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Defense / Military Aircraft

Germany’s Chinook Procurement Effort Gets Liftoff

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

Germany’s years-long effort to replenish its rotary-wing transport capabilities got a boost on May 11 when the U.S. State Department gave formal notification of approval of a government-to-government Foreign Military …

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Defense / Featured / Industry / Military Aircraft

Add the KF-21 Boramae to Poland’s South Korea Shopping Wish-List

May 10, 2023May 11, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

In what would prove to be yet another step in the process toward deepening Poland-South Korea defense ties, the Polish government is looking to join South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae combat …

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Geopolitics / Pacific Rim / Region

Amid Retention Woes, New Zealand Scrambles to Increase Defense Spending

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

New Zealand has announced its intention to provide its armed forces with an NZD748 million ($471 million) top-up of investment over a four-year period, or roughly NZD187 million ($118 million) …

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Defense / Missiles

Netherlands Boosting Firepower with Rocket Artillery, Missile Acquisitions

April 6, 2023April 7, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

The Netherlands is reinvesting in its firepower capabilities following a long period in which its military was downsized and stripped of its fighting edge. The Dutch Defense Ministry is in …

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Featured / Geopolitics

AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Details Come to Light

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

In what has been described by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as the “biggest single investment in Australia’s defense capability in all our history,” Albanese and his counterparts from the …

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Defense / Military Aircraft

India’s Top Defense Committee Gives Go-ahead for HTT-40 Basic Training Aircraft Procurement

March 2, 2023March 3, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

India’s Cabinet Committee on Security, the top decision-making body on defense issues, has granted approval for the purchase of 70 indigenous HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft. The procurement will move ahead …

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Featured / Geopolitics

The British Military’s Winter of Discontent

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

As the United Kingdom confronts labor disputes, a struggling National Health Service, a possible recession, and post-Brexit depression, the nation’s formerly renowned military faces its own reckoning. While British munitions …

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Defense / Land Systems

Poland Cleared for Potential $10 Billion HIMARS Acquisition

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

The U.S. State Department has granted approval of a potential $10 billion government-to-government Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Poland. Poland’s request covers …

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Featured / Geopolitics

South Korea’s Defense Industrial Green Shoots Continue to Spread Afar

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

On January 15, South Korea and the UAE signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to deepen bilateral defense ties. The first called for continuation of efforts in joint investment and …

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Sri Lanka Announces Major Cut to Armed Forces

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

Confronted with a severe financial crisis, the government of Sri Lanka has announced plans to slash its armed forces over the course of the year in an effort to get …

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