Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Analysis: Russia has to increase modern tank fleet - take 1

27 Feb, 2020 - 10:40 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Numerous Soviet tanks posed the main threat to NATO in the Cold War. After the Soviet collapse, Russia decommissioned most of them and sent to wareho…

Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) in the FY2019 Annual Report

17 Feb, 2020 - 11:53 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test &…

Latest Russian arms may be included into START

14 Feb, 2020 - 14:14 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

The New Start is a bilateral strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States which came into force on February 5, 2011…

Bradley Family of Vehicles (BFoV) Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) in the FY2019 Annual Report

14 Feb, 2020 - 9:00 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test &…

U.S. Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicles programs in FY 2019

11 Feb, 2020 - 15:05 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test…

U.S. DoD releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal

11 Feb, 2020 - 10:18 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

On February 10, 2020, President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget request of $740.5 billion for national security…

Russia sums up results of 2011-2020 arms program

6 Feb, 2020 - 9:41 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

The Russian Defense Ministry plans to sum up the results of the arms program for 2011-2020 this year and specify the parameters of the current progra…

Trump administration broadens use of landmines

4 Feb, 2020 - 9:28 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

President Donald J. Trump's administration has expanded the ability of combatant commanders to use landmines in specific, exceptional incidents. Prev…

France to deploy 600 more troops to Sahel

3 Feb, 2020 - 10:47 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

On Sunday, Feb.2, French Defense Minister Florence Parly has confirmed what Gen. François Lecointre, Chief of General Staff (CEMA), had already annou…

Belarus enters international ammunition business

28 Jan, 2020 - 15:01 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Belarusian defense holding Belspetsvneshtekhnika (BSVT) has launched a manufacturing line to produce ammunition for small arms, according to Belarusi…

Azerbaijan raised position in 2019 military strength ranking

27 Jan, 2020 - 16:05 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Azerbaijan has ranked 52nd out of 137 countries in the Global Firepower list for 2019, Abdul Kerimkhanov reports on Azernews. Compared to 2018, Azerb…

New SIPRI data reveals scale of Chinese arms industry

27 Jan, 2020 - 10:12 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

New research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) suggests that China is the second-largest arms producer in the world…

U.S. Army updates law of land warfare doctrine to increase guidance, clarity

23 Jan, 2020 - 16:47 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

To help U.S. Soldiers to better understand the complex rules of war, the Army has released Field Manual 6-27, the Commander's Handbook on the Law of…

Director Capability delivers keynote speech on the future of the British Army

22 Jan, 2020 - 10:03 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Major General Jez Bennett, Director Capability British Army, gave a speech today at the International Armoured Vehicles Conference & Exhibition h…

NATO new JSEC Headquarters to create secure and functional rear area

21 Jan, 2020 - 13:31 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

The Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) achieved initial operational capability on 17 September 2019. An important part of NATO’s increased det…

U.S. Army Chief of Staff: strength, innovation essential to National Defense Strategy

17 Jan, 2020 - 15:59 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

The National Defense Strategy describes how the Defense Department will be postured to be successful in the great power competition with Russia and C…

U.S. and Japan reinforce defense links

17 Jan, 2020 - 14:30 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

On January 14, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper hosted Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono at the Pentagon, where they reaffirmed the strength…

NATO nations cannot be complacent, U.S. Gen. Milley says

15 Jan, 2020 - 9:28 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

NATO nations cannot afford to become complacent, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a break in his first alliance Military Co…

Today's Army is more than tanks and Bradleys, U.S. Army Secretary says

14 Jan, 2020 - 15:15 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

The United States must maintain overmatch — be stronger, better armed, or more skillful than its adversaries, the Army secretary said at the Brooking…

Russian air defense trains new tactic to fight cruise missiles, drones

10 Jan, 2020 - 12:07 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Air defense units will begin to train a new tactic to repel massive cruise missile and drone strikes. It was tested in the autumn of 2019 at Combat B…

Analysis: Russian 2019 Defense budget reached USD48 billion

9 Jan, 2020 - 14:34 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Russia’s 2019 defense budget reached USD48 billion. Russia is reported to be at the 8th position in the Top 10 list of the countries with the largest…

NATO addresses Middle East tensions

7 Jan, 2020 - 11:49 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

NATO Ambassadors met on Monday (6 January 2020) to address current tensions in the Middle East and implications for NATO’s training mission in Iraq.

Esper, Milley commemorate Battle of the Bulge 75th anniversary

18 Dec, 2019 - 15:25 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Military and civilian dignitaries from Europe and the United States were in Belgium on Sunday 15 and Monday 16 December to mark the anniversary of on…

European Defense expenditure up but spending in key areas falling short

17 Dec, 2019 - 11:57 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

On 16 December, the European Defence Agency published its annual Defence Data report for the year 2018, detailing spending by the 27 EDA Member State…

South Korean Defense budget to increase by 7.4 percent

16 Dec, 2019 - 16:21 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

South Korea and North Korea increase the size and accelerate the pace of modernization of their arsenals in the framework of rising tensions between…

Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chief of Staff Gen. Milley details U.S. operations in the Middle East

13 Dec, 2019 - 11:04 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

The Middle East remains a challenge to U.S. national security interests, as terrorist groups thrive on the region's instability as they try to export…

Global arms industry rankings: sales up 4.6 percent worldwide and US companies dominate the Top 5

10 Dec, 2019 - 14:17 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 100 companies (excluding those in China) totalled $420 billion in 2018, marking an increa…

Analysis: The Russian State Armament Programme 2018 – 2027

10 Dec, 2019 - 15:30 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

Even if the report used for the following analysis is more than one year old, its content makes it a remarkable instrument to understand the Russian…

Notes on designing the U.S. Marine Corps of the future

9 Dec, 2019 - 12:33 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

“The Marine Corps is not optimized to meet the bold demands of the National Defense Strategy”, Gen. David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps H…

No plans to leave Iraq, U.S. Defense official says

6 Dec, 2019 - 14:41 | Analysis Defense and Security Industry

The U.S. military presence in Iraq is predicated on permission to be there from the Iraqi government, and U.S. forces will remain so long as the Iraq…