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■India clears 2.12 trillion rupees of arms buys led by drones, air defence and helicopters ■Japan and Finland sign a pact to transfer defence equipment and develop weapons together ■Singapore's army unveils a drone-heavy infantry battalion with five-platoon companies ■US Air Force starts turning BYD cars away from Kadena as its ban on the Chinese brand takes effect ■Malaysia asks its Attorney-General's Chambers to weigh legal action over undelivered Naval Strike Missiles ■Australia opens a towed array sonar factory in Western Sydney for Hunter frigates and Collins submarines ■India clears 2.12 trillion rupees of arms buys led by drones, air defence and helicopters ■Japan and Finland sign a pact to transfer defence equipment and develop weapons together ■Singapore's army unveils a drone-heavy infantry battalion with five-platoon companies ■US Air Force starts turning BYD cars away from Kadena as its ban on the Chinese brand takes effect ■Malaysia asks its Attorney-General's Chambers to weigh legal action over undelivered Naval Strike Missiles ■Australia opens a towed array sonar factory in Western Sydney for Hunter frigates and Collins submarines

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An eight-wheeled Terrex armoured infantry carrier vehicle in camouflage paint parked on display outdoors

Singapore's army unveils a drone-heavy infantry battalion with five-platoon companies

The Next Generation Infantry Battalion gives each company two drone sections, a new light machine gun and handheld battle-management links, now on trial in Australia.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read

A US Army soldier stands beside an open-topped Infantry Squad Vehicle explaining it to Australian soldiers at a training base

US Army expands Infantry Squad Vehicle requirement from 649 to nearly 12,000, GM Defense says

GM Defense says the Army now plans to field its light, unarmoured troop carrier across 39 mobile brigades, and that it is also making PAC-3 MSE missile parts.

TaiwanDefence · 13 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Camouflaged eight-wheeled CM34 infantry fighting vehicles with soldiers standing in their hatches on a Taipei street

Taiwan mechanized battalion ends 10-day unscripted combat test that cut its command links

A 234th Mechanized Infantry Brigade battalion passed a round-the-clock evaluation that added wounded civilians, drone threats and a simulated loss of its radio links.

TaiwanDefence · 12 Oct 2026 · 2 min read