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The US Army has announced the development of a new main battle tank, the M1E3 Abrams, to replace the upgraded M1A2 SEPv4.
Boeing has completed the assembly of the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Germany. The aircraft has already been painted and received German markings at the Seattle plant. This is the first of eight P-8As that Berlin has ordered from the United States.
A Su-24MR frontline reconnaissance aircraft, which took off from the Kaliningrad region, entered Polish airspace at 14:09, penetrating 6.5 km into the eastern part of the Gulf of Gdansk. The aircraft was in the Polish sky for 1 minute and 12 seconds.
A Polish fighter pilot flew an F-35A Lightning II for the first time at the US National Guard Air Base in Ebbing, Arkansas.
The South Korean Defence Ministry said that the DPRK had transferred 200 long-range artillery pieces, 11,000 troops and missiles to Russia. In the future, Pyongyang may continue to supply weapons and ammunition for the war against Ukraine.
Six incidents of unidentified drones were recorded at the German Air Force airbase, where Patriot SAMs are deployed and Ukrainian military personnel are undergoing training. The incidents are being investigated as potential espionage.
The Russian company has signed agreements to purchase US and German equipment worth RUB 720 million to expand its production of radar receivers.
Estonian company Milrem Robotics will present the latest HAVOC RCV combat platform at the IDEX 2025 international exhibition in the UAE.
The Austrian army is preparing for a large-scale rearmament, which includes the purchase of modern Leopard 2A8 tanks.
French Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets have demonstrated their effectiveness in the fight against Shahed kamikaze drones. During a patrol in the Yemeni region, they destroyed about ten drones.
Seven American Black Hawk helicopters, which Afghan pilots fled to Uzbekistan in 2021, have been officially transferred to the United States. This was reported by diplomatic sources.
Washington has approved the possible sale of ammunition, guidance systems and detonators to Israel. Congress has already received an official notification, and the deal is worth $6.75 billion.
The Russian occupiers have begun to install protective nets over hundreds of metres of road in the occupied territories to protect themselves from Ukrainian drones.
The Israeli Defence Forces urgently adopted the Spyder anti-aircraft missile system due to a shortage of anti-aircraft systems.
India's Ministry of Defence signed a contract for the supply of Russian anti-ship missiles, presumably of the Kalibr complex manufactured by the Novator Research and Development Bureau.
