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Hyundai Rotem has officially registered its next-generation tank design with the South Korean Patent Office. The patent application, filed on 26 August 2024, was accepted on 17 April 2025, and the decision was published on 21 April 2025.
North Korea has launched short-range ballistic missiles, which, according to the South Korean military, may be prepared for export to Russia.
Germany has announced its intention to purchase Israel's Arrow 4 missile defence system, which is currently under development.
The Polish military has begun installing protective grilles on its rocket and cannon artillery, following Ukraine's experience in fighting kamikaze drones.
During India's Operation Sindhur, a Rafale fighter jet of the Indian Armed Forces was shot down in an air battle over Pakistan.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet crashed into the water during landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea due to a brake system failure.
The Ukrainian military struck a North Korean KN-09 missile launcher located in the Kursk region. A drone from the 4th Regiment of the Special Operations Forces, the Ranger, helped to detect the target and adjust fire.
Canada has officially started the procedure to confiscate the Russian An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft of Volga-Dnepr Airlines, which has been in the country since 2022.
Ukraine presented the FP-1 drone, which can travel up to 1600 km and carry a warhead weighing up to 120 kg. It is already being used for strikes on Russian territory.
Before the war in Ukraine began, the British Army had 89 AS90 self-propelled howitzers out of 179 ordered in the 1990s. The replacement of these artillery systems under the MFP programme was planned no earlier than 2030.
At the Defence24 Days exhibition in Warsaw, the Polish company Mista presented the Oncilla-E armoured medical vehicle designed for the rapid and safe evacuation of wounded soldiers.
On the night of 7 May, the Indian military carried out a large-scale attack on a number of targets in Pakistan, the largest escalation since the Third Indo-Pakistan War.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence is interested in Ukrainian Magura maritime drones and is considering launching joint production on a 1+1 basis: one unit for Lithuania and another for Ukraine.
The NATO Innovation Challenge hackathon to be held on 20 June in Tallinn will focus on developing solutions to counter FPV drones that are resistant to electronic warfare.
Turkey's national programme to develop a fifth-generation KAAN fighter jet has entered a new stage: by 2032, the Turkish TF35000 engine will be developed, which means a gradual move away from the US F110.
