More than 1,500 UK troops are set to train alongside thousands of personnel from NATO Alliance countries, as part of a major exercise in Estonia - Exercise Spring Storm. 

Cooperation between Rheinmetall and the Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom is intended to strengthen Ukraine’s defence industry and ultimately its national security through the step-by-step creation of joint defence technology capabilities that will be domiciled in Ukraine.

It’s not unusual to see camouflage-clad soldiers and vehicles throughout Switzerland. Every male between the ages of 18 and 35 can be conscripted into the Army, and after 21 weeks’ basic training you keep your weapon and undergo additional training, followed by reserve duty.

Airmen assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 123rd Air Control Squadron hosted a two-week combined training exercise with six service members from NATO allies Lithuania, Latvia and Hungary.

HII’s Mission Technologies division was awarded a $242 million contract to provide shore-based training, engineering and development support for the U.S. Navy.

More than 17,600 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military participated in Balikatan 2023, an annual bilateral exercise between the two allies and the largest iteration of Balikatan to date.  

U.S. Army North, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command, participated in Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD 23, a bi-national homeland defense exercise between the U.S. and Canada from 11-19 April.

Aircrews from the “Saberhawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 77 conducted anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo training in Sagami Bay.

Cubic Defence UK, operating as part of Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS), was awarded a contract extension to continue to support training for the British Army. 

The Philippines and United States formally opened the largest Exercise Balikatan yet at the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Headquarters.