MADRID — The Spanish Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, presided this morning over the signing of the supply contract for the manufacture of 348 8X8 “Dragon” wheeled combat vehicles (VCRs), with a duration of ten years.

On behalf of the Ministry of Defence, the contract was signed by the D…

On Tuesday 1 September, Vega will lift off from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) carrying 53 satellites for 21 customers on the proof-of-concept flight of the new Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS).

The launch will be the fourth this year from the CSG and the first for Ve…

The daily take-offs of the AH-2 Saber, H-60L Black Hawk and H-36 Caracal helicopters to carry out joint missions are already routine in the Operacional Tápio Exercise 2020, which started on August 17th and runs until August September 4 at Wing 5 – Campo Grande Air Base. Altogether, there are about 1…

In an era of renewed great power competition, China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has become the top focus of U.S. defense planning and budgeting.

China’s navy, which China has been steadily modernizing for more than 25 years, since the early to mid-1…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The 34th Combat Training Squadron recently hosted Green Flag Little Rock 20-09, a joint exercise allowing unique integration between units from both mobility and combat air forces at Little Rock Air Force Base and Alexandria International Airport, Louisiana, Aug. 17-23.

As A…

Space is a battleground for dominance among major powers. About a fifth of all satellites belongs to the military and are used for spying. The US launches two more this year.

For a spy satellite, America’s NROL-44 is a massive, open secret — both in size and fact. We know that the US National Rec…