Nicholas Fiorenza

3 weeks ago | janes.com | Nicholas Fiorenza

Belgium and Poland signed an LoI on 12 May covering co-operation on strengthening air and space capabilities on MANPADS, with Belgium planning to buy 200–300 Piorun systems.

3 weeks ago | janes.com | Nicholas Fiorenza

The UK is supplying the Raven air defence system, seen here during a demonstration in May 2025, and supplied on a Supacat HMT 600 with ASRAAM, to Ukraine. (Crown copyright/UK MoD)The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is supplying the Raven air defence system to Ukraine. The system, mounted on the Supacat High Mobility Tranporter (HMT) 600 6x6 all-terrain vehicle and armed with the Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), was presented in a UK MoD video posted online on 12 May.

1 month ago | janes.com | Nicholas Fiorenza

TACTIS trains commanders in directing soldiers who have dismounted from their CV90 IFVs. (Janes/Nicholas Fiorenza)The modernisation of the Royal Netherlands Army's (RNLA's) Tactical Indoor Simulator (TACTIS) armoured vehicle training centre in Amersfoort under a contract signed by the Dutch Commando Materieel en IT (Materiel and IT Command: COMMIT) and Thales on 30 April takes into account the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the service's CV9035NL infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).

1 month ago | janes.com | Nicholas Fiorenza

Estonia has received six HIMARS MRLs. (Estonian Defence Forces (EDF)/Siim Verner Teder)Estonia received six High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) on 30 April, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) announced later the same day. The systems were handed over to the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) at √Ąmari Air Base, to which they had been flown by a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 transport aircraft.

1 month ago | janes.com | Nicholas Fiorenza

Footage showing North Korean troops training in Russia, published on 28 April. (TV Zvezda/Russian MoD)During the last week of April, Russia admitted North Koreans are fighting in Kursk, which it claims to control, and announced a 72-hour ceasefire on 8-10 May. In his 26 April report to President Vladimir Putin, Russian Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov confirmed the involvement of North Koreans in Russia's embattled Kursk region.