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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 […]

  • US senators try to block deployment of F-35 to UK over Huawei’s involvement in building Britain’s 5G network

    May 6, 2020 0
    Republican senators are trying to block 48 of the most advanced fighter jets ever created from being deployed to the UK, over Huawei’s involvement in building Britain’s 5G wireless network. The move is being led by Republican [...]
  • Australia received two new Chinook Helo

    July 12, 2021 0
    The Royal Australian Army has taken delivery of two Boeing CH-47F helicopters, the first of four obtained under a recently approved acquisition. According to Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD), the two rotorcraft were delivered to [...]
  • The President Biden would have only 12 minutes to decide nuclear launch-under-attack option

    April 18, 2023 0
    The early years of nuclear weapons were marked by an arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although the United States built the first nuclear bombs, dropping them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki [...]
  • Israeli Foreign Minister to Visit Morocco to Meet His Counterpart

    July 17, 2021 0
    The Foreign Ministry is in talks with Morocco to arrange an official visit by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to the Arab nation, reported the Times of Israel quoting Israeli foreign ministry sources. Last week, Lapid [...]
  • China dismissed top ranking army Generals from their positions

    December 31, 2023 0
    Nine generals of the People’s Liberation Army, including a number of senior members of the PLA Rocket Force, have been dismissed from China’s top legislature. PLA Rocket Force Test Fires DF-26 Ballistic MissilesDateJune 15, 2021Norinco [...]
  • Putin prepared the Russian army to use nuclear weapons against Baltic states, Western intelligence

    March 3, 2024 0
    Russia is preparing for a future nuclear war with the West that could unfold sometime in the next ten years, according to a new report from the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service. This is what the [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Delivers First Tranche of 140mm Towed Mortars to Russian Army

June 5, 2025 0

North Korean 140mm towed mortars have been spotted in use by Russian forces, adding to a growing list of foreign-supplied weaponry now deployed in Moscow’s war effort. The new mortar has a maximum range of […]

Europe

CZ Group Unveils BREN 3 Assault Rifles at IDET 2025 in Brno

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Europe

British Army Tests Lighter Javelin Missile Launch System at Record Range of 4km

May 28, 2025 0

The British Army has test-fired the latest Javelin command launch unit at a record range of 4 kilometers (2.48 miles). The record shot at Salisbury Plains demonstrated the Javelin’s Lightweight Command Launch Unit’s (LWCLU) enhanced […]

Central Asia

Kazakhstan started building new artillery ammunitions plant

May 26, 2025 0

Kazakhstan has launched the construction phase of a new industrial facility for the production of artillery ammunition in cooperation with a partner from Singapore. The upcoming plant will manufacture 122mm, 152mm, and 155mm caliber artillery […]

Europe

British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

May 25, 2025 0

A British defense startup has unveiled a new ramjet-powered artillery round designed to deliver long-range precision effects in future combat environments. Tiberius Aerospace, founded in 2022 and rooted in Silicon Valley practices, introduced its flagship […]

Infantry Weapons

India fields Swedish-made Carl-Gustaf M4 launcher ditching locally-made Nag Mk-2 ATGM

May 25, 2025 0

The Indian Army has begun fielding the Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle. The deployment follows Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, a fully foreign-owned subsidiary of Saab AB, establishing a new production facility in India. According to […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    International Criminal Court to Prosecute Myanmar’s Top Military Leaders

  • Americas

    EDGE Awarded Contract To Produce MANSUP Anti-ship Missiles For Brazil

  • Europe

    Russia deploys Soviet-era T-34 tanks in the Ukraine war

  • Naval Platforms

    French Navy’s SSN Suffren starts sea trial

  • Europe

    Patria awarded contract to produce 321 armored vehicles for Swedish army

  • Europe

    President Alexander Lukashenko misses major state celebration, amid speculation of paralysis

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Building Missiles Mega-base Near Vietnam

