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The Indian Army has conducted a pivotal three-day joint artillery field firing exercise in Tezu, Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, from 23 to 25 February 2026.This exercise involved seamless collaboration with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Arunachal Scouts, Para Special Forces, and the newly raised Bhairav Battalion.A defence spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat, highlighted that the drill significantly bolstered inter-agency coordination and operational readiness in high-altitude terrain. Arunachal Pradesh’s rugged, strategically sensitive mountainous regions demand such specialised training, given their proximity to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.The exercise focused on strengthening synergy among diverse forces while enhancing…
Joe Dodd, RCDefense If Golden Dome can be delivered near the budget numbers cited above, it is not only affordable—it may be one of the most strategically beneficial investments the United… Source link
WASHINGTON ― Boeing and Nammo have jointly test-fired a Ramjet 155 weapon, amid the U.S. Army’s efforts to modernize its long-range precision fire capability.During the June 28 test at the Andøya Test Center in Norway, the Ramjet 155 was fired from an L39 cannon and its engine successfully ignited, according to a statement from Boeing, an American firm partnered with the Norwegian company to develop and produce boosted artillery projectiles. The engine draws in air to bolster the forward motion of the projectile.The companies aim to design their artillery round for use by L39 and L58 cannons, the statement read.The…
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), in cooperation with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) subsidiary Atlas Elektronik, delivered the first BlueWhale autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to the German Navy on 25 February 2026 at the Eckernförde naval base near Kiel.The handover – which was attended by German Defence Ministry State Secretary Jens Plötner and Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, the Inspector of the German Navy – marks the first international sale of the Israeli-developed large unmanned underwater vehicle (LUUV). The deal is valued at tens of millions of euros.Developed by IAI’s ELTA division, the BlueWhale is a 5.5-ton, 10.9-metre-long fully autonomous underwater vehicle…
Switchblade 600 Block 2 advances long-range loitering strike. Credit: AeroVironment, Inc./Business Wire. AeroVironment has secured a $186m delivery order from the US Army for its Switchblade 600 Block 2 and Switchblade 300 Block 20 explosively formed penetrator (EFP) loitering munition systems. The order comes under the Army’s five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS). Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Awarded in August 2024, the IDIQ contract has a maximum value of $990m. This marks the Army’s initial…
The Rafale source-code controversy has sparked debate in defence circles, yet it remains a peripheral matter rather than a deal-breaker in India’s procurement of these advanced French fighter jets.Dassault Aviation’s reluctance to share the proprietary source code—essential for integrating indigenous weapons like the Astra missile—stems from legitimate concerns over intellectual property and national security.This stance reflects standard practice among leading arms exporters, prioritising protection of decades-old software that powers the jet’s AESA radar and mission computer.India’s original 2016 deal for 36 Rafale jets proceeded without full code access, delivering operational success despite limited technology transfer. The Indian Air Force has…
Steve Trimble, Aviation Week Regiment-size units, which seldom possess more than a handful of small UAS at any time, are racing to prepare for the logistical and operational realities of… Source link
DAYTON, Ohio — The U.S. Air Force is trying to speed up a contract award in its plan to buy Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail early warning and control aircraft to protect the program from a potential continuing resolution that could limit available funds.The Air Force selected the E-7 in April to replace a portion of its E-3 Airborne Warning and Control fleet, a command-and-control platform the service has been operating for more than 40 years. The service’s proposed 2023 budget calls for retiring 15 E-3s, or about half the fleet, and includes $227 million in research, development, test and evaluation funds…
Over the span of 10 days in February 2026, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia signed a series of high-level defence-industrial agreements covering a fifth-generation fighter programme, a utility helicopter, and unmanned naval platforms. Taken together, these deals point toward something that could be larger than a bilateral procurement cycle but, instead, an early shape of a ‘Central’ bloc of defence-industrial output forming between the traditional Western and Eastern anchors of global arms production.The Erdoğan–MBS Summit and Its Defence DividendPresident Erdoğan visited Riyadh on February 3, meeting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Defence cooperation featured prominently in the bilateral outcomes. Speaking to reporters on…
Photo of the AW149 medium-lift helicopter at the Farnborough International Air Show, 24 July 2024. Credit: Author. Reports emerged in recent hours that the UK was about to announce that Leonardo UK will be awarded the New Medium Helicopter contract The programme is intended to deliver up to 23 medium-lift helicopters to the British Army Once again, the UK Government appears to be failing to control the narrative as rumours swirl Emblematic of the chaos surrounding Main Building at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), rumours that the UK Government was on the verge of awarding a critical military helicopter…