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  • [ April 15, 2026 ] China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran. Infantry Weapons
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower. Europe
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] Pakistan warned the IRGC that it cannot fend off the U.S./Israel air strikes using Chinese-made anti-air missiles.   Middle East
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] CIA used AI and Ghost Murmur, a long-range ‘quantum magnetometry’, to detect the downed American pilot’s heartbeat during a combat rescue mission in Iran. Americas
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East Asia and Pacific Region

Babcock Announced Joint Venture With Bell Helicopters for the Requirement of Australian SAS Helicopter

May 28, 2020 GDC 0

Babcock announces that it had selected the Bell 429 Global Ranger helicopter in its bid for the LAND 2097 Phase 4 Project to support the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) helicopter capability. As part of […]

  • Netherlands Issues RFI for Future Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate’s Sonar

    August 30, 2021 0
    The Defense Materiel Organization (Defensie Materieel Organisatie – DMO) of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense issued a request for information (RFI) on August 18, 2021 about a sonar for the future frigates of the Royal [...]
  • Pakistan Announced $9 Billion Defense Budget Amid Tensions With India

    June 12, 2025 0
    Pakistan is set to boost its defense budget by 17 percent, allocating $9 billion (2.55 trillion rupees) as tensions with India soar following a deadly flare-up in April. Pakistan increases defense budget by 6% to [...]
  • Turkey Will Retire Russian-made S-400 SAM In Exchange For Turkish Return To F-35 Program

    September 27, 2024 0
    The Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported, citing sources, that in a bid to resolve the conundrum over Turkey’s acquisition of a Russian S-400 missile defense system, which led to its removal from the F-35 program, the [...]
  • Turkey Launched Surprise Attacks on Russian Wagner PMC in Libya

    August 10, 2021 0
    Turkey has released video footage of Bayraktar TB2 drone strikes on Russian military assets in Libya. According to the video footage by Defence Turk, a Bayraktar TB2 takes position and trikes over a property belonging [...]
  • Ukraine’s ATACMS Tactical Ballistic Missile Destroyed Russia’s Command Post.

    February 26, 2026 0
    Ukraine’s Armed Forces carried out a strike using U.S.-supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles overnight on Feb. 24, targeting a Russian military command facility near Novopetrivka in the occupied Donetsk region, according to the General Staff [...]
  • Baykar Defense Trials Bayraktar Akinci With Full Payloads

    September 21, 2022 0
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Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Philippines to receive first Turkish attack helicopter in December

  • Air Platform

    Australia released RFI for RAAF’s Advanced Jet Training Aircraft

  • Americas

    US to deploy Patriot Missile Defense System at US base in Iraq

  • Middle East

    Israeli F-16I Destroyed Russian-made S-200 SAM In Syria

  • Europe

    Ukraine In Discussion With Germany To Receive Longer-range Patriot Missile Defense System

  • Europe

    Russia’s Crude Oil Shipment Plunge To 50% Since EU Introduced Price Cap

  • South Asia

    Indian Mi-17 Helicopter Crash Landed in Northeastern State

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall Delivers Mission Master Unmanned Ground Vehicles To British Army

  • Middle East

    Cyber attacks hit Iranian government websites and nuclear facilities

  • Naval Platforms

    Boeing submits proposal for Indian Navy’s fighters requirement

  • Middle East

    Hamas Terrorists Group’s Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed In Iran

  • Air Platform

    India approves $1.8 billion to develop prototype AMCA fighter jet

  • Air Platform

    Turkey To Co-Produce Anka Drone With Kazakhstan

  • Air Platform

    Russian Su-25 Frogfoot Attack Aircraft Damaged By Ukrainian MANPADS Hit

  • Air Platform

    A Team of Argentine Air Force Officers Visited Denmark To Purchase Second-hand F-16 Warplanes

  • Europe

    Turkiye-made fighter jet Kızılelma completes test with afterburner

  • Americas

    The USMC to ditch tanks and induct long-range missiles

  • Defense Industry

    Russia imports 80 percent of its missile components from Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, USA and South Korea

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Turkish Defense Industries Manufactures Smart Bomb HGK-82 Kit

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Policemen Seek Refuge In India As Tatmadaw Crackdowns Protesters

  • Americas

    General Dynamics Land Systems Unveils AbramsX Main Battle Tank Technology Demonstrator

  • Air Platform

    Saab Accused Canada Of Favoring Lockheed Martin’s F-35 FFCP Competition

  • Land Platform

    Syria wants to replace Russian MLRS with Belarusian MLRS

  • Europe

    Turkey to Build Three Istanbul-Class Frigates Simultaneously

  • Europe

    France’s Weapons Exports Jumped 72 Percent in 2015-2019

  • Central Asia

    We have ‘problems’ with Russia, says Russia’s ally Armenia

  • Americas

    Why Lockheed Martin Selected Raytheon to Build Distributed Aperture Systems

  • Europe

    Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea.

  • Middle East

    Iranian Navy Ship Exploded Due to Failed Mine-laying, Not Hit by Missile

  • C4iSR

    Rheinmetall To Upgrade Norwegian NASAMS Anti-air Missiles System Sensors

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, PNG to sign security pact to counter Beijing’s rising Pacific influence.

  • Europe

    Thales Joins Hellenic Navy’s FDI Frigate Project

  • Europe

    Leopard frenzy: Czech Republic to buy 50 Leopard 2 main battle tanks

  • Europe

    Crashed IL-76 was not carrying Ukrainian PoW nor it was shot down, IL-76 transport aircraft crashed: analysis

  • Middle East

    Hezbollah Fired Qader-1 Ballistic Missiles At Mossad Headquarters

  • Central Asia

    Which Countries Supply Arms to Azerbaijan and Armenia?

  • South Asia

    60,000 Rohingya Refugees Entered in Bangladesh in Last Two Months As Inept Bangladesh Army Watches

  • Air Platform

    Denmark, the Netherlands and U.S. spearhead creation of the future Ukrainian air force

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine destroys so called invincible S-400 surface-to-air missile battery

  • Uncategorized

    Turkish F-16 shot down second Su-25 aircraft of the Armenian Air Force

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops complete Challenger 2 tanks training in UK

  • Air Platform

    Malaysia plans to purchase KF-21 Boramae fighter jets to retire Su-30MKM fighters.

  • Central Asia

    ST Engineering to Set Up Terrex Infantry Fighting Vehicle Production in Kazakhstan

  • Uncategorized

    Russian Conscripts Dying By Thousands In Each Day In Bakhmut

  • Middle East

    UAE, Israeli Air Force to Conduct Joint Training Exercises

  • Americas

    US Navy Awarded A Contract To Build The Largest Virginia-class Submarines

  • C4iSR

    Saab In The Spotlight As It Delivers Third GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System To UAE

  • Air Platform

    Egypt signed contract to purchase 100 FA-50 fighter jets from South Korea

  • Europe

    Corruption Scandals Erupted in the Russian Media for Buying Golf Buggies for War Instead of Armoured Vehicles.

  • Europe

    Finland’s HX Programme’s Fighter Jet Comparison

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