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  • [ April 16, 2026 ] Indra awarded contract to produce EW and radar systems for Type 212CD submarines. Europe
  • [ April 16, 2026 ] Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS. East Asia and Pacific Region
  • [ April 16, 2026 ] Royal Australian Navy formally established the Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit to Operate Ghost Shark XL-UUV, Bluebottle USV, and Speartooth LUUV. AUV Platform
  • [ April 16, 2026 ] Welfare payments chewed the defence budget. ‘Corrosive complacency’ towards British national security, Lord Robertson says. Europe
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Month: April 2023

Defense Industry

France unveils €413 billion military budget spread over next 7 years, amid Ukraine war

April 10, 2023 GDC 0

On April 4th, the French government unveiled the new Military Programming Budget (LPM), which is €100 billion higher than the previous seven-year budget. Sébastien Lecornu, French Minister of Defense, described this LPM as an “unprecedented […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin Delivers Mid-range Capability System To U.S. Army

April 10, 2023 GDC 0

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of four Typhon weapon system prototypes to the US Army. Called the Mid-Range Capability (MRC), the system is one of the army’s top modernization priorities for new long-range precision […]

Defense Industry

UK, Japan And Italy Agree On Developing New Sixth-Gen Fighter Jets For Tri-nations Air Force

April 10, 2023 GDC 0

Rishi Sunak has announced a collaboration between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter jet that uses artificial intelligence. The prime minister says the joint venture aims to create thousands of UK […]

Europe

Ukranian hackers altered Putin fanatic’s Aliexpress account and placed £20,000 worth sex toys order instead of drones

April 9, 2023 GDC 0

A Russian war fanatic who spent £20,000 on drones for Vladimir Putin’s troops has received a batch of sex toys after his purchase was hacked. The pro-Kremlin muscovite raised the funds with hopes to progress Russia’s failed invasion but […]

Europe

Russia’s Su-25 Fighter Jet Crashed In Belgorod Due To Pilot Fatigue

April 9, 2023 GDC 1

A Russian Aerospace Forces Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft crashed in the country’s Belgorod Region on the morning of April 6, 2023. The pilot was killed.   According to a statement issued by the Russian Defense […]

Europe

A Quadcopter Drone Crashed Into Russia’s S-400 Surface-to-air Missiles Manufacturing Facility

April 9, 2023 GDC 0

An unmanned aerial vehicle was scouting over the Russian Fakel plant. The drone went down on the factory premises. The Fakel plant is located a couple of kilometres from Moscow, if we’re talking about the […]

Defense Industry

Netherlands and Belgium agree on building $4.4 billion ASW frigates

April 9, 2023 GDC 0

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Americas

Lockheed Martin Announced Backlog Of 398 F-35 Stealth Jets Worth $30 Billion

April 9, 2023 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Russian Technicians Sabotaging MiG-29 Fleet Worldwide, Amid Fears Of Transferring MiGs to Ukraine

April 8, 2023 GDC 0

Russian mechanics are probably linked to the sabotage of Slovak MiG-29 fighter jets in a bid to stop the country delivering aircraft to Ukraine, said Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď. “They could fly, but that […]

Europe

Ukraine Started Using Excalibur Precision Strike Artillery Rounds

April 8, 2023 GDC 0

The Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Gen. Valeriy Zaluznhiy, has posted a video on his Facebook channel which shows the effects of the U.S. M982 Excalibur 155 mm extended-range guided artillery shell against Russian forces […]

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  • Russia Says Ukraine Tracked Russia’s Servicemen’s Mobile Phones and Location Tagging In Social Media and Preprogrammed HIMARS Rockets GPS Seeker

    January 6, 2023 0
    According to Russian defence ministry, the main reason for the attack was clearly the illegal mass use of mobile phones by servicemen. Russia’s defense ministry on Wednesday blamed the illegal use of mobile phones for [...]
  • MBDA Awarded Contract To Produce Aster 30 Missiles For Royal Navy

    March 19, 2023 0
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  • Lockheed Awarded $9.8 Billion Contract to Produce 1,970 Patriot PAC3 Missiles.

    September 12, 2025 0
    The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $9.8 billion contract for the production of 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors and associated hardware. This marks the largest contract in [...]
  • Exposed! Sukhoi Su-57’s X-band N036 Byelka And N036L L Band Radars Are Not What You Think?

