Thailands Navy Chief Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet announced his intention on Thursday to formally request the cabinet's approval for the acquisition of a Chinese submarine equipped with a Chinese-manufactured engine, although the government is open to exploring alternative options. The Thai navy has greenlit the installation of a Chinese-made CHD620 engine in the S26T Yuan-class submarine procured from China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co (CSOC)
Ruselectronics Holding, a subsidiary of Rostec, has successfully crafted prototypes of an infrared television camera with the remarkable capability of detecting objects positioned up to 20 kilometers away. These cutting-edge devices belong to a series of television cameras conceived by the Central Research Institute "Electron," a part of Ruselectronics, designed specifically for functioning in scenarios marked by low visibility conditions
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)awarded Boeing $70.6 million to move to the second phase of the “Glide Breaker” hypersonic missile interceptor program
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has secured the DARPA LongShot program, aiming to develop an air-to-air missile-equipped drone launchable and controllable by fighters and bombers
Denmark's Ministry of Defense has deployed ten Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, with additional tanks en route. Training has been ongoing since spring and occurs in Germany
PJSC Kurganmashzavod, a part of the High-Precision Complexes holding company in Russia, has delivered a fresh shipment of brand-new BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to the Russian Ministry of Defense, along with upgraded BMP-3 units. In the first eight months of this year, Kurganmashzavod, including the Volgograd site, has already surpassed its 2022 annual production volume of military vehicles by an impressive 120%
DARPA is embarking on the initial phase of the POWER program, which seeks to transform energy distribution via wireless power transfer carried out in the air. Three teams -- led by RTX Corporation, Draper Laboratory, and BEAM Co
Ukraine is set to receive Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles from Belgium, originally purchased from Germany.
The Netherlands is set to lend F-16 fighter jets to aid in Ukraines F-16 training in Romania. Putting pen to paper in Madrid on August 30, Netherlands Minister of Defence Kajsa Ollongren, together with her Romanian counterpart Angel Tîlvăr and Lockheed Martin's Filippo Marchetti, signed this decision
Delegates from the Australian Defense Science Technology Group and Royal Australian Navy engaged in discussions with their counterparts from the Republic of Singapore Navy to explore the advancement and progression of autonomous maritime systems. During Indo-Pacific Endeavour, the discussions in Singapore centered around the shared interest in robotics, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence (RAS-AI), and how both partner nations can collaborate on this technology