Sweden is preparing to authorize the sale of 12 JAS-39 Gripen E/F fighter jets to Peru and four GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to Denmark, according to the latest defense budget proposal submitted to the Swedish Parliament. While no contracts have been finalized, parliamentary approval would pave the way for formal intergovernmental agreements and subsequent negotiations with the two countries
Belgium has officially requested that its next batch of F-35 fighter jets be produced in Italy rather than the United States, according to Defense Minister Theo Francken. Francken said he has already discussed the proposal with Italys Defense Minister, emphasizing that manufacturing the aircraft in Europe would directly benefit European industry
A Chinese designer has unveiled a new weapon that fires multiple shots simultaneously to strike at drone swarms and missile barrage overturning the concept of air-defense weapons such as the Russian Pantsir-S that fires one shot-per-target. The innovative barrage weapon system, claimed to be the first of its kind in the world, named the "anti-drone-swarm-and-anti-missile-barrage-weapon-system," is featured in the April edition of the China-based semi-official Modern Weaponry magazine
L3Harris Technologies has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between its SAMI-L3Harris Joint Venture (JV) and Saudi Arabia-based Zamil Shipyards to advance the development of autonomous maritime technologies. The
Canada has delivered 40,000 engines for 70-mm CRV7 unguided aircraft rockets to Ukraine, according to footage released by the Canadian Armed Forces Operation UNIFIER
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dropped a bombshell on April 8, announcing that his forces have captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia on Ukrainian soil — a revelation that could deepen global tensions over Beijings role in the war. “This happened in Donetsk
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BAE Systems Hägglunds has unveiled the CV90120-T light tank at the recent LAAD show in Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil which is projected as a lighter, more versatile tanks compared the German Leopard 2A8. In January 2025, it was reported that the Slovak Ministry of Defense was interested in purchasing Swedish CV90120-T light tanks as an alternative to the expensive Leopard 2A8
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has selected Northrop Grummans AN/ALQ-251 radio frequency countermeasures system to enhance the survivability of its C-130J airlifter fleet. The system is designed to protect against weapon systems and electronic warfare threats in complex electromagnetic environments
DARPA has selected nearly 20 quantum computing firms for the initial phase of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), a program aimed at assessing the feasibility of building a fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2033. The