    January 24, 2022 0
    Su-57’s “distributed radar” must radiate electromagnetic waves outwards to work, equivalent to a person walking at night with flashlights all over his body, making it easier to be spotted. Restricted by backward microelectronics technology, Russian [...]
  • SY-400/DF-12A/BP12A Short-range Ballistic Missile

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  • Thai Army Secured Disputed Temple, Barricade Cambodian Access

    August 1, 2025 0
    Fencing erected at Ta Muean Thom after strategic site becomes flashpoint in border conflict. Royal Thai Air Force’s Gripen fighter jets bombed Cambodia as fights erupted between both neighbors for border disputesDateJuly 24, 2025Thai Air [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

  • Africa

    Damen delivers FCS 3307 patrol vessel to Nigeria’s Homeland

  • Air Platform

    Boeing’s F-15 Fighter Jet Celebrate 50 Years Of Undefeated Streak

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Starts Series Production Of KF-21 Fighter Jets

  • Middle East

    Qatari Patriot missile shoots down two Iranian Su-24 Fencer attack jets, drones and 7 ballistic missiles.

  • Middle East

    Israeli Female Soldiers Killed More Than 100 Hamas Terrorists

  • Air Platform

    Egypt is in discussion with the US to purchase F-15EX fighter jets.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Sunk Russian Supply Ship Using Danish Supplied Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Navy Receives First Neptune Anti-ship Missile System

  • Europe

    Italy Expels Two Russian Embassy Officials Over Spying

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar Clocked 100 Hours on PT-6 Basic Trainer, Spent 60 Hours as F-7BJI Trainee and Absent from Flying Activities for UN Peacekeeping Mission

  • Land Platform

    Pakistan inducts VT-4 main battle tank

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation Delivers Six Rafale Out Of Twelve To Croatia

  • Air Platform

    Saab Denied U.S. Veto on Gripen E Sales to Colombia in Favor of F-16V

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Su-25 fighter jet using Swedish-made RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Europe

    Russia No Longer Operating Airborne Sorties Beyond Kherson And Donetsk In Fear Of Western Air Defense

  • Africa

    Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin reselling arms to Sudanese terrorists group

  • Middle East

    Israeli F-35I Adir hits the area protected by S-300 and S-400 SAM systems in Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Why India and China should be given secondary sanctions?

  • Air Platform

    Brazilian Gripen E Starts Supersonic Flight Test

  • Middle East

    China’s big reverse-engineering fail in Iran, Pakistan and Venezuela as HQ-9B, HQ-16, CM-302 and YJ-21E destroyed by American air strikes.

  • Air Platform

    Australian Air Force trials temporary shelters for fighter jets

  • C4iSR

    Aselsan to Deliver AESA for F-16 Fighter Jet by 2022

  • Air Platform

    Eurofighter Consortium aims to sale next-gen Eurofighter Typhoon to Austria, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Turkey

  • Europe

    Vladimir Putin signs decree allowing neo-Nazis, pro-autocrats and destructive personalities to seek shelter in Russia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Aggressive Act: Chinese Spy Ship Spotted In Australian EEZ

  • Land Platform

    United Arab Emirates Delivers First Batch Of Armored Vehicles To Russia

  • Defense Industry

    Russia imports 80 percent of its missile components from Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, USA and South Korea

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Puts T-7A Red Hawk into Vigorous Testing

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea launches Miguel Malvar-class guided missile frigate for Philippine Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. to expedite arms exports to Indo-Pacific nations

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 is a gloried fourth-gen fighter, far from a stealth fighters

  • Air Platform

    Turkey wants to rejoin the F-35 program after Trump takes over the Whitehouse.

  • Americas

    US Army To Introduce Integrated Visual Augmentation Systems

  • Europe

    China Launches 10th Type 055 Destroyer, Increases Production At Dagushan

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall unveiled next-generation HX3 tactical mobility truck

  • Air Platform

    UK and Turkiye Signed $10 Billion Contract for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon.

  • Air Platform

    Singapore Air Force Purchases H225M Helicopter Simulator From Spanish Indra

  • Europe

    South Korea’s new KF-21 fighter jet passes AESA radar test

  • Europe

    Several ATACMS strikes at Dzhankoy airbase destroyed five S-400 launchers, 15 helicopters and killed 30 Russian airmen

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Will Continue to Work Vertification Programme of Falco Xplorer UAV

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan Inducts 14 JF-17B Twin Seats Fighter Jets

  • South Asia

    Indian Prime Minister Adolf Modi’s anti-Chinese unilateral India-only neighbourhood policy responsible for the ouster of pro-Modi Sheikh Hasina

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine’s MGM-140 ATACMS missile perfectly exploits Russia’s S-400 Triumf’s 92N6E multi-function radar

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    South Korean F-15K Test Fires Taurus KEPD Long-range Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy Commissions Replenishment Ship HMAS Stalwart

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rheinmetall win a contract to supply 225 Boxer CRVs to Australian Army

  • Middle East

    UK sent special forces in Lebanon to support any rescue missions

  • Europe

    Korean KAI Offers FA-50 as Slovakia’s L-39 Trainer Replacement

  • Middle East

    Advancing Nuclear Ambitions of Saudi Arabia With China and Pakistan’s Help

  • C4iSR

    China’s CETC Displays KLJ-7A Radar For JF-17 Block III

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