Defense News Army 2025
U.S. Marines deploy armored LAV-25 vehicles on Puerto Rico beach amid Caribbean tensions
On September 30, 2025, U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) staged Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) along the coastline of Arr...
US Army Armored Brigade Fires Switchblade 600 Loitering Munition in First Live Exercise
On September 29, 2025, the US Army reported that the 1st Cavalry Division conducted its first Switchblade 600 live fire with the 2nd Armored Brigad...
Venezuela deploys BUK air defense missile systems near Caracas after U.S. airstrike warning
The Venezuelan Army’s Air Defense Command has deployed BUK-M2E medium-range missile systems in and around Caracas, according to OSINT reports poste...
Chinese Army Engineers Test Systems for Planning Simultaneous Nuclear-Strike Options
The work published on September 10, 2025 in Explosion and Shock Waves and attributed to Xu Xiaohui’s team at the PLA’s Army Engineering University ...
Taiwan Eyes Rafale Fighter Jet Sale Amid French Caution Toward China
France’s National Assembly Economic Affairs Committee confirmed during a Sept. 24, 2025 hearing that Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier acknowledg...
New German GMARS Rocket Launcher Doubles Firepower Over U.S. HIMARS
A powerful new German-made rocket launcher called GMARS has been unveiled, and it pushes the U.S. HIMARS design to the next level. With double the ...
US Department of War Urges Missile Contractors to Double Output for Possible China Conflict
The Wall Street Journal reported on September 29, 2025 that the U.S. Department of War pressed missile suppliers to double or even quadruple output...
France Deploys Fennec Helicopter to Denmark for EU Summit Counter-Drone Security
France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces confirmed on September 29 that a French Air and Space Force Fennec helicopter, along with a 35-member joint d...
Serbian Zastava Unveils 6.5×39 mm Semi-Automatic Precision Rifle with AK Reliability
Serbia’s Zastava Arms unveiled a semi-automatic precision rifle chambered in 6.5×39 mm (6.5 Grendel) at the PARTNER 2025 exhibition in Belgrade on ...
U.S. Intel: China civilian ferry expansion has military use raising Taiwan invasion fears
ABC News reported on Monday that U.S. intelligence assessments confirm China is expanding its civilian ferry fleet with reinforced designs that cou...
Iran Presents CM-300LA Land-Attack Container Launcher Firing Three Cruise Missiles in Minutes
At the PARTNER 2025 defense exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, Iran presents the CM-300LA, a compact land-attack cruise missile integrated into a rect...
CA-1 Europa Germany’s UCAV Brings Autonomous Collaborative Combat at Scale to Europe
Helsing confirmed the unveiling of the CA-1 Europa—an autonomous fighter UCAV—at subsidiary Grob Aircraft in Tussenhausen, Germany, on Sept. 25, 20...