Germany Orders Skyranger 30 Air Defence System
German Army has placed an order for a Skyranger 30 mobile air defence system armed with a new 30 mm revolver cannon and four-way radars.
Defence News
Weapon / Missile
Land
Unmanned Systems
Country
ASELSAN Introduced Aslan at Ağrı Province
The unmanned ground vehicle Aslan, developed by ASELSAN, was introduced in Ağrı province.
Investment
ASELSAN Signs a New Export Contract
ASELSAN has informed the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) about a new export agreement valued at $ 12.089.000.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Elbit Unveils Hermes 650 Spark UAS
Elbit Systems unveiled a new tactical UAS, the Hermes 650 Spark, at the Singapore Airshow.
Weapon / Missile
U.S. Approves Arms Sale to Italy
The State Department has approved sales to Italy for an estimated cost of $219.3 million.
Air
Turkish Fighter Jet Kaan Meets Skies
Turkiye’s indigenous fighter jet, Kaan, performed its maiden flight today at Ankara Akıncı Air Base.
Land
Investment
Italy to Localise Its Future Leopard 2A8 MBTs
Leonardo will integrate Italian-made components into the German Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks that Italy will acquire.
Land
Germany Involves in “Barely” Armoured Vehicle Aid Scandal
German manufacturer FFG, which provides armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine, was discovered to be producing inadequately armoured vehicles.
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
STM to Lead Gür-Class Submarine MLU Programme
STM will conduct the Mid-Life Modernisation of the Gür-Class Submarines (Type-209/1400) in the inventory of the Turkish Naval Forces.
Weapon / Missile
German MoD Announces PzH 2000 155 mm SPG Aid to Ukraine
German MoD has announced that Ukraine will be supplied with 18 PzH 2000 155 mm tracked SPGs in the future.
Unmanned Systems
India Close to Signing the Deal for MQ-9 UCAVs
The Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar has announced that DAC approved the acquisition of 31 MQ-9 Reaper UCAVs for various services.
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
NATO Supports Türkiye’s Montreux Strategy at the Black Sea
The NATO Defence Ministers supported the Turkish approach to the mine clearance activities based on the Montreux Convention in the Black Sea.
Air
India Acquires 16 C295 Naval Operations Aircraft
Indian Defence Ministry approved the program to acquire 16 C295 aircraft for naval operations to meet the needs of the Navy and the Coast Guard.
Weapon / Missile
U.K.: Russia Launches Hypersonic Zircon Missiles from Land
The U.K. Defence Ministry reported that Russia might have 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles from a K-300 Bastion coastal defence missile launcher.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 Canada to announce winner of major submarine competition - Canada is expected to announce the preferred bidder for its 12-submarine programme ahead of the NATO...
- 09:00 NATO prepares GlobalEye decision to replace AWACS fleet - NATO is expected to confirm Saab's GlobalEye as the successor to its E-3A AWACS fleet at the Ankara...
- 09:00 Canada advances multinational defence financing initiative - Ottawa aims to unveil around 10 founding members of its proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Ba...
- 09:00 South Korea deepens NATO defence-industrial engagement - President Lee Jae Myung will attend the NATO Summit and Defence Industry Forum to expand defence exp...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement continues shifting toward layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring integrated counter-UAS architectures combining rad...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems expand infrastructure protection missions - Navies are broadening deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 09:00 Distributed satellite constellations become the preferred military model - Armed forces are increasingly replacing reliance on a few high-value satellites with proliferated co...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft move toward operational acquisition - Air forces are transitioning collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technology demonstrators...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a strategic military capability - Governments increasingly regard manufacturing scalability, secure supply chains and rapid production...
