Germany to order 20 Eurofighter aircraft
Scholz said he was "strongly in favour of maintaining and expanding production capacities. That is why we will order 20 more Eurofighters in this legislative period, in addition to the 38 aircraft that...
View ArticleRheinmetall to build ammunition plant in Lithuania
Economy Minister Aušrinė Armonaitė said Rheinmetall would invest more than €180 million ($195 million) in the new plant, which is expected to produce 155-millimetre artillery shells. Rheinmetall is...
View ArticleTurkish naval UCAV passes ski-jump tests
The Bayraktar TB3 naval Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle is intended for service in the Turkish UAV carrier TCG Anadolu and according to manufacturer, Baykar, the test was conducted from a ramp at a test...
View ArticleGerman arms firm KNDS unable to send weapons to Ukraine any time soon
Ralf Ketzel, managing director of KNDS, manufacturer of Leopard 2 battle tanks, said,"The ability to deliver quickly is now exhausted," adding, "Two years ago, a strategic decision should have been...
View ArticleNATO allies fed up with Berlin opposing name of new Ukraine mission
NATO allies are planning to launch a new project in support of Kiev, dubbed "NATO Mission Ukraine", at their next summit in Washington. The German government is reportedly concerned that designating...
View ArticleIsrael to order 25 F-35 fighters
Israel will acquire 25 Lockheed Martin fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters and the Israeli Air Force will expand its fleet to 75 of these advanced stealth aircraft. The delivery of the aircraft to...
View ArticleGerman defence minister proposes ‘selective’ military service system
400,000 people will have to complete a questionnaire each year, and some 40,000 candidates could then take part in the physical mandatory physical check-up call-up. Pistorius stressed that he...
View ArticleIsraeli arms exports topped $12.5B in 2022
Israel's defence ministry reported that exports to Abraham Accords countries, alone, reached approximately USD 3 billion, amounting to 24 percent of Israeli weapons sales and exports of unmanned...
View ArticleNATO sees German defence spending at €90.6B
A new NATO overview says the record €90.6B on defence expenditure, to which Berlin committed for the first time this year, corresponds to a 2.12 percent share of the forecast German GDP, and is higher...
View ArticleU.S. military bases in Europe alert for raised threats
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Monday that the raised alert status was due to a combination of factors and not related to a single threat, potentially impacting the safety and...
View ArticleGerman arms exports surge with deliveries to Kiev, Riyadh
Between January 01, 2024 and June 18, 2024, the German government approved a total of weapons exports worth at least EUR 7.48 billion (USD 8.01 billion), up 30 percent from the first half of last year,...
View ArticleScholz guarantees Germany won’t be party to Ukraine war
"Yes, I give this guarantee," Scholz said in response to a question in the Bundestag parliament on Wednesday, echoing comments he had made before. "That's what I stand for as chancellor." The post...
View ArticleGerman military places order for up to 6,500 trucks
The Bundeswehr says it plans to commission up to 6,500 Unprotected Transport Vehicles over the next seven years, with an agreement for the production and production of transport vehicles in the load...
View ArticleGermany delivers Patriot air defence system to Ukraine
Germany has delivered a third Patriot air-defence system to Ukraine, authorities said on Friday. Kiev received its first modern US-made Patriot system in April 2023 and now has four. The post Germany...
View ArticleGerman military rep slams planned defence spending
German military spending is set to increase by only EUR 1.2 billion (USD 1.3 billion) under the terms of the preliminary 2025 national budget agreed on Friday, far below the demands of Defence Minister...
View ArticleGermany to surrender key airbase in Niger after talks fail
While French troops had left the military-run country last year, the last U.S. troops are also expected to imminently depart the country, with Russian troops already on site to take their place after...
View ArticleU.S. postpones military exercise in Georgia
The Pentagon said last week the U.S. will indefinitely postpone a military exercise in Georgia 'due to the Georgian government's false accusations against the United States and other western entities,...
View ArticleRussia to make armour-piercing tank ammo in India | Indo-Russian JV also...
Russia has set up manufacturing of the Mango armour-piercing tank round in India, designed to be fired from the guns of T-72 and T-90 Main Battle Tanks and penetrate composite armour. It has also...
View ArticleU.S. announces $2.35B military aid for Ukraine
The latest round of military aid worth USD 150 million is the Biden administration's 60th tranche of aid since August 2021, including artillery and ammunition from its own inventories, in addition to...
View Article‘Successful’ launch for Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket
The European Space Agency (ESA) described the operation as a success, as Europe seeks to recover from a crisis in its launch sector, although an auxiliary drive in the upper stage, which was supposed...
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