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Russia Used Belarusian Airspace for Drone Strikes on Ukraine

Russia Used Belarusian Airspace for Drone Strikes on Ukraine

Russia used Belarusian airspace during a combined air attack on Ukraine on July 12, 2025. Residents of border towns recorded the flight of Russi...

Germany Developed an Unmanned Aircraft for Radar Reconnaissance

Germany Developed an Unmanned Aircraft for Radar Reconnaissance

At the Bundeswehr Day, the German company Avilus presented several new drones, including the Bussard unmanned aircraft, equipped with SAR radar for...

UAV Carrier and Kamikaze: Ukraine Developed a Small River Drone Called Ursula

UAV Carrier and Kamikaze: Ukraine Developed a Small River Drone Called Ursula

A new unmanned surface vessel called Ursula, approximately one meter long, has been developed in Ukraine. The Association of Ukrainian Engineers...

The US Received Its Last Independence-Class Ship

The US Received Its Last Independence-Class Ship

Austal USA has delivered the last Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) to the US Navy — the future USS Pierre (LCS 38). The company ann...

Romania Purchases Israeli Air Defense Systems, Rejecting Offers from MBDA and Diehl

Romania Purchases Israeli Air Defense Systems, Rejecting Offers from MBDA and Diehl

Israeli company Rafael has won a tender to supply the Romanian army with short-range and close-range air defense systems. Defense Romania report...

Former Wagner Mercenary Who Fled Russia Detained in Finland

Former Wagner Mercenary Who Fled Russia Detained in Finland

A former Wagner mercenary who illegally crossed the border and requested asylum has been detained in Finland. According to Yle, the man is a Rus...

Hartpunkt: German Special Operations Forces to be Equipped With ZD Tactical Vehicles

Hartpunkt: German Special Operations Forces to be Equipped With ZD Tactical Vehicles

The German Special Operations Forces will receive new highly mobile ZD tactical vehicles manufactured by IAI. According to information from the ...

US has Approved Sale of HH-60W Jolly Green II Helicopters to Norway for $2.6 Billion

US has Approved Sale of HH-60W Jolly Green II Helicopters to Norway for $2.6 Billion

The U.S. Department of State has approved the possible sale of nine HH-60W helicopters to Norway. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency report...

Ukraine Restores Military Cooperation With Africa: Ghana Shows Interest in Drones

Ukraine Restores Military Cooperation With Africa: Ghana Shows Interest in Drones

Ghana has shown keen interest in Ukrainian technologies, especially drones designed for surveillance and border security. Ukrainian President Vo...

Germany Considers Cancelling F126 Frigate Construction

Germany Considers Cancelling F126 Frigate Construction

The representatives of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) are urging for a complete halt to the F126 frigate construction program amid...

Ukraine Develops Single-Use MITLA Net Launchers to Counter FPV Drones

Ukraine Develops Single-Use MITLA Net Launchers to Counter FPV Drones

Ukrainian company TENETA has introduced an innovative new device to combat enemy drones - the single-use MITLA net launcher. According to the co...

Estonian Military Conducted HIMARS Live Fires for the First Time

Estonian Military Conducted HIMARS Live Fires for the First Time

In Estonia, after four months of intensive training, the military has successfully conducted its first live-fire exercise using its own HIMARS rock...

Bureviy Brigade Destroyed Type 75 MRL for the First Time in Ukrainian Defense Forces

Bureviy Brigade Destroyed Type 75 MRL for the First Time in Ukrainian Defense Forces

The soldiers of the 1st Presidential Operational Brigade ‘Bureviy’ destroyed a North Korean Type 75 MRL for the first time in the Ukrainian Armed F...

Volunteer From Hungary Killed in Battle for Ukraine

Volunteer From Hungary Killed in Battle for Ukraine

A 21-year-old Hungarian citizen, Aser Benjámin, who fought as a volunteer in the Ukrainian Defense Forces, was killed in battle with Russian forces...

An-124 ‘Ruslan’ Flies Over Kyiv for First Time Since 2022, Lands in Leipzig

An-124 ‘Ruslan’ Flies Over Kyiv for First Time Since 2022, Lands in Leipzig

On July 11, 2025, an Antonov An-124-100 “Ruslan” cargo aircraft operated by Ukrainian airline Antonov Airlines flew over Kyiv and later landed at L...

