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12 March

Taiwan Premier Says Trump’s Call to Hike Defense Budget to 10% of GDP ‘Impossible’

Taiwan's premier said raising defense spending to 10 percent of the island's gross domestic product is "impossible," despite US calls for such a hike.

11 March

Lockheed Martin is flying a CMMT that deploys from airlifters to put affordable mass on target.

Christine Casimiro

Lockheed Unveils Low-Cost, Modular, Mass-Producible Cruise Missiles

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new type of modular and mass-producible air vehicle shaped like a cruise missile: the Common Multi-Mission Truck (CMMT).

11 March

Christine Casimiro

Royal Marines From UK Commando Force Adopt Sig Sauer Rifles

The Royal Navy has issued over 1,500 Sig Sauer MCX rifles to the UK Commando Force with the Royal Marines.

11 March

Giulia Bernacchi

Denmark Buys Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missiles Under $306M Deal

Denmark has acquired Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and related equipment under a contract valued at $306 million.

10 March

Inder Singh Bisht

US Army Flies Apache Armed With Spike Missile in Iraq

A US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter recently flew with the Spike NLOS (Non Line-of-Sight) missile in Erbil Air Base, Iraq.

10 March

Inder Singh Bisht

Ukraine, Diehl Defence Agree to Increase IRIS-T Air Defense Supply

The Ukrainian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Diehl Defence to enhance the country’s air defense capabilities.

10 March

M3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System

Staff Writer With AFP

Europe’s Dependence on US Arms Rose in Last Five Years: Report

NATO countries in Europe more than doubled their arms imports in the past five years, more than 60 percent of which were purchases of US weaponry.

7 March

Baykar Chairman and CTO Selçuk Bayraktar, Italian defense minister Guido Crosetto, and Leonardo CEO and General Manager Roberto Cingolani sign a joint venture to produce unmanned aerial systems.

Christine Casimiro

Leonardo, Baykar Partner to Meet Europe’s Surging Drone Demand

Defense manufacturers Leonardo and Baykar have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly produce unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

7 March

Inder Singh Bisht

F-35B Flight Tested With Long Range Anti-Ship Missile

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force have completed an initial flight test to integrate the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile onto the F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet.

6 March