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  Leonardo SONUS Selected for British Army
  Expromet Acquisition of Tiverton Fabrications
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  Challenger 3 First Crewed Live Firing Trials
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  World Defense Show 2026 Concludes
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  NATO Exercise STEADFAST DART 2026 Begins
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  DACIAN FALL 25 NATO Eastern Flank Rapid Reinforcement
  BOLD PANZER ~ NATO Combined Arms in Estonia
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  EUMAM Ukrainian Tank Crew Training in Germany
  Leopard 1A5DK and 1A5DK1 Tanks for Ukraine
  No Grip and Grin or Most Wanted Images Please
  Hanwha Egyptian K9 Artillery Battery Vehicles – Album
  UK LMV Contenders Displayed at DSEI UK 2025
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  Extendible TrailSpoon From Jetboil
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Rations
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  Maverick Meal Packages from Poland
  Ameriqual and Wornick Awarded Five-Year UGR-A Contracts
  CCAR Now Available to US Military Service Branches
  FR 84 ~ Spanish Ración Individual de Combate
  FR 83 ~ The Last Bundeswehr Einmannpackung?
Footwear
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  GORE-TEX Footwear Concept Study Unveiled
  HAIX BLACK EAGLE EVO GTX Duty Boots
  Meindl EXTRAGUARD Combat Boots ~ A Brief Update
  In Brief ~ HAIX ExtraGuard Combat and Patrol Boots
  In Brief ~ French Army LOWA Chaussure de Montagne Cramponnable
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  Helly Hansen Men’s Crew Hooded Midlayer Sailing Jacket
  Sunday Afternoons Sun Tripper Cap
  LOWA RENEGADE EVO GTX LO Revamped
  Gregory 45-Litre Alpaca Gear Box
  BioLite Range 300 USB-C Headlamp
Special Forces
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  14 AWD Event 5 – THE KING’S CHALLENGE
  14 AWD Event 4 – STEEL ARROW in Brief
  14 AWD Event 3 – LAST CHANCE in Detail
  Germany Orders 49 of the Defenture MAMMOTH for KSK
  14 AWD Event 2 – TRAIL OF VICTORY in Detail
Land Rovers & Similar
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  New Land Rover Defender in Government Roles
  UK LMV Market Interest Day Announced
  Team LionStrike Possible UK LMV Candidates ~ Part One
  Team LionStrike First UK Light Vehicle Line-Up
  Rheinmetall UK Light Tactical Vehicle for UK MoD
Kit & Camo
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  Arktis Launches Vulcan Jacket V2 in PenCott GreenZone
  Azerbaijani M2024 Camouflage Pattern
  Egyptian M2011 Tricolour Desert Pattern
  Direct Action Introduces MultiCam Tropic
  Arktis at Milipol Paris with MP-SEC
Space & Aero
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  Airbus and Hisdesat Sign PAZ-2 Satellite Imagery Agreement
  Lockheed Martin GPS III SV09 Space Vehicle Launched
  First Airbus Pléiades Neo Next Satellite Announced
  SpainSat NG II Satellite Suffers External Impact
  Rheinmetall and ICEYE Open Up Dimension Space
AI-EW-Cyber
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  Naval Group and Thales Join Forces on AI
  MARSS NiDAR Nation Shield Launched at WDS 2026
  MARSS Unveils NiDAR Autonomous Mission Management
  Dassault Aviation and Harmattan AI Strategic Partnership
  Tiberius Aerospace GRAIL Assessed as Awardable
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UK Carrier Strike Group Deployment to High North

Leonardo SONUS Selected for British Army

Lockheed Martin THAAD Manufacturing in Saudi Arabia

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UK News

UK News

Leonardo SONUS Selected for British Army

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Expromet Acquisition of Tiverton Fabrications

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UK Operations

UK Carrier Strike Group Deployment to High North

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Joint RAF-Qatar Squadron Deploys Typhoons to Gulf

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Defence Equipment

Defence Equipment

GA-ASI YFQ-42A CCA Flight Milestone

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L3Harris VAMPIRE Fires Thales 70 mm Rockets

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World Defence News

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World Defense Show 2026 Concludes

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Milanion Announces New Partnerships at WDS 2026

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Special Forces

14 AWD Event 5 – THE KING’S CHALLENGE

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14 AWD Event 4 – STEEL ARROW in Brief

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Exercise News

NATO Exercise STEADFAST DART 2026 Begins

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Estonian 122nd Infantry Battalion Reservist Training

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AI - EW - Cyber

Naval Group and Thales Join Forces on AI

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MARSS NiDAR Nation Shield Launched at WDS 2026

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Space and Aerospace

Airbus and Hisdesat Sign PAZ-2 Satellite Imagery Agreement

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Lockheed Martin GPS III SV09 Space Vehicle Launched

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Rations

Rations

Maverick Meal Packages from Poland

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Ameriqual and Wornick Awarded Five-Year UGR-A Contracts

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Footwear

Footwear

GORE-TEX Footwear Concept Study Unveiled

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HAIX BLACK EAGLE EVO GTX Duty Boots

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Kit & Camo

Kit & Camo

Arktis Launches Vulcan Jacket V2 in PenCott GreenZone

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Azerbaijani M2024 Camouflage Pattern

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Land Rovers

Land Rovers & Similar

New Land Rover Defender in Government Roles

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UK LMV Market Interest Day Announced

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Gormley's Gear

Helly Hansen Men’s Crew Hooded Midlayer Sailing Jacket

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Sunday Afternoons Sun Tripper Cap

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Reviews

Reviews

Extendible TrailSpoon From Jetboil

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YDS Travel and Laptop Bag

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Features

Features

EUMAM Ukrainian Tank Crew Training in Germany

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Leopard 1A5DK and 1A5DK1 Tanks for Ukraine

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Videos

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Rheinmetall and Varjo Announce Strategic Collaboration

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DACIAN FALL 25 NATO Eastern Flank Rapid Reinforcement

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