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Americas

Canada to diversify weapons import and reduce reliance on US weapons

March 18, 2025 GDC 0

Canada is looking for possible alternatives to its deal to buy U.S. fighter jets in part because it relies too much on the United States for security, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday. Carney […]

Europe

Sanctions-hit Russia Seeks Aircraft, Automotive, Train Parts And U.S. Dollars From India And Turkey

December 12, 2022 GDC 0

Russia will be looking for aircraft part supply opportunities in Turkey, India and other countries, head of the Continuous Airworthiness Management Department at the Federal Air Transport Service (Rosaviatsiya) Valery Kudinov said at the MRO […]

Defense Industry

Ukraine War: Vietnam Shift Its Arms Import Policy From Russia

December 8, 2022 GDC 0

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Europe

Russia Covertly Buying Chinese Military Hardware From Pakistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Egypt, Syria and Uzbekistan

November 7, 2022 GDC 0

According to SIPRI, China received 18 per cent of Russia’s total arms exports, making the country the second-largest recipient of major arms from Russia behind India. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated in […]

Central Asia

China Quietly Supplying Arms To Central Asian Nations

May 2, 2021 GDC 0

In line with its increasingly sophisticated domestic arsenal, China’s arms exports have become much more technically competitive in the last 10 years; the 2015 U.S. Defense Department’s Annual Report on the PLA even stated that […]

  • Lockheed Martin has won $155 million contract to upgrade Moroccan Apache Helicopters

    March 9, 2020 0
    Lockheed Martin has won a contract $155 million for Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor System (M-TADS/PNVS) systems for the Apache attack helicopter in support of the Moroccan government. The Modernized Target Acquisition [...]
  • Israeli Mossad operatives lived, worked and prayed like Muslims for years before being activated to destroy Iran’s missile factories and anti-air missiles

    June 15, 2025 0
    In unusual move, spy agency posts footage showing operatives deploying and activating systems to destroy Iran’s air defences using precision missiles and explosive drones; the goal: signal Tehran’s vulnerability and deter a harsh response. Israeli [...]
  • Israeli Air Force destroyed Pantsir-S ADS

    February 3, 2020 0
    On 15 January 2020, the Israeli military bombed and destroyed a Pantsir-S air defence system (ADS) after its Syrian operator left behind a mobile phone providing a lead to the location of the ADS, a top [...]
  • Ukraine Purchases 150 Gripen E/F and 100 Dassault Rafale F4 Fighter Jets.

    February 10, 2026 0
    Ukraine has locked in commitments for 250 Western fighter jets through separate agreements with Sweden and France, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed while visiting the Kyiv Aviation Institute. Ukraine started negotiating with France to purchase Rafale [...]
  • Raytheon Awarded $111 Million Sustainment Contract For NASAM

    April 1, 2021 0
    Raytheon Australia has been awarded an $84.5m (A$111m) sustainment contract by the Australian Department of Defence for the national advanced surface to air missile system (NASAMS). Raytheon’s National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) GBADDateOctober 11, [...]
  • Australian Navy’s SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) will receive evolved version of AN/BYG-1 combat control system

    January 14, 2024 0
    Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry has revealed that Australia and the United Kingdom’s future attack submarine, known as SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) will use an “evolved version” of the AN/BYG-1 Combat Control System. BAE Systems, Raytheon, General [...]
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 […]

  • Air Platform

    U.S. offers F-16V to compensate $1.4 billion of Turkish investment in F-35

  • Americas

    Oshkosh Defense Awarded $99 Million To Fit-out 83 Stryker Vehicles With 30mm Cannons

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese MoD to Team Up with Private Company to Export Military Hardware

  • Europe

    British Army Received Europe’s Most Modern Battle Tank, The Challenger 3

  • Europe

    Norwegian Army Orders Programmable Carl-gustaf Recoilless Rifles

  • Africa

    Russia Plans To Open Naval Base In Sudan derailing Sudan, Israel Peace Deal

  • South Asia

    Bangladeshi Muslim Dr. Shadman Zaman, A Jewish Convert Visited State of Israel For the First Time

