COVID-19

“CONNECT” by COGES, for Defence & Security Community

After cancellation of Eurosatory due to the current sanitary crisis, its organiser COGES EVENTS will hold the online business meetings “CONNECT”, on September 14 and 15, 2020. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. “CONNECT” by COGES will be dedicated to all French and international manufacturers in the land and airland Defence and Security domains. These…
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Indo Defence Expo & Forum to be Held in 2021

Indo Defence Expo & Forum has new dates now because of the spread of the novel coronavirus. The event was planned 4-7 November 2020. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The new dates are 7-10 April 2021. This is yet another major exhibition to change dates this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Several defence…
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Military Personnel Volunteer for Covid-19 Vaccine Test

50 volunteers from the military personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defence will be testing a new Covid-19 vaccine. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. MoD announced that the first group of volunteers arrived yesterday. They all underwent a comprehensive in-depth medical examination in preparation for an experiment to test the new vaccine…
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Israel Conducts Ballistic Missiles Trial with the LORA Weapon System

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced yesterday that it has successfully completed an operational dual firing trial with the LORA Weapon System.  The test included the launch of two long-range LORA missiles to a pre-defined hit point at sea. Targets hit were at the distance of 90km and 400 km. Furthermore, the missile launch took…
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19 Foreign Armies Invited to Victory Parade in Moscow

Parade teams of 19 foreign states have been invited to participate in Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24. Minister of Defence, Sergey Shoigu announced this at the ministry’s conference call today. "About 14,000 personnel, including over 800 cadets of pre-University educational institutions and the Young Army movement," the defence chief said. Furthermore, the parade…
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China’s National Defence & Security in the Time of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has strongly hit every aspect of life world wide, and the defence sector was no exception. China was the first country to receive the strike, yet it has made sure to secure its national defence while keeping control of the epidemic situation. Chinese president Xi Jinping addressed China's national defence and security…
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1520 Army Servicemen Contract Covid-19

The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced in its daily bulletin that more than 1,500 army servicemen have contracted the novel coronavirus. The total of recorded cases among the servicemen of the Russian army are 1520. 3 of them are in serious condition, 6 in a moderate condition, and the rest are asymptomatic. As for…
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F-35 Production Plans Will Not Be Met in 2020

Covid-19 lockdown has lead Lockheed Martin to announce on Wednesday new measures to cushion the effects of the pandemic on the F-35 programme. This announcement came shortly after declaring that meeting the 141 aircraft target planned for 2020 was not possible. The slow down came as a result of subcontractor parts delays stemming from the…
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Allied Spirits Exercise to Take Place in June

The "Allied Spirit" exercise is expected to be held in Poland next month. This comes after most military exercises were delayed or cancelled because of the pandemic. The exercise, originally scheduled for May, will now take place June 5-19 at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in northwestern Poland. The U.S. and Polish bilateral exercise will feature…
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Canadian Experts Concerned Over Russia’s Arctic Exercise

At a high altitude, Russian paratroopers tumble from the belly of a giant transport plane into a sky of cotton clouds and then proceed to fight a three-day mock battle in a winter wasteland. The recent exercise on Franz Josef Land, a Russian archipelago of largely uninhabited islands in the High Arctic, has set the defence…
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