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Denmark’s tank transporter fleet has been developed by Scania and Broshuis. Credit: Broshuis Denmark orders 15 more Broshuis/Scania tank transporters Fleet grows to 60, boosting Leopard 2A7 mobility Part of NATO mobility push and Denmark’s higher defence spend The Danish Armed Forces has placed an order for 15 additional Broshuis Heavy Equipment Trailers (HETs) used to transport Leopard 2 main battle tanks (MBT) on road networks, with the trailers set to be delivered later this year. According to a 14 September release, the work is being carried out as a cooperation between Broshuis and Scania, which is responsible for supplying…

Singapore-based Bertha Chan heads Trust and Safety Global Engagements across the Asia-Pacific for Google, focusing on the safeguards and considerations needed to prevent AI misuse while keeping pace with the technology. Her remit covers jurisdictions and partnerships with governments and civil society, as well as combating the ever-evolving online scam industry, which is already adopting the latest advances in AI, especially the production of deepfakes. Chan says that the foundation of all innovation and technology adoption has to be trust and that Google aims to protect its users at every part of their “entire digital journey,” adding that its email…

WASHINGTON — The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion contract for the company’s “early operational capability” Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2 system, according to a Defense Department posting.  PrSM Increment 2 is the Army’s initiative to develop a missile with a multimode seeker capable of hitting maritime targets on the move. It’s also referred to as the Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile seeker, and is designed to travel up to 500 km (310.7 miles) in combat, as Breaking Defense previously reported.  According to the DoD posting Monday evening, Lockheed’s bid was the only one solicited and the only one…

Patria MUSCL system. Credit: Patria Group. Patria has secured a contract to deliver its multistatic coherent location (MUSCL) passive radar system to an unnamed European Nato member. The contract covers multiple sensor stations to provide extensive area coverage, as well as spare parts, support, and training services designed to enable rapid operational deployment. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Financial details and specific delivery timelines for the system have not been disclosed. The MUSCL system is a transportable passive radar capable of detecting,…

The world of digital banking is an odd place. A digital bank offers the same basic services as a traditional bank – takes deposits, makes loans – but it does it almost entirely online, eliminating much of the overhead required to maintain a network of brick and mortar branches. Digital banks in this context are standalone businesses, as opposed to digital offshoots of existing banks like Jenius in Indonesia or Trust Bank in Singapore. In fact, if the business model can scale, digital banks might pose a serious threat to the entrenched position of conventional mega-banks that dominate Southeast Asia’s…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Engine maker Pratt & Whitney is licensing aircraft startup Hermeus to produce Pratt’s F100 fighter jet engine, the companies revealed to Breaking Defense, the first such license for a fellow American firm. In an exclusive interview, Jill Albertelli, the president of Pratt’s military engines business, described the agreement as a natural one to boost the industrial base in the face of growing powerplant demand for existing aircraft and for in-development programs like the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft project. “So we look at it as like, yeah, why wouldn’t we do this? We are all aligned…

In July 2026, footage released by the Myanmar regime showed troops from Russia’s Airborne Forces, the Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii (VDV), training alongside their Myanmar counterparts. The Myanmar–Russia joint exercise, named Tiger-2026, formed part of the expanding military cooperation between Naypyidaw and Moscow. The exercise was followed by a visit by the military-appointed President Min Aung Hlaing to Russia, during which the two sides signed a series of agreements and memoranda covering military and broader economic cooperation. In his meeting with President Putin, Min Aung Hlaing described Myanmar as a “reliable partner” of Russia. Together, these developments show that the Kremlin is now…

The United States has entered an era of high-technology warfare against advanced adversaries, where range, persistence, payload, survivability, and scale are non-negotiable.  Winning that fight demands large, capable Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) that can fly from friendly skies into the teeth of enemy air defenses — and do so affordably, without risking U.S. aircrews. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the company that introduced the world to uncrewed warfare, has overhauled its lineup to meet that challenge head-on.  Enhancements to its MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian and the short takeoff and landing Mojave STOL are now joined by two new systems:…

The 18th BRICS summit hosted by India on September 12-13 criticized unilateral tariffs, sanctions, and protectionism in international trade, expressed support for multilateralism and multipolarity, and saw the airing of serious concern over rising tensions in West Asia. The summit was being closely watched for several reasons. The first was whether the summit would produce a consensual joint statement. The second was curiosity over whether the BRICS members would collectively reject the dollar as the main currency of international trade. And third, to see what it could say about unilateral tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, especially since Brazil…

Cambodia and Thailand began compulsory conciliation proceedings in Singapore yesterday, aimed at resolving a long-running maritime dispute. The three-day session marks the opening of a process conducted under Article 298 and Annex V of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is intended to resolve the two nations’ overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand. After a closed-door session yesterday that was chaired by Katrina Cooper, the head of the Conciliation Commission, a public session took place today in which the Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers delivered opening statements laying out their governments’ respective positions. Cambodian…