During the multi-national GulfShield military exercise, Royal Saudi Air Force revealed its new RC-135 Rivet Joint SIGINT aircraft equipped with an extensive array of sophisticated electronic intelligence gathering equipment.

The Kingdom is believed to have modified up to three of its KE-3A tanker/cargo aircraft into the Boeing RE-3A tanker Tactical Airborne Surveillance System (TASS) including one RE-3B Improved Tactical Airborne Surveillance System (ITASS).

As part of the effort to locate and thwart terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip, the IDF is operating a unique technological laboratory with a specific goal of detecting and locating tunnels.

The lab, established two years ago as part of the IDF's Gaza Division, is headed by Captain B, who was trained in electrical engineering and chemistry.

Israel-based aerostat company RT LTA Systems has signed a leasing agreement with the government of a leading European country, under which the company will provide its SkyStar 180 Aerostat system for six months. The agreement includes an option to extend the leasing period for additional 30 months, as well as an option to purchase the system. The SkyStar 180 will be used for protection of the country's armed forces in various missions. The value of the deal was undisclosed.

Elbit Systems today announced the opening of an office in Berlin as part of the expansion of its activities in the German market.

Kaspersky Lab has been tracking a series of attacks utilizing unknown malware since early 2017. The attacks appear to be geopolitically motivated and target high-profile organizations. According to Kaspersky, the objective of the attacks is espionage since they involve gaining access to top legislative, executive and judicial bodies around the world.

The Military Drone Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $5 billion to over $13 billion by 2024, according to a recent research report by Global Market Insights.

At a domestic level, Kim Jong-un is pursuing two original and interesting policy lines within North Korea: the rise of a new generation to power and the evident and stable economic expansion.

Under Kim Jong-un’s leadership, the private segment of the North Korean economy has undergone great development and the new class of young people rising to power – who epitomize the general rejuvenation of the North Korean society – is also an unknown factor for the forthcoming talks between the two Koreas and the talks between the United States and North Korea.

Egypt is showing an increasing interest in the BrahMos, a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile developed by India and Russia. According to a Twitter report by Livefist, an Egyptian delegation visited the BrahMos stand at DefExpo 2018.

Saudi Arabia and Spain signed six agreements, memorandums and bilateral deals during the official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week.

The Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) and Spanish firm Navantia on April 12, 2018, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to create a joint venture that will manage and localize naval combat systems activity including integration and installation. The MoA was signed by Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Chairman of SAMI, and Esteban García Vilasánchez, Chairman of Navantia.

The Israel Defense Forces revealed on Sunday that it detected and destroyed a new tunnel dug by Hamas which penetrated several meters into Israeli territory from the northern Gaza Strip. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman called it the "longest and deepest tunnel discovered so far." 

The tunnel was discovered in the Jabalya area of the northern Gaza Strip, near one of the locations where Palestinians have been staging mass protests along the volatile Israel-Gaza border fence for the past several weeks.