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Americas

USAF pilot call sign ‘Banzai’ becomes first woman to fly F-35A stealth fighter into combat

June 14, 2020 GDC 0

America has now deployed its first female stealth fighter pilot into combat, the Air Force announced. Capt. Emily Thompson, call sign “Banzai,” made headlines after she became the first female to fly the F-35A Lightning II into combat. […]

  • Gripen E/F To Be A Smart Phone Like Fighters With Regular Software Upgrades: Saab

    January 16, 2021 0
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  • L3Harris Awarded Contract to Produce Integrated Platform Management System for Hunter-class Frigates

    January 15, 2025 0
    L3Harris Technologies has received a contract to provide its integrated platform management system (IPMS) for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter-class frigates.  Anschütz awarded contract to produce integrated bridge for Hunter-class frigatesDateNovember 25, 2023Hunter-class Frigate [...]
  • Russian Soldiers Surrender Fully Operational Tanks and Defect to Ukrainian Side For $10,000

    March 24, 2022 0
    A Russian armored corps member has surrendered to the Ukrainian Army and handed over his fully operable tank for a $10,000 reward, food and the promise of Ukrainian citizenship. Thanks to Javelin, Russian Military Lost [...]
  • Ukraine’s Neptune Cruise Missiles And Beaver Drones Destroyed $1.3 Billion S-400 Triumf SAM In Crimea

    September 15, 2023 0
    The Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy conducted another special operation in occupied Crimea on the night of September 14. Bayraktar TB2 could play a key role if a war break over Crimea, [...]
  • First SSN AUKUS nuclear submarine will be built in UK

    April 20, 2023 0
    The first generation of AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built in the UK and Australia, based on the UK’s submarine design, UK Government revealed. Rolls Royce’s nuclear reactors to power Australian SSN AUKUS submarinesDateApril 17, [...]
  • Rocketsan Showcases MIDLAS Quad-pack Verticle Launching System

    February 25, 2025 0
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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 […]

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

    Rheinmetall Completed delivery of the German AFBM “Boxer”

  • Americas

    Defense Giant Lockheed Martin Released A Video Depicting Destruction of S-400 and Topol-M

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany delivers new Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Huge Explosions Ripped Through Iranian Missile Factory As Israeli F-35I Adir Stealth Jets Reign Over Tehran Skies

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Ethnic Armies ‘Three Brotherhood’ Seized Control of Shan State Bordering with China

  • Europe

    Luftwaffe And Israeli Air Force Conduct Air Combat Exercises For The First Time

  • Europe

    Russia secretly approached Pakistan, Egypt, Brazil, Syria and Belarus to buy back weapons and helicopters engines it sold past years

  • Air Platform

    Finland Orders New Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea commissions 2nd Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship ROKS Marado

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia’s laser targeting system and laser-guided bombs have low efficacy, missing their targets

  • Europe

    Russian Rocket Launcher Factory Bursts Into Flames In A Suspected Sabotage

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy Deploys Response Group To Eastern Mediterranean To Support Israeli Navy

  • Uncategorized

    Russia Lost Four Su-35S Aircraft Within Last Ten Days, Says British Intelligence

  • Europe

    Turkey Will Retire Russian-made S-400 SAM In Exchange For Turkish Return To F-35 Program

  • Europe

    Ukraine Destroyed Soviet-era 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm Self-propelled Heavy Mortar

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo to deliver new helicopters to Malaysian Army

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force releases new CGI rendering of B-21 Raider strategic bomber

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department approves sending F-16s to Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands

  • Americas

    Keel laid for Brazilian Navy’s first Tamandaré-class frigate

  • Americas

    BAE Systems demonstrates new version of US Marine Corps’ combat vehicle

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Sets to Procure 5 Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • Europe

    No sh$t: Russian soldiers are using bow and arrow in the Ukraine war

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Networks F-15 and F-22 Raptor

  • Air Platform

    UK Wants To Buy More F-35 Fighter Jets

  • Europe

    Psychopathic Putin Lost Astounding 1.5 Million Russians to Capture a Few Kilometres of Ukraine’s Territory in Four Years.

  • Air Platform

    Success of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Is A Lesson For Britain: British Minister

  • Air Platform

    Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Aircraft Landed On Highway In Finland

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Successfully Conducted Fourth AGM-88G AARGM-ER Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Mitsubishi extends life of Japan’s Type 10 main battle tanks

  • Europe

    Russian troops swept away by flood while fleeing Kherson

  • Europe

    Desperate time: Russian retrofit air-launched rocket launcher onto UAZ pickup truck

  • Europe

    Russia’s lost 22 tanks, 33 armored vehicles and 1040 Russian troops in a day

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