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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, […]

  • Patriot, NASAMS and Iris-T showing 100 percent success rate in Ukraine as Russia using long-range bombers instead of fighter jets to strike Kyiv

    July 7, 2023 0
    Russia recently launched its first major drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv after taking a 12-day hiatus but the Kremlin’s assault didn’t go as planned after officials in the city announced that the country’s [...]
  • Ukraine started equipping locally built drones with guided munitions

    August 3, 2024 0
    Ukrainian defense industry enterprises have been developing these guided munitions as part of the Brave1 military technology development cluster to enhance the effectiveness of drone bombers. Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes destroyed Russia’s cruise missile factory.DateOctober [...]
  • Bangladesh Air Guard’s F-7BG Crashed in West Bengal, India: Report PTI

    August 1, 2021 0
    A two-seater Bangladesh Air Guard’s plane landed under emergency conditions in a field in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district last Saturday, but the pilots onboard are safe. The plane made the emergency landing during a storm [...]
  • Ukrainian F-16 shot down Russian Su-34 fighter bombers in another humiliation for Russia

    November 30, 2024 0
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  • Mi-8 Helicopter Crashed in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve In Russia

    August 13, 2021 0
    A Mi-8 helicopter with 13 tourists and three crew members on board has crash landed in Kamchatka, the helicopter of the Disaster Medicine Center is heading to the crash site of a tourist helicopter, the [...]
  • U.S. State Department Approves Harpoon And AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles For Philippines

    June 26, 2021 0
    The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines of AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Air Launched Block II Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $120 million. The [...]
Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Test Fires KN-25 600MM Multiple Rocket Launch System.

March 24, 2026 0

North Korea confirmed that twelve KN-25 600mm multiple rocket launch systems were used during its latest military test drill. The exercise highlights Pyongyang’s continued efforts to expand long-range precision-strike capabilities within its rocket artillery forces. […]

  • Naval Platforms

    Turkish STM Engineering and ASFAT to cooperate on MILGEM project for Pakistan Navy’s corvettes

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian ATACMS destroyed Russia’s S-400 launchers, three radars and Fundament-M air surveillance system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China tests maritime blockade strategy in Miyako Strait near Japan.

  • Europe

    The Czech Republic plans to buy new Leopard A28 tanks

  • Europe

    France Considers Sending Leclerc Main Battle Tanks To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Lockheed Pitching F-35 to Greece, Czech Republic and Spain

  • Middle East

    ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems delivers the second MEKO A-200 class frigate to the Egyptian Navy

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Trials Australian E-7 Wedgetail As A Replacement For E-3 Sentry AEW&C

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine To Nationalize Jet Engine Producer Motor Sich From Chinese Skyrizon

  • Industry

    Aero India 2021: HAL Displays Its Own Loyal Wingman Concept

  • Americas

    First Brazilian Gripen E arrives in Brazil

  • Americas

    AH-64E Apache And Jolly Green II Complete Joint Exercise

  • Europe

    Hungary Plans To Buy Israeli Iron Dome Anti-artillery Missiles

  • Africa

    Morocco Signed Agreement To Buy 24 AH-64E Apache Helicopters

  • Europe

    Russian Man Killed Military Commander Recruiting Conscripts For Ukraine War

  • Air Platform

    Thailand Commits to Procure Gripen E/F Fighter Jets to Replace Ageing F-16

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia launches RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile targeting Ukraine’s Dnipro city

  • C4iSR

    KRONOS Naval Multifunctional Radar

  • Defense Industry

    Germany purchases 227 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles

  • Europe

    Russia sent barrages of drones in Poland to test NATO allies.

  • Europe

    ThyssenKrupp will develop new lithium-ion battery for German Navy submarine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China hikes defense budget to 6.8% in FY2021

  • Middle East

    Israeli Mossad assassinates Iran’s IRGC intelligence chief and his deputy

  • Americas

    First UH-60V Black Hawk inducted into service by US Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China unveiled two new Type 094A (Jin-class) submarines

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Networks F-15 and F-22 Raptor

  • Middle East

    President Erdogan Normalizes Ties With Egypt And Saudi Arabia

  • Middle East

    The Dangers Presented by Russian and Chinese Weapons Sales to Iranian Regime

  • Defense Industry

    Rohde & Schwarz selected as supplier for Slovak Air Force F-16V aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Hackers breached the Russian defense industrial complex and exposed data on Iranian drones sold to Russia

  • Americas

    U.S. Senate Passes $95.3 Billion Aid Packages For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany will provide additional IRIS-T SLM air defense systems to Ukraine

  • Americas

    Pentagon Approves Long-range Tomahawk Cruise Missile for Ukraine.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Diehl Defence Unveils 100km Range IRIS-T SLM/X Air Defense System.

  • Europe

    Denmark purchases 129 Patria armored vehicles

  • Defense Industry

    Thales Australia awarded $160 million contract to build more Bushmasters after donating 90 to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Poland wants to establish nuclear deterent by establishing nuclear forces

  • Middle East

    Israeli F-16 destroyed Iranian BAVAR-373 AKA S-300PMU2 SAM in Syria

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine Launches American-made ADM-160 MALD Decoy To Deplete Russian Air Defense Systems

  • Air Platform

    China copies US Navy’s E-2 Hawkeye AEW&C

  • Europe

    Russian military lost 31,996 pieces of equipment in Ukraine war, but how bad Russia’s equipment losses are?

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    Air Platform

    Sikorsky Delivers Future Long-range Assault Aircraft Proposal to U.S. Army

  • Uncategorized

    U.S State Department Approves Sale Of Rocket Launchers Ammunitions To Finland

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s ATACMS strike destroyed Russia’s S-400 air defense system again in Crimea

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Australia to deploy land-based Naval Strike Missiles amid China tensions

  • Defense Industry

    Sukhoi And MiG Merge Into United Aircraft Corp To Avoid Mikoyan’s Bankruptcy

  • Americas

    Bullseye (B/E): Pentagon Sends Six EA-18G Growler Radar Jamming Aircraft, KC-46 Tankers and USS Delbert D Black to the Middle East.

  • Americas

    South Korea, Peru Signed Multi-domain Security Agreement

  • Air Platform

    Japan unveils sixth-generation concept fighter jet

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down Russia’s Ka-52 Alligator helicopter using RBS-70 MANPAD

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