Yearly Archive: 2022

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Today, the Hon. Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, announced that Canada will provide to Ukraine 10 replacement barrels to enable the sustainment of M777 howitzer artillery guns.

This military aid is valued at approximately $9 million, and it complements Canada’s pr…

China’s second Type 055 large destroyer, the Lhasa, is reportedly holding its first far sea drills by entering the Sea of Japan, with experts saying on Wednesday that the ship has achieved full operational capability and demonstrated its capabilities in deterring possible foreign military interferen…

ISTANBUL — Turkish drone magnate Baykar outperformed major companies in the defense and aerospace industry in terms of sales abroad last year, becoming the export champion of the sector, according to official data.

The Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) recently announced the top exporters in the…

STUTTGART, Germany — The BBC has been allowed rare access to the military nerve centre where Western powers are coordinating efforts to supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.

In the attic of an austere US military barracks in the German city of Stuttgart, dozens of military personnel from 26…

PARIS — On June 8, 2022, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) awarded the L2AD contract (Laser de lutte anti-drones, or anti-drone laser) to CILAS. In particular, it provides for the acquisition of an operational prototype of a laser system capable of identifying, tracking and neutralizing m…

Is the conflict in Ukraine the first fully-enabled, multidomain ‘space war’? Perhaps – but not in the way that some might expect. Tim Robinson reports from the UK MoD’s Defence Space Conference, held on 10-11 May at the IET in London.

What does it mean to ‘operationalise space‘? Dense an…