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East Asia and Pacific Region

Leonardo Delivers AW109 Trekker To Flykomala Private Charter Company

March 15, 2021 GDC 0

Leonardo announced yesterday the delivery of an AW109 Trekker light twin to FlyKomala of Indonesia, marking the entrance of the type into the country’s helicopter market. The helicopters are suitable to perform various missions from […]

Air Platform

Australia’s Special Air Service (SAS) is on the hunt for a new helicopter

December 10, 2019 GDC 0

Australia’s Special Operations Forces are among the hardest worked troops in the defence force. From the mountains of Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq, they’ve spent the past two decades quietly doing their immensely difficult […]

  • Chinese aircraft carriers get into engine troubles

    January 8, 2020 0
    Chinese economy is booming so does it’s military industrial capability, but there is a catch. China depends on old soviet-era technology either supplied by Russia or former soviet satellite state like the Ukraine. Recently, Ukraine [...]
  • Keel Laid For French Navy’s Support Ship

    February 13, 2021 0
    The keel laying of the forward section of future Jacques Chevallier, the first of four logistic support ships (LSSs) being built under the FLOTLOG program for the French Navy, took place at Fincantieri’s Castellammare di [...]
  • Ukraine’s long-range RAM X FPV drones wreaked havoc on the Russian air defense system

    July 30, 2024 0
    A new type of long-range Ukrainian FPV drone is destroying Russian mobile air defense systems. The greater reach of this type of weapon brings many new targets into range, and the Ukrainians are taking advantage [...]
  • Finish Navy’s Hamina-class tests fire torpedoes

    August 24, 2020 0
    On 19 August, the Finnish Navy conducted its first torpedo firing in the Archipelago Sea with a TP45 torpedo borrowed from Försvarets Materialverk, FMV, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. This was the first time that a [...]
  • Boeing Loyal Wingman UCAV Engaged Landing Gear for the First Time

    November 6, 2021 0
    Boeing Australia said one of the two Loyal Wingman aircraft (Airpower Teaming System) taking part in separate flight missions at the Woomera Range Complex recently engaged its landing gear for the first time. The flight [...]
  • Pentagon to equip Ukraine’s F-16 jets with JDAM precision-guided bombs

    August 8, 2024 0
    The U.S. Air Force is taking decisive steps to counter the growing threat of Russian GPS jamming, which has severely impacted the effectiveness of Western-supplied GPS-guided munitions, including Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) precision-guided [...]
Europe

EuroSpike Awarded $2.5 Billion Contract to Produce Rafael’s Spike Missile for Germany.

October 24, 2025 0

Germany has finalized a $2.5 billion framework with EuroSpike, the European consortium marketing Rafael’s Spike missile line, through NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency. The contract reflects Berlin’s push to rebuild anti-armor capabilities and stabilize long-term […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher.

October 13, 2025 0

North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher during a major military parade in Pyongyang on October 11, 2025. The system’s close resemblance to the American platform has raised concern over Pyongyang’s […]

Europe

Kosovo received Turkish Skydagger kamikaze drones.

October 11, 2025 0

Containers carrying thousands of Turkish Skydagger kamikaze drones have already arrived in Kosovo, marking an early delivery under a contract with Turkish defense firm Baykar, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced on Wednesday. Dozens of […]

Europe

Serbia Unveils NORA next-gen 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

October 10, 2025 0

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Cyprus National Guard Received Serbian-made Tamnava MLRS.

October 4, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Purchases 48 New HIMARS Rocket Artillery For Ship-killer Role.

October 4, 2025 0

The Australian Army’s appetite for the M142 HIMARS is proving voracious. With the first two of 42 units arriving in Australia only in March, the country is already eyeing another 48 of these U.S.-built rocket […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Navy Joins Indonesian Submarine Rescue Operations

  • Air Platform

    Boeing, MHI Partner on State of the Art Upgrades to Japan’s F-15J fleet

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Announced New F-35 Configuration TR-3

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha to supply combat systems for the Philippine Navy’s new corvette

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin to Participate RAAF’s Next-gen Air Battle Management Systems Evaluation Stages

  • Africa

    Iran Hijacked Six Oil Tankers in Gulf of Oman

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down Tu-22M3 Strategic Bomber Using Soviet-era S-200 Missile System

  • Europe

    Sweden reveals how Ukrainian crews were trained to use CV90 infantry fighting vehicles

  • C4iSR

    Saab delivers British Army’s next generation artillery hunting radars

  • Europe

    Detained former Russian commander Igor Girkin announced his presidential bid to challenge Vladimir Putin

  • Europe

    Canada Delivers Armored Combat Support Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia wants to buy back the Turkish S-400 air defence system, amid air defence shortages.

  • Air Platform

    Denmark announced its readiness to donate 30 F-16 fighters to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s MAGURA V5 sea drone destroyed Russia’s Saturn tugboat that towed Admiral Kuznetsov

  • Industry

    Ukrainian Defense Industry Capabilities

  • Middle East

    President Erdogan Normalizes Ties With Egypt And Saudi Arabia

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin To Develop A New Variant Of F-35 For Unspecified Customer

  • Europe

    U.S. State Department Approves Javelin ATGM For British Army

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian troops blow up Russian Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system

  • Americas

    Oshkosh awarded $152 million contracts for JLTVs for NATO allies

  • Europe

    ‘Hostage situation’ at Hamburg airport as gunman drives onto runway

  • Americas

    The USAF wants commoditised F-16V for easier Foreign Military Sales

  • Air Platform

    The $50 Million MiG-35 “Lemon” Will Be Tested Until 2021 :Mikoyan Design Bureau

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroyed ten Russian tanks in a single strike

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force Test Two F-15EX Jets in Northern Edge 21 Exercise

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Germany Purchases 3,266 Brimstone 3 missiles for Eurofighter Typhoon

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blitz Russia’s oil depots and power grids

  • Infantry Weapons

    Tamnava Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)

  • Air Platform

    Skyways Developed Autonomous Folding Wings Blue Water UAS

  • Naval Weapons

    BrahMos ER Failed To Launch During A Test

  • Europe

    Turkey unveiled next-generation 155mm Firtana self-propelled howitzers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Navy Destroyer sets sail through South China Sea

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Appoints New Air Guard and Army Chief AKA “Graft King”

  • Americas

    U.S. imposed sanctions on Indian shipping companies for involvement in the “Arctic LNG-2” project by Russia’s NOVATEK

  • Middle East

    Bahrain agrees to recognise Israel following UAE

  • Europe

    Ukraine Ordered Turkish Ada-class Corvettes

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Why India and China should be given secondary sanctions?

  • Air Platform

    Greece to purchase 49 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for its armed forces

  • C4iSR

    Thales launches compact AESA radar for light combat aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Pilots Started Training on F-16 Fighting Falcon in Denmark

  • Europe

    UK will send starstreak, NLAW, howitzer and loitering munitions worth £100 million to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russian losses in Makhmut are so huge that they impacted supply chains on other battlefields

  • Americas

    BAE Systems Awarded $299 Million Contact To Build Combat Vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Approves Sale Of Turkish T-129 Helicopters To Philippines

  • Europe

    Hellenic Navy Unveils Significant Plan to Boost Naval Warfare Capability

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy’s HMS Diamond arrives in Gibraltar with series of ‘kill marks’ on flanks

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Denmark to purchase Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as a replacement for Harpoon missile

  • Air Platform

    Croatia Buys 12 Used Dassault Rafale F3R Fighters

  • Infantry Weapons

    U.S. Army envisions new land-based hypersonic weapon

  • Air Platform

    Philippines to purchase three new C-130J transport aircraft

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