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American C-130J Super Hercules Tactical Transport Aircraft

The British military’s communications strategy is in the process of a shakeup. Where before there existed two ‘universes’ – that of information operations and psyops, and that of public relations, media ops and marketing – the emerging tactic is now in bri

Bill Hagestad, consultant, speaker and expert on Chinese information warfare “The People's Republic of China's military, the PLA will be significantly weakened by President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive, forcing the Communist Party of China (C

Two additional AEGIS ballistic missile defence ships will forward-deploy to Japan by 2017, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel announced recently in what he described as a response to counter the “provocative and destabilising” actions continually posed by North Korea.

At a time when future character of conflict debates, information security, user functionality and changes in force structures are redefining military data exchange requirements on the battlefield, land forces across the world are having to ask themselves how they can stay on top of the

Russian R-36 (SS-18 Satan) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

British Foden Recovery Vehicle

American Case 721 CXT Wheeled Loader

American Oshkosh MTVR Mk.31 Tractor Truck

Ukrainian BREM-64 Armored Recovery Vehicle

Piaggio's prototype Hammerhead MALE UAV at Farnborough Airshow. Photo: Richard de Silva

You may have heard that Great Britain's £70m next-generation fighter jet, the F-35 Lightning II, had a bit of an accident this month. But that's just the latest twist in a long and expensive history. What is the F-35? The fully-networked nig

The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence is beginning a mechanisation programme under its National Defence System Development Programme 2014-2023. The programme will see the East European power acquire a number of new vehicles and upgrade some of its existing fleet.

Saab has withdrawn from the Danish Air Force’s competition to replace its F-16 combat jet. The Gripen is no longer in the running after Saab failed to s

American Textron AirLand Scorpion Light Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft

A new dawn for mortar systems has arrived. While lessons and upgrades have been harnessed from Afghanistan, tomorrow’s conflicts may present an entirely different environment with a number of emerging obstacles. The graphic below outlines a number of these challenges – click

Japan has changed its constitution. Or, rather, has “reinterpreted” it. Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet announced recently that it approved the constitutional reinterpretation to allow Japan a “limited” right to collective self defence. The decision was taken to o

Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) has delivered the fourth Saryu-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to the Indian Navy. INS Sumitra, a 105-metre anti-piracy vessel, features several electronic, communication and weapon systems. The Indian Navy has already taken delivery of th

BAE Systems has unveiled a new Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD) with an integrated night vision camera to allow fighter pilots to see in the dark. The Striker II h

Swedish Scania R730 Tank Transporter