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Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement focuses on building a new family of land platforms based on Hanwha’s K9 artillery system with integrated Spanish technologies. The […]View the full article

The Italian Army’s 187th Paratroopers Regiment “Folgore” has begun operational integration testing of the IMRS “Wild Goose” Infantry Modular Robotic System, a remotely controlled robotic transport platform developed by Marom Dolphin. The evaluation phase focuses on assessing the system’s performance in supporting infantry operations across complex and difficult terrain. The testing effort aims to improve […]View the full article

Ukrainian emergency crews were forced to deploy robotic demining systems after a Russian Shahed attack left unexploded submunitions scattered across a residential neighborhood in the city of Vyshhorod. The strike, which targeted civilian buildings during an overnight assault, caused casualties and extensive property damage. According to a statement from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS), the […]View the full article

Hanwha Aerospace confirmed on February 2, 2026, that it has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Material Agency to supply the Chunmoo Multiple Rocket Launcher System to the Norwegian Armed Forces. According to the company, the agreement is valued at approximately $922 million and covers the delivery of 16 Chunmoo launch vehicles, a package […]View the full article

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has confirmed that North Korea has begun transferring thousands of military personnel to Russia, in what appears to be a growing partnership between Pyongyang and Moscow amid the war in Ukraine. According to a closed-door briefing delivered to South Korea’s National Assembly Intelligence Committee on November 4, the NIS […]View the full article

It is D+3, and there is one part of Operation Epic Fury that keeps popping up to top-of-mind for me, the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS). First of all, like I said Sunday, BZ to the staff weenie(s) who came up with that acronym for the best blatant copy-job by the U.S. military since the Springfield 1903 looked at Mauser and said, “Nice gun you have there.” Let’s go back to this announcement from around Christmas time that I’m a little pouty did not come into my scan at the time. Centcom launched Task Force Scorpion Strike four months after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed acceleration of the acquisition and fielding of affordable drone technology. …

The United States Navy has awarded Collins Aerospace a $20.3 million contract modification to produce and deliver three high-power transmit set modernization kits for the E-6B “doomsday plane,” according to a Department of the Navy contract announcement. The award was issued to Rockwell Collins Inc., operating as Collins Aerospace Government Systems, under a firm-fixed-price and […]View the full article

Six F-16 Fighting Falcons touched down in Argentina on Saturday morning, marking a major milestone in the modernization of the Argentine Air Force and the country’s return to supersonic combat aviation after more than a decade. The arrival was confirmed by the Argentine Air Force, which stated, “Mission accomplished: the F-16s have landed on Argentine […]View the full article

The Department of War has awarded BlueHalo a contract valued at up to $19.95 million to develop advanced frameworks for human biological modeling, according to a contract announcemen. The award covers the development of next-generation modeling systems that integrate large-scale biological data with artificial intelligence and machine learning to support flexible, modular approaches to understanding […]View the full article

Russia faces a growing crisis over the state of its navy after prominent military analysts publicly acknowledged that the fleet is incapable of defending Russian-linked oil tankers from foreign interception. The assessment, made by pro-Kremlin analysts and amplified by the military channel Voyennyy Osvedomitel, comes as U.S. forces continue seizing sanctioned vessels around the world. […]View the full article

The U.S. Army’s 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade is testing a low-cost kinetic interceptor called IonStrike in Europe this spring, evaluating whether the system produced by DZYNE Technologies can fill the mid-range gap in American air defenses against the one-way attack drones that have reshaped ground combat since Ukraine. Senior leaders from U.S. Army Europe […]View the full article

While the once-great Royal Navy continues to scour the piers for enough duct tape and bailing wire to get a destroyer underway, it appears that—literally—the entire French Navy is getting underway. As she has done before, she is moving east in response to another crisis in Lebanon where there are a lot of French citizens and the general disquiet in the Eastern Mediterrenean. This time, as a side-show to the Israeli-American conflict with Iran, as it appears a final move is going to be made against Hezbollah by the Lebanese. How much of the fleet? Well, it appears that if it can leave the pier, it is going. Via Cap-Hornier, Nearly the entire fleet is at sea: 19 of the 23 m…

When a Marine Field Grade officer is holding a lung-dart on his official photo, you know you want to hear his story. So, what does the official USMC bio cover? Earl “Pete” Ellis was born on 19 December 1880 at Iuka, Kansas, and began his career in the United States Marine Corps in 1900 as a private. On 6 December 1901, he became a second lieutenant. Early in 1902, he left the United States, and arrived on 13 April at Cavite, Philippine Islands. In the years preceding World War I, Captain Ellis was sent out on special terrain study and intelligence service in the West Indies and at the Naval Station in Guam. Upon his return from Guam, he served as Aide-de-Camp to Major Gen…

I’ve about reached my limit on lazy, high-emotion/low-reason, or performative reporting from Europe on the NATO/U.S. relationship. If the EuroLeft/EU-uber-alles crowd was really concerned about keeping the relationship between the U.S. and European NATO as good as possible, they would be making an effort to bridge and salve over some of the tough-love comments coming out of DC. However, that is not what they are doing. No, they are seeing a gap, and are trying to pound a wedge into it. They see a spark, and look to throw a litre of petrol on it. I guess what galls me the most is that their actions are, in operation, producing exactly the opposite condition they will tell…

A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress has completed a ferry flight to Edwards Air Force Base, California, following installation of a new radar as part of the B-52 Radar Modernization Program, the Air Force announced. According to a release from Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs, the aircraft flew from Boeing’s facility in […]View the full article

The Turkish domestically developed Tayfun ballistic missile has successfully struck its target during a recent test launch. The test involved the Tayfun missile and its associated weapon system, which is already in mass production and being delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces. Testing is continuing across multiple variants of Tayfun, which Turkish authorities describe as […]View the full article

DARPA, the Pentagon’s research and technology arm, confirmed on January 14, 2026, that its Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program has completed final operational tests and is ready for transition to U.S. military units and commercial users. The announcement follows a series of Army and Marine Corps demonstrations that showed RACER-equipped vehicles […]View the full article

BIRD Aerosystems has announced a major step forward in its airborne defense portfolio with the certification of a new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the KING AIR 350C platform, granted by the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority (CAAI). The certification enables a range of upgrades that expand the aircraft’s capabilities for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and […] The post BIRD Aerosystems certifies enhanced KING AIR 350C for spy missions first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale of AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and related equipment to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on behalf of Belgium, Italy, and Romania. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible $103.9 million deal on Tuesday. According to […] The post U.S. clears $104M Sidewinder sale to NATO allies first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Those who are selling a short, fast, and successful war are selling a lie. It seems every generation thinks they have found a way to fix the problem. Over and over, from Europe in 1939 to Europe again in 2022, the quick and successful war that was briefed devolved into a consuming slog. You can win a consuming slog, but you have to be able to mobilize and industrialize your way through it—and you need to start doing that years before the war starts. The fleet that showed up in 1943 did not start in 1941—it began in 1936, 1938, and 1940. A decade and a half after President Obama’s “Pacific Pivot”, we still talk a big game about being ready for the next Great Pacific War w…