The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) has commissioned a new bomb disposal robot which debuted at a recent human-robot integration tactical training held in east China. China wants unmanned equipment and drones to be part of its military by 2027, the 100th anniversary of the forces' founding, a military expert told the
Russian shipbuilders are upgrading Project 1155 large anti-submarine warships into guided missile frigates. The conversion of one of the ships, Admiral Vinogradov, will be complete by 2025
Russias Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic missile has completed flight trials and could undergo state trials in May or June. “Zircons flight trials from the Admiral Gorshkov have completed successfully
Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces will discuss the supply of four new generation Belharra frigates, the renovation of four Greek Hydra class frigates and the provision of “interim capacity,” during a visit to Athens on 25 March. The French Minister will participate in a ceremony to observe the bicentenary of the proclamation of independence of Greece where she will meet with her Greek counterpart, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
France has offered to provide anti-aircraft warfare and anti-submarine warfare frigates to Greece free of charge. Greece wants to purchase four new frigates, and modernize four of its German-made MEKO frigates
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)s 81st Group Army brigade recently inducted a new tracked armored infantry fighting vehicle. PLA Daily reported that a commissioning ceremony for a batch of the new equipment was held recently
MBDA will provide the Italian Navy with the new Teseo Evolved Weapon System, the Teseo Mk2/E which will bring an improvement in capabilities over the previous anti-ship missile, OTOMAT. Teseo Mk2/E will engage both sea and land targets at very long range, with full mission control throughout the missile flight
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced said that the prototypes of RK-360MT Neptune mobile anti-ship cruise missile system were handed over to the military. “Prototypes of the coastal mobile missile system with anti-ship missiles RK-360MT Neptune were transferred to the Ukrainian Navy,” the ministry said
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has begun replacing J-7 fighter jets with advanced next-generation ones. J-7 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade affiliated with the PLA Western Theater Command Air Force recently conducted a series of combat-oriented exercises, and these exercises were the curtain call performance of the J-7s in this particular brigade, as the unit will receive new aircraft to replace them soon, China Central Television (CCTV) reported last week
Lockheed Martin is set to manufacture eight Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) frigates for the Hellenic Navy. “Were working to bring maritime capability to the Hellenic Navy and economic opportunity to Greece with the Multi-Mission Surface Combatant