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An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires its 120mm cannon during Exercise Gauntlet Strike, at the Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria.
M1 Abrams

Australia To Send M1 Abrams Tanks To Ukraine (Updated)

With the majority of Ukraine’s U.S.-supplied M1A1 Abrams having been lost in combat, the announcement is very welcome news for Kyiv.

The U.S. Army is already interested in scaling down its new Typhon ground-based missile system, if possible, to help make it easier to deploy and operate.
U.S. Army

Army Looking To Shrink Typhon Missile System After Lessons Learned From First Deployment

Typhon, which can fire Tomahawk and SM-6 missiles, currently makes use of large tractor-trailer launchers.

V280 valor long range assaults
FLRAA

Army Already Preparing For V-280 Valor To Dramatically Transform Air Assaults

The V-280 will "deliver one Brigade Combat Team in one period of darkness, over 500 miles, arriving behind enemy lines, and be able to conduct sustained combat operations.”

Thousands of North Korean troops are training to help Russia fight Ukraine.
Around The Globe

Thousands Of North Korean Troops To Help Russia Fight Ukraine: Reports

North Korean troops would help Russia make up for mounting losses, but just how effective they could be remains to be seen.

Oshkosh Defense Medium Caliber Weapon System on a Stryker

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Oshkosh Talks Its 30mm Cannon-Wielding Medium Caliber Weapon System On The Army’s New Strykers

Branded Content: Deliveries of Oshkosh’s Medium Caliber Weapon System are on track for fielding with first Stryker Brigade Combat Team in early 2025.

.Two major defense players from Italy and Germany have teamed up to build tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles, initially for the Italian Army, but potentially also for other customers, as armored warfare makes a resurgence in Europe and elsewhere.
Around The Globe

Joint German-Italian Battle Tank Venture Could Shake Up European Armor Landscape

German and Italian manufacturers are teaming up to provide Italy with new KF51 Panther main battle tanks and KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles.

U.S. President Donald Trump derided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's offer to buy 10 Patriot air defense systems.
MIM-104 Patriot

New Patriot Missile Interceptor Axed By Army

The Army is now looking at improving the PAC-3 MSE interceptor and using new networks to make better use of its strained Patriot force.

China has revealed a new tiltrotor drone concept, the Zhang Ying UR6000, that has clear military potential, despite initially being pitched for civilian missions.
Future Vertical Lift

China’s Large Tiltrotor Drone Breaks Cover

The UR6000 appears to be China's first foray into the large tiltrotor segment and such a craft could have significant military applications.

A new miniature electronic warfare jammer that is small and relatively low-cost enough to be a payload on loyal wingman-type drones and even expandable loitering munitions has hit the market from defense contractor Leonardo.
Airborne Electronic Warfare

BriteStorm Miniature Electronic Warfare System Can Allow Small Drones To Create Big Ghost Formations

Leonardo's BriteStorm is designed to be small and cheap enough to be installed in various drones and other platforms, even expendables ones.

THAAD being sent to Israel
Armies

Emergency THAAD Deployment To Israel Heightens Concerns On Strain To U.S. Air Defenses

The U.S. is sending one of its prized THAAD batteries and support troops to Israel as another Iranian barrage could come in response to Israel's retaliation.

Trash-carrying balloons launched across the border by North Korea are seen floating in the sky above Seoul on October 4, 2024. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years, with Pyongyang ramping up weapons tests and bombarding the South with balloons carrying rubbish, and Seoul suspending a military deal and resuming propaganda broadcasts in response.
Airships & Blimps

North Korea Sending GPS-Equipped Balloons Across The Border

The purpose for the balloons' GPS capabilities isn't clear, but none of the possibilities are good news for South Korea.

Experimental Fly-By-Wire UH-60M Black Hawk To Become Autonomy Testbed
UH-60

Experimental Fly-By-Wire UH-60M Black Hawk To Become Autonomy Testbed

Evolving autonomous resupply and other capabilities could open up new and valuable tactical opportunities for the Army's Black Hawk fleet.

USS Chosen VLS resupply at sea test off San Diego.
Indo-Pacific

Navy Just Reloaded A Vertical Launch System For The First Time While Underway At Sea

Having the ability to replenish surface combatants' vertical launch system cells while underway is seen as critical to sustaining a fight in the Pacific.

The Dallison family leave their Anderson shelter to view the wreckage caused by a nearby bomb explosion the night before, January 1, 1940. Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images.
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

The bunker is open!

North Korea accused South Korea on Friday of sending drones to scatter a "huge number" of anti-North leaflets over its capital Pyongyang, in what it called a political and military provocation that could lead to armed conflict.
Unmanned

Drones Penetrate North Korean Air Defenses To Drop Propaganda Leaflets On Pyongyang

South Korea is not admitting responsibility for sending multiple waves of drones over the North Korean capital.

A new counter-drone focused variant of the 8x8 Stryker light armored vehicle armed with a laser directed energy weapon, laser-guided 70mm rockets, a 30mm automatic cannon, radars and other sensors has broken cover.
FIM-92 Stinger

Counter-Drone Stryker Armored Vehicle Armed With Lasers, Rockets, Guns Unveiled

The new Stryker aims to offer the Army another layer of highly mobile lower-tier air defense capability to help rebuff drone attacks.

The Amiral Ronarc’h (hull number D 660) officially started sea trials earlier this week, setting sail from the Naval Group’s Lorient shipyard, in Brittany, northern France, on October 7.
French Navy

France’s Radical-Looking New Frigate Has Gone To Sea

The first of France’s Defense and Intervention Frigates is a new-generation multi-mission warship that features an inverted bow.

Search For Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Replacement Halted By SOCOM
Sniper Rifles

Search For Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Replacement Halted By SOCOM

The Extreme Long Range Sniper Rifle was also being eyed as a replacement for .50 caliber Mk 15 bolt-action rifles in U.S. special operations inventory.

The US Air Force's Chief Scientist reportedly described the AGM-183A missile as the service's "most mature" hypersonic weapon, prompting new questions about whether that program's future.
ARRW

ARRW Hypersonic Missile Program Gets New Funding Despite Signs Of Cancellation

The curious $13 million infusion of cash into the ARRW program comes amid continued questions about its future.

Bolt-M drone
Loitering Munitions

Bolt-M Aims To Make Kamikaze Drone Attacks More User Friendly, Effective

In the next six months the U.S. Marine Corps will start testing the advanced quadcopter loitering munition, designed to put easy-to-use aerial firepower into the infantry's hands.