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Middle East

U.S. Approves $6.67 Billion Arms Sales to Israel and $9 billion arms sales to Saudi Arabia.  

February 1, 2026 GDC 0

The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth $9 billion. The State Department approved four Foreign Military Sales totalling $6.67 billion, […]

Defense Industry

BAE Systems Received $26.7 Billion Orders In Six Months, Amid Ukraine War

November 7, 2023 GDC 0

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Defense Industry

France surpassed Russia as the second largest arms exporter

August 4, 2023 GDC 0

Reports of new deals to sell French arms to India and Qatar are just the latest sign that France’s defense industry is gaining pace. The news comes as Russian arms exports decline in the wake […]

Africa

Israel, Morocco signs MoU for future arms sales by Israeli companies

November 29, 2021 GDC 0

Israel’s defense minister met with his Moroccan counterpart on Wednesday in Rabat as part of a landmark visit to formalize security cooperation between the two countries. Benny Gantz and Abdellatif Loudiyi signed a memorandum of […]

Industry

Italy Holds Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia And UAE

February 4, 2021 GDC 0

Italy has halted the sale of thousands of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their involvement in the Yemen conflict, making permanent an 18-month temporary suspension. “Today I am […]

South Asia

India Removes Offset Clause For Government-To-Government Arms Deals

September 30, 2020 GDC 0

India has decided to forego the offset clause from inter-government and single vendor deals for procurement of military equipment, days after foreign firms including Dassault Aviation were called out for not meeting obligations of domestic […]

Americas

Analysis: Time Has Come For America To Revise ITAR Regulation

September 22, 2020 GDC 0

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is the United States regulation that controls the manufacture, sale, and distribution of defense and space-related articles and services as defined in the United States Munitions List (USML). While […]

Industry

India is the second largest arms importer in the world: Report SIPRI

March 13, 2020 GDC 0

India was the second-largest arms importer in the world over the past five years, with its neighbour Pakistan ranking 11th. “As in previous years, in 2019 India and Pakistan—which are nuclear-armed states—attacked each other using […]

Industry

The top 10 countries exporting arms around the world

January 9, 2020 GDC 0

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute recently published its 2019 “Trends In International Arms Transfers” report, which details the 25 largest weapons exporters between 2013 and 2019. International weapons transfers have steadily increased since 2000 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan Ends Arms Export Ban , But Who wants to Buy?

October 31, 2019 GDC 0

TOKYO — Japanese Government is considering selling air defense radar technology to the Philippines in what would be its first export of defense equipment since ending a nearly 50-year ban in 2014. The new conditions […]

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  • Ukraine’s FP-1 long-range drone shot down Russia’s Mi-8 helicopter.

    November 24, 2025 0
    Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces say an FP-1 long-range “deep strike” drone has shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in midair over Russia’s Rostov region, roughly 180 to 190 kilometers from the front line. If verified, [...]
  • HII Started Building Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)

    January 13, 2021 0
    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has begun fabrication of the US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129). The fabrication work was officially started on 7 January and represents [...]
  • Anti-Putin Partisan Freedom of Russia Legion Destroyed Russian Navy’s Serpukhov Missile Corvette In Baltic Sea

    July 7, 2024 0
    Ukraine’s military has claimed responsibility for a fire on a Russian ship belonging to Vladimir Putin’s Baltic fleet. Russian Askold Corvette shows massive hull breach after Ukrainian Scalp-EG strikeDateNovember 8, 2023Russian Buyan-M Corvette Sustained Significant [...]
  • Waiting Game: China Could Alter Taiwan Invasion Strategy By 2025

    May 18, 2021 0
    A military strategy analyst at the National Policy Foundation says the Chinese military might in the near future adjust the tactics it would use in an attempted invasion of Taiwan. Taiwan’s military exercises reflect it [...]
  • Chinese Hacker Used “China Chopper” Tools to Hack Australian Defense Contractor

    July 30, 2020 0
    Sensitive data about Australia’s F-35 stealth fighter and P-8 surveillance aircraft programmes were stolen when a defence subcontractor was hacked using a tool widely used by Chinese cyber criminals, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The [...]
  • U.S. Army to Order 100 AH-64E Attack Helicopters

