A £90 million contract to upgrade land-based radio capabilities will improve battlefield effectiveness while supporting over 200 jobs in Hampshire.

The new deal for 1,300 new Multi-Mode Radios (MMR), which has been awarded to L3 Harris Communications Systems, will see the portable radios operated…

The government is proposing urgent changes to the defense budget for 2022 linked to the security policy situation in Europe and increased energy, fuel and currency prices. Among other things, the government is also proposing improvements to leave for conscripts and junior officers, improvements to c…

MANILA –– Newly appointed Philippine Navy (PN) flag officer in command, Rear Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr., vowed to prioritize the service’s ongoing modernization program.

“We will intensify our efforts to achieve the objectives and measures in the remaining Horizons 2 and 3 of our modernization progr…

Most of the newly acquired Chinese and Pakistan-made JF-17 fighter jets that the Myanmar regime has taken delivery of have been grounded due to technical malfunctions, according to analysts and former Myanmar Air Force pilots who monitor the junta’s air capabilities.

The JF-17 fighters—lightweigh…

The Defence Forces will procure 57 mm munitions for use on the Navy’s vessels. The procurement is coordinated with Sweden so that the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command and the Swedish FMV (Försvarets Materielverk) purchase the same materiel at the same time, thus obtaining compatible munition…

The armed forces must become bigger, and to cope with that, more trucks are needed. In order to cover the needs of the Armed Forces, the Defense Materiel Works, FMV, is now ordering upwards of 300 trucks of various types.

The new trucks are manufactured by Scania and Volvo and are scheduled to be…