Land Forces
US Army receives first Hanwha Mobile Tactical Cannon, set to replace M777 howitzers
The US Army has received the first wheeled self-propelled gun of its Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) programme, built by Hanwha…
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Drones
Kuwait buys a British AI-enabled air defence system for £370 million: MARSS to integrate radars, jammers and interceptors in NiDAR
Kuwait is buying an air defence system worth £370 million from Britain’s MARSS to counter drones and other aerial threats,…
Africa
Greek command at sea in Operation IRINI: Captain Stavros Polydorou takes over for six months with the frigate Navarinon as flagship
Command at sea of the EU naval operation IRINI, which monitors the UN arms embargo on Libya, has passed into…
Cyprus
Occupied Cyprus: Üstel’s “Target 2033” plan with TRY 75 billion from Ankara, a cable and a pipeline to Turkey “despite the obstacles”
Ünal Üstel, the head of the occupation regime’s so-called government, unveiled in the occupied part of Nicosia on Monday, October…
Cyprus
Cyprus: Kombos takes the illegal Turkey–occupied north memorandum on an undersea gas pipeline to the EU’s 27
Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is raising at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on October 12 the “illegal…
Europe
Iran: Greece among 29 countries condemning Tehran’s attacks; London links Iran to the RAF Fairford plot
Foreign ministers of 29 countries, Greece among them, signed a joint statement on October 12 condemning Iran’s use of violent…
Politics & Diplomacy
Sybiha: “Russia must be cornered” before real talks can happen; yes to a Zelensky-Putin meeting with Trump or Erdogan
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on October 12 that “appeasement never brings peace” and…
Politics & Diplomacy
FT: US threatens to freeze PURL and intelligence sharing unless Kyiv stops strikes on Russian energy infrastructure
The Trump administration has threatened to suspend the mechanism through which US weapons are bought for Ukraine unless Kyiv stops…
Defense Industry
SAS Technology at AUSA 2026: SeaSting, AHM-2X AIHMI and, for the first time, the portable Spearhead loitering munition
Greece’s SAS Technology is exhibiting at AUSA 2026 in Washington, October 12-14, showing the SeaSting USV, the AHM-2X AIHMI stand-off…
Cyprus
Cyprus National Guard: Joint training with US Armed Forces and the New Jersey National Guard
Cyprus’s National Guard has held a series of joint courses with US Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard personnel,…
Air Force
Airbus U740 Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft makes its first flight in Europe
Airbus has completed the first flight in Europe of the U740 Valkyrie, an uncrewed combat aircraft based on the Kratos…
Europe
Hellenic Navy chief tours Italian minehunter in Venice as Dendias asks Rome for two
Vice Admiral Dimitrios Kataras visited the Italian minehunter ITS Chioggia on the sidelines of the Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium in Venice,…