Pentagon Launches Sweeping Reform to Expand Small Drone Use in U.S. Military

Pentagon Launches Sweeping Reform to Expand Small Drone Use in U.S. Military

The Pentagon has launched a major policy shift aimed at expanding the use of small drones across all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, designating...

Belarus Develops ‘Antidrone’ System Equipped With Interceptors and Buckshot Defense

Belarus Develops ‘Antidrone’ System Equipped With Interceptors and Buckshot Defense

Belarusian engineers have developed a new drone defense system called ‘Antidrone’, combining quadcopter interceptors with a close-range buckshot mo...

Ukrainian Aircraft Destroy Russian Ferry in Zaporizhia Region

Ukrainian Aircraft Destroy Russian Ferry in Zaporizhia Region

A Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet destroyed a Russian ferry in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhia region with two high-precision bomb str...

Russia Used Belarusian Airspace for Drone Strikes on Ukraine

Russia Used Belarusian Airspace for Drone Strikes on Ukraine

Russia used Belarusian airspace during a combined air attack on Ukraine on July 12, 2025. Residents of border towns recorded the flight of Russi...

Germany Developed an Unmanned Aircraft for Radar Reconnaissance

Germany Developed an Unmanned Aircraft for Radar Reconnaissance

At the Bundeswehr Day, the German company Avilus presented several new drones, including the Bussard unmanned aircraft, equipped with SAR radar for...

UAV Carrier and Kamikaze: Ukraine Developed a Small River Drone Called Ursula

UAV Carrier and Kamikaze: Ukraine Developed a Small River Drone Called Ursula

A new unmanned surface vessel called Ursula, approximately one meter long, has been developed in Ukraine. The Association of Ukrainian Engineers...

The US Received Its Last Independence-Class Ship

The US Received Its Last Independence-Class Ship

Austal USA has delivered the last Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) to the US Navy — the future USS Pierre (LCS 38). The company ann...

Romania Purchases Israeli Air Defense Systems, Rejecting Offers from MBDA and Diehl

Romania Purchases Israeli Air Defense Systems, Rejecting Offers from MBDA and Diehl

Israeli company Rafael has won a tender to supply the Romanian army with short-range and close-range air defense systems. Defense Romania report...

Important

Germany Will Be Able to Supply Ukraine With Domestic Patriot Missiles, But Not Before 2026

Germany Will Be Able to Supply Ukraine With Domestic Patriot Missiles, But Not Before 2026

Germany Will Be Able to Supply Ukraine With Domestic Patriot Missiles, But Not Before 2026

Germany is expected to receive the first interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, produced at its own facilities, in late 2026 or early 2027. European Pravda ...

#Military assistance

July 13, 2025

12:06

Skynex Anti-Aircraft Systems Were Used to Shoot Down Shaheds

Skynex Anti-Aircraft Systems Were Used to Shoot Down Shaheds

Skynex Anti-Aircraft Systems Were Used to Shoot Down Shaheds

The Ukrainian Air Force used German Skynex anti-aircraft artillery systems to shoot down Russian strike drones. A ...

#War with Russia

#Military assistance

July 12, 2025

17:30

Budanov: North Korea Covers 40% of Russian Army’s Need for Artillery Shells

Budanov: North Korea Covers 40% of Russian Army’s Need for Artillery Shells

Budanov: North Korea Covers 40% of Russian Army’s Need for Artillery Shells

The head of Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said that up to 40% of all ammunition used by Russia in ...

#War with Russia

July 12, 2025

17:04

NATO Orders More Airbus A330 MRTT Aircraft

NATO Orders More Airbus A330 MRTT Aircraft

NATO Orders More Airbus A330 MRTT Aircraft

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has ordered two additional Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MR...

July 12, 2025

14:43

US Senate Approves $500M in Military Aid for Ukraine in 2026

US Senate Approves $500M in Military Aid for Ukraine in 2026

US Senate Approves $500M in Military Aid for Ukraine in 2026

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a draft national defense bill that allocates $500 million in militar...

#Військова допомога

July 12, 2025

00:19

Gas Pipeline Supplying Russian Defense Industry Explodes in Siberia

Gas Pipeline Supplying Russian Defense Industry Explodes in Siberia

Gas Pipeline Supplying Russian Defense Industry Explodes in Siberia

An explosion occurred on the evening of July 10 on a major gas pipeline in Langepas, a city in the Khanty-Mansiysk Au...

