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Washington’s risk-prone urge to deepen military alliances, juxtaposed with Chinese adventurism, threatens peace in Asia.
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Leading intelligence company, GlobalData, expects Italy’s return to a growing defence budget. The company forecasts a spending increase from $31.6bn to $38.5bn between 2024 and 2028.
Frequent changes in government and ideology made concerted growth difficult and strategic end-goals hard to define. Nevertheless, Italy’s budget saw modest growth from 2019-21, climbing by $5.7bn from $26.1bn to $31.8. Economic uncertainty and continued Covid-19 impact saw a drop of $2.3bn to $29.5 in 2022.
The Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) family of vehicles, designed through the collaboration between BAE Systems and IDV, exemplifies amphibious capabilities and is the sole fully operational amphibious combat vehicle currently in production.
The showcased ACV-P personnel variant serves as the foundation for a versatile vehicle family equipped to accommodate evolving mission requirements and integrate future technologies.
At the FEINDEF international defence and security exposition, BAE Systems and IDV celebrated the global debut of their Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV).
Screengrab from an Airbus video shown at the AOC Europe 2023 conference in Bonn, Germany, showing a Luftwaffe A400M aircraft in a stand-off jammer configuration for the luWES airborne electronic attack requirement. (Richard Scott)
Airbus Defence and Space has revealed a stand-off jammer (SOJ) adaptation of its A400M Atlas airlifter as a potential solution for Germany’s Luftgestätze Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme.
The UK fields 23 Puma helicopters that are scheduled to be replaced via the New Medium Helicopter procurement programme. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) may seek to extend the service life of the Westland-Aerospatiale SA 330E Puma HC2 medium-lift rotorcraft as it looks to mitigate potential delays to the New Medium Helicopter (NMH) replacement programme and other issues.
Just over a year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there is a growing sense that Europe’s reawakening on defense policy has already faltered. Germany’s much-hyped Zeitenwende, which promised a significant boost in defense spending, has so far yielded few tangible new investments in military capabilities and been overshadowed by the government’s various perceived prevarications on arming […]
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In the year 2021, four U.S. naval vessels were commissioned. In 2022, the USA commissioned six naval vessels. However, in 2023, ten U.S. military naval vessels are expected to be commissioned this year.
Here is a list of The Spectacular 10 US Military Ships Ready to Rule the Seas in 2023
1. USS Cooperstown (LCS-23)
She is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first Navy vessel to bear the name Cooperstown, New York. The industry team led by Lockheed Martin designed and delivered the ship, which is the 12th Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship. The U.S.
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As Ukraine works to repair a U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot air defense system damaged during a Russian missile barrage, authorities there are cracking down on social media users who posted imagery of air defense batteries in operation.
“We assess the system sustained some damage but remains operational at this time,” a U.S. official told The War Zone Wednesday. The official declined to specify which components were damaged or whether the repairs will require any U.S. assistance. Ukrainian Air Force Spokesman Col.
The AH-64 Apache Gunship hailed as the pinnacle of attack helicopters, possesses formidable capabilities that have solidified its position as the world’s premier aerial weapon system. This article delves into the expansive range of its capabilities, including its devastating firepower, exceptional maneuverability, versatile roles on the modern Battlefield, survivability, advanced targeting and sensing systems, as well as its effective coordination and support functions.