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East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Delivers First Cape Class Patrol Boat to Royal Australian Navy

March 28, 2022 GDC 0

The vessel, ADV Cape Otway, was officially accepted and named by the Minister for Defence, The Hon. Peter Dutton MP at a ceremony held at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard. He was accompanied by the Chief […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Trinidad and Tobago Commissions Two Cape-class Patrol Boats

December 1, 2021 GDC 0

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley officially commissioned two Cape Class Patrol Boats at a ceremony held at the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard base in Chaguaramas, on 28 November 2021. The two […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Australia Launches First Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boat for RAN

October 21, 2021 GDC 0

Austal has launched the first of six Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (CCPBs) ordered by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). “Austal has launched the first of six Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats to be constructed for the […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Vestdavit wins contract to supply boat-launch and recovery system for RAN

September 25, 2020 GDC 0

Leading davit supplier Vestdavit has secured an agreement with Austal Australia to deliver twelve boat launch-and-recovery systems for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The marine davits will be installed on six new Cape-class patrol boats […]

Naval Platforms

Australia begins construction of six Cape-class OPV

July 27, 2020 GDC 0

The Australian Defence Department has announced the start of construction on the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) first new Cape-class patrol boat. Western Australian company Austal is under contract to build six Cape-class patrol boats. Once […]

Naval Platforms

RAN’s sets to upgrade Cape-class OPV with naval communication system

July 16, 2020 GDC 0

The Cape-class Patrol Boats (CCPB) are currently in production at Austal’s Henderson shipyard in Western Australia and are to be delivered from September 2021. The new RAN CCPBs will include a number of enhancements that […]

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Awarded Contract to Build Six Cape-class Patrol Boats for Royal Australian Navy

May 2, 2020 GDC 0

The Australian Government is investing in a programme for the production of six new Cape Class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). With an investment of approximately A$350m, a total of six vessels […]

  • Peru to Receive First An-178 Military Transport Aircraft

    March 15, 2021 0
    August 2020 Ukrainian State company “Antonov” presented the newest multirole transport aircraft An-178, which is to be delivered to Peru in 2021. The delivery is planned within the contract to produce an unspecified quantity of [...]
  • Russian pilots and crews helping Myanmar’s junta to bomb schools, hospitals and monasteries

    July 9, 2023 0
    As Myanmar’s military regime struggles to contain a rising tide of armed resistance to its coup of 2021, its unchallenged airpower has already emerged as a central factor in the civil war. At the dawn [...]
  • Israeli IAI returns Sri Lankan Kfir fighters to service, provision for future upgrades

    July 2, 2021 0
    Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is to return to service Sri Lanka’s fleet of Kfir combat aircraft, at the same time as laying the foundations for future upgrades with a USD50 million effort to enhance the [...]
  • Samkang M&T to Build FFX Ulsan-class Batch III Frigate for RoK Navy

    January 15, 2022 0
    A mid-sized Korean shipbuilder called Samkang M&T announced on January 4th that it won a contract for the construction of a 3,500 tons FFX Batch III frigate. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) contract is [...]
  • Ukrainian Beaver Kamikaze Drones Blitzed Russian Cities, Russia Declared State of Emergency

    January 17, 2024 0
    Russia has declared a state of emergency after a torrent of kamikaze drones attacked a key Putin airbase. Giant Fireball Erupted On Russian Military’s HQ After Ukrainian Beaver Drones Struck In Rostov-on-Don And MoscowDateSeptember 7, [...]
  • Turkey Replaces Canadian Electro-Optics System With Domestic Optics in Bayraktar TB2 Drones

    February 11, 2022 0
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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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

  • Africa

    Chad receives Chinese-made air defense systems from UAE

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Army shuts down military forum critical of army’s role in Pakistani politics

  • Europe

    Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

  • Europe

    Russia’s drone parts warehouse engulfed in fires destroying $16 million Western components

