Hanwha Breaks Ground on K9 and K10 Plant in Romania
Hanwha Aerospace has broken ground on a new armoured vehicle production facility in Petrești, Dâmbovița County, localising K9 and K10 systems in Europe.
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Investment
Land
Navy / Maritime
Air
Logistics
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Türkiye advances TF-2000 build and key system deliveries
Turkish MoD detailed progress on defence programs, confirming the start of TF-2000 construction, land and air systems entering service, and TB3 test activities.
Weapon / Missile
MKE’s Boran 105 mm Light Howitzer in Use by Bangladesh Army
Bangladeshi Army was spotted deploying multiple Boran 105 mm air-transportable light howitzers with Mi-171Sh utility helicopters and performing firing drills.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Brazil Freezes 155 mm SPH Acquisition From Israel
Brazil has frozen its deal with Israel for ATMOS 2000 155 mm SPHs as a protest to the war crimes committed by the latter in Gaza.
Weapon / Missile
Azerbaijan gets DITA 155 mm SPH units from Czechia
The Czech defence company Excalibur Army plans to send more than 70 DITA 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH) units to Azerbaijan.
Weapon / Missile
Vietnam to Supply K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer from ROK
Vietnam plans to acquire the K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) developed and manufactured by Hanwha Defence, Republic of Korea, for the People’s Army of Vietnam.
Land
Weapon / Missile
Russia to Deploy 2S35 Self-Propelled Guns In Combat
Russia announced plans to deploy its latest 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV 152 mm self-propelled gun in the ongoing war with Ukraine.
Land
New Generation T-155 Howitzer entered the TAF Inventory
The inventory included two New Generation T-155 Self-Propelled (K/M) FIRTINA Howitzers produced for the Turkish Land Forces.
Bilateral Relations
Sensors
Berlin to deliver COBRA to Ukraine
The German federal government plans to hand over the Cobra (Counter Battery Radar) to Ukraine.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
France to send CAESAR Howitzers and Milan ATGMs to Ukraine
President Macron announced that France will deliver weapons to Ukraine and said, “from Milan to Caesar through several types of armaments in an interview.
Bilateral Relations
The U.S. unveils $800 million in new Ukraine military aid
U.S. President Biden pledged $800 million in more weaponry and money to help bolster support for the Ukrainian military including 155mm long-range howitzers.
Bilateral Relations
Historical Switch from Germany
Germany changed its negative stance on military aid to Ukraine. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it objected to military assistance to this country.
Land
Expo and Air Show
Turkish MoD MKE's Fırtına Blows Silently
Turkish MoD company Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company (MKE A.Ş.) presented its Hybrid engine Fırtına (Storm) howitzer at IDEF 21.
Land
MKE Visits IDEF with Yavuz
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company (MKE A.Ş.) will present Yavuz Howitzer at IDEF.
Land
New Self Propelled Howitzers for Turkish Armed Forces
Turkey has delivered the first batch of a second-generation indigenous self-propelled howitzer. Three new T-155 Fırtına II were handed over to the Turkish Army.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 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...
