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Japan Ends Ban on Lethal Arms Exports

Tokyo casts the shift as a bid to strengthen its defense industry for allied deterrence.

Pentagon Cancels Troubled GPS OCX Program After Tests Expose Risks

Australia Sets 3% Defense Goal With Tech-Heavy Military Build

Australia Test-Fires First Locally Assembled GMLRS Rockets

Dassault Sets Two- to Three-Week Deadline for FCAS Deal, Rejects Co-Management

Canada Commits $1.4 Billion to Build Ammunition and Nitrocellulose Plants

Japan Sets Fiscal 2030 Timeline to Base Upgraded Air-Defense Missiles on Yonaguni

UK Confirms Operation Firecrest, Sending Carrier Strike Group to the North Atlantic and High North in 2026

Russia Conditions Nuclear Limits on U.S. Compliance as Europe Weighs a Deterrence Gap

Argentina Clears Career Military to Serve in Civil Posts Without Pausing Active Duty

Ukraine Reports $45 Billion in 2025 Support as Defense-Industry Funding Jumps

Canada Seeks Details on Saab Gripen Offer as F‑35 Review Continues

Defence Secretary Completes Central Sector Review as MoD Finalizes INVAR Missile Buy

Urovesa Secures €132 Million State Loan for VERT Program, Targets 2026 Prototype Delivery

Tekever to Build UK’s Largest Drone Factory in Swindon, Localising AR5 Production by 2026

South Korea Unveils 66.3 Trillion Won Defense Budget as U.S. Burden-Sharing Talks Continue

Japan Labels China Its Greatest Strategic Challenge in 2025 Defense White Paper

Spain Commits to 14,000-Troop Increase and Upholds 2.1% GDP Defense Budget

Germany Weighs €25 Billion Tank and Armored Vehicle Purchase

UK Pledges £15bn Boost to Nuclear Deterrent and Submarine Fleet to Counter Russia