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C4iSR

Russia lacks the industrial capability to manufacture an active protection system, according to a Russian defence expert.

November 9, 2025 GDC 0

A prominent Russian military analyst says Russia continues to face major technical obstacles in developing and fielding an effective active protection system (APS) for its armored vehicles, despite decades of effort and the growing use […]

Europe

Turkey to equip Altay tanks with AKKOR active protection system

January 9, 2025 GDC 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Hyundai Rotem Unveils K2 Tank With The Most Advanced Active Protection System

October 13, 2024 GDC 0

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C4iSR

Elbit Systems Awarded $600 Million Contract To Produce Active Protection And EOTS For Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles

February 29, 2024 GDC 0

Elbit Systems says it will provide “advanced protection, fighting capabilities and sensors” for new Korean-designed Infantry Fighting Vehicles. The company’s technology was stripped from Australian Army equipment over possible data security concerns three years ago. […]

Land Platform

Russian Propagandist Editing T-90M Blow-Up Video In Ukraine With Merkava Tank Fitted With Trophy Active Protection System

October 11, 2023 GDC 0

Russian propagandists have attempted to pass off footage circulating on social media of a Russian T-90M tank being blown up in the war in Ukraine as an Israeli Merkava tank being destroyed by Hamas militants. […]

Americas

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Delivered Final Trophy APS To The US

January 10, 2021 GDC 0

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has delivered the final Trophy active protection system (APS) to the US Army for integration on its line of M1 Abrams main battle tanks. The company began delivering the systems to […]

Land Platform

U.S. Army sets to upgrade Abrams tank with Israeli Trophy APS

July 13, 2020 GDC 0

The U.S. Army has announced on 10 July that it is decided to mount Trophy active protection system on Abrams tanks which will deploy to Poland. According to a press release issued Friday by the U.S. Army […]

Land Platform

Hanwha Defence AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle

October 3, 2019 GDC 0

Hanwha’s AS21 Redback is a heavily-upgraded version of the K21 IFV that has been in service with the South Korean army since 2009. […]

  • US Air Force Deploys F-15C, F-16 In Poland

    July 3, 2021 0
    USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia executes a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise [...]
  • China deploys troops, tanks, and artillery near the Indian border

    October 22, 2023 0
    China has added more firepower to the border with India in 2022, marking a continued phase of military tensions, according to a new report. IAF deployed fighter jets at border in Ladakh after spotting Chinese [...]
  • Rohingya whips Bangladeshi troop after a troop sexually assaulted a woman

    August 3, 2020 0
    DHAKA (GDC) — The Bangladesh military said Thursday it had ordered an investigation after a Rohingya family in a refugee camp accused army troops of sexually assaulting a Rohingya woman. The inquiry comes as around [...]
  • President Trump embraces Pakistan, a great opportunity for Pakistan’s economy and armed forces.

    August 14, 2025 0
    Pakistan’s chief of army staff Asim Munir smiled for the camera this weekend, arm in arm with a top American general – his second warm welcome this summer into the heart of the US establishment. [...]
  • Until Ireland Invest in Irish Air Corps, Russia will continue to violate its sovereignty

    March 21, 2020 0
    Neutrality does not protect any nation in peace or at wartime. The definition of neutrality says that the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict or disagreement is an impartial state [...]
  • US to deploy Patriot Missile Defense System at US base in Iraq

    March 16, 2020 0
    The United States has asked Iraq for permission to put Patriot missile systems at bases hosting US troops to improve defences against attacks like the January 8 Iranian missile attack that caused brain injuries to more than [...]
Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

  • Air Platform

    Vietnam Turning Cold War Era MiG-21 mothballs into target drones

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan destroyed Nebo-M radar of Armenia using TB2 drone

  • Europe

    Israel Approves Sending Blue Spear Anti-ship Missile And Spike NLOS To Ukraine By Estonia

  • Middle East

    Israeli special forces ‘Sayeret Matkal’ raided and destroyed Iranian chemical weapons factory in Syria, reports say

  • Europe

    Russia’s Howitzers Flawed With Accuracy and Range Issues

  • Air Platform

    Peru shortlists F-16, KF-21 or Gripen fighter jet to replace Russian-made MiG-29

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops intercept and destroy Russian armored convoy

  • Europe

    Turkish Defense Export Surpasses to $10 Billion in 2025.

