The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war holds important lessons for European defence. European governments should study it urgently.

In the last decade, it was no secret that Azerbaijan was steadily building up its armed forces. But, despite this, few experts predicted this month’s clear-cut military victo…

Three Su-35S multipurpose fighters of the 4 ++ generation were accepted by the specialists of the 485 military representation of the Russian Ministry of Defence. The aircraft were relocated from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant to permanent airfields of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

This delivery com…

MOSCOW — The Lotos air-droppable self-propelled artillery gun developed by the Central Research Institute for Precision Machine-Building (TsNIITochMash, part of the state tech corporation Rostec) for the Airborne Force and mounted on the chassis of the BMD-4M airborne infantry fighting vehicle has…

The German procurement authorities have awarded Rheinmetall a contract to develop a key future laser weapon system component. At the end of the second quarter of 2020, the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, or BAAINBw, contracted with Rheinmetall …

BERN — The Federal Council wants to improve Switzerland’s access to satellite images. At its meeting on November 25, 2020, it adopted a message for this purpose concerning an appropriation of 82 million [Swiss] francs. It calls on Parliament to approve a framework agreement providing for bilateral…

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness and value for money to date of the Department of Defence’s acquisition of combat reconnaissance vehicles under project Land 400 Phase 2.

Why did we do this audit?
— Comprising four discrete projects, and with an estimated combine…