Finnish radio firm joins UK’s $10.5B defense comms framework

A Finnish defense communications company has secured a place on the United Kingdom's largest tactical communications procurement framework, gaining access to a purchasing vehicle valued at approximately $10.5 billion that will govern how British armed forces buy...
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Britain builds its 100th Boxer armored vehicle for the army

Britain has delivered its 100th Boxer armored infantry vehicle to the British Army, hitting a landmark production...
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Ukraine sinks three Russian drone boats with Bayraktar strikes

Ukrainian forces destroyed three Russian explosive drone boats attempting to attack the Ukrainian coastline in the early...
Army

Turkish army receives another batch of homegrown ballistic missiles

Türkiye has quietly expanded its arsenal of domestically produced ballistic missiles, with the country's Ministry of National...

Ukraine opens its military to the global recruitment market

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Ukraine is turning to the global labor market to fill its infantry ranks, with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announcing, that the government will license...
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Ukrainian elite troops train with powerful acoustic system

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Training photographs circulating from a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit show what appears to be a large-format acoustic hailing device mounted on top of...
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Polish combat robots train to hold the Suwałki Gap

Polish, Lithuanian, and French troops are conducting a large-scale military exercise in northeastern Poland focused on defending...

Britain builds its 100th Boxer armored vehicle for the army

Britain has delivered its 100th Boxer armored infantry vehicle to the British Army, hitting a landmark production...

Ukraine sinks three Russian drone boats with Bayraktar strikes

Ukrainian forces destroyed three Russian explosive drone boats attempting to attack the Ukrainian coastline in the early...

Turkish army receives another batch of homegrown ballistic missiles

Türkiye has quietly expanded its arsenal of domestically produced ballistic missiles, with the country's Ministry of National...

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Ukraine opens its military to the global recruitment market

Ukraine is turning to the global labor market to fill its infantry ranks, with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announcing, that the government will license...

Ukrainian elite troops train with powerful acoustic system

Training photographs circulating from a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit show what appears to be a large-format acoustic hailing device mounted on top of...

Cheap drones are beating Russia’s billion-dollar air defenses

Cheap, mass-produced Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drones are breaking through one of the most expensive air defense networks ever assembled, with a 20 to...

Poland buys 46,000 upgraded GROT rifles for its soldiers

Poland has ordered nearly 46,000 of its domestically produced MSBS GROT assault rifles in the latest A3 configuration, signing a contract worth approximately $160...

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Ukraine’s new cheap recon drone flies 150 km deep into enemy lines

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Sierra Nevada’s MAAWLR launcher destroyed in Ukraine

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Europe must kick its addiction to American tech

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Ukraine hits Russian energy infrastructure to blunt oil revenue surge

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New SATCOM tech helps downed pilot rescues

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