#War with Russia

July 11, 2025

23:05

Popular

Chinese Electric Cars in Israel Found to Be Transmitting Data to China

Chinese Electric Cars in Israel Found to Be Transmitting Data to China

The Israeli Ministry of Defense has officially suspended the supply of Chinese electric vehicles from BYD to IDF officers due to concerns over data...

July 8, 2025

10:30

Unknown Drones Attack Engels Airbase

Unknown Drones Attack Engels Airbase

A recently published video from the outlet Astra shows unidentified strike drones targeting Russia’s strategic aviation base in Engels. These dr...

July 5, 2025

11:46

Canadian Armed Forces Records Highest Recruitment in a Decade

Canadian Armed Forces Records Highest Recruitment in a Decade

Over the past year, the Canadian Armed Forces has recruited a record number of new enlistees—nearly 7,000 people. This exceeded the recruitment tar...

July 6, 2025

11:37

Mesh Network Device Found on Downed Russian Gerbera Drone

Mesh Network Device Found on Downed Russian Gerbera Drone

A Mesh network component was found on a Russian Gerbera decoy drone shot down the previous day — a wireless industrial router from the HX series. ...

#War with Russia

July 7, 2025

21:32

Iran Struck Five Israeli Military Bases

Iran Struck Five Israeli Military Bases

During the 12-day war, Iranian missiles hit five IDF military bases and seven industrial facilities on Israeli territory. The Telegraph reported...

July 6, 2025

15:02

Russia Tries to Convince Laos to Deploy Troops to Kursk Region

Russia Tries to Convince Laos to Deploy Troops to Kursk Region

Russia aims to involve the engineering troops of the Lao People's Armed Forces in demining operations in the Kursk region. According to the Defe...

July 5, 2025

15:11

South African Rheinmetall Unit Receives Record NATO Order for Artillery Shells

South African Rheinmetall Unit Receives Record NATO Order for Artillery Shells

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM), the South African subsidiary of Rheinmetall, has secured the largest order in its history for 155 mm Assegai arti...

July 7, 2025

09:38

U.S. Launches Mass Production of PrSM Ballistic Missiles

U.S. Launches Mass Production of PrSM Ballistic Missiles

The U.S. Army has announced the transition to full-rate production of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) in its Increment 1 configuration. The ...

July 6, 2025

19:38

Japan Starts Exporting Used Destroyers to Philippines

Japan Starts Exporting Used Destroyers to Philippines

Japan will export six decommissioned Abukuma-class escort destroyers to the Philippines in what will be the first such transfer in modern history. ...

July 6, 2025

22:51

Articles

Army for rent: from fighter jets to nuclear submarines

Army for rent: from fighter jets to nuclear submarines

Army for rent: from fighter jets to nuclear submarines

In a world where news about military contracts is often reduced to billion-dollar purchases and high-profile deals, t...

June 3, 2025

17:10

FLARM F4: A Review of the Ukrainian Rifle

FLARM F4: A Review of the Ukrainian Rifle

FLARM F4: A Review of the Ukrainian Rifle

The FLARM F4 is a Ukrainian-manufactured 5.56 mm caliber rifle, originally developed in 2022 for the civilian market....

#Defense industry of Ukraine

#Infantry armament

June 3, 2025

15:41

The Kill Zone of Modern Warfare: Size and Structure, Control and Means of Destruction, Survival and Shifting the Lines

The Kill Zone of Modern Warfare: Size and Structure, Control and Means of Destruction, Survival and Shifting the Lines

The Kill Zone of Modern Warfare: Size and Structure, Control and Means of Destruction, Survival and Shifting the Lines

In recent months, there has been growing discussion of the so-called "kill zone" — a drone-enabled space designed to ...

#War with Russia

June 2, 2025

16:14

U.S. Army Report: How China Fights in Large-Scale Combat Operations

U.S. Army Report: How China Fights in Large-Scale Combat Operations

U.S. Army Report: How China Fights in Large-Scale Combat Operations

The report "How China Fights in Large-Scale Combat Operations" contains a detailed assessment of China’s military str...

