France, Germany and Spain have launched Phase 1B of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project in an event held at the Air and Space Force Headquarters in Madrid. During the presentation of the program, the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, agreed with her counterparts from France - Sébastien Lecornu, and Germany - Boris Pistorius, that this is a strategic European project of enormous value, unity and commitment, not only in terms of military capabilities, but also in the industrial, technological and socio-economic fields
MBDA will provide missiles and launchers worth £1.9 billion to support Polands modernisation and manufacture 22 PILICA+ air defence batteries – making it the largest European short-range air defence acquisition programme in NATO
More than tanks and armored vehicles, Russian Forces in Ukraine are using the UBIM Combat Engineering Vehicle (CEV) to clear forested and debris-strewn paths in Ukraine. UBIM-CEV is a monstrous, 40-ton vehicle which due to its increasing utility, is referred to as "Weapon Z," or the weapon of victory
Germany and the United Kingdom will work together on the next phase of development for advanced armour-piercing tank ammunition. UK National Armaments Director, Andy Start, met his German counterpart, Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, at the Honourable Artillery Company in London, where they signed a Statement of Intent to work together on the Enhanced Kinetic Energy (EKE) round – an advanced armour-piercing ammunition providing a step change in the Armys ability to defeat evolving enemy threats
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The Russians fired long-range naval missiles to hit reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. "Tonight, a concentrated sea-based long-range high-precision weapon was launched against the enemy's reserves," Konashenkov said at a briefing on Thursday
Turkeys ASELSAN unveiled KARAT, an Infrared Search and Tracking System for the National Combat Aircraft (MMU) TF-X at Teknofest Istanbul. Infrared search and tracking systems are very critical electro-optical systems to contribute to the low visibility features of 5th generation warplanes and to provide passive search capability
A Turkish firm has displayed KEMANKEŞ (KAGEM) Winged Mobile Ammunition developed by BAYKAR for the first time. KAGEM will have a range of more than 50km, Turkish media reported today
Bell has introduced 407M special mission aircraft at this years Army Aviation Association of America Mission Solutions Summit. The 407M is part of Bell's Special Mission Aircraft initiative to offer multi-mission civil helicopters modified for military use
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