2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (331+ words) The Swedish government has authorized the Swedish Armed Forces to procure the US-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for an estimated 7 billion Swedish kronor ($727 million). The first HIMARS deliveries are scheduled for 2027. The systems are intended to complement Sweden’s…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (127+ words) Ukrainian developers have built an AI targeting module designed to improve the autonomy and accuracy of systems used in sustained attacks against enemy airfields. The tech earned third place in NATO’s Ukrainian developers have built an AI targeting module designed…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (216+ words) Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and his Canadian counterpart, David McGuinty, signed the document during a meeting in Kielce, 180 kilometers (112 miles) south of Warsaw. It updates an earlier agreement signed in 2022. Polish troops are expected to travel to Canada to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (304+ words) Finland has staged a civil defense exercise testing how authorities and residents would respond to cyberattacks, infrastructure failures, and possible Russian missile strikes, the largest in Europe since World War II, according to Euronews. More than 2,000 conscripts, volunteers, students, and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (280+ words) More than 130 Ukrainian weapons and military equipment manufacturers have applied for access to TrophyLab, Kyiv’s database of Russian systems recovered from the battlefield. Applications have also been submitted by more than 300 foreign companies, up from nearly 200 reported in mid-July. Launched…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (320+ words) Sweden has signed a contract worth approximately 47 billion Swedish kronor ($4.8 billion) with France’s state shipbuilder Naval Group for the procurement of four Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention (FDI) warships. The agreement was finalized aboard the French Navy’s first FDI frigate…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (148+ words) Four units of the service have accepted the vehicles, according to the Protector’s developer, noting that each transport drone cost nearly 3.9 million hryvnias ($87,763) on Ukraine’s online military marketplace Brave1. The company highlighted that Berlin financed the contract to help troops optimize…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (276+ words) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that NATO’s expanding military activity in the Arctic poses “direct threats” to Russia. Lavrov described the alliance’s exercises in the High North as aggressive, arguing that the growing military presence could cause incidents…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (260+ words) Swedish fighter aircraft and naval vessels will assist Finland in protecting its airspace and territorial waters as part of an expansion of defense cooperation between the two NATO members. The initiative is intended to improve Finland’s ability to detect and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (196+ words) Kyiv called for the rapid delivery of essential equipment and urged Riga to leverage its role in international initiatives to help secure further military support. Latvia confirmed its commitment to allocating at least 0.25 percent of its GDP annually to security…...