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Air-Launched Weapons

The USAF Selected Raytheon’s Missile for Long-Range Standoff Weapon Capability

April 21, 2020 GDC 0

The US Air Force (USAF) has ended its Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) development competition early, issuing a sole-source contract to Raytheon. Raytheon was competing with Lockheed Martin to design and build the service’s stealthy long-range, […]

  • Japanese Destroyer Escorts Australian Frigate For The First Time

    November 13, 2021 0
    TOKYO (GDC) — A Maritime Self-Defense Force ship escorted an Australian vessel during this week’s bilateral naval drill, Japan’s Defense Ministry said Friday, marking the first time Japanese forces protected warships other than U.S. vessels. [...]
  • Panama has canceled registration of Russian shadow oil tankers sending a huge blow to Vlad

    March 28, 2025 0
    Panama has canceled the registrations of dozens of sanctioned ships, potentially damaging Russian oil exports. Ukraine’s sea baby kamikaze drone destroyed another Russia’s shadow oil tanker.DateJanuary 10, 2026Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers [...]
  • China’s CETC Copies Legendary Bayraktar TB2 Drones

    January 17, 2023 0
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  • Unconscious Russian Pilots Crashed Su-30SM Fighter Jet Into Apartment Building

    October 24, 2022 0
    A Russian warplane has crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing both crew members – the second such fatal incident in a Russian residential area in six days involving a [...]
  • Algerian Air Force Will Replace Yak-130 Aircraft With Aero L-39NG Advanced Jet Trainer Amid Yak-130’s Flight Control System Issues

    September 22, 2024 0
    The L-39NG demonstrator arrived in Algeria to undergo a testing campaign, with the potential purchase by the Algerian Air Force, which is currently seeking its future training jet to replace the Yak-130. Aero Vodochody delivers [...]
  • Turkey is on track to developing a long-range Siper anti-air system

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Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

  • Air Platform

    In 2026, the Indian Air Force lost 11 fighter jets and a helicopter in the biggest peacetime losses.

  • Americas

    Rolls-Royce to manufacture propellers for U.S. Navy’s Constellation (FFG-62) frigates

  • Europe

    Kremlin decrees Russians to surrender their passports, bans international travel

  • Air Platform

    Incompetent Russian Pilot Crashed MiG-31 Foxhound After Take-off

  • Americas

    Secretary Antony Blinken advocating for Ukraine to be allowed to use American weapons to strike inside Russia

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Firm Converted Manned Helicopter into Unmanned Helicopter

  • Europe

    ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Delivers Fourth F125 Frigate To German Navy

  • C4iSR

    Rafael Drone Dome (C-UAS) System

  • Air Platform

    RAF Received Sixth Out of Nine P-8 Poseidon MPA

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s first Turkish-built corvette ‘Hetman Ivan Mazepa’ starts sea trials

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish TAI Signed An Agreement With Ukrainian FED Company For TF-X Fighters

  • Defense Industry

    BAE Systems Awarded £220 Million Contract For Ten Eurofighter Simulators

  • Americas

    Saab Started Production of Gripen F For Brazilian Air Force

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Wants AI-operated Autonomous Drones

  • Americas

    US blocks deliveries of engines and flight control systems of Comac C919 to China

  • Air Platform

    British army’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters achieved full operational capability

  • Air Platform

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Unveils Gaza UAV

  • Americas

    US Navy received final Block 2 Super Hornet

  • Europe

    Ukraine captured strategic town Klishchiivka near Bakhmut as Russian soldiers flee

  • Americas

    President Trump Deploys 10,000 Troops, Warships and Special Forces in Caribbean Islands.

  • Air Platform

    Bayraktar TB3 to perform maiden flight in 2022

  • Defense Industry

    Israeli Elbit Systems Profit Surges Amid Global Arms Demand

  • Europe

    Drone Footage Shows Putin’s Troops Surrendered To Ukraine’s Drone

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Cluster of Chinese coast guard vessels spotted near Russian oil rig off Vietnam

  • Europe

    Turkey successfully test-fires domestic 76mm naval gun

  • Air Platform

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

  • Naval Platforms

    The PLAN Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Donates Type 035B Submarine To Myanmar

  • Naval Platforms

    France’s FDI Frigate Will Accommodate 32 Aster 30 Missiles.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysian Army Purchases Turkish-made Tactical Armored Vehicles

  • Americas

    Raytheon enters full-rate production for SM-3 Block IIA

  • Americas

    Pentagon wants Ukraine’s $2000 interceptor drones for the US Army.

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Air Force Requested U.S. State Department To Approve The Sale Of Two F-35A Stealth Jets

  • Air Platform

    GE Delivers F414 Engines For South Korean KFX Fifth-Gen Fighter Jets

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman to produce Hydra-70 illuminating flares for US Army

  • Europe

    Royal Navy Built Carrier Strike Groups

  • Europe

    Turkey To Build Three More Istanbul Class Frigates

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems unveils smart factory that will build the Tempest fighter

  • Air Platform

    BIRD Aerosystems delivers advanced missile protection suite for Israeli Apache helicopters.

  • Defense Industry

    Australian companies to supply parts for Hunter class frigates

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Approves SLAM-ER And MS-110 Reconnaissance Pods For Taiwan

  • Europe

    Anti-semitic rioters stormed the airport in Russia’s Dagestan to stop flights to Israel

  • Europe

    Russia is losing its newest T-90 main battle tanks in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Russian-made Mi-171 and Mi-26 helicopter accidents injure more than 1000 members of the Indian Army’s Rapid Response Team and Paratroopers.

  • Air Platform

    South Korea and UAE signed agreement to co-develop KF-21 Boramae fighter jets

  • Air Platform

    Amid Turkey Tensions, Greece Buys Six More Rafale Fighters Bringing Total to 24 Jets

  • Air Platform

    South Korean KAI Unveils Fifth Generation Combat Aircraft Mockup

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan seeking 80 F-16V Block 70 fighter jets and 400 AMRAAM missiles from the United States

  • Europe

    Satellite imagery shows Russian dug in anti-tank position in occupied locations in Ukraine

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