The three FRANZ nations kicked off Exercise Tagata Toa 2022 last week in Kanaky New Caledonia. Throughout the exercise, the combined force will train and rehearse for a wide variety of regional contingency scenarios,… Continue reading "Aussie, French and Kiwi Troops Train in New Caledonia"
The British Army has confirmed its intentions to begin the process to procure the Precision Strike Missile, currently being developed for the United States Army by Lockheed Martin. Confirmation of… Continue reading "British Army Confirms Intentions For Precision Strike Missile Procurement"
On December 6, the Missile Defense Agency held the fielding ceremony for the Long Range Discrimination Radar, marking a major milestone for the completion of military construction of the system… Continue reading "Meet The Missile Defense Agency’s Newest Radar: LRDR"
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Tasnim news agency stated on 3 January, that the Qiam series surface-to-surface Short Range Ballistic missile had received major modifications (SRBM). The Qiam missile, first introduced… Continue reading "Iran Increases Range of “Qiam” Ballistic Missile To 1000 Kilometers"
On November 14, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced that it has signed a contract to purchase two Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for 2.6 billion dirhams… Continue reading "UAE Puts In An Order For Two Additional A330 MRTTs From Airbus"
Lockheed Martin announced on October 14 that the Precision Strike Missile it is developing for the United States Army broke its flight distance record, during a flight test held at… Continue reading "Precision Strike Missile Exceeds “Maximum Threshold” In Record-Setting Flight"
Dassault Aviation officially delivered the first Rafale to the Hellenic Air Force on Wednesday. The occasion was commemorated with a ceremony at Dassault’s Flight Test Center in Istres, with Dassault… Continue reading "Dassault Aviation Officially Delivers First Greek Rafale Fighter"
On Friday, the Department of Defense (DoD) revealed details on the White House’s fiscal year 2022 Defense Budget request. With $715 billion for the DoD, and $753 billion when including… Continue reading "Biden’s $715 billion 2022 Defense Budget Proposal Revealed"
The third week of March brought us more interesting defense news. Sadly, its seen several air incidents, the situation in Western Tigray raises many concerns as updated of satellite imagery… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (22-26 March)"
The crew of a Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber died in an accident near Kaluga, Russia. The Russian defense ministry reported that a ‘malfunction’ was responsible for the deaths as… Continue reading "Three Airman Die in Tragic Incident of Tu-22M3"