  • Naval Platforms

    RAN Hobart-class air warfare destroyers to be upgraded with Aegis combat system

  • South Asia

    Prime Narendra Modi Wants Sheikh Hasina To Leave India In 48 Hours As UK, USA and Finland Reject Her Asylum Bids

  • C4iSR

    Australia received its powerful intelligence-gathering aircraft, the MC-55A Peregrine, to counter China.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    AIM-174B ‘Gunslinger’ Nickname Hinted at by Commander, Naval Air Forces and U.S. Pacific Fleet

  • Americas

    US Marines Corps purchases more TRV-150C cargo drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China built military base in Galwan Valley in just three weeks

  • Air Platform

    China flooded the markets with drones as the U.S. just started exporting armed drones

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin to integrate augmented reality on T-50 trainer aircraft

  • Infantry Weapons

    Aster Air Defense Missile System

  • Americas

    US to start mass production of new Booker combat vehicles

  • South Asia

    India Deploys Chinooks And Apache Helicopters In Ladakh

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation Delivers Six Rafale Out Of Twelve To Croatia

  • Air Platform

    Ecuador Replaces HAL Dhruv and Mi-171 Helicopters With Airbus H225M Helicopters

  • Europe

    Proxy war: Wagner Group in Belarus possess serious threat to Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Host Naval Exercises With British Carrier Strike Group

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkey plans to purchase Eurosam SAMP/T missiles as S-400 missiles do not meet the performance standard

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Slovakia Purchases Barak MX Anti-air Missile System From Israel

  • Europe

    Umka-2021: Russian Nuclear Submarines Were Forced To Surface, Lacks Countermeasures, Says Maxim Klimov

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Carl-Gustaf M4 For Undisclosed Customer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Type 625 Anti-air Gun System

  • Americas

    United States will send another Patriot missile air defense system to Ukraine

  • Naval Platforms

    Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivers the second project 15B destroyer, to the Indian navy

  • Europe

    Ukraine and the UK to co-produce Octopus-100 interceptor drones.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 Strikes Russia’s Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones blew up Russian missile factory and gas plant

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Offers Gripen E/F to Czech Republic

  • Europe

    Making a fool of Putin’s forces, Ukraine’s decoy weapons cost Russia billions of dollars

  • Europe

    Swedish Navy upgrades Tapper-class patrol boat with ASW capability

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Pearl Harbor Drone Attacks Exposed Putin’s Nuclear Bluff

  • Europe

    Britain Pledges More Lethal Aid To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Navy to Deploy Lockheed’s C-130J-30 For Nuclear Communications Role

  • C4iSR

    CEA Technologies 3D Active Phased Array Radar

  • Europe

    Kosovo will invest $1.1 billion to strengthen armed forces.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Wiped Out Russia’s Elite Spetsnaz Unit

  • Cruise Missiles

    Poland develops Lanca long-range cruise missile

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Puts T-7A Red Hawk into Vigorous Testing

  • Air Platform

    Turkey to acquire 500 kamikaze Drones

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blew up Russia’s warehouse storing North Korean KN-23 missiles, tanks and ammunitions

  • Middle East

    Iran shot down Ukrainian Flight 752 using Russian-made SA-15 Tor surface-to-air missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Lockheed Martin Completes Royal Australian Navy’s Destroyer Combat Upgrades

  • Air Platform

    Polish MiG-29 Crashed, Pilots Flee The Scene

  • Uncategorized

    Canada On Track To Select An Winner Of FFCP Programme Next Year

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Boeing Awarded Contract To Build More Guided Bomb Kits For JDAM

  • Defense Industry

    Airbus eyes Air Combat Cloud role on Tempest

  • Europe

    Putin Should Worry Now, Biden Admin Approves HIMARS Precision Rockets For Ukraine Worth $700 Million

  • Europe

    Russian Tanks Commander Drive His Tank Through Minefields

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