May 30, 2025

13:05

European Defense Tech brought engineers together for the first time for a hackathon for the front lines in Ukraine

European Defense Tech brought engineers together for the first time for a hackathon for the front lines in Ukraine

European Defense Tech brought engineers together for the first time for a hackathon for the front lines in Ukraine

On May 22-25, Lviv hosted the European Defense Tech Hackathon, the first event of its kind in Ukraine organized by th...

May 27, 2025

21:04

Russia Ups the Ante in the Baltic Sea

Russia Ups the Ante in the Baltic Sea

Russia Ups the Ante in the Baltic Sea

In recent months, Russia has adopted a more assertive posture in the Baltic Sea, engaging in a series of provocative ...

May 27, 2025

20:28

Blogs

On Ukraine’s 5.56 mm Anti-Drone Cartridge

Taras Oliinyk

Russian GPS Jamming in the Arctic Circle

Taras Oliinyk

Shelby Gingras

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Warns: For the Next Week russia Is Planning the Culmination of the Campaign to Discredit Ukraine in the Context of Ongoing Exchanges

Shelby Gingras

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF UKRAINE

May 8 and the War for History: What the World Refuses to See

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF UKRAINE

Ruslana Velychko

Ground Drones: The Robotic Soldiers of Modern Warfare

Ruslana Velychko

Ruslana Velychko

High-Stakes Diplomacy: The Risks of Rushed Negotiations

Ruslana Velychko

Veronika Hryshchenko

February 26, 2025

The army needs to be changed

Veronika Hryshchenko

Andriy Sokolov

February 16, 2025

Assad has lost the south. Russia evacuates bases from western Syria and the embassy from Damascus.

Andriy Sokolov

Urich

December 7, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Ammunition for UAVs

Urich

Andrii Kharuk

December 7, 2024

FN F2000 Operating Experience by Ukrainian Soldier

Andrii Kharuk

Concussed Drone

November 26, 2024

RS-26 “Rubezh”

Concussed Drone

Andrii Kharuk

November 21, 2024

Without the Right to Resist: Russia’s New Nuclear Doctrine Pressures Ukraine to Surrender

CBA Initiatives Center

November 20, 2024

The long arm of Kim Il Sung

CBA Initiatives Center

Andrii Kharuk

November 17, 2024

On Ukraine’s 5.56 mm Anti-Drone Cartridge

On Ukraine’s 5.56 mm Anti-Drone Cartridge

Taras Oliinyk

Russian GPS Jamming in the Arctic Circle

Russian GPS Jamming in the Arctic Circle

Shelby Gingras

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Warns: For the Next Week russia Is Planning the Culmination of the Campaign to Discredit Ukraine in the Context of Ongoing Exchanges

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Warns: For the Next Week russia Is Planning the Culmination of the Campaign to Discredit Ukraine in the Context of Ongoing Exchanges

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF UKRAINE

May 8 and the War for History: What the World Refuses to See

May 8 and the War for History: What the World Refuses to See

Ruslana Velychko

Ground Drones: The Robotic Soldiers of Modern Warfare

Ground Drones: The Robotic Soldiers of Modern Warfare

Ruslana Velychko

High-Stakes Diplomacy: The Risks of Rushed Negotiations

High-Stakes Diplomacy: The Risks of Rushed Negotiations

Veronika Hryshchenko

February 26, 2025

The army needs to be changed

The army needs to be changed

Andriy Sokolov

February 16, 2025

Assad has lost the south. Russia evacuates bases from western Syria and the embassy from Damascus.

Assad has lost the south. Russia evacuates bases from western Syria and the embassy from Damascus.

Urich

December 7, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Ammunition for UAVs

Know Your Enemy: Ammunition for UAVs

Andrii Kharuk

December 7, 2024

FN F2000 Operating Experience by Ukrainian Soldier

FN F2000 Operating Experience by Ukrainian Soldier

Concussed Drone

November 26, 2024

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PDTW 2025. The first Prague Defense Tech Week brings together European innovators and investors

The first Prague Defense Tech Week will take place in Prague. The event, which will run from June 3 to 8, aims to bring together the representativ...

The Pandur 8×8 EVO armored personnel carrier and the CZ BREN 3 assault rifle — new products from the Czech defense industry to be showcased at IDET-2025

Between May 28 and 30, 2025, the IDET-2025 International Defense and Security Technology Fair, held every two years, will once again take place at ...

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