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Fighting A Modern Warfare

  • Middle East

    Tehran dumps Russian Su-30SME and MiG-35 in favor of Chinese J-10C fighter jet

  • Air Platform

    Chinese Defence Ministry Spokesperson Denies Reports of J-10C Sale to Egypt

  • Naval Platforms

    BAE Systems working on the final piece of HMS Glasgow

  • Africa

    Turkey Destroyed Four More Pantsir ADS Totaling Six Pantsir Destroyed in Libya last month

  • Americas

    U.S. Senate Cleared $4.9 Billion Funding For New Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers

  • Europe

    Germany prepares $2.95 billion lethal aid package for Ukraine, including tanks, IRIS-T, armored vehicles and howitzers

  • Americas

    Three Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Prison For Taking Photos of Florida Naval Base

  • C4iSR

    French Navy Tests E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aboard Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Denmark to purchase Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as a replacement for Harpoon missile

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky Australia completes deep maintenance of US Navy’s MH-60R helicopter at Nowra facility

  • Europe

    Losing 15 S-300 Batteries, Russia Started Deploying S-300 Mockup To Deceive Ukrainian Air Force

  • Americas

    US Marine Unit Received New Counter Drone Gun

  • C4iSR

    Polish-made kamikaze ‘Warmate’ drone destroyed Russia’s Podlyot radar complex

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation Unveils First Rafale F4 Aircraft For UAE

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RoKAF received fourth and final Global Hawk UAV

  • Air Platform

    Saab Upgrades Gripen D with Gallium Nitrate (GaN) AESA Radar For the First Time

  • Europe

    Netherlands will give Ukraine minesweepers, drone radars, and M3 amphibious bridge

  • Africa

    Nigerian Navy Takes Delivery Of FBP 72 Patrol Boats

  • Middle East

    US Warship Fired 30 Warning Shots After Encounter With Iranian Warship

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad Diagnosed With Advanced Stages Of Stomach Cancer, Only Foreign Doctors Kept Him Alive

  • Anti-air Missiles

    South Korea To Develop High Altitude Interceptor Missile For KM-SAM

  • Middle East

    President Bashar al-Assad killed in a plane crash while trying to flee Syria aboard Russian-made IL-76 aircraft

  • Europe

    Mystery Fires Ripped Through Putin’s Weapons Research Facility 1000km Inside Russia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany Receives Rheinmetall’s Skyranger 30 Anti-air System

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blitz Russian Caspian sea naval base in Kaspiysk

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Baykar to establish drone MRO facility in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    GE Delivers F414 Engines For South Korean KFX Fifth-Gen Fighter Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    COVID-19 Started In Peoples Liberation Army’s Biolaboratory: Dr Li Meng-Yan

  • Europe

    Poland Delivers Additional T-72 Tanks To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese J-10 jet drops flares in front of Australian Navy’s Sea Hawk helicopter above international waters

  • Air Platform

    Russia Lost 50 Orlan-10 Reconnaissance Drones In Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Slovakian Air Force’s F-16V Block 70 Takes Maiden Flight In South Carolina

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Company Repkon to Supply Ammunition Parts to German Rheinmetall

  • Defense Industry

    Russia to Merge UAC, MiG and Sukhoi to Prevent Mikoyan’s Bankruptcy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Sergei Shoigu Secured Ammunitions, Pokpung Ho II Tanks, And GeumSeong-3 Cruise Missiles Deal With North Korea In Return of Food Relief

  • Americas

    L3Harris Awarded $345 Million Contact For U.S. Army’s Tactical Radio System

  • Europe

    Ukraine Claimed That It Killed Russian General Yakov Rezantsev in Kherson

  • Air Platform

    Bell Delivers 12 AH-1Z Viper to Bahrain

  • Air Platform

    Turkey wants to rejoin F-35 program under Trump Administration

  • Europe

    British-supplied Storm Shadow Cruise Missile Killed Russian General Oleg Tsokov

  • Air Platform

    The Leonardo C-27J Spartan Medium-Lift Tactical Transport Aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone attacks destroyed two Tu-22M3 nuke bombers and three Su-34 bombers at Soltsky-2 airbase

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