Yearly Archive: 2022

With tank warfare very much back on the agenda as the war in Ukraine rages on, Germany’s Rheinmetall company today unveiled its latest main battle tank, the KF51 Panther, armed with a huge 130mm caliber main gun. This private-venture design is aimed as a long-term successor to the widely used Leopar…

VILLEPINTE, France — Next to Ukraine’s stand at the world’s largest arms fair for ground forces on Monday, U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin proudly displays its anti-tank Javelin missile like a big brother protecting its younger sibling.

The weapon has been key to Kyiv’s defence against Moscow…

Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and Hyundai Rotem Company (HRC) have signed a memorandum on the joint development of tanks and armored personnel carriers. This agreement is the next stage of the Polish-Korean alliance for the joint construction of modern tracked and wheeled platforms for the Polish A…

Today, without satellites, reconnaissance, communication and navigation are almost impossible. The Bundeswehr is therefore replacing its previous SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar -Lupe reconnaissance satellites with the SARah system.

The first of a total of three satellites is currently being prepar…

MARIGNANE, France — NH Industries has signed an innovative NH90 support contract with the NATO agency NAHEMA, acting as the contracting authority on behalf of France’s Direction Générale de l’Armement (Directorate-General of Armaments) the German defense ministry’s BAAINBww. This contract will imp…

Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial heartland of its neighbor.

With the conflict now in its fourth month, it’s a high-stakes campaign that could dictate the course of the en…