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Leonardo UK secured a contract to supply AW159 wildcat ASW helicopters to Philippine Navy.

October 16, 2025 GDC 0

Leonardo UK is poised to secure a new contract to supply six additional AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat anti-submarine warfare helicopters to the Philippine Navy for P42.290 billion (approx USD 745 million). Philippines’ Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro […]

Air-Launched Weapons

‘Martlet’ Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM)

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Leonardo AW159 Wildcat helicopter conducts first successful firings of Thales ‘Martlet’ Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM)

May 29, 2020 GDC 0

Leonardo and Thales announced that the first successful firings of the Thales ‘Martlet’ Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) from Leonardo’s AW159 Wildcat helicopter. The firings were conducted as part of the UK MoD’s Future Anti-Surface Guided […]

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MBDA Sea Venom Antiship Missiles

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Leonardo’s AW159 Wildcat Maritime Helicopter

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  • Chinese Ambassador To Australia Hints A ‘Special Operation’ To Reunify Taiwan With China

    September 8, 2022 0
    A forceful takeover of Taiwan by Chinese forces wouldn’t be considered an “invasion” because Taiwan is part of its territory, one of Beijing’s senior diplomats said this week. Taiwan’s military exercises reflect it can repeal [...]
  • Turkey Turned Down Russian Request To Buy Bayraktar TB2 Drones

    September 7, 2022 0
    The CEO of Turkey’s Baykar, which makes the drones being widely used by Ukraine against Russian forces, has ruled out supplying the Bayraktar TB2 to Moscow. Turkey Confirms Delivery Of Bayraktar TB2 To UkraineDateMay 1, [...]
  • South Korea Offers Frigates And Submarines To Modernize Philippines Navy Without the Political Baggage

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  • JASDF Is Routinely Intercepting Chinese Aircraft In Japanese Airspace

    August 2, 2020 0
    Japanese fighter pilot Lt. Col. Takamichi Shirota says his country is under increasing pressure from the air. Analysts say it’s a pressure faced by few other nations according a report by CNN news. More than [...]
  • Japan to begin assembly of Patria AMV XP armored vehicles

    May 26, 2025 0
    Japanese defense manufacturer Japan Steel Works is preparing to begin local assembly of the Patria AMV XP 8×8 armored vehicles, with production scheduled to start in September under a license agreement with Finnish defense firm [...]
  • Aero India: Indian Company Demonstrates BMP II Sarath Armored Vehicles

    February 14, 2021 0
    BENGALURU (GDC) — It is not a fancy fighter jet that always catches visitors’ attention in the Aero show. Rather, this time, an infantry combat vehicle has turned out to be a showstopper for Aero India, [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

  • Europe

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  • Europe

    Russia lost four T-90M tanks, 11 BTR-82A APCs and 20 artilleries in one day, reported Ukrainian MoD

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Turkey To Produce Missiles Components And Ammunitions Locally

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, Japan Signs Defense Pact

  • South Asia

    Pakistan to replace P-3 Orion patrol aircraft with Brazilian Embraer Lineage jetliner

  • Europe

    Ukrainian soldier shot down Russian missile with M2 machine gun

  • Naval Weapons

    Which cruise missiles have precision strike capability, Tomahawk or Kalibr?

  • C4iSR

    Swedish Air Force Received Sixth and Final GlobalEye Aircraft

  • Defense Industry

    European Union Will Spend $867 Billion on Collective Security and Decoupling American Companies from Europe

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy to Start Building Constellation-Class Frigate This Year

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Delivers Third Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boat

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas MK2 Ambitious Medium Weight Fighter jets, can HAL achieve MK2?

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi Su-57 is the only fighter jet equipped with Soviet-era DIRCM

  • South Asia

    Pakistan launched retaliatory attacks in Iran after Iranian drone strikes in Pakistan

  • Africa

    Morocco is the first African country to donate T-72 tanks to Ukraine

  • Americas

    The US Army short lists SIG SAUER for Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW)

  • Americas

    Lockheed to Develop New Electronic Warfare Hardware For F-35

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones set Russia’s Su-25 aircraft, Kh-55 and Kh-59 missiles factory in fires

  • Air Platform

    Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Plan to Buy Rafale Fighter Jets and A400M Transport Aircraft, Retires Russian-made Jets

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. State Dept Approves 36 F-15EX To Indonesian Government

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia And UK Signed MoU To Build Frigates For RAN

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Shortlist Five Companies For RAN’s Unammaned Helicopters Programme

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s First Type 31 Frigate Starts Sea Trial in 2023

  • Europe

    Poland sent 150 refurbished BTR-70 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Turkiye and Egypt signed agreement to coproduce Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV)

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan aimed its defence spending to counter a ‘total blockade’ by China

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russian Defense Exports to Southeast Asia

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri Delivers Second Al Zubarah-class Corvette to Qatar

  • Europe

    Kremlin decrees Russians to surrender their passports, bans international travel

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany to deliver two new Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine

  • Europe

    The Czech Republic plans to buy new Leopard A28 tanks

  • Middle East

    Israeli special forces ‘Sayeret Matkal’ raided and destroyed Iranian chemical weapons factory in Syria, reports say

  • Europe

    German-made Marder 1A3 tracked armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle survived direct missile hit

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: The Ultimate Stealth Engineering

  • Air Platform

    Saab Delivered Third GlobalEye AEW&C To UAE

  • C4iSR

    NRIET Type 1475 (KLJ-5) AESA radar for J-20 fighters, the Russian KRET assisted China with MiG-35’s Zhuk-AME technology

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo to Deliver 17 HH-139B Helicopters to Italian Air Force

  • Air Platform

    Kamov fixes inaccurate gatling gun of KA-52M helicopter

  • Air Platform

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

  • Defense Industry

    Malaysia Purchases 18 FA-50 LCA From KAI Worth $920 Million

  • South Asia

    Why Pakistan Surprised India Despite India Spends Billions On Its Air Force

  • Europe

    Norwegian Coast Guard Named First Jan Mayen-class OPV

  • Europe

    STM Defense Technologies develops new Alpagu loitering munition.

  • Air Platform

    Saab Delivers Additional T-7A Trainer Fuselage To Boeing Test Facility

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Former Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed Accused Of Sigficant Corruption Fraudulent Businesses, And Torture Of Political Prisoners

  • Industry

    Serbia’s Defense Industry Capabilities

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Italy purchases Eurosam SAMP/T NG Anti-air Missile System

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Iran unveils Bavar-373 air defense system amid Israel tensions

  • Air Platform

    FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance System

  • Europe

    Greece prepares for bilateral security agreement with Ukraine

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