Offers of Immortality: Countering the Core Incentives of Jihadist Terror

"'I believe' is the one great word against metaphysical fear." (Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West)

TAT to Provide Thermal Management Cooling Systems to Thales UK

TAT Technologies, an Israeli-based provider of services and products to aerospace and ground defense industries, was selected by Thales UK, a division of the Thales Group, to design, develop, supply and maintain thermal management cooling systems for Thales Radar Systems, which will be installed on Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) Helicopters. The program is for the delivery of cooling systems in the next five years, with a potential growth for additional systems in the future.

Russia to Supply T-90 Tanks to Iraq This Year

Russia will supply a large batch of T-90 tanks to Iraq this year, TASS reported on Thursday, citing Vladimir Kozhin, the Russian president’s aide for military technical cooperation.

"It’s a big contract for a big batch. I cannot name the exact sum, the number of tanks is big," confirmed Kozhin.

According to Defence Blog, this batch will be followed by others, and the total sum of the contract may exceed one billion US dollars.

Egypt Launches the Largest Military Base in the Middle East

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated on July 22, 2017, the Mohamed Naguib Military Base, located in Al-Hammam area, west of Alexandria. Students from several military colleges and institutions were graduating at the event.

Russian Kronstadt Group Launches Orion-E MALE UAV

Kronstadt Technologies unveiled the first Russian medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) class unmanned aerial system during the MAKS 2017 airshow. Dubbed the Orion-E, the surveillance UAV has been undergoing flight-testing in Russia since last year.

Kalashnikov Developed Autonomous Combat Robot

Russian arms manufacturer Kalashnikov has announced it will launch a range of autonomous combat vehicles which will use artificial intelligence to identify targets and make decisions on their own, Vice News reported.

Iran Launches Mass Production Line of Sayyad-3 Missiles

Sayyad-3 Missile production line was launched on Saturday morning, according to the Iranian Mehr News Agency.

Sayyad-3 high-altitude air-defense missile has been designed with a range of 120 km and a 27-km flight altitude against airborne threats at medium and long range. A number of missiles were already delivered to Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base

"Keeping One Step Ahead of the Next Threat"

The summer of 2017 is passing very actively and emotionally at IAI: on the one hand, a police investigation is under way with regard to the activities of the employees' union. On the other hand – technological achievements are recorded and mega-deals are being finalized, particularly opposite India.

National Resilience at the Home Front – Stability at the Front Line

For more than two decades now, extensive conceptual and research essays have been written about the characteristics of conflicts in the 21st century. Among other things, these essays address the evolution of the conflicts from a structural point of view: war is no longer about two opposing military forces facing one another, but more about the military force of a state facing non-state players.