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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 […]

  • BAE Systems Cut Steel For Third Type 026 Frigates, HMS Belfast

    July 14, 2021 0
    In a steel cut ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, His Royal Highness, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, set the plasma cutting machine to work on the first plate of steel for the third [...]
  • Why Did China Send Soviet-era J-7 To Taiwan Strait?

    July 13, 2021 0
    The Chinese military’s use of ageing J-7 jets in a Taiwan fly-past last month has raised questions about why the second-generation fighters were deployed alongside more modern warplanes, Taipei-based newspaper the Liberty Times reported. Intruding [...]
  • Global Hawk drones to be converted for hypersonic testing

    December 6, 2021 0
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  • Turkish New Drone Akinci Completes Another Flight Tests

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  • Russian Aerospace Forces Su-30SM dud crashes in Black Sea

    August 21, 2025 0
    Russian pro-war Telegram channels and later Ukrainian sources reported the loss of a Su-30SM fighter jet from the Black Sea Fleet’s naval aviation near Ukraine’s Zmiinyi (Snake) Island on August 14. According to these reports, [...]
  • Amid China and Russia tensions, US considering nuclear tests after 28 years hiatus

    May 24, 2020 0
    US officials have debated whether to carry out the first US nuclear tests in 28 years as a way to pressure Russia and China into make a trilateral arms control deal, according congressional aides and [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

  • Americas

    North Korean Fake Companies Subcontracted To US Tech Giants To Fund Kim Jong-un’s Missile Program

  • Industry

    UK remains as the second biggest arms exporter

  • Air Platform

    American instructor says, two experienced Ukrainian pilots were able to master F-16s in four months

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal New Zealand Navy is struggling to manage its small fleet due to lack of funding

  • Americas

    Turkey’s Otokar demonstrates armored vehicles in Peru defense fair

  • Americas

    Defense Secretary Purges Defense Advisory Board

  • Europe

    Germany committed to deploy permament army brigade in Lithuania

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Pyongyang Conducts Tactical Ballistic Missile Tests

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Low-cost 155mm Wheeled Artillery System Copying German RCH 155 8×8 Howitzer

  • Europe

    How corruption in the Kremlin helped Ukraine win the war against the Russian Federation

  • Europe

    Sweden approves new lethal aid package for Ukraine worth $314 million

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin Awarded A Contract To Deliver AN/TPS77 Long-Range Air Defense Radar To RAAF

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s mystery drone struck Belgorod military base exposing Russia’s air defense weaknesses

  • Europe

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

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Deliveres Six Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) UAVs To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Turkish Drone Maker Baykar and Defense Giant Aselsan Manufactured 1000 Ventilators

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Nuclear Triad Took A Hit After Nuclear Submarine Sank In Port

  • Europe

    North Korea Sends More Ammo and Artillery To Russia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Rheinmetall delivers Skynex anti-air gun to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Singaporean Navy Will Build Second Multi-Role Combat Vessel

  • Americas

    US Navy Launched Trident II D5 Ballistic Missile in the North Atlantic, Amid Tension with Venezuela.

  • Naval Platforms

    South Korea, India and China Turned Myanmar Navy Into A Blue Water Navy

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman to modernize US Navy’s E-6B Mercury Fleet

  • Air Platform

    No IFF and datalink: Russian anti-air missiles shot down its own Su-34 and Mi-8 helicopters

  • Uncategorized

    Yevgeny Prigozhin exposed Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s family’s billions stashed in Europe

  • Europe

    Denmark Purchases 44 CV90 MKIIIC Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

  • Air Platform

    More Shameful Than Moskva Sinking: Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s MiG-31 Carrying Hypersonic Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Should the Royal Australian Navy induct Lockheed Martin F-35B to counter PLA Navy?

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Gets French Mirage 2000 Fighter Jet Boost From NATO Ally

  • Americas

    Gibbs & Cox Awarded Contract Worth $319 Billion for US Navy’s Future DDG(X) Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Restarted Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility, Says IAEA

  • Middle East

    Turkey To Establish Military Base In Iraqi Kurdistan

  • Air Platform

    Saudi Arabian Company To Co-produce Turkish Drone

  • Air Platform

    Boeing-Saab T-7A RedHawk completes first inverted flight

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Host Naval Exercises With British Carrier Strike Group

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s $1000 Kamikaze Drones Blew Up Russia’s $100 Million Buk and Tor Surface-to-air Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Indian Navy To Buy 40 Shipborne Heron And Searcher UAV

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine war: Russia postponed development of prototype Su-75 Checkmate

  • Europe

    Slovenian firm unveils new 30mm turret for combat vehicles

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems Started Production Of F-15EX’s Advanced EW Suite

  • Air Platform

    Eurofighter Typhoon Lands in Turkey for inspection by British and Turkish officials

  • Americas

    BAE, Elbit Demonstrate Future Fighting Vehicle For US Army

  • Air Platform

    KAI to produce first KF-X prototype by April 2021

  • Air Platform

    Thailand Purchases 12 Gripen E/F 4.5 Generation Fighter Jets

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Rafael Unveils Aerospike Missile For Close-air Support Mission

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s MiG-31 Fighter Jet Crashed Near Lipetsk Region.

  • Europe

    Defecting Wagner Boss Shot Down Russian Helicopter, Putin Deploys Troops in Moscow Fearing Coup

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall will sends 139 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Swiss Military Shows Off Israeli Starliner ISR UAV

  • South Asia

    China Directly Assisted Pakistan with Satellite Intelligence, Air Defense Radar Coverage and Military Expert Advice During Recent Kashmir Conflict

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