An amendment to the Brazilian Constitution currently under discussion would permanently assign 2% of annual GDP to the defence budget, potentially cementing modernisation programmes for the country’s armed forces.
Further tests will be carried out on the existing fleet, ahead of the Royal Air Force’s anticipated transition from MQ-9A Reaper aircraft to the MQ-9B Protector by the end of 2025.
Multiple questions involving the largest US Foreign Military Sale in history remain unanswered.
A total of 28 active surface ships will receive the upgrades to their weaponry to help them combat the growing threat from UAVs.
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20th March 2018
A common maintenance model between Germany and Norway will see German Navy submarines maintained at a support hub in Norway. The two countries in 2017 …
20th March 2018
Following an electronic warfare systems and counter measures contract award, issued by the European Union’s electronic tenders service, Leonardo is to manufacture defensive aid systems …
20th March 2018
Seychelles' opposition coalition, which holds a majority in parliament, said on 20 March it would not ratify a deal signed with India to build a …
19th March 2018
President Vladimir Putin has said on that Russia would cut its military spending, a day after he won a presidential election with a landslide. 'We …
19th March 2018
China on 19 March elevated the status of its current foreign minister and selected a new defence minister as the country deals with rocky relations …
19th March 2018
China’s Foreign Ministry expressed displeasure over US President Donald Trump’s signing of the Taiwan Travel Act (HR 535) on 16 March. The legislation, though non-binding, …
16th March 2018
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on 16 March that the alliance did not want a return to Cold War hostilities with Russia while expressing …
16th March 2018
Seven US military personnel were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed during a routine transport mission in western Iraq, a US Department of Defense …
16th March 2018
The recent visit by the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin Sultan (MBS) to the United Kingdom has generated a flurry of announcements about the future …
16th March 2018
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has asked the US Congress not to interfere with America's role in the war in Yemen, where it is supporting …
16th March 2018
South Korea and the US will scale down and shorten annual joint military exercises in light of a diplomatic thaw with Pyongyang, a report said …
16th March 2018
A US military aircraft has crashed in western Iraq with American personnel aboard, the international coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group said on …
16th March 2018
In early March the USMC commenced shipborne training of Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters aboard USS Wasp, and Japan is one country particularly keen to observe the …
15th March 2018
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on 15 March backed a ‘proportionate’ British response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy, saying the …
15th March 2018
Britain will invest £48 million in a new chemical weapons defence centre and vaccinate thousands of British soldiers against anthrax, the country’s defence minister said …
15th March 2018
The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will resume peace talks on 15 March in the Ecuadorian capital Quito, both parties said. Colombian …
15th March 2018
Six people were killed and 14 others injured when a Senegalese military helicopter crashed late on 14 March, according to a government statement giving an …
14th March 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 14 March claimed that Syrian rebels were planning to stage a chemical attack to give the US-led coalition a …
14th March 2018
All 29 NATO countries urged Russia on 14 March to answer Britain's questions over the poisoning of an ex-spy in what they called the first ever …
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