Baltic Defense Ministers signing the joint agreement to establish the Military Mobility Area. Source: Estonia’s Ministry of DefenseThe creation of a joint Estonian–Latvian–Lithuanian Military Mobility Area represents a strategic effort to accelerate and ...

A MEKO A-200 Frigate. Source – TKMS. Following several weeks of speculation, the German government and shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) announced the conclusion of a preliminary agreement on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to build three MEKO A-200 frigates ...

Upgraded Mogami-class Frigate. Source – MHIAustralia’s Department of Defense announced this week that, after a close race, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) had emerged victorious in its bid to fill the country’s General Purpose Frigate (GPF) requirement. ...

JS KAGA and JS MURASAME conducted a goodwill exercise with Philippine Navy's frigate JOSE RIZAL in the South China Sea. Source - Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceJapanese media revealed on July 6 that Japan plans to export its ABUKUMA-class destroyer escorts ...

Kaan during runway tests at its facilities in Ankara. Image – Wikimedia/DimirOn June 11, Turkey announced that Indonesia had agreed to purchase 48 Kaan fifth-generation fighter jets, marking the first export commitment for the Turkish Aerospace ...

KSS-III Submarine - Source: DSMEEarlier this month, news broke that a trio of South Korean companies had teamed to make an ambitious offer to the Canadian armed forces. The deal: CAN20 to 24 billion (US$14 to 17 billion) worth of submarines and an additional ...

Adobe Stock ImageEurope has been dealing with a case of whiplash since the start of the second Trump administration, as President Donald Trump aims to rewrite the nature of U. S. -Europe relations. Since returning to the White House, President Trump has ...

The frigate Niels Juel under command of the Danish Task Group – Image – Danish Ministry of DefenseDenmark made waves on March 30, when the Defense Ministry announced an ambitious plan for the significant modernization of the country’s naval forces. As part of ...

Vietnam’s People’s Air Force (VPAF) faces a critical challenge: replacing its aging fleet of fighter aircraft while simultaneously expanding its defense partnerships. The backbone of Vietnam’s air force, the Soviet-era Su-22 Fitter, is nearing obsolescence, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the commissioning of the submarine, VAGHSHEERIn a show of shipbuilding force, the Indian Navy commissioned three separate vessels at once on Jan. 15, in a ceremony at the state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders in Mumbai. The ...

This is a retouched picture, it has been digitally altered from its original version. Color on the ground was added to show the situation in the Syrian Civil War. The original can be viewed at Snazzy Maps. Modifications made by Forecast International. Over a ...

The Middle East’s share of U. S. arms imports has steadily declined, a trend largely influenced by the U. S. policy of ensuring Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge (QME). This legally mandated policy, in place since 2008, guarantees Israel a technological and ...