Japan and the Philippines signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) on Monday, enabling enhanced defense cooperation and Japanese troop deployments to the Philippines. The agreement was signed after high-level meetings in Manila between Japans Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr
Argentina's Minister of Defense, Luis Alfonso Petri, led the delivery ceremony for the first batch of modernized medium tanks (TAM) 2C A2 tanks on July 5. The event took place at the Battalion of Arsenals 602 "Colonel Ángel Monasterio" in Boulogne Sur Mer, where the Minister also supervised the production and integration of tank components
A Saudi Arabian delegation led by Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud visited Turkey to explore defense technologies, including detailed information on the KAAN fighter jet and Kizilelma combat drone. The delegation visited two Turkish defense companies, TUSAŞ and BAYKAR
Russias ZALA Group has announced that it has extended the range of its Lancet loitering munition, which has been extensively used in the Ukraine war, to 65 km—an increase of 15 km. The combination of Z-16 or Z-20 reconnaissance drones with Lancets has enabled effective counter-battery operations
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Denmark has tested the Precise & Universal Launching System (PULS), on Danish soil for the first time, today. The test occurred at 10:05 AM at the Oksbøl Shooting and Training Range, where the PULS system fired its first rocket approximately 10 kilometers into the North Sea
Rheinmetall has secured the largest order in its history, involving logistic vehicles, from the German Army (Bundeswehr), covering the delivery of up to 6,500 military trucks valued at up to €3.5 billion, including VAT
Norway has ordered new NASAMS air defense systems from Kongsberg worth approximately NOK 4.8 billion ($450 million)
Boeing said it handed over the first modernized CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopter featuring the ability to lift more and fly farther. The aircraft is one of up to 465 in the Armys fleet that will be modernized to the new Block II configuration
Russian specialists from Red Line have unveiled the high-speed Vogan-9SP combat drone, designed for intercepting enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through explosive means. A company spokesman confirmed this information to Russian