Germanys Rheinmetall has reportedly bought 50 Leopard 1 battle tanks from Belgium for war-torn Ukraine. This was reported by local newspaper
Russian oil tanker “Sig” hit by Ukrainian naval drone in the Kerch Strait off occupied Crimea on Aug. 5 is being towed to a repair base in Aksai
Italy has signed a deal valued nearly $930 million with CIO, a joint venture between Italian firms Iveco and Oto Melara, to modernize its Ariete battle tanks. Inked on August 2, this deal covers upgrade of 90 tanks with an option for another 35 platforms
An all-new drone-launched missile, the KaGeM-V3 has been displayed at a defense event in Pakistan indicating that the country already has the missile or is in the process of acquiring one. The KaGeM-V3 has a range of more than 200km
A Chinese J-15 carrier-based fighter refueled the YU-20 tanker aircraft for the first time. The undated exercise was revealed for the first time in a documentary program jointly produced by the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, China Media Group and the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission
Keel-laying ceremony for Polands first signal intelligence warship was held today in Gdańsk, at the Remontowa Shipbuilding SA shipyard. Poland inked a €600 million deal with Swedish company Saab in November 2022 for two Delfin-class SIGINT/ELINT vessels
Canada has awarded Airbus Defence and Space with a contract for four newly-built Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft (MRTT) and for the conversion of five commercial A330-200s that have already been used. The current contract has an order value of approximately CAD $3 billion or €2
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The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has received the first of four planned Replenishment Vessels built for the French Navy under the FLOTLOG program. The Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces (BRF) Jacques Chevallier was handed over to the DGA at Toulon naval base on July 18
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Aselsan inked two contracts worth nearly $2 billion combined to upgrade the air forces F-16 combat jets. The deals – worth $1