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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 […]

  • Italy to purchase 25 more F-35 stealth jets

    September 29, 2024 0
    Italy is to purchase 25 extra F-35 jets and new Eurofighters as its defense procurement spending rises 16.8% this year to €9.3 billion, or $10.3 billion, a new budget document revealed on Tuesday revealed. Spain [...]
  • Why Type 212CD Submarine is a pinnacle of stealth technology?

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  • Construction Of RAN’s Hunter-class Frigate Is On Track

    July 5, 2020 0
    ASC Shipbuilding has dismissed media assertions that size issues in the design of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) future nine Hunter-class frigates are causing concern. Managing Director Craig Lockhart told Janes on 3 July that assertions regarding [...]
  • TRMotor to provide auxiliary power unit for Turkish KAAN fighter jet

    December 3, 2023 0
    Turkey’s procurement agency has commissioned a local company to develop critical technologies for an engine that the government hopes will power its first indigenous fighter jet. Turkish TRMotor To Develop Engines For TF-X FightersDateSeptember 4, [...]
  • After Firing 20,000 Round Of North Korean Shells, Russia Started Using 40 Years Old Ammo

    December 13, 2022 0
    Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. military official said on Monday. North Korea [...]
  • Sanctions-hit Russia Seeks Aircraft, Automotive, Train Parts And U.S. Dollars From India And Turkey

    December 12, 2022 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 [...]
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 […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Test Fires KN-25 600MM Multiple Rocket Launch System.

March 24, 2026 0

North Korea confirmed that twelve KN-25 600mm multiple rocket launch systems were used during its latest military test drill. The exercise highlights Pyongyang’s continued efforts to expand long-range precision-strike capabilities within its rocket artillery forces. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Cyber breach at China’s National Supercomputer Centre shows brainless Chinese engineer copying the physical appearance of the HIMARS rocket artillery.  

March 20, 2026 0

The National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin appeared to have suffered a massive data leak of 10 Petabytes of internal data, including classified information. About two months ago, we saw a sales announcement on a dark […]

  • Defense Industry

    Nexter Launches Infantry Fighting Vehicle At DEFEA 2021 In Greece

  • Europe

    Saab Group Awarded Contract To Build Two Visby Generation 2 Stealth Corvettes

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Romania Considers Sending Patriot System to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Navy destroyer USS Halsey sails through Taiwan Straits

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 Pilot Downs Six Russian Cruise Missiles Making Amazing History

  • Cruise Missiles

    Germany requests U.S. Typhon ground-based missile system to strengthen long-range strike capability in Europe

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia undertake life-of-type extension project for Collins-class submarines

  • Europe

    Russian FSB Seized Millions of Dollars Swiss Watches in Retaliation For Western Sanctions

  • Europe

    China sides with Russia as it welcomes Putin’s puppet Lukashenko in Beijing

  • Industry

    Lockheed Martin’s Marillyn Hewson to step down as CEO

  • Europe

    Belarus Cozzies Up With Turkey, A Snab To Russia

  • Europe

    Satellite imagery confirms significant damage at Russia’s key ballistic missile plant.

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract Torpedo 62 Life Extension

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    British DragonFire Laser Knocks Drones Out Of Skies For $13 A Shot

  • Air Platform

    GE Aviation delivers the first F414-GE-400K engine to KAI for KFX fighters

  • Civil Aviation

    Lufthansa Expands Widebody Aircraft Order By 10 Jets

  • C4iSR

    Xian developed two prototype KJ-600 AEW aircraft for PLA Navy

  • Europe

    Ukraine Retakes Key Town Trifonova In Kherson As Russian Army Retreats

  • C4iSR

    Saab Successfully Conducted Flight Test Of Fourth GlobalEye AEW&C

  • South Asia

    Ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Her Son Sajeeb Wazed Joy And Niece Tulip Siddiq Embezlled $5 Billion From Overpriced $12.65 Billion Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Through Malaysian Banks

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    HGK and KGK integration into Turkish ANKA+ and AKSUNGUR UAV begins

  • Ballistic Missile

    Pakistan Army Test Fires Ghauri Medium-range Range Ballistic Missile

  • Europe

    ATACMS could be a game changer for Kyiv’s goal of retaking Crimea, former U.S. General Ben Hodges has said

  • Air Platform

    Why Doesn’t Sukhoi Name Fighters With Block Upgrades?

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact.

  • Defense Industry

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

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker carrying American-made AGM-88 HARM missiles

  • C4iSR

    Germany to purchase Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning radar aircraft.

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s MiG-35 fighter is being briefly used against Ukraine, UAC reported

  • Air Platform

    Canada began construction of Quick Reaction Alert facility in Quebec

  • Europe

    The Netherlands Delivers YPR-765 Infantry Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Americas

    Elbit Systems won US Air Force contract worth up to $476 million

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan’s Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter crashed, 14 killed

  • South Asia

    Convicted disposed dictator Sheikh Hasina’s bleak political future in Bangladesh.

  • Africa

    Nigeria received the first batch of Turkish T129 ATAK attack helicopters

  • Europe

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

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UK Carried Out Successful Test Launch of SPEAR Missile

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Blew Up Russian Oil Refinery

  • Europe

    New European Union Embargo Will End Russia’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Aluminum Markets

  • Defense Industry

    Too Expensive and Complex Export Laws: Japanese Defense Industries Faces Existential Threat Without Exports

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Singapore, Australia conducts joint naval exercises

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received 17,000 Anti-tank Weapons Last Week

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army Operates 60 Illegal Casinos and Money Laundering Dens in Dhaka

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Polish Firm Unveils VSHORAD System With Programmable Ammo

  • Air Platform

    Rafale will have a strategic advantage over Sukhoi fighters: Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa

  • Air Platform

    Boeing is testing AH-64E Block 2, the new high-speed Apache concept

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Test-fires Multi-calibre Israeli-made D11A Artillery Rocket System

  • Air Platform

    The assassin in the sky: General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1B Predator and MQ-1C Gray Eagle MALE UAV

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves SM-6 And SM-2 For Australia

  • Europe

    Notorious Wagner Group Recruited African Prisoners To Fight In Ukraine War For Russia

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