    October 21, 2021 0
    The deal would be the second multi-year contract for the AH-64 programme. The first multi-year deal, a $3.4 billion award for 244 remanufactured Apaches and 24 new-build examples, was signed in 2017. US Sate Department [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Türkiye’s 1st domestic Atak-2 heavy-class attack helicopter starts engine

  • Europe

    Turkiye has reached its limits to fund its ambitions to become arms export superpower.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Elbit System Developed Multi-calibre Rocket Launchers For Thailand

  • Defense Industry

    France Replaces China As The Third Largest Arms Exporter

  • Europe

    Grim milestone: Russia passed 400,000 casualties in the Ukraine war

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Czech Crowdfunding ‘Gift for Putin’ Donates 15 Viktor Anti-air System To Ukraine

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan Deploys Long-range Type 12 Anti-ship Cruise Missiles

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army General Waker-uz-Zaman Could Face Western Sanctions And International Criminal Court For Deploying UN-marked Vehicles To Shoot Protesters

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Completes Flight Tests of Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor Missile.

  • C4iSR

    MMR-3D NG G-band multirole radar

  • Naval Platforms

    Lack of helicopters and vehicles, China’s type 075 LHD won’t be deployable until next decade

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys 2S22 Bohdana 3.0 Artillery Against Russian Forces

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raider To Debut On December 2022

  • Europe

    Slovenian firm unveils new 30mm turret for combat vehicles

  • Middle East

    Ukraine Donates 500 Tons Of Wheat To New Syrian Government

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin awarded contract to provide eight MH-60R maritime helicopters for the Spanish Navy

  • Europe

    Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

  • Air Platform

    China unveiled scale model of F-35 copycat FC-31

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 Strikes Russia’s Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroy Russian army’s supply vehicles

  • Europe

    Desperate Russia Wants To Buy Medi-vac Vehicles From Estonia

  • Air Platform

    China Discloses Close-up Photos of Deck-based J-35 Fighter Jet

  • Europe

    Russia sending 1970s T-72 tanks to fight modern Leopard, Challenger and Abrams tanks

  • Cruise Missiles

    MBDA Unveils STRATUS Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW).

  • Europe

    Russian Peacekeepers Watch As Nagorno-karabakh Conflict Erupt Again

  • Air Platform

    French Navy’s First H160 SAR Helicopter Starts Flight Tests

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan unveils a new long-range anti-ship missile.

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall begins KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle production in Ukraine

  • Americas

    US Navy to commission Super Hornet Block III into service

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippine Army Plans To Purchase Additional BrahMos Cruise Missile

  • C4iSR

    Sweden orders 10 mobile lightweight Giraffe 1x Radar for RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Europe

    Baykar Defence To Produce AI Integrated Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army takes delivery of six Bayraktar TB2 drones

  • Europe

    Paranoid Putin sleeping in Kremlin office and using body doubles, amid fears of assassination

  • Anti-ship Missile

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

  • C4iSR

    Japan Receives More E-2D Hawkeyes amid AEW restructure

  • Europe

    Russia Loses 127 Tanks, 239 APVs and 161 Artillery Systems in a Week

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US Air Force to receive new joint strike missiles (JSM) from Kongsberg

  • Americas

    US Air Force withdraws height restrictions for applicants

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS Rockets Struck Russian Military Base In Donetsk Killing 1500 Troops

  • South Asia

    Expert believes Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood (thief) is plotting a Ponzi scheme to inflate the pricing of the J-10C and JF-17 to $70 million apiece.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan wants truck-mounted Harpoon antiship missiles

  • Middle East

    Hamas Terrorist Killed 480 Israeli Civilians, Israeli Defense Force Strikes Back

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan Completes Type 12 Land-based Anti-ship Missile Trials.

  • Europe

    Tensions heat up between Russia, Poland for the deployment of Wagner mercenaries

  • Europe

    Vlad is the most ‘harmful and toxic’ person on earth, Belarusian President Lukashenko says

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    KGB Putin Commits Genocides in Ukraine, Xi Jinping Calculates The Cost of Invading Taiwan

  • Europe

    The US DoD awarded a contract for the production of Bulgarian F-16V

  • Europe

    Russia on the hunt for Ukraine’s FPV drone operators who kill thousands of Russian troops

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin ramps up production of HIMARS artillery rockets amid high demands from European nations

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