The German Navy will get brand new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters for its frigates. On November 20, the German Parliament, the Bundestag, cleared a €2.7 billion deal for 31 NH90 helicopters in the “Sea Tiger” […]
Ukraine is set to purchase five more Turkish-made Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) next year, local media reports said Thursday, learned GDC citing Daily Sabah. “The decision has been made and […]
Two major US defense initiatives recently came together as a US Air Force F-35A Lightning II dropped a mock refurbished B61-12 nuclear bomb for the first time. The test, which took place over Sandia National Laboratories’ Tonopah […]
The French government has selected MBDA to develop its Missile Haut de Trame/Missile Longue Portée (MHT/MLP – High Tier Missile/Long Range Missile) concept as the preferred solution for the Direction Générale de l’Armement’s (DGA’s – […]
A missile fired from a US Navy warship successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time Monday during a test of the American missile defense system. The newly demonstrated capability could bolster the missile defense […]
Algeria has signed a contract to buy 14 Russian Sukhoi Su-57 bombers as the arms race with its neighbour Morocco intensifies, a Moroccan MINA news site reported. Media outlets quoted Russia’s Sputnik as saying that the government […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in the kingdom on Sunday, according to three Saudi government advisers, in their first known meeting and amid a US push to normalise ties […]
Rheinmetall has unveiled the first of three Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) that will compete in test and evaluation trials with an equal number of Hanwha Defense Redback IFVs for the Australian Army’s Project […]
In an airstrike by the Israeli Air Force, the 51st air defense regiment of the Syrian air force armed with the Pantsir-S and BAVAR-373 air defense system were destroyed, including the newly acquired armor-S1 close […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia and met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, learned GDC citing Israeli newspapers Haaretz. Citing unnamed Israeli sources, Israeli public broadcaster […]
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