Ireland invests €1.35bn in defence 2025: C295W on the horizon
Ireland has moved to increase military spending, announcing on 1 October 2024 a record allocation of €1.35bn ($1.48bn) for defence…
04 Oct 2024
Royal Thai Army AH-6 helicopter takes flight for first time
The first of eight AH-6 Little Bird light attack helicopters due to enter service in the Royal Thai Army has flown for the first time. Its inaugural flight took place…
04 Oct 2024
British Army to wait at least five years for new protected mobility vehicle
The British Army is still to formally define the scope of the service’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP), with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) not due to complete the formal…
03 Oct 2024
US DoD merge Security Cooperation workforce into a unified service
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has moved to consolidate various resources working within the Foreign Military Sales regime into a new structure, the Defense Security Cooperation Service (DSCS), in…
02 Oct 2024
KNDS opens Ukraine subsidiary to enhance MRO of systems
The opening of KNDS Ukraine, an MRO establishment in Ukraine, marks a milestone in the collaboration between Ukrainian defence forces and the Franco-German armaments group KNDS. With a portfolio of…
02 Oct 2024
Replicator 2 drones to focus on counter UAS mission
The US Department of Defense (DoD) officially determined the course of development for the next phase of its Replicator initiative, with Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin stating in a memo…
02 Oct 2024
China emerges a key supplier for Ukraine’s defence SME sector
Internal supply chain difficulties and European bureaucracy has emerged as a leading problem for Ukraine’s burgeoning defence small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, with some seeing China as a preferred…