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Middle East

Fincantieri Delivers Second Al Zubarah-class Corvette to Qatar

May 7, 2022 GDC 0

The ceremony, held in a restricted format and in full compliance with anti-contagion requirements, was attended by Brigadier General Abdulla Al Mazroey, Deputy Chief of the Qatar Navy and Commander of the Flottilla, Major General […]

Middle East

Fincantieri Launches Third Al Zubarah-Class Air Defense Corvette For Qatar

October 3, 2021 GDC 0

The technical launch of “Al Khor”, the third of the Al Zubarah class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defense within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano […]

  • Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall to develop German variant of HIMARS

    April 26, 2023 0
    Arms makers Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall will team up to develop a German rocket artillery system, they said on Thursday, a weapon in the same category as the HIMARS rocket launchers Lockheed has been supplying to Ukraine. [...]
  • Raytheon Awarded Contract to Supply AESA Radar for Canadian CF-18 Fleet

    September 23, 2021 0
    Raytheon has won a contract worth $140.37 million to deliver AESA radars to be fitted on Canada’s C/F-18A fleet. “Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $140.37 million modification to a previously awarded contract. [...]
  • Iran Hijacked Six Oil Tankers in Gulf of Oman

    August 4, 2021 0
    Iranian-backed forces are believed to have seized four oil tankers in the Gulf off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, three maritime security sources said, after Britain’s maritime trade agency reported a “potential hijack” [...]
  • U.S. to spend $14.3 billion to ramp up Iron Dome missile production

    December 8, 2023 0
    Reports from Bloomberg, citing US officials, indicate that Israel stands to double its ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense system arsenal, thanks to a potential $14.3 billion aid package from the United States. Iron Dome: An Israeli [...]
  • Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drone Proven Successful: Polish Defense Minister

    May 28, 2021 0
    Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak Tuesday expressed his pleasure over the purchase of Turkish-made unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), a deal which was sealed recently. Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Is High Demand In EuropeDateAugust 11, 2021Iraq [...]
  • President Trump Fired African-American and Female Officers From Army, Navy and Air Force

    February 24, 2025 0
    President Donald Trump’s Friday night purge of the Pentagon’s top officer and five other senior officials has thrust the institution into uncharted territory, with a retired general plucked from obscurity to serve as the commander-in-chief’s [...]
Infantry Weapons

China using Egypt as military hub to supply ammo, spare parts and artillery to Russia and Africa

April 19, 2025 0

A fleet of Chinese Xi’an Y-20 strategic transport aircraft made an unusual and unannounced visit to Egypt this week. According to the Washington Post, which quoted a “classified leaked US document” dated 17 February, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi planned […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army’s Dhanush artillery gun fails in trial due to counterfeit Chinese bearings supplied by corrupt officials

April 18, 2025 0

India’s homegrown 155mm/45-calibre gun has taken a hit following a row of failed trials for over three months by the Indian Army, according to a top source in the army. “The Dhanush 155mm/45-caliber artillery gun […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army Rejected Locally-made Cheap $300 Krasnopol 155mm Artillery Ammo Due to Poor Quality

April 18, 2025 0

In an internal report to the Ministry of Defense, the Indian Army said funds spent on faulty ammunition between 2014 and 2020 could have been used to buy 100 155-mm medium artillery guns. The Indian […]

Europe

Turkiye, Germany, South Korea and France are seeking to establish a partnership with Poland for ammunition production

March 30, 2025 0

Companies from Türkiye, Germany, South Korea and France are seeking to establish a partnership with Poland for ammunition production, according to Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk. A joint venture, expected to be finalized within […]

Americas

General Dynamics Europe delivered first 155mm artillery barrel to the U.S.

March 30, 2025 0

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has announced the delivery of a new 155mm/52-caliber artillery barrel to the United States. In a statement issued Tuesday, GDELS said its Santa Bárbara Sistemas division will deliver the […]

Europe

Croatia to purchase 30 French CAESAR 155mm Howitzers

March 27, 2025 0

On March 25, 2025, Croatian Minister of Defence Ivan Anušić met in Paris with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu during an official visit to the French Republic. The meeting addressed Croatia’s ongoing […]

  • Americas

    Why Lockheed Martin Selected Raytheon to Build Distributed Aperture Systems

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS destroyed 60 high-value ammunition depots since it received the artillery rockets system

  • Air Platform

    Boeing submits response for RCAF’s future fighter capability project (FFCP) programme

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Beaver Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Two Tu-22M Nuclear Bombers

  • Africa

    Damen delivers FCS 3307 patrol vessel to Nigeria’s Homeland

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Plans To Deploy USS Gerald R. Ford By 2022

  • Middle East

    President El-Sisi Of Egypt Secretly Ordered 40,000 Rockets For Russian Army

  • Air Platform

    Russia Quietly Dumped AESA Radar and TVC In MiG-35 Fighters

  • Middle East

    United Arab Emirates loosening Islamic laws for personal freedom and expedite economic activity

  • Europe

    UK Delivers Tracked Spartan Armored Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Israel Confirms That Slain Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah’s Successor Hashem Safieddine And Other Top Leaders Dead In Air Strikes

  • Middle East

    Israeli Kamikaze Drones Struck Iranian Drone Manufacturing Factory

  • South Asia

    China lays keel for Pakistan Navy’s second Type 054A class frigate

  • Middle East

    Turkish Anadolu Shipyard Delivered “Al Doha” OPV To Qatar Navy

  • Infantry Weapons

    Bangladesh plans to purchase 40,000 rounds 155mm shells from Pakistan

  • Europe

    Turkish defense firm HAVELSAN to cooperate with TAI for homegrown TFX fighter jet

  • Air Platform

    Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands together will donate 85 F-16 Fighting Falcon

  • Europe

    Russia Had ‘Strategic Defeat’ In Ukraine War, Former Russian Military Intelligence Officer Says

  • Defense Industry

    Kingsberg Awarded Contract To Supply Naval Strike Missile (NSM) To Royal Australian Navy

  • Europe

    FN Herstal Awarded 4,000 ‘FN Minimi’ Light Machine Guns For Norway

  • Europe

    U.S. Imposed Toughest Sanctions on Russia’s Oil and Gas Sectors

  • Europe

    Russians Fleeing as Sabotage Caused Huge Explosion at Ammunition Depot in Crimea

  • Central Asia

    Anti-Taliban Resistance NRF Captured Four More Districts

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Retired U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges Urges Ukraine To Ignore Joe Biden’s Warning And Keep Striking Russian Oil Refineries

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia warns BAE Systems to meet Australian Job Pledges in Hunter-class Frigate Programme

  • Europe

    British Army successfully tested Ajax armored vehicles in extremely cold weather

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    South Asia

    Bangladesh Army (Thief) receives BTR 80 simulator

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    India Test Fires Air-Launched Variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile

  • Europe

    Putin’s protection officer defects, revealing Putin’s luxurious life and intense paranoia

  • Air Platform

    Russian Fighter Bombers Running Out Of Service Life, F-16 And Gripen Will Make Putin’s Forces Life Miserable

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force will upgrade the Pacific Island Micronesian air base

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Army Test Fires Patriot Missiles In Talisman Sabre Exercises

  • Europe

    Saab Offered 12 Gripen C/D With MRO Facility To Croatia

  • Cruise Missiles

    Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile Hit Russian Territory Due To GLONASS Guidance Error

  • Europe

    Russia relocates all military assets from Chinese border to Eastern Ukraine

  • Europe

    European Union Has Enough Evidence to Prove Putin’s Fishing Vessels and Research Ships Behind Undersea Cables Sabotages

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Baykar Defense To Manufacture Unmanned Fighter Jet

  • Middle East

    Israeli F-35I Adir hits the area protected by S-300 and S-400 SAM systems in Syria

  • Europe

    Finland Purchases M72 MK2 Enhanced Capability Lightweight Anti-Tank Weapons

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Can You Name A Thing, China Didn’t Copy From The West?

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan inducts most advanced F-16V fighter jets at a ceremony

  • Air Platform

    Putin just lost 300th Russian helicopter since he invaded Ukraine, totaling 1,285 airborne assets destroyed

  • Zarb Anti-ship Missile
    Infantry Weapons

    Pakistan’s Zarb (Blow) Anti-ship Cruise Missile

  • Air Platform

    Turkish TAI Needs Additional 6000 Skilled Workers To Start TFX Program

  • Americas

    Canada Suspends Export Of L3Harris Targeting Systems For Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Purchases MQ-9B Predator Drones Worth $3 Billion

  • Europe

    Poland delivers 60 PT-91 main battle tanks to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    China’s J-10C Defeats J-16 In A War Game: Report

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    25 PLAAF Aircraft Fly Through Taiwan’s ADIZ On Monday, Most This Year

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