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Su-34 Fighter Bomber

  • Defense Industry

    IAI, KAI Sign MoU for Development of Loitering Munitions

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA accelerates the development of SPEAR-EW stand-in jammer

  • Europe

    German Eurofighter Chases Down Russia’s Su-30SM Jets Over Baltic Sea, Wider European Conflict Real Possibility

  • South Asia

    Saab’s Gripen E is Leading IAF’s latest MMRCA Contest for 110 Fighter Jets

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia lost 15 batteries of the prized S-400 missile system since the beginning of the war worth $20.5 billion

  • Middle East

    Heightened risk to the West is that radical IRGC General Ahmad Vahidi is running the country.

  • Europe

    Russian Colonel Vadim Boyko Shot Dead At Naval College Office

  • Cruise Missiles

    India’s DRDO Test Fires Locally-produced Cruise Missiles Based on Soviet-era Kh-31 and Kh-55 missiles.

  • Americas

    The U.S. Navy Orders 10th Virginia-class Submarine

  • Europe

    Putin pulled people from Admiral Kuznetsov sending them to the death zone in Ukraine, which will kill Russia’s aircraft carrier dream

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS strikes destroyed five Russian MSTA-S howitzers in key counteroffensive

  • Europe

    BAE Systems awarded a contract to produce 48 Archer Howitzers for the Swedish army

  • Middle East

    Hezbollah Terrorist Group Fired Rockets At Israel From Southern Lebanon

  • Europe

    France Test-fires M51 Nuclear Ballistic Missile

  • Africa

    Turkey Deploys T-122 Sakarya and T-155 Firtina in Libya

  • Americas

    President Biden Approves $770 Billion Defense Spending

  • Europe

    Former British Sniper and SAS Joins Ukrainian Forces, A Nightmare For KGB Putin

  • Europe

    ICC issued arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

  • Americas

    Naval Group Delivers Fourth OPV 87 to Argentina

  • Europe

    Czech Republic Delivers 45 Upgraded T-72B Tanks To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Norway, Sweden and Finland Donate 2000 Anti-tank Rockets to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Sweden places major artillery ammunitions orders

  • Europe

    Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Destruction Was Privately Funded, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi Approved The Operations

  • Americas

    U.S. Senate Cleared $4.9 Billion Funding For New Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers

  • Europe

    Australia delivers autonomous surveillance drone to Ukraine

  • Cyber

    Trump issues executive orders banning WeChat, TikTok in 45 days

  • Africa

    Nigerian Navy received four Leonardo AW139 Helicopter

  • Europe

    France To Deliver M270 Rocket Launchers To Ukraine

  • Middle East

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

  • Europe

    Armenian Su-30SM failed to take off from Gyumri airbase

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy’s First Aircraft Carrier Starts Sea Trials

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Xi Jinping Snubs Vlad For Faltering Ukraine Invasion, Assures Kazakhstan’s Sovereignty

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s HIMARS strikes destroyed Russia’s Kasta-2E2 Radar

  • Europe

    Russian Ka-52 helicopter crashed in Rostov region, Pilots killed

  • Europe

    German Leopard and British Challenger tanks smash through Russian trenches in Bakhmut

  • Europe

    Ever Declining Sales Order & Reputation of Russia’s MiG

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    A leaked video shows that Xi Jinping has dismissed two senior generals after a physical altercation at the Plenary Session.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia and UK sign defense and security treaty to meet emerging challenges

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian, Chinese Soldiers Clashes Near Himalayan Border

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkish Siper Long-range Anti-air Missile System Completes Final Trial

  • Middle East

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

  • Infantry Weapons

    Israeli Rafael Unveils Sixth-generation Spike NLOS With Extended Range And Fire Powers

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