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  • [ June 19, 2026 ] Russia’s S-500, S-400, S-300, Pantsir, and Pechora have completely failed against Ukraine’s saturated drone and missile attacks. Europe
  • [ June 19, 2026 ] Castellion Awarded Contract to Produce Blackbeard Hypersonic Missiles for the U.S. Navy. Americas
  • [ June 19, 2026 ] Ukraine’s drone attacks on Moscow’s oil refinery embarrass Putin for the second time in a row. Europe
  • [ June 19, 2026 ] India’s DRDO Test Fires Locally-produced Cruise Missiles Based on Soviet-era Kh-31 and Kh-55 missiles. Cruise Missiles
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Middle East

Saudi Navy Received Second Avante 2200 Class Corvette

September 10, 2022 GDC 0

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has held a commissioning ceremony for the second of five corvettes being built for the Royal Saudi Navy, Al-Diriyah. As informed, the ceremony took place today (26 July) at San Fernando Shipyard. […]

Middle East

Saudi Arabia Commissions First Avante 2200 Class Corvette

April 12, 2022 GDC 0

The Avante 2200 corvette Al-Jubail, the first of five corvettes to be built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), has been commissioned. The commissioning ceremony was held today (31 March) at the Spanish Navy’s […]

  • Netherlands purchases 22 Skyranger 30 short-range air defense systems

    February 3, 2025 0
    On January 29, 2025, the Netherlands decided to procure 22 Skyranger 30 short-range air defense systems mounted on ACSV Gen 5 tracked armored vehicles as part of its Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) program. The Dutch Ministry of Defense [...]
  • Lockheed Martin Awarded A Contract To Build Nine CH-53K Helicopters For US Marines

    February 8, 2022 0
    Prioritizing affordability and utilizing advanced manufacturing techniques, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), will build nine additional CH-53K™ aircraft at a lower unit price than previous lot buys, resulting in significant savings for the [...]
  • Saudi Arabia Purchased $15 Billion THAAD Anti-ballistic Missile System

    November 20, 2024 0
    The U.S. Department of Defense said in a release that Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $1.5 billion modification to an earlier contract to supply Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Interceptor support items for Saudi [...]
  • Lockheed Martin Awarded $192 Million Sustainment Contract For Australian Navy’s Aegis Destroyer

    July 7, 2022 0
    American defence company Lockheed Martin has received a modification to a previously awarded contract for technical engineering and management efforts for the Australia Surface Combatant program. Lockheed Martin Aegis Battle Management Systems For Royal Australian [...]
  • Ukraine Launches American-made ADM-160 MALD Decoy To Deplete Russian Air Defense Systems

    May 14, 2023 0
    Pro-Kremlin media reported that Ukraine launched two cruise missiles at Russian-occupied Luhansk on Friday, May 12th. The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD): An Antidote to S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler)DateNovember 4, 2018Raytheon to manufacture MALD-N for the US [...]
  • Chilling Comms and Dramatic Video Footage Shows Killing of Russian Commander Colonel Andrei Zakharov

    March 11, 2022 0
    Dramatic footage released on Thursday show T-72 tanks and BTR-82 armored personnel carriersbeing destroyed on the outskirts of Kyiv as Russian troops suffer “continued losses” at the hands of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Humiliating Russian Army, [...]
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

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

  • Europe

    Russian commander killed in Mariupol by a car bomb

  • Air Platform

    Germany approves Eurofighter Typhoon sale to Turkiye

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Iran began transferring missile systems to Syria, preparing to strike Israel

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 fighter jet downed its own S-70 heavy armed drone in a collateral incident.

  • Air Platform

    France to invest $15 billion in Rafale F5 and FCAS fighter jets programs

  • Cruise Missiles

    Australia purchased 220 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine blew up 83 of Russia’s BTR-82A armored vehicles in Krynky like tin cans

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s oil refineries in Krasnodar Krai and Roslavl district

  • Air Platform

    Saab selects Canada as Gripen manufacturing hub for Ukrainian Air Force.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s Indigenous Hai Kun-class Submarine Started Sea Trials

  • Air Platform

    Elbit Systems to deliver two maritime patrol aircraft to the Philippines navy

  • Europe

    Belarus Shot Down Ukrainian S-300 Anti-air Missiles That Entered Belarusian Airspace

  • Air Platform

    RAF Typhoon will get new advanced ECRS MK2 AESA radar

  • Europe

    Poland orders more Krab self-propelled howitzers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US to Fund RMAF’s Maritime Patrol Aircraft Acquisition Programme

  • Air Platform

    Queensland to assemble Australian designed and developed UAV

  • C4iSR

    Why AESA radar is superior to PESA radar?

  • Europe

    Putin Fears U.S.-supplied GLSDB To Strike Russia As Kremlin Ordered Bomb Shelter Signs To Be Erected All Over Russia

  • Europe

    President Zelensky Fires Ukraine’s Air Force Chief

  • Europe

    ATACMS Are Blowing Up Russian S-400 Anti-air Missiles Before F-16 Becomes Operational

  • Europe

    Germany’s armed forces to receive next-gen HUSAR reconnaissance drones

  • Air Platform

    Indra Joins FCAS Programme With Equal Partnership

  • Air Platform

    F-15QA Ababil: Boeing Delivers the Most Technologically Advanced Fighter Jets to Qatar

  • Europe

    Ukraine received its first M1 Abrams tanks eight months after requesting American tanks

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force deploys F-22 Raptor to Poland, amid Russia tensions

  • Europe

    HSwMS Södermanland submarine undergone lifetime extension

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China deploys troops, tanks, and artillery near the Indian border

  • Europe

    Wagner Group recruited 49,000 convicts, 32,000 were dead within weeks of deployment in Bakhmut

  • Europe

    China delivers Shahed-136 copycat Sunflower-200 drones, ammunition and aircraft spare parts to Russia

  • Defense Industry

    Chancellor Merkel’s last-minute approval sees German arms exports peak at $5.6 billion

  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan unveiled Taimas 8×8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle

  • Europe

    Russia May Run Out Of Iranian-made Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Indonesia buying Soviet-era Russian-Indian BrahMos missile a problem for Canberra and Washington

  • South Asia

    Russian-built Rooppur nuclear power plant, the monument of corruption, embezzlement, and ticking atomic bomb in Bangladesh.

  • Air Platform

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles

  • Americas

    Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested for leaking classified documents

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon Received $736 Million Contract To Produce AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile

  • Middle East

    President Bashar al-Assad killed in a plane crash while trying to flee Syria aboard Russian-made IL-76 aircraft

  • Americas

    Russia Admits Committing World Largest Environmental Catastrophe in Antarctica

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    President Biden Sanctions Myanmar Military Junta

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish TRMotor To Develop Engines For TF-X Fighters

  • Europe

    Russia suffered significant losses in Krasnohorivka, includes 63 BTR-82A armored vehicles, 55 T-90 tanks and 700 servicemen

  • Europe

    Yevgeny Prigozhin admits battle of Bakhmut severely degraded Wagner mercenary group

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Japan’s MHI develops an advanced derivative of type 12 ASM

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Lancet kamikaze drone destroys mock-up of Ukraine’s Su-25 aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Major F-35 Contracts Worth $15.5 Billion

  • Europe

    New Footage Shows American-made Bradley IFV Destroying Russia’s MT-LB Armored Fighting Vehicles

  • South Asia

    Pakistan steps up fighter jets and AEW&C activities near Pakistani border with India

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    F-35B releases StormBreaker smart weapon for the first time

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