KNDS (formerly Nexter Systems) European artillery manufacturing

KNDS Marks Major Industrial Milestones as CAESAR Howitzer Production Surges Amid Global Demand

KNDS (formerly Nexter Systems) has marked two landmark achievements in European artillery manufacturing with the rollout of the 450th CAESAR MkI and the 100th CAESAR MkI OCTAVE. The dual milestone signals a dramatic acceleration in the company’s 155 mm howitzer...
Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) fighter - Saab Gripen

F-35 Dominates Canada’s Fighter Jet Evaluation as Fresh Leaks Revive Debate Over Saab Gripen Deal

Newly leaked evaluation data has revealed that Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Lightning II overwhelmingly outperformed Saab’s Gripen-E in Canada’s 2021 fighter jet competition—scoring nearly three times higher than the Swedish aircraft. The revelation has reignited a heated debate within Ottawa over...
General Dynamics Ajax

Britain’s £6.3 Billion Ajax Program Plunges Into Fresh Crisis as Dozens of Soldiers Fall Ill

Britain’s troubled £6.3 billion Ajax armoured vehicle program is once again under intense scrutiny after dozens of soldiers fell ill from noise and vibration exposure inside the vehicles—just weeks after the British Army declared the platform “safe” and ready for...
French Caesar self propelled howitzer

France’s CAESAR Howitzer Emerges as Ukraine’s Most Influential Battlefield Weapon

The French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer has become one of the most defining artillery systems of the war in Ukraine, transforming global perceptions of mobility, precision, and survivability at a time when battlefields are dominated by drones, counter-battery radars, and rapid...
F-35 fighter jet

Trump’s Tariff Gambit Backfires as Global F-35 Orders Collapse, Threatening USD 100 Billion in Sales

US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff crusade—framed domestically as a strategy to revive American jobs—appears to be delivering the opposite effect for one of the country’s biggest defense manufacturers. Lockheed Martin, builder of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, is...
European New Generation Fighter (NGF) for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)

FCAS Future in Jeopardy as Airbus–Dassault Rift Pushes Europe’s Next-Generation Fighter Toward Collapse

The future of Europe’s flagship Future Combat Air System (FCAS) appears more uncertain than ever as deepening disagreements between its principal industrial partners, Airbus and Dassault Aviation, threaten to derail the continent’s most ambitious defense project. Germany and France are...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II: How a $2 Trillion Fighter Jet Program Exposed Corruption in America’s “Cleanest” Institutions

Corruption in the military is increasingly emerging as a global concern, with scandals and procurement scams surfacing across continents. From battlefield-dependent Ukraine to the strategic might of China and the United States, and from struggling democracies like Romania to rising...
AH-64E Apache attack helicopter

US Army Turns AH-64E Apache into Advanced Drone-Killer in Breakthrough Live-Fire Exercise

The United States Army is rapidly transforming its combat-proven AH-64E Apache attack helicopter into one of the world’s most versatile counter-drone platforms, following the success of a rare and highly specialized live-fire exercise known as Operation Flyswatter. Conducted at Marine...
Germany Leopard 2A8 main battle tank

Germany Unveils Leopard 2A8: A New Era for European Armoured Warfare

Germany’s unveiling of the Leopard 2A8 main battle tank at the KNDS Deutschland manufacturing plant in Munich marks one of the most consequential milestones in European land warfare since the end of the Cold War. The ceremony — attended by...
Russia Su-34 Fighter-Bombers

Russia Deploys New Su-34 Fighter-Bombers as It Refines Deep Strike Warfare Doctrine

Russia’s state defense conglomerate Rostec announced on Thursday (Nov. 6) that the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has delivered another batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers to the Russian Ministry of Defense, continuing a steady stream of handovers under the multi-year state defense...
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