Europe
Bayraktar Kizilelma Achieved Air-to-air Missile Firing Capability.
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Anti-air Missiles
Israel Delivers First Operational Arrow-3 Missile Defense System to Germany.
System will be stationed at Holzdorf Air Base, about 40 kilometers south of Berlin; base is set to become German military’s largest installation in the east and will serve as a frontline defense point against […]
Europe
Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Pylons for Gripen C/D Fighter Jets.
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Agency (FMV) for a new launch system for Gripen C/D and Gripen E. The order value is approximately SEK 1 billion. This is a […]
Europe
Rheinmetall offers next-generation KF51 main battle tanks to Romania.
German defence group Rheinmetall has offered its KF51 Panther main battle tank to Romania, according to Romanian outlet EconMedia. The proposal was made during a ceremony marking the establishment of a joint venture, Rheinmetall Victoria […]
Air Platform
Boeing awarded $4.7 billion contract to build 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters for Poland.
U.S. company Boeing will produce 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces under a nearly 4.7 billion dollar contract awarded by the U.S. Army. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2028, marking […]
Europe
Ukraine’s drone strikes destroyed Russia’s Tu-95 and A-50 aircraft repair shop.
Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery and the Beriev aircraft plant in Taganrog—where Moscow repairs its strategic bombers—came under Ukrainian attack overnight. Ukrainian Defense Forces hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai and an aircraft […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Poland purchases AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM missile to arm F-35A fighter jets.
Poland has signed a 500 million dollar government-to-government contract with the United States to buy AIM-120D-3 AMRAAMs for its future F-35A Husarz fleet and existing F-16Cs/Ds, following a wider U.S. approval worth up to 1.33 […]
Europe
Germany purchases drones, missiles and assault rifles worth €2.9 billion.
German lawmakers are set to approve spending €2.9 billion on 11 military procurement contracts for items including drones, rifles and missiles. The defense ministry is seeking approval for purchases from domestic manufacturers such as Heckler […]
Europe
Russia announced $166 billion defense budget for 2026.
The budget totals 44.1 trillion rubles in spending, about $520 billion, with revenues at 40.3 trillion rubles and a 4 trillion ruble deficit. Defense gets 12.9-13 trillion rubles ($166 billion), rising to 38 percent when […]
Europe
Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea.
Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to an official in Ukraine’s security services (SBU). Ukraine claimed the attacks after explosions hit the two […]