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Land forces review: howitzers in the spotlight and Germany spends big to close the year

5th January 2026

December saw several milestones on the howitzer front with billions of dollars worth of orders placed and Germany committing to more 6×6 and 4×4 vehicles. Taiwan was also approved for equipment orders worth $11 billion even as the year came to an end with China encircling the country as part of an exercise.

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How will SAFE shape naval procurement for Canada and its highest-receiving members?

31st December 2025

Canada’s inclusion on the EU’s Security Action for Europe initiative is set to enhance the country’s defence procurement strategy with important implications for some of its naval programmes, while Poland and Romania have also secured significant SAFE funding.

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Airbus and Dassault Aviation have received a joint concept study (JCS) contract from France and Germany for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme, the …

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Spain will join a Franco-German project to build a new fighter plane to replace the Eurofighter and Rafale, the defence ministry said on 11 February …

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Seoul said on 10 February that it agreed to hike its payment for maintaining US troops on its soil, settling a dispute with its long-time …

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USSOCOM representatives have provided the first glimpse of a potential follow-on program to the command’s seldom-discussed Armored Ground Mobility System (AGMS). The program, currently dubbed …

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Jakarta has ordered two new mine countermeasures vessels (MCMV), while the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) also commissioned a second hospital ship, KRI Semarang, on 21 January. …

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Med-Eng has received a four-year IDIQ contract to supply its second generation Advanced Bomb Suit (ABS II) to the US Army’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) …

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IDEX 2019: Royal Bahraini Air Force battles on all fronts

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IDEX 2019: GCC Countries step up naval programmes seeking Gulf, Arabian Sea influence (video)

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