A Russian Army T-90 tank was accidentally hit by an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) during exercises held in the Astrakhan region on September 15.

Pictures of the damaged T-90 tank appeared in various social media but there is no official confirmation of this incident from the Russian military.  Currently,  multinational exercise “Kavkaz 2020” (“Caucasus 2020”) are being held there from September 15–26.

Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes has announced the creation of a new Joint Task Force for the Montes de María region, in the north of the country. The new Task Force will be made up of components from the Army (with Ground Operations Battalions), the Navy (with Marine Infantry Battalions), the Air Force (with a UAV squad) and the National Police. The objective is to be able to carry out in a coordinated manner counter-insurgent, anti-terrorist and anti-drug operations in its area of ​​jurisdiction, which is affected by the criminal activities of the Clan del Golfo (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia).

The Polish Ministry of Finances has prepared an amendment bill for the 2020 budget that, after being transferred to the parliament, has been adopted by the Council of Ministers on 20th August 2020. The national defence expenditure section envisages that an expenditure increase of 3 PLN billion (approx. 0.8 USD billion) shall be expected. The money is to be allocated to modernization efforts, within the framework of a special purpose fund. The changes mean that the defence spending planned so far, for the year 2020, would be increased from 49.8 PLN billion (approx. 13.5 USD billion) to 52.8 billion zlotys (approx. 14.3 USD billion). Of that amount, 17.8 billion zlotys (4.8 USD billion) would be allocated to capital expenditure, which means that 1/3 of the budget value would be assigned to that section - this is a record-breaking amount. The extra amount would be used to finalize extra equipment purchases, within the framework of the current Technical Modernization Plan.

UAE Government has decided to donate 80 Leclerc tanks to Jordan. In 1993, the UAE MoD ordered 436 these tanks from French Company Giat Industries (Nexter today) including  388 Leclerc MBTs, two driver training tanks, and 48 armored recovery tanks based on the Leclerc MBT chassis.

Thai Marine Corps have ordered 3 Chinese VN16 amphibious light tanks, for $12.83 million. The VN16 which is the export version of the Chinese made ZTD-05, an amphibious light tank designed and manufactured in China by NORINCO, especially for naval infantry units.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Reed Werner and Maldivian Minister of Defense Mariya Didi signed the “Framework for U.S. Department of Defense-Maldives Ministry of Defence Defense and Security Relationship” in Philadelphia on September 10.

Peruvian MoD is negotiating purchase of two ex-Spanish Air Force KC-130 tankers.

Thuringian manufacturer C.G. Haenel has won the contract for the delivery of 120,000 MK556 assault rifles to the Bundeswehr (German army), a contract worth around 245 million euros (over $290 million). The exact configuration of the weapons and the accessories they will be equipped with is still  unconfirmed. The MK556 will replace the H&K G36 assault rifle in service with the German HEER and other tri-services units.

US based Oshkosh Defense  won a tender to supply 322 JLTVs 4x4 armored vehicles designated CLV (Command and Liaison Vehicle) as a replacement of IVECO Lynx LMV armored vehicles in service with the Belgian army.

According to the Ukrainian newspaper "Evropeyskaya Pravda", the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has received a proposal to build eight large missile boats for the Ukrainian Navy under the British project. The first two boats are to be built in Great Britain, the remaining six - at Ukrainian shipyards. The project is to be financed through a loan of £ 1,25 billion ($ 1,6 billion), which will allegedly be provided by the UK for a period of 10 years. Also, the funds of this loan should be used to modernize the bases of the Ukrainian Navy.