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. Asked Egypt to Supply 50 MiG-29M2 to Ukraine in Return of F-15EX

  • Americas

    The U.S. Navy Sends 25 EA-18G Growler EW Aircraft to Boneyard

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone destroyed Russia’s only Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft.

  • South Asia

    Saab will offer complete transfer of technology to India at half the cost of Rafale, says Saab India CMD

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Pentagon approved AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles and F-16 upgrade packages for Pakistan.

  • C4iSR

    Thales to Supply FLASH Dipping Sonar to German Navy

  • Africa

    The U.S. Must Supply Arms To African Countries To Counter Chinese Arms Exports

  • South Asia

    Indian ATS Arrests A HAL Employee For Supplying Aircraft Information to Pakistan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Commissions Fourth Taigei-class Conventional Submarine

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones hit Russia’s second oil refinery

  • Infantry Weapons

    Czech Republic to buy 52 Nexter Caesar Howitzers

  • Americas

    Canada to purchase Australian-made over-the-horizon radar JORN system, ditching American Raytheon

  • Europe

    Russians who settled in Crimea post 2014 occupation started to flee Crimea after the Ukrainian assault using sea drones and missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PRC regrets buying Russian S-400 air defense system

  • Europe

    Russian Military Admits That Its Soldiers Killed, Including Army General

  • Industry

    ASC And CSIRO To Pioneer Additive Manufacturing Using Supersonic Cold Spray

  • C4iSR

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce Arexis Electronic Warfare Suite For German Eurofighter Typhoon

  • C4iSR

    India Dumps Russian IL-76A-50EI AEW&C And Opt-in European Options

  • Americas

    Littoral combat ship USS Savannah delivered to U.S. Navy

  • Europe

    Despite Economic Downturn, Greece Continues To Modernize Its Military

  • Air Platform

    Ecuador Grounds Indian-made HAL Dhruv Junk Helicopters After Four Crashes

  • South Asia

    Bangladeshi Court Rejects Sedation Charges Against Aljazeera Network For Blowing Whistle About Army Chief’s Corruption

  • Europe

    UK and Norway join multinational CAVS armoured vehicle research and development project led by Finland.

  • Defense Industry

    Spanish Sascorp To Unveil Amphibious UGV At FEINDEF 2021

  • Europe

    Another Sabotage Attack With Massive Explosion Derailing Crimea Train

  • Air Platform

    Transactional Trump: Bangladesh Air Guard Could Receive American Jets, Bangladesh Will Never Receive Eurofighter Or Rafale For Poor Human Rights Record

  • Europe

    Putin Will Not Live To See 2024, Says Exiled Russian Official

  • Europe

    Sweden conducted the first tests with the Saab Lightweight Torpedo (SLWT) from a corvette and a submarine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Unveils kamikaze drones that can coordinate salvo strikes.

  • Europe

    Russia’s attempts to occupy Donbas has failed by Ukrainian resistance

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    AIM-174B ‘Gunslinger’ Nickname Hinted at by Commander, Naval Air Forces and U.S. Pacific Fleet

  • Europe

    Russia lost four T-90M tanks, 11 BTR-82A APCs and 20 artilleries in one day, reported Ukrainian MoD

  • Europe

    Turkey to manufacture Ejder Yalçın 4X4 tactical wheeled armored vehicle in Hungary

  • Europe

    Ukrainian sea drone blew up Russian oil tanker

  • Air Platform

    RAF’s Third and fourth P-8 Poseidon enter final stages of production

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin awarded contract to produce new batch of F-35 aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Germany Agreed to Deliver First Eurofighter Typhoon to Turkiye in 2028.

  • Americas

    Canada Purchases 88 F-35 Stealth Jets Worth $14.2 Billion

  • Europe

    Ukraine is winning naval and air warfare without having a navy and air force but losing ground warfare

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s attack on Novorossiysk port complicated the future of Russian Navy

  • Middle East

    Iran Consider Supplying Shahed-136 To Hezbullah, Israel Should Consider Supplying Ukraine With Missiles And Drones

  • Europe

    Putin watches American-made Humvees and Bradley vehicles roll into Russia, making history for American weapons

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