Yearly Archive: 2022

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Denys Shmyhal on Sunday as the Ukrainian prime minister sought more heavy weapons from Berlin.

Shmyhal is the first high-level Ukrainian official to visit Germany in several months and acknowledged that Berlin has stepped up its military help, wit…

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has launched a wide-ranging push to speed up sales of U.S. arms to foreign allies in an effort to better compete with China and refill the arsenals of friendly nations that have given military gear to Ukraine.

The Pentagon last month created a task force of senior offi…

MOSCOW — Russia’s troops have successfully tested the upgraded Ka-52M reconnaissance/attack helicopter in their special military operation in Ukraine, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS on Friday.

“Currently, the Ka-52M is undergoing state trials and the military has made a dec…

The Artemis I mission to the moon is among the greatest debacles in NASA history. The launch of the massive rocket known as the Space Launch System rocket was delayed twice this past week. The second time was due to hydrogen leakage in an inlet.

The next launch will be put off for weeks, or perha…

Rheinmetall and its partner UVision have won a first order from a major European NATO military force for HERO loitering munitions. The customer, a special forces formation, ordered Hero-30 combat and training munitions, simulator, training courses as well as integrated logistics equipment and suppor…

SEOUL — South Korea approved a 400 billion-won (US$295 million) plan Friday to upgrade the Army’s AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters, the state arms procurement agency said, amid Seoul’s stepped-up push to counter North Korea’s evolving military threats.

The Defense Project Promotion Com…