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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 […]

  • Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes blew up Russian oil refinery and reduced Russia’s oil production capacity by five percent

    January 30, 2025 0
    Late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, Ukrainian drones struck the Nizhny Novgorod oil refinery in Kstovo, in central Russia 600km from the front line in northern Ukraine. The blasts triggered what the Ukrainian general [...]
  • Making a fool of Putin’s forces, Ukraine’s decoy weapons cost Russia billions of dollars

    September 13, 2023 0
    Metinvest, a Ukrainian metallurgy giant with no ties to arms manufacturing, now specializes in creating decoy weapons designed to divert and confound Russian forces.  They are created with one single aim in mind: to be [...]
  • Massive blow to Putin as Russia can no longer manufacture A-50 AEW&C planes.

    September 21, 2025 0
    Russia’s efforts to modernise its airborne early warning and control aircraft have hit a serious setback after international sanctions, as United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) delays a decision on launching serial production of its A-50 radar [...]
  • Lockheed Martin showcased Japan’s future

    March 8, 2025 0
    At IDEX 25 in Abu Dhabi, Lockheed Martin showcased for the first time a scale model of Japan’s future AEGIS System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) — an advanced, large, stealth guided-missile destroyer. The model revealed new [...]
  • Indonesia To Indeginously Develop Submarines

    January 18, 2022 0
    According to information published by PT Pal Indonesia on January 3, 2021, the State-owned company received Rp1.28 trillion to focus on the development of an indigenous submarine. Indonesia Approves $600 Million To Procure A SubmarineDateJuly 27, [...]
  • CAIC Zhishengji-10 (Z-10) Attack Helicopter

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Europe

Ukraine develops new Zetros-based 155mm howitzer called Marta.

June 22, 2026 0

Germany and Ukraine signed agreements that include €750 million ($870 million) for 200 Bohdana self-propelled artillery systems on Zetros chassis, and those systems now have a confirmed name and barrel specification: defense analyst Jeff, reporting […]

Europe

MBDA unveils deep-strike, air defence, and smart mass-weapons portfolio.

June 21, 2026 0

MBDA will present a broad portfolio of sovereign defence solutions at Eurosatory 2026 as Europe and its allies accelerate rearmament. The company said the portfolio is intended to address armed forces’ needs in an increasingly […]

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

    Great Britain Blocks 12 JF-17 Thunder Sale To Argentina

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    A Chinese Man Seeking Political Asylum And Freedom In Taiwan

  • Europe

    UK arms could be made in Ukraine under license, Telegraph says

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Launched Spy Balloon From Hainan Military Base

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine destroyed three Russian attack helicopters in a sabotage attack

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Selected StandardAero To Assemble BlackHawk Helicopters For British Army

  • Europe

    Germany is undermining NATO unity against Russian aggression

  • Europe

    Taiwan’s $1.5 Billion Indigenous Submarine Prototype Set for Final Tests

  • Europe

    Families of U.S. Embassy Workers in Ukraine Told to Start Evacuating Soon

  • South Asia

    In a major strategic shift, Pakistan offers a seaport and naval base to the U.S.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    South Korea dispatched the Cheongung‑II air defense system to the UAE to counter Iranian threats.

  • Air Platform

    Swiss Air Force To Practice Highway Takeoff And Landing After Three Decades

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems purchases South Korean charge system for 155mm guns

  • Europe

    Neptune Headache: Putin Relocating His Black Sea Fleet From Crimea Out of Neptune Missile Range

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Navy Commissioned Seven Warships And One Submarine

  • Air Platform

    The UK Wants Turkish-styled Drones For Its Military

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Army Recaptured 400 Square Kilometers In Kherson

  • Air Platform

    South Korea to receive first MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters in February

  • Americas

    Biden Admin Stepped Up Efforts To Block Iran Acquiring Components For Its Drone Program From America, Europe And Asia

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh DGFI Spreads Disinformation In Wikipedia

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh needs to wake up to the reality that Narendra Modi is using Myanmar’s junta against Bangladesh.

  • Europe

    Raytheon delivers NASAMS II to Lithuanian Army

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 is a Su-35 beneath a new airframe

  • Air Platform

    Biden Administration green light European allies to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 jets

  • Europe

    Iran delivered first batch of 122mm Arash-series rockets to Russia

  • Air Platform

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

  • Americas

    Raytheon Awarded Contract to Supply AESA Radar for Canadian CF-18 Fleet

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Navy’s officer was beaten by mob for stealing goods from store

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Kongsberg received additional contract to produce NASAMS missile

  • Europe

    CSM Industry Debuts At IDEX With Its Military Exacavator Together With IGG UAE

  • Air Platform

    Greek PM Announces Rafale Purchase as Turkey tensions rise

  • Europe

    Greece Awarded Contract to Sikorsky to Produce MH-60R ASW Helicopters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Junta Sentenced Six Army Generals To Death For Surrendering, Junta Hunts Officers Who Deserted Their Post And Escaped To Bangladesh

  • Europe

    U.S. Delivers Avenger Surface-to-air Missiles And Stinger MANPAD To Ukraine

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Ramp up THAAD and PAC-3 Interceptors Production.

  • Air Platform

    Bell Unveils Upgraded Stealth Helicopter

  • Europe

    Ukraine Created Tank Battalion Using Captured T-62, T-72, T-80 And T-90 Tanks

  • Europe

    Wagner Group Will Leave Bakhmut On 10th May To ‘Lick Our Wounds’, Yevgeny Prigozhin Announced

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army’s Boxer CRV Infantry Fighting Vehicles Achieved Initial Operational Capability

  • Industry

    Lockheed Martin’s Marillyn Hewson to step down as CEO

  • Air Platform

    Israeli F-35I Adir Shot Down Iranian Yak-130 Advanced Jet Trainer.

  • C4iSR

    Russia’s Su-57 fitted with Western Components and Japanese Electronics

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Offers F-16V Block 70 Fighter Jets To Thai Air Force

  • Europe

    Russian Conscripts Calling Ukrainian Hotline Asking How To Surrender

  • Europe

    Greece, Israel, France And Cyprus Join Military Exercises And Deepen Defense Cooperation

  • Europe

    International sanctions: Russian federal air transport agency recorded 185 air accidents due to spare parts shortage

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Shared Knowledge and Weaknesses of Su-30MKI To Japan’s Self Defense Forces

  • Europe

    Otokar delivers 278 COBRA II armored vehicle, prepares Romanian facility launch

  • Middle East

    Ukraine War: U.S. Arms Makers Dominated Dubai Air Show As Failed To Conclude A Single Sale

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Destroying More Than 150 Iranian Anti-air Missiles, Missile and Drone Factories are Blessings for Ukraine

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