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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. […]

  • Mitsubishi Shipbuilding launches second PCG’s MRRV

    November 25, 2021 0
    Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, held a launching ceremony for the second of two large multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) being built for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Japan’s [...]
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Unveils New FFM Frigate For Export Markets

    November 16, 2023 0
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  • Putin dodged Iranian mullahs with Yak-130 training aircraft, instead of hyped-up Su-35

    September 5, 2023 0
    Iran’s air force reportedly received an initial batch of Russian-made trainer aircraft. The Iranian Tasnim news agency on Saturday reported that the first two Yak-130 aircraft had arrived from Russia. Algerian Air Force Will Replace [...]
  • Ukrainian Navy To Trials Shipboard Neptune Anti-ship Missile

    August 29, 2022 0
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  • Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier achieve fully operational capability

    October 5, 2021 0
    The Royal Navy has declared its newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales fully operational after completing the international exercise off the Scottish coast. Royal Navy Trials Drone Launching From HMS Prince of Wales Aircraft [...]
  • Eurofighter Typhoon Lands in Turkey for inspection by British and Turkish officials

    January 5, 2025 0
    Two Eurofighter Typhoon jets belonging to the U.K.’s Royal Air Force landed at Mürted Air Base in Ankara, Türkiye’s capital for inspection by Turkish officials, media reports said Wednesday. Germany Blocks Turkish Request To Purchase [...]
Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

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Europe

Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

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Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

  • Anti-ship Missile

    South Korea unveils new supersonic Haeseong‑5 anti-ship missile.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia deploys S-400 surface-to-air missiles in Belarus

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS destroys Russian Pantsir air defense system

  • Europe

    Ukraine launched major drone attacks on Russia

  • Air Platform

    Leaked Document Shows Russia’s Rostec Falsified Performance Data for the Zhuk-ME Radar in Indian Navy’s MiG-29K.

  • Europe

    Luftwaffe And Israeli Air Force Conduct Air Combat Exercises For The First Time

  • Infantry Weapons

    SIG SAUER Unveiled 716i TREAD Assault Weapons

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s F-7BG Crashed in West Bengal, India: Report PTI

  • Middle East

    Russia Contemplates Opening Second Front As Vladimir Putin Welcomes Hamas and Iranian Leader in Moscow

  • Americas

    The RSAF Trainee Pilots Are Cleared To Train at the US Naval Bases

  • Americas

    President Trump Fired African-American and Female Officers From Army, Navy and Air Force

  • Europe

    U.S. Approves F-35, Super Hornet And Patriot Missile Defense System For Switzerland

  • Europe

    Russia’s total servicemen deaths account for 300,810 after Avdiivka offensives

  • C4iSR

    France Purchases Two Saab GlobalEye Early Warning and Control Aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Lessons from the Ukraine war, China wants to develop conventional warfighting capability to counter the U.S. influence in Indo-Pacific

  • C4iSR

    HENSOLDT’s Kalaetron Attack Jammer To Provide Electronic Shield For Eurofighter and FCAS

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Italian Army has received its first new-generation SAMP/T NG and GRIFO air defense systems.

  • Europe

    Ukraine and Turkey to Deepen Defense Cooperation

  • Anti-air Missiles

    MBDA Awarded Contract To Produce CAMM Missiles For Sweden’s Visby Class Corvettes

  • Americas

    Modernized Tomahawk Cruise Missiles to Get Raytheon Guidance Systems

  • Americas

    The USAF And RAAF Join F-35 Training Partnership

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Astra BVRAAM Air-to-Air Missile

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Relocates 24 F-16J Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Aircraft in the Middle East from Germany.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Purchases 150 Gripen E/F and 100 Dassault Rafale F4 Fighter Jets.

  • Europe

    France To Supply CEASAR 155mm Howitzers To Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Thailand bid to make defense tech industry self-reliant

  • Air Platform

    Germany to Upgrade Airbus A400M Airlifter Fleet for $165 Million

  • Europe

    Su-34 bomber crashed in Khabarovsk Territory in Russia

  • Europe

    UK to buy German-made new artillery system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Uighurs: The Darkest Chapter Of Human History Since Nazi Concentration Camps

  • Europe

    Ukraine will pass legislation recognizing Ukrainian-speaking persons living in Russia as Ukrainian territories

  • C4iSR

    Saab to deliver Giraffe ground-based longe-range surveillance radar systems to UAE

  • Africa

    Sudan’s Army Destroyed Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense system.

  • Europe

    Turkish Unmanned Surface Vessel Gets Rocketsan Missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones break world record by travelling 1,500 km to hit Russia’s oil refinery in Bashkiria

  • Europe

    General Atomics Received Civil Aviation Certification to Fly MQ-9B Drones over Civil Airspace

  • Cyber

    Chinese state-sponsored group carried out widespread cyber espionage campaign in Israel – report

  • Middle East

    ThyssenKrupp Delivers First MEKO A-200 Frigate To Egyptian Navy

  • Uncategorized

    Ukraine Shot Down Su-25 and Su-24 Fighter-bomber In Bakhmut

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Russian Su-35 Fighter Jets Far From Kyiv

  • C4iSR

    Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon jets and their pilot’s bionic helmets helped Israel repel Iran’s drone

  • Infantry Weapons

    China’s Norinco VN-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IVF)

  • Air Platform

    Chinese Defence Ministry Spokesperson Denies Reports of J-10C Sale to Egypt

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Aerospace Industries Offers KAAN Fifth-gen Fighter Jets to European and Asian countries

  • Europe

    Retreating Putin’s Soldiers Stole Raccoons, Wolves, Peacocks, Llama and Donkey From Kherson Zoo

  • C4iSR

    Analysis: A Modern Integrated Air Defense Systems

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Path to Insanity: South China Sea Explosion Explained!

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. to Sale Bunker Busting GBU-57 Bombs to Israel

  • Europe

    25 Percent of Russian Businesses Declared Bankruptcy Due to High Inflation, High Interest Rates and No Export Customers

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Commissions Its 69th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer

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