Sweden, which along with Finland has applied to join NATO, will host the BALTOPS 22 exercise next month in a strong message to neighboring Russia. With Stockholm's NATO application, Sweden ends decades of neutrality and joins NATO at a time when the alliance focused on supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia
The Biden administration has given its nod to Australia which intends to procure HIMARS Launchers and related equipment for an estimated cost of $385 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today
The Biden administration has approved Egypts request to purchase 23 CH-47F Chinook helicopters and related equipment for $2.6 billion
Ukrainian forces destroyed its own warship, ‘Donbas during retreat from Mariupol, Russia has claimed. "In order not to get the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the enemy decided to undermine it and flood it
Russias Scientific Research Institute for Long-Distance Radio Communications (NIIDAR), part of RTI Systems Group, has developed a radar that can cover the entire Black Sea, besides working on an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered information system to monitor the sea. The development comes as Russian naval vessels continue to make strides in the Black Sea, seizing control of Ukraines coastline in a way that allows them to attack inland targets and tighten a blockade on Ukraines exports
Turkey expects to deliver six domestically made submarines equipped with air independent propulsion (AIP) to the Turkish Naval Forces by 2027, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday. Speaking at a ceremony for the docking of the Hızır Reis submarine, the second in the series and the first welding of the Selman Reis submarine at Gölcük Shipyard Command in northwestern Kocaeli province, the president said Turkey aims to put into service a new domestically made submarine each year, to ensure that the navy has six new submarines by 2027
A new type of armored recovery vehicle took part in exercises held by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). A combined arms regiment affiliated with the PLA Xinjiang Military Command recently held a series of realistic combat rescue and recovery drills at an undisclosed training ground in the Karakoram Mountains at an elevation of 5,300m, during which the regiment for the first time deployed the new-type of armored recovery vehicle, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday
South Koreas Defense Science Research Institute, part of Agency for Defense Development (ADD), has developed what it calls ‘Warhead Classification and Radar Resource Management Optimization Technology, to detect and track ballistic missiles. ADD performed all R&D processes with pure domestic technology, and secured omnidirectional source technology through the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)'s core technology development project from 2018 to 2022, DAPA said in a
Ruselectronics holding, a subsidiary of Russias state-owned Rostec has developed a portable multifunctional radar station to protect critical infrastructure facilities. The device can detect small-sized drones at a distance of more than 1000 m, including at ultra-low altitudes
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) has selected Thales to install the NATO Common Operational Picture (NCOP 2) system at 30 fixed and deployed command centers and to train end-users. The land, air and naval units engaged in joint operations field many different types of command systems, all of which generate huge amounts of georeferenced operational information