nuclear Reactor Factory"
Hungary has received the first two batteries of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), which it ordered in 2020 from Norwegian Kongsberg and American Raytheon. The ceremony was held… Continue reading "Hungary Receives The First Two Batteries Of The NASAMS Surface-to-Air Missile System"
The US Department of Defense is aiming to publish the nation’s first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy before the end of the year. Five areas of focus were identified for the… Continue reading "Department of Defense Preparing First-Ever National Defense Industrial Strategy"
The British Ministry of Defense announced on October 1 that the SSN-AUKUS program developing nuclear-powered attack submarines under the trilateral AUKUS program has entered its Detailed Design and Long Leads… Continue reading "AUKUS Submarine Program Enters Detailed Design Phase"
At DSEI 2023 in London the British Army has outlined its plan for fighting the wars of tomorrow in the ‘Land Operating Concept’ (LOpC). The new strategy was announced by… Continue reading "The British Army Sets Out Plans for Future War Fighting"
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Germany ahead of his visit to the NATO Summit in Vilnius saw some significant developments. First and foremost, announced on Monday, 10 July,… Continue reading "$1 Billion AUD Defense Deal Reached in Berlin"
As part of the AUKUS agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Rolls-Royce confirmed in March 2023 that it would provide all of its nuclear reactor plants… Continue reading "Rolls-Royce Submarines to Expand Raynesway Site to Accommodate AUKUS Submarine Reactor Demands"