Rheinmetall is launching its own production of cruise missiles together with Destinus, - FT
Production is planned to begin in late 2026 or early 2027. The new Ruta Block 2 missile will be able to hit targets at a distance of more than 700 km.
A British startup test-fired a long-range kamikaze drone designed to fly without GPS and hit targets deep in contested territory. Rotron's SkyLance just passed its first major firing test.
Germany eyes 400 Tomahawks after US cancels missile deployment plan
Berlin is seeking to buy 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 3 Typhon launchers from the US after the Pentagon scrapped its planned missile deployment in Germany.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias says Greece is building “one of the strongest air forces on the planet,” with 200 ultra modern fighter jets planned as the country prepares to receive its first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters by late 2027 or early 2028.
M1A1FEP Abrams from the 18th Mechanized Division
K2GF from the 16th Pomeranian Mechanized Division
Leopard 2PL along with M113 command vehicles from the 11th Armored Cavalry Division
🇵🇱Polish Armed Forces
Canada is preparing a $5+ billion airborne early warning aircraft program to counter hypersonic missiles, drones and long range threats from Russia and China.
The contenders: Sweden’s Saab GlobalEye vs Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail and L3Harris’ Aeris X.
The U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division has released new footage from the live-fire phase of Exercise Balikatan 26 in the Philippines, showing drones striking a target vessel designed to simulate a PLA Marine Corps ZBD-05 amphibious infantry fighting vehicle.
Meanwhile, in the DPRK.
Kim Jong-un visited important factories and reviewed the state of self-propelled artillery production. This year, three battalions of 155mm Juche-107 self-propelled guns (Western designation M-2018) are planned to be deployed to long-range artillery units on the southern bord
"The US Air Force is eyeing procurement of more than 150 Collaborative Combat Aircraft through 2031, service leaders revealed last week, signaling for the first time the potential quantity of drone wingmen the service anticipates buying" ~ Via Inside-Défense