TAIPEI — Taiwan’s military on Thursday shot down an unidentified civilian drone off China’s coastline, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense.

After entering Taiwan’s airspace over Shiyu Island, the Taiwan military first tried to warn the drone away with flares before shooting the d…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — An important milestone in the history of the Brazilian Navy: the Naval Force received the Riachuelo, the first of a new class of conventional submarines with diesel electric propulsion.

The ceremony was held [today] at the Madeira Island Submarine Base (BSIM), in Itagu…

GAVIAO PEIXOTO, Brazil — Embraer continues to advance in the test campaign of the first KC-390 aircraft for the Portuguese Air Force (FAP). Currently, the activities carried out at the Embraer unit in Gavião Peixoto, in the São Paulo State, are focused on flight tests that meet the specific requir…

ISTANBUL — Romania wants to buy Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) from [Turkey] after it gained popularity [by] causing losses to the Russian military gear in the war in Ukraine, local media reported Thursday.

According to the reports, the country wants about 18 such UCAVs at…

HELSINKI — The appropriations for the defence administration in 2023 amount to EUR 6.1 billion in the Government’s budget proposal. This is EUR 1.0 billion or 20 per cent more than in the current budget.

The increase is mainly attributable to general increases in the Defence Forces’ operating …

The Government will donate artillery ammunition worth approximately SEK 500 million to help defend Ukraine.

Since February this year, Sweden has donated defence equipment to Ukraine through five different support packages. The sixth support package took the form of a training initiative. Swedish …