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The German Federal Ministry of Defence announced on 1 August 2025 that in the following days it will deliver two additional Patriot air defence system launchers to Ukraine, with complete system elements to follow in the next two to three months. In return, an agreement has been reached with the US Department of Defense (DoD) […]

US motion control specialist Moog announced on 31 July 2025 that it has displayed a larger gun variant of its Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) in the UK for the first time. The upgunned RIwP, which features a 30×173 mm Bushmaster Mk44 chain gun, was displayed at the British Army Counter-UAS Expo, held at Thorney Island […]

Rheinmetall has received various orders from Estonia and Lithuania for the delivery of infantry ammunition, the company announced on 31 July 2025. The orders have a total value of around EUR 33 million. Estonia awarded Rheinmetall a framework contract in the second quarter of 2025 for the delivery of hand grenades. Splinter grenades are to […]

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Egypt of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 24 July 2025. The proposed FMS, which is worth an estimated USD 4.67 billion (EUR 4.09 billion), has been passed to the US Congress for […]

In the last week of July 2025 the US State Department approved a number of possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in relation to Ukraine, which were passed on to the US Congress for final approval. As noted by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the FMS cases approved on 23 July included: Sustainment-related articles and […]

Saab has received an order for its Mobile Short-Range Air Defence (MSHORAD) solution from the Czech Ministry of Defence, the company announced on 23 July 2025. Saab did not specify the number of MSHORAD units being ordered, but noted that the order is valued at SEK 1.8 billion (EUR 160 million), with deliveries set to take […]

BAE Systems subsidiary Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) announced on 25 July 2025 that the US Army has completed a contract modification to begin upgraded deployment of BISim’s Virtual Battlespace 4 (VBS4) virtual desktop training environment as part of its ongoing Games for Training (GFT) programme. The GFT programme, originally established in 2013, provides the US Army […]

FNSS unveiled its Pars Scout 8×8 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle for the first time at IDEF 2025, held in Istanbul from 22 to 27 July. The vehicle has been developed under the Special Purpose Tactical Wheeled Armoured Vehicles Project, initiated by the Turkish Defence Industry Agency (SSB) to meet the operational […]

Roketsan was a standout participant at the IDEF 2025 defence exhibition, held in Istanbul from 22 to 27 July, with the Turkish weapon manufacturer unveiling five new advanced munitions and a satellite launch vehicle (SLV) at the show. The first of these was the Akata: a submarine-launched version of the Atmaca anti-ship missile currently in service […]

Turkish companies FNSS Savunma Sistemleri and Roketsan have teamed up to present an FNSS Kaplan Hybrid Carrier Platform equipped with the Roketsan Alka Directed Energy Weapon System (DEWS) at the IDEF 2025 defence exhibition, held in Istanbul from 22 to 27 July. FNSS’ development of a hybrid powerpack for tracked armoured platforms with gross vehicle […]

The Italian Army has received its first modernised Ariete C2 main battle tank (MBT) in a series-production configuration. The tank was handed over to the Italian Army on 18 July 2025 in Cecchignola, in the south of Rome, by the Iveco – Oto Melara Consortium (CIO), formed between Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV) and Leonardo. Italy ordered […]

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have ordered NIS 67 million (EUR 17.18 million) worth of additional Negev light machine guns (LMGs) from Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), the company announced on 16 July 2025. IWI did not specify exactly how many Negev LMGs are being procured, although this figure is likely to be in the region […]

Denmark has now completed its integration into the Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme by signing the three remaining agreements and ordering 129 Patria 6×6-based CAVS armoured vehicles, Patria announced on 14 July. It was announced that Denmark had joined the CAVS programme – joining Finland, Latvia, Sweden and Germany – on 1 April 2025 […]

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded IDV a three-year contract for concept development and experimentation services for robotic and autonomous systems (RAS), the Italian company announced on 15 July 2025. The programme requires IDV to combine uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), co-ordinated and orchestrated within a common advanced […]

The US subsidiary of Israeli firm Smartshooter has received a new order from the US Marine Corps (USMC) for its Smash 2000L fire control systems, the company announced on 14 July 2025. The USMC is procuring the Smash 2000L as an interim capability to address its urgent requirement for dismounted counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) […]

Rheinmetall is supplying a fourth mobile rescue station (Role 2 type) to Ukraine and has trained Ukrainian service personnel at the Rheinmetall Mobile Systeme site in Meckenbeuren, the company announced on 11 July 2025. The modular system consists of three truck-trailers, each of which is equipped with two container modules that have extendable elements. When […]

UK counter-drone and radio frequency (RF) threat specialist Metis has won a contract to supply a number of its Skyperion drone detection systems to a NATO customer as part of an integrated counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capability, the company announced on 10July 2025. The client was not named, Metis explained, “due to the sensitive nature […]

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) presented its new TGS-Mil Protected armoured truck at the company’s RMMV Mobility Days event in Vienna in the first week of July 2025. Based on the TG-generation of military trucks produced by RMMV in Vienna, the TGS-Mil Protected model is equipped with a protected two-person cabin, complies with current NATO […]

Rheinmetall organised a live firing event with its new Squad Support Weapon 40 (SSW40) in mid-June 2025 at the company’s test centre in Unterlüß, Germany, where defence media representatives were able to examine and fire prototypes of the weapon. The SSW40 is designed offer infantry greater firepower by providing a versatile yet compact weapon that […]

Patria has conducted successful test firings with its new 155 mm ARVE (ARtillery on VEhicle) mobile field gun, the company announced on 26 June 2025. During the test firings, carried out in June 2025, dozens of shots were fired at different elevations and side angles as well as in direct-fire mode. The system performed as […]

The Bundeswehr officially received its first Eagle 6×6-based Medium Protected Medical Vehicle (abbreviated mgSanKfz in German) from General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) on 4 July 2025. The vehicle was handed over at the Bundeswehr’s Medical Training Regiment’s garrison during the medical exercise ILÜ San 2025 in Feldkirchen, Lower Bavaria. The Bundeswehr ordered 80 Eagle […]