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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported that Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessels engaged in aggressive and dangerous actions against a Philippine government vessel in the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday morning, damaging equipment and injuring a crew member. According to PCG spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela, the incident occurred at approximately 9:14 AM while the BRP […] The post Chinese Coast Guard attacks Philippine vessel first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Pick a time, any time, in the last dozen years that there wasn’t a clear bipartisan agreement that this nation needed a Navy to match the strategic challenge on the other side of the International Date Line. From President Obama’s Pacific Pivot 14 years ago, to the Davidson Window, to Trump-45’s 350-ship Navy, to the Trump-47 re-focus on the Pacific. It is all right there. Where a bit under a century ago, in the midst of a global depression, those in Congress and industry saw the same threat for their time. In 1936, they turned into the wind so by the time war was upon them a half decade in the future, they already had a head of steam going to bring the fleet in early 194…

Italian Centauro B1 wheeled tank destroyers have been spotted on Ukrainian frontlines, the press service of the 78th Separate Assault Airborne Regiment said, offering the first visual confirmation of the vehicles’ presence despite reports that surfaced earlier. The footage, released to mark Airborne Forces Day, shows Centauro B1s fitted with an array of improvised protective […]View the full article

The U.S. Department of State has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Belgium for up to 240 Hellfire missiles, along with a broad package of support equipment and services, at an estimated cost of $79 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced that it has delivered the required certification notifying […]View the full article

France’s Dassault Aviation announced that it delivered 26 Rafale fighter jets in 2025, surpassing its annual plan of 25 aircraft. The company said the deliveries included 15 jets for export customers and 11 for the French Armed Forces. According to Dassault Aviation, the 2025 output exceeds the previous year, when 21 Rafales were delivered — […]View the full article

London Defence R&D publicly revealed its new Raptor Pilot AI Pro system at the World Defense Show, presenting the platform as an AI-powered autopilot designed for unmanned aerial vehicles and robotic systems, the company said. The unveiling marked the first public presentation of its latest developments, including Raptor Pilot AI Pro and the Raptor XL […]View the full article

The United States has approved a possible $151.8 million Foreign Military Sale to Israel for air-delivered munitions and related support, according to a congressional notification released March 6 by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. The proposed package includes 12,000 BLU-110A/B 1,000-pound class munition bodies along with engineering, logistics, and technical support services. […]View the full article

The United States Army has accepted its first delivery of the XM8 carbine from SIG Sauer. The first delivery, announced on Friday, includes the carbines along with accessories, spare parts, and contractor support, marking the first production handoff of the new carbine variant. The XM8 is a shorter and lighter version of the M7 rifle, […]View the full article

A NASCAR team just rolled a six-wheeled military platform onto the Modern Day Marine show floor — and it already has a Lockheed Martin missile test on its resume. Richard Childress Racing Enterprises, LLC, known across motorsport as the organization behind one of NASCAR’s most storied racing programs, brought its 6-Wheeled Adaptable Platform to Modern […]View the full article

The Netherlands is overhauling its entire fleet of 200 Boxer armored vehicles with new drone-killing weapon stations, updated IT systems, and critical spare parts fixes, hartpunkt reported, citing a Dutch Ministry of Defense announcement. The upgrade program covers vehicles that entered Dutch service starting in 2013, making the oldest units now more than a decade […]View the full article

A Canadian startup has completed the design of what it describes as the first all-electric motorcycle purpose-built for military intelligence and reconnaissance missions, and the vehicle is now ready for trials with the Canadian Armed Forces, bringing a platform that operates below 50 decibels of acoustic noise, survives temperatures from minus 45 degrees Celsius to […]View the full article

OpenWorks Engineering, a counter-drone specialist based in Northumberland, England, announced this week that it recently attended an industry-focused counter-unmanned aircraft systems, or C-UAS, event at the British Army’s Larkhill Garrison, where the company demonstrated its Vision Pace targeting system to defense and security partners. Larkhill sits on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire and has served as […]View the full article

The Pentagon’s most futuristic research arm has put out a call for a missile that can outrun and outsmart the very air defenses that increasingly threaten American pilots and ships. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon office famous for turning science fiction concepts like stealth aircraft and self-driving cars into real military hardware, […]View the full article

Polish defense technology company FlyFocus unveiled a new precision loitering munition called TASACK on September 8 at MSPO 2026, the international defense industry exhibition in Kielce, Poland, positioning the system as a lower-cost, easier-to-operate alternative to conventional first-person-view attack drones. The 15-kilogram (33-pound) aircraft can fly up to 110 kilometers (68 miles), carries a 5-kilogram […]View the full article

Turkish defense manufacturer Otokar has signed a $1.47 billion contract to export wheeled armored vehicles and logistics support to a customer it has not named, though the deal will not take effect until government approvals are in place and the buyer pays an advance. The contract, worth exactly $1,472,080,360, covers the supply of several types […]View the full article

Britain has now received seven Challenger 3 prototype tanks for trials, with an eighth in the final stages of build, as the British Army works to prove the design of its next main battle tank before full production begins, UK Defence Journal reported. Defence minister Luke Pollard gave the figures in a written answer in […]View the full article

GBU-53/B, aka. SDB-II (click to view full) The 250 pound GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb gives American fighters the ability to carry more high-precision GPS-guided glide bombs, without sacrificing punching power against fortified targets. The initial award to Boeing was controversial, and the Darlene Druyun corruption scandal ultimately forced a re-compete of the Increment II development program. Whereas the initial GBU-39 SDB-I offered GPS-guided accuracy in a small and streamlined package, the goal of the GBU-53 SDB-II competition was a bomb that could hit moving targets in any weather, using a combination of guidance modes. For the SDB-II competition, Boeing found itsel…

Americas Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) cut the first steel plate for use on the US Navy’s fourth ship of the Gerald R. Ford Class aircraft carrier Doris Miller (CVN 81) on Wednesday at its Newport News Shipbuilding division, marking the beginning of its construction. Doris Miller is the second ship of the two-carrier contract award HII received in January 2019 for the detail design and construction of the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers; Enterprise (CVN 80) being the first ship of the contract. The head of US Space Force says the nascent military branch has grown into a “warfighting force” after meeting key milestones. Army Gen. James Dickinson, US Space Com…

Americas The Brazilian Air Force achieved a major milestone in the effort to modernize its air combat capability with the beginning of the delivery phase of Saab F-39E Gripen multimission fighters. The first six series-produced Gripen E aircraft have left the factory to begin the delivery phase. The aircraft were unveiled on Wednesday, November 24 at Saab’s facilities. The aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force will arrive in Brazil by sea at the port of Navegantes in the middle of December. Boeing won a $212.6 million contract modification for six MH47-G renew rotary wing aircraft and eight spare shipsets in support of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The Boeing …

Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $20.5 million contract modification, which provides additional labor and material to incorporate production engineering change proposals that modify MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system production assets (B13-B15) to an Integrated Functional Capability 4.0 multiple intelligence configuration for the Navy. Work will take place in California, Virginia, New York, Utah, Wisconsin, North Dakota and various other locations within the continental US. Expected completion is in April 2023. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. The US Air Force will swap the A-10 mission computer with a new on…