Latvia Orders Short-Range Air Defence Systems to Saab
The Latvian Ministry of Defence has ordered the RBS 70 NG ground-based air defence system and the Giraffe 1X radar from Saab.
Ammunition News
Sweden Orders NLAW to SAAB
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has placed an order of SEK 900 million for Saab's Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW).
The UK Orders NLAWs to Saab
British Defence Ministry ordered the Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon system from Saab (NLAW), worth $280 million.
Modernised Mortars Return to Army
Defence Industry Agency’s mortar modernisation project is at the delivery stage. The first modernised mortars were delivered to the Land Forces.
Hydra Rockets with APKWS Kits Intercept Fast-Moving Drones
BAE Systems announced with a press release that 70mm rockets with APKWS kits hit Class-2 UAVs travelling at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour.
Bayraktar Akıncı Tested Miniature Bomb
Bayraktar Akıncı has tested the ASELSAN Miniature Bomb (Tolun) free fall-winged air-to-ground ammunition with Quad Rack.
More Gepard to Ukraine
Arms supplies continue flowing to Ukraine. Germany plans to send an additional arms package, including Gepard 35 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun system.
U.S. Navy Declares IOC for Boeing’s HAAWC
Boeing’s High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability passed the requirements for IOC status from the U.S. Navy.
76 mm Gun Installation to Future TCG İstanbul
Turkiye continues indigenous shipbuilding activities. 76 mm gun is installed at the TCG İstanbul at the İstanbul Naval Shipyard.
TB2 Bayraktar Armed UAVs to UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has acquired TB2 Bayraktar unmanned aerial systems from Turkiye. The process is carried out silently.
Samsun Yurt Savunma Cooperates with Pakistan
Samsun Yurt Savunma is among the Turkish participants in the IDEAS 2022 defence exhibition and seminar.
HGK-82, with the Highest Local Production, Passes the Tests
TÜBİTAK SAGE's Mk-82 bomb with Precision Guidance Kit-82 (HGK-82) certified for the F-4 and F-16 platforms, passed the serial production acceptance tests.
Rheinmetall to Provide 27 mm Auto Cannons to F126 Frigates
Damen Shipyard selected Rheinmetall for Germany’s F126 future frigate programme to equip the frigates with MLG27-4.0 remote weapon stations (RWSs).
Bangladesh Secures Myanmar Border with Roketsan’s missiles
Roketsan exported TRG-230 and TRG-300 surface-to-surface missile systems and the TEBER Guidance Kit to convert general-purpose bombs into guided smart bombs.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO shifts focus from spending targets to deployable capability - Alliance planning is increasingly centred on translating higher defence budgets into deployable forc...
- 09:00 US expands AI-enabled command and control programmes - The US Department of Defense continues accelerating AI-assisted command-and-control initiatives desi...
- 09:00 Europe accelerates missile and ammunition manufacturing - European governments are increasing investment in missile and ammunition production lines to strengt...
- 09:00 China strengthens integrated maritime reconnaissance network - China is expanding integration between satellites, unmanned aircraft, maritime patrol assets and coa...
- 09:00 Japan expands resilient logistics for island defence - Japan is investing in dispersed logistics hubs, hardened storage facilities and rapid reinforcement...
- 09:00 Counter-drone systems evolve toward layered low-cost defence - Military organisations are increasingly combining electronic warfare, interceptor drones, guns and a...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain strategic infrastructure role - Navies are expanding deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeas...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding radar and satellite-based sensor networks designed to maintain c...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly deploying larger constellations of smaller satellites to improve redun...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a strategic procurement metric - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, delivery speed and secure supply...
