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Bundestag Approves €100M Special Defense Fund, Minister Details Plans
The Bundestag has decided to set up a 100 billion-euro special fund for the Bundeswehr. Defense Minister Lambrecht and Inspector General Zorn wrote in their joint order of the day that the money would

UK to Gift MLRS to Ukraine, Spain to Deliver Leopard 2 Tanks, SHORADS
The UK will give multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against Russian aggression, the Defence Secretary has announced. The cutting edge M270 weapon sys

New Australian Defense Minister Sees Submarine Capability Gap
Defence Minister Richard Marles says he doubts Australia will be able to build its first nuclear submarine by the previous government’s deadline of 2038, accepting an interim fleet of conventional boa

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Bundestag Approves €100M Special Defense Fund, Minister Details Plans
The Bundestag has decided to set up a 100 billion-euro special fund for the Bundeswehr. Defense Minister Lambrecht and Inspector General Zorn wrote in their joint order of the day that the money would...

UK to Gift MLRS to Ukraine, Spain to Deliver Leopard 2 Tanks, SHORADS
The UK will give multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against Russian aggression, the Defence Secretary has announced. The cutting edge M270 weapon sys...

New Australian Defense Minister Sees Submarine Capability Gap
Defence Minister Richard Marles says he doubts Australia will be able to build its first nuclear submarine by the previous government’s deadline of 2038, accepting an interim fleet of conventional boa...

Japan to Develop Combat Drones to Assist Jet Fighters
TOKYO --- Japan plans to develop unmanned aircraft that will fly in support of fighter aircraft, as the government aims to strengthen the defense of its airspace and to deter attacks, Nikkei has learn...

Australia Slams ‘Dangerous’ Chinese Interception of P-8A Aircraft
Defence advises that on 26 May 2022, a RAAF P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft was intercepted by a Chinese J-16 fighter aircraft during a routine maritime surveillance activity in international airsp...

GD Lays Keel of First Columbia-class SSBN
QUONSET POINT, R.I. --– General Dynamics Electric Boat conducted a keel laying ceremony for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) at Quonset Point, ...

Pentagon Details Steps to Joining NATO
Finland and Sweden filed letters of application to officially join The North Atlantic Treaty Organization on May 18, but joining NATO is not an overnight process. State Department officials have sa...

Swiss MoD Rules on Weapon Requests from Poland and Germany
BERN --- Germany and Poland have asked the Department of Defense (DDPS) to pass on material from previous or current army holdings. The DDPS has decided how to answer these requests. Germany can f...

Loitering Munitions: A Comprehensive Technical Survey of Recent Developments
Loitering munitions are increasingly used in armed conflicts. An extensive database of loitering munitions is developed based on information available in the public domain. This database includes dime...

German Corvette Fires RBS-15 Missile At Land Target for First Time
The corvette "Oldenburg" has now provided evidence that "the Navy is now able to use a precision-guided weapon against targets relatively far behind the coast," as the Test Director of the Missile Fir...

Aeroplex to Support Hungarian Embraer KC-390 Aircraft
BUDAPEST --- Embraer and Aeroplex have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on a project to qualify Aeroplex as an Embraer Authorized Service Center (EASC) in Hungary. The goal is t...

China Expected to Oppose US-Backed Fisheries Surveillance Project
SAN FRANCISCO --- Four allied countries are working on a new high-tech method of cracking down on illegal fishing, one of the Asia-Pacific region's biggest issues at sea. The initiative would hold vio...

US Army Breaks Ground on Munitions Dump in Poland
U.S. and Polish officials marked the beginning of the Poland Provided Infrastructure (PPI) program with a groundbreaking ceremony for a munitions storage area in Powidz, Poland June 2. This project...

Czech, Polish Ministers Sign Defense Cooperation Agreement
On Friday, June 3, 2022, the Minister of Defense Jana Černochová and her Polish counterpart Mariusz Blaszczak signed the Intergovernmental Agreement on Mutual Cooperation in the Field of Defense. The ...

“Putin Cannot Be Stopped by Words,” German Foreign Minister Says
Article by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in BILD newspaper 35 kilometres. That is the distance between Potsdam and Berlin. I know it well, as I travel it every day. During the journey, I wor...