Poland Halts Black Hawk Deal Amid Strategic Reshuffle
Poland calls off its plan to buy 32 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters due to the changes in military objectives caused by new threats and the situation in Ukraine.
budget News
Air
Defence Politics
Defence Politics
Greece Doubles Defence Budget in 2025
With a majority vote, the Greek Parliament has approved a 2025 budget that will almost double defence spending.
Defence Politics
UK Retires Defence Systems due to Budget Constraits
United Kingdom will retire some ot its platforms to economy its defence spending. The budget cuts coincide with Russian- Ukrainian war.
Country
Defence Politics
Marginal Increase in UK Defence Budget
The new Labour government intends to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP but has not specified a timetable.
Unmanned Systems
US Air Force Tests Long Endurance ISR UAVs
The US Air Force tested ULTRA UAVs for long-endurance ISR missions. The force might allocate $35 million for four of these systems in the 2025 budget.
Air
Philippines Eyes 40 New Fighter Jets
Jets In response to growing tensions in the region, the Philippines has approved large-scale funding for defence, including new fighter jets.
Unmanned Systems
U.S. Army Eyes a Mass Loitering Munition Acquisition
The U.S. Army plans to field more than 1000 Switchblade 600 loitering munitions in 2025 within the scope of the Replicator programme.
Weapon / Missile
U.S. Navy Shoots Four LRASMs at Once
U..S Navy Announces Successful Test of Simultaneous Engagement of Four AGM-158C LRASM Anti-Ship Missiles.
Defence Politics
Norway Declares its Long-Term Defence Plan
The Norwegian Government proposes to parliament an increase in defence spending of approximately 60 billion USD over the next 12 years.
Weapon / Missile
Japan to Develop Interceptor Against Hypersonic Missiles
Japan has revealed a ¥75 billion (Roughly $526.7 million) funding for developing interceptors to counter the hypersonic missile threat.
Navy / Maritime
Defence Politics
Country
Japan Approves Record Defence Budget: $56bn
Today, Japan approved the government budget for fiscal 2024 as $56 billion, which secures $2.59 billion to build two Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEV).
Country
468 billion TL Budget for the Defence Industry Support Fund
Vice President Fuat Oktay stated that the Defence Industry Support Fund has a budget of 468 billion TL in the 2023 Central Government Budget Bill.
Weapon / Missile
Spain Acquires Barrett M95 anti-materiel Sniper Rifles
The Spanish Army paid € 450,000 for a batch of 15 new Barrett bullpup (M95SP model) anti-material sniper rifles calibre 12.70 x 99 mm for special operations.
Country
Record Defence Budget for Turkiye
Erdoğan approved the Strategy and Budget Presidency’s Medium Term Program (2023-2025). Turkiye’s defence budget will exceed $ 20 billion.
Air
VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Has Reached IOC
The US Navy Department announced that the US Marine Corps-operated VH-92A presidential and US presidential helicopters had reached IOC.
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
Congress settles on $782.5B national defence budget
A bipartisan agreement among Congressional appropriators has brought the US closer to passing a fiscal 2022 budget that includes $782 billion for defence.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 12:00 Italy gives conditional approval to Leonardo-Baykar drone venture - Reuters reported that Italy has conditionally approved the Leonardo–Baykar joint venture to produce...
- 12:00 USNI looks at Türkiye’s defence-industrial rise through EFES 2026 - USNI News used the EFES 2026 exercise to examine how Türkiye is linking operational military activit...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense highlights Turkish one-way attack systems at SAHA 2026 - Breaking Defense reported that Turkish companies used SAHA 2026 to unveil multiple one-way attack sy...
- 12:00 Defense News spotlights ASELSAN’s autonomous warfare concept - Defense News reported that ASELSAN used SAHA 2026 to present a future warfare concept centred on aut...
- 12:00 Le Monde examines Türkiye’s expanding defence footprint in Mali - Le Monde reported that Türkiye has become an increasingly important security partner for Mali throug...
- 12:00 French strategic study identifies Türkiye as a rising European supplier - The Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique assessed Türkiye as one of the most notable new entrants...
- 12:00 Middle East Forum analyses Baykar’s expansion into Europe - A Middle East Forum analysis argued that Baykar’s growing presence in Europe shows how production ca...
- 12:00 Jerusalem Post highlights Baykar’s export-heavy revenue model - The Jerusalem Post reported that Baykar generated roughly $1.8 billion in drone exports in 2024 and...
- 12:00 Foreign defence reporting keeps focus on KAAN’s next prototype phase - International defence coverage continued to highlight Turkish Aerospace’s target for the first ‘true...
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
