Defense Industry
Turkish Aselsan Secured $2 Billion Work Orders in 2024.
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Europe
Europe
Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.
Lithuania has signed a 252 million euro contract with KNDS France for a second batch of 30 CAESAR Mk II 155 mm wheeled howitzers, expanding a program first launched in 2022. The move strengthens long-range […]
Defense Industry
Turkish Defense Exports Reached $8.5 Billion in 2024.
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Lithuania purchases 100 CV90 armored fighting vehicles.
Lithuania has approved plans to acquire 100 Swedish-made CV90 MkIV infantry fighting vehicles as part of a joint procurement with five other NATO allies, a move aimed at modernizing its ground forces and expanding regional […]
Air Platform
Ukraine’s kamikaze drone destroyed Russia’s only Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it disabled a Russian Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft ahead of a separate operation that destroyed a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the port of Novorossiysk. The disclosure reveals a two-phase operation […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Sweden’s Gripen Test Fires Taurus KEPD Cruise Missile For Deep Strike Capability.
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Europe
Nordic Air Defence to trial Kreuger interceptor drone in Ukraine.
Nordic Air Defence plans winter flight tests of its Kreuger interceptor drone, followed by trials in Ukraine, according to company officials. Nordic Air Defence confirmed in an interview with Defender Media that it will flight-test […]
Europe
Thyssenkrupp awarded contract to produce DM2A5 heavyweight torpedoes for Germany and Norway.
On 19 December 2025, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Germany’s procurement authority BAAINBw signed a framework agreement in Koblenz covering DM2A5 heavyweight torpedoes for the German Norwegian Type 212CD submarine program. The deal ties Europe’s next-generation […]
Europe
Turkish shipbuilder delivers the MILGEM corvette PNS Khaibar to the Pakistan Navy.
On December 20, 2025, Türkiye formally delivered the MILGEM corvette PNS Khaibar to the Pakistan Navy during a ceremony in Istanbul led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The handover underscores Ankara’s expanding defense export footprint […]
Europe
Russia’s Su-30 and Su-27 Fighter Jets Caught Fire at Lipetsk Airbase.
Ukrainian military intelligence says two Russian fighter aircraft were disabled during a fire at a military airfield near the city of Lipetsk overnight on Dec. 20–21, in what Kyiv describes as a sabotage operation carried […]