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Wellington to purchase 5 Lockheed military cargo planes, totalling $1 billion

A Royal New Zealand C-130 Hercules lands at Donnelly Landing Zone, Alaska, during exercise RED FLAG-Alaska 17-1, Oct. 14, 2016. RF-A...

Rebooting German Economy By Investing In Defence Industry

The announced economic stimulus packages in different countries have different focus. Some of them concentrate more on...

New European Defence Agency boss warns against ‘rash’ budget cuts by EU members

The new head of the European Defence Agency, Jiří Šedivý, has thrown down the gauntlet to European...

Nexter officially handed CaMo contract by Belgian Defense ministry

Through the French National Procurement Agency, Belgium has officially entrusted Nexter, the French Defense giant, with the...

China to increase defense budget substantially

Despite a smaller budget increase than the average from recent years, China still ranks as top military...

Germany wants to beef up its defense firms with pandemic relief funds

German defense companies stand to benefit from a €10 billion (U.S. $11 billion)...

Trump ‘approves plan’ to cut US troops in Germany

U.S. Army and German Soldiers advance online during an objective assault training mission at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia on Aug....

US Strategic back in Guam for aerial maneuvers

Hardly a month after ending the US’ permanent strategic bomber presence in Guam, B1 bombers were called...

India keen to receive French Rafales and Russian S400 missiles to retaliate against Pakistan

Tensions are mounting between India and Pakistan, as another attack occurred on May 3rd, killing 5 Indian...

Spain joins European partners in customizable corvette program

Spanish shipyard Navantia has joined the European Patrol Corvette program, after announcing its interest in February. The...

Italy defense minister commits to F-35 after calls to suspend program

Italy’s defense minister has thrown his weight behind the F-35 program to counter demands from within his...

Coronavirus funding plan threatens EU defence ambitions

A multibillion-euro plan to boost the EU's defence sector is at risk due to the scale of...