News
Lockheed Martin awarded $2.8 billion ceiling contract for THAAD development
The United States Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a new contract with a $2.8 billion ceiling to continue...
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United States Fiscal Year 2024 Arms Sales Set New Record
The United States continues to sell record breaking amounts of arms on the global market, with $318.7 billion in total sales in Fiscal Year...
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German Navy to test new Laser Weapon System
The German Navy is advancing its efforts in Higher Energy Laser (HEL) weapon technology, with plans to contract a pre-series production system in the...
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Belgium reactivates its 68th Heavy Combat Engineering Company
The 68th has had an interesting journey as part of the Belgian armed forces. Originally raised as a Heavy Combat Engineering unit, they found...
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Eurofighter ECRS Mk1 to be tested on Airbus A320
The Eurofighter Combat AESA Radar MK1 is progressing toward its operational debut, with flight testing now underway on the Airbus A320 D-ATRA. Developed for...
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Portugal purchases 2 AOR’s from Turkish STM
The Portuguese Navy has signed a contract for the purchase of two AOR’s (Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment) with the Turkish shipyard STM for a so...
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Editorials
Drones of the Ukrainian Military
Drones have become synonymous with Ukraine's fight for survival against Russian imperialist agression. Performing survailing the frontline, correcting artillery fire or striking at targets...
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Roshel CEO talks Ukraine, future opportunities
This interview was originally published on Defense Archives on May 9th, 2024.
The 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine has sent global demand for arms skyrocketing...
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Wiesel 1, The last tankette
Development work on the Wiesel began in 1969, when for the first time, tacticians and technicians of the West-German MOD and Heeresamt (Army Department)...
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The Leopard 2A6 PRT, Portugal’s MLU plan for its big cat
With more than a decade of service in sunny Portugal, the Army has been intending to upgrade its Leopard tanks for a few years...
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Puma, the modern German Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Marder 2
1971 saw the introduction of the Marder AIFV into German service. But as the 1980’s started, new plans were drawn up for a...
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West-Germany’s Cold War tank hunters
As the Warsaw Pact's threat to western Europe became larger in the early 1950's, it was requested that West Germany re-establish a military. This...
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