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East Asia and Pacific Region

Babcock Completes Maintenance for Australian Navy’s Arafura-Class OPV

June 10, 2025 GDC 0

Babcock Australasia has finished the maintenance for the Australian Navy’s Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV). The company conducted a four-week intermediate maintenance availability for the NUSHIP Arafura (OPV 203), setting up the maintenance baseline for […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Lists Arafura-Class Patrol Boat As ‘Project Of Concern’

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Launches Arafura-Class OPV (SEA 1180) Programme

March 20, 2021 GDC 0

Australia has launched initiatives to support enhanced industrial collaboration in the programme to build Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra said on 5 […]

  • Indonesia increases defense budget to $10.6 billion despite coronavirus pandemic

    June 24, 2020 0
    Indonesia could be in line for a record-high expenditure of nearly $10.6 billion for fiscal year 2021 if recently submitted budgetary proposals are approved by Indonesian parliament later this year. Indonesia has proposed a strong [...]
  • Australian Army’s Boxer CRV Infantry Fighting Vehicles Reaches Initial Operational Capability

    November 8, 2022 0
    The Australian Army has declared initial operational capability for its fleet of Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles. The service achieved the milestone under the LAND 400 Phase 2 program after receiving the first batch of 25 [...]
  • Remarkable Footage Shows Russian Troops Surrendered To Ukrainian Drone As Ukraine Advances In Bakhmut

    May 16, 2023 0
    Remarkable footage shows how a Russian soldier crawled ‘through hell’ to surrender to Ukraine by communicating with a drone to follow it out of No Man’s Land – while missiles launched by his former comrades [...]
  • Vladimir Putin Prepared Evacuation Plans To Iran, Belarus Or Myanmar Should The Russian Army Fail In Ukraine

    July 31, 2022 0
    Russian President Vladimir Putin and his close allies have reportedly drafted evacuation plans should Ukraine manage to defeat thousands of invading Russian soldiers. Russian Troops And Artillery Near Ukrainian Border Concerning For NATODateApril 11, 2021Putin [...]
  • Russia’s Yaroslavl shipbuilding plant collapsed due to debt and unpaid work by the Russian Navy.

    November 25, 2025 0
    Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant employees say they have not received salaries for nearly two months, citing unpaid military orders and stalled production, according to Ukrainian outlet Ekonomichna Pravda. The Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant, a Russian company under [...]
  • Lockheed Martin Selected StandardAero To Assemble BlackHawk Helicopters For British Army

    September 13, 2023 0
    Lockheed Martin has selected StandardAero to assemble Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk helicopters in Gosport on the south coast of England if it emerges as the winner of UK’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) competition. Revealing the [...]
Europe

Poland purchases 46,000 upgraded GROT assault rifles for its soldiers.

July 6, 2026 0

Poland has ordered nearly 46,000 of its domestically produced MSBS GROT assault rifles in the latest A3 configuration, signing a contract worth approximately $160 million with the state-owned manufacturer Fabryka Broni “Łucznik” Radom, with all […]

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. […]

  • Europe

    EU sanctions on Russia make Italian-Russian Military Joint Venture Unsustainable

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops blew up Russia’s newest armored vehicles in Donetsk region

  • Europe

    Russian submarines targeting British submarine cables question Royal Navy’s operational capability.

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation Resumes Delivery Of Rafale F3R To French Air Force

  • Africa

    Turkey to deliver 100 Otokar Cobra II APC to Uganda

  • Europe

    A major fire ripped through the Sukhoi Design Bureau office in Moscow

  • Americas

    Ukrainian startup Himera supplies secure radios to the US Air Force

  • Europe

    Hungary to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership bid

  • Americas

    President Biden Promised Speedy Delivery of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Australia to purchase MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drone

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan, Armenia open up for commerce and trade

  • Defense Industry

    Thailand Orders 8 Beechcraft AT-6 Light Strike Aircraft Worth $143 Million

  • Europe

    UK to buy German-made new artillery system

  • Middle East

    Satellite Images Show Israeli Air Strikes Degraded Iran’s Ballistic Missile Production Capability

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces destroyed a column of T-80BV and T-72B3 tanks

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone destroyed Russia’s 48YA6-K1 Podlet-K1 fire control and target destination radar worth $150 million

  • Europe

    Dassault Falcon 6X Completes First Flight

  • Europe

    Ukraine Struck Russian Rescue Tugboat With British-made Brimstone Anti-ship Missile

  • Europe

    Russia Plans to Invest $1.1 Billion in Drone Development

  • South Asia

    Amid China tension, IAF ordered 21 mothballed MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi 30s from VKS worth $780 million

  • Defense Industry

    Raytheon Awarded Contract For SeaRAM Block 2 For Egyptian Navy

  • Industry

    Aero India 2021: HAL Displays Its Own Loyal Wingman Concept

  • Americas

    US Army Awarded A Contract To Buy Carl-Gustaf Shoulder-fired Weapons

  • Africa

    Norinco Delivers Artillery, VT4 MBT & STI Tank Destroyer to Nigeria

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Taiwan stacks up large quantities of ground and air-launched precision strike missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s aggressive surveillance attempts on the Japanese coast ended in embarrassment as a Chinese WL-10 drone crashed in the sea

  • C4iSR

    The engineering of VHF radar makes it poor at tracking and providing fire‑control‑quality data.

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian drone captured the moment HIMARS artillery rocket destroyed Putin’s $200 Million Predel-E Radar

  • South Asia

    Turkiye to establish drone assembly facility in Pakistan.

  • Europe

    Croatia plans to acquire two new multipurpose corvettes.

  • Americas

    Amentum to modernize launch operations through $4 billion Space Force contract.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysian Army Purchases Turkish-made Tactical Armored Vehicles

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan Deploys Type 12 Anti-ship Missile at Japan’s Military Bases.

  • Air Platform

    Inexpensive Turkish armed drones reshaping warfare

  • Europe

    Russian nuclear missile failure makes Putin’s threats of the use of nukes more vague than actual

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine destroys Russia’s modernized Pantsir-SM-SV anti-aircraft missile system days after Russia boost its efficacy

  • Air Platform

    Thailand selects Elbit Systems Hermes 900 for maritime surveillance UAV requirement​

  • Europe

    Russian Forces Searching Abandoned Buildings For Thousands Of Deserted Wagner Convicts

  • Europe

    Ukraine demonstrates jet-powered ‘Bullet’ drone capable of intercepting Russian drones

  • South Asia

    The inept Bangladesh military (thief) steals its defence budget to manufacture sweets while Myanmar’s Su-30 bombs the Naf River and flies over Cox Bazar airport.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Royal Navy To Integrate Meteor BVRAAM and SPEAR missile into F-35B stealth jet

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky, AMMROC Announced Partnership for Black Hawk Helicopter Maintenance in the UAE

  • Europe

    Sweden Purchases 44 New Leopard 2A8 Main Battle Tanks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan And U.S. Vow To Fight Back If China Attacks Taiwan

  • Europe

    Armenia Opts For Rheinmetall Oerlikon SHORAD, Ditches Failed Pantsir

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Anka UCAV’s Integrated Radar Detects Mines in the Black Sea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan to purchase Turkish drones and other arms.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippine Coast Guard Inducts Multi-role Response Vessel MRRV-9701

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Kim Jong Un to visit Moscow to sign reciprocal deal for North Korea receives spy satellites and Russia receives Hwasal-2 cruise and KN-23 ballistic missiles

  • Industry

    Pakistan, Ukraine To Sign Joint Ventures And Technology Transfer Deals

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