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New Zealand Increases Defense Spending

New Zealand Increases Defense Spending

— NZ$662.5 million to maintain existing defence capabilities
— NZDF lower-paid staff will receive a salary increase to help meet cost-of living pressures.

Budget 2022 sees significant resources made available for the Defence Force to maintain existing defence capabilities as it looks to the …

MQ-25 Team Plans First Air Vehicle-Control Station Test

MQ-25 Team Plans First Air Vehicle-Control Station Test

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office (PMA-268) is moving forward with integrating its two key elements—the MQ-25 air vehicle and the MD-5 Ground Control Station (GCS) at the program’s System Test and Integration Lab (STIL) at Patuxent River.

PMA-268 is the l…

Russia to Launch Production of Okhotnik Heavy Attack Drones

Russia to Launch Production of Okhotnik Heavy Attack Drones

MOSCOW — The serial production of the Okhotnik (Hunter) heavy strike drone will begin in 2023, Head of the state tech corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

“The first flying prototype was rolled out in 2021 and we will begin ser…

Croatia Prepares to Upgrade Donated Bradley Fighting Vehicles

Croatia Prepares to Upgrade Donated Bradley Fighting Vehicles

The Ministry of Defense is holding the first coordination meeting of representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia with American partners from 16 to 19 May, entitled “Bradley program management review”.

The topic of the meeting is the coordination of u…

Pentagon Playing Games with F-35, ALIS and ODIN

Pentagon Playing Games with F-35, ALIS and ODIN

When Pentagon officials talk about the “tip of the spear,” they’re referring to those who actually do the fighting, as opposed to those who enable that tip to fight. But in an increasingly high-tech military, it’s those folks on the flight line, and in the repair depots, who often are more critical …
UK MoD Issues New Land Industrial Strategy

UK MoD Issues New Land Industrial Strategy

Sets the conditions for long-term collaboration between the MOD and industry, supporting co-investment in capability delivery and innovation.

The Land Industrial Strategy (LIS) sets the intent, ways of working, and actions by which the Army, wider Ministry of Defence (MOD) and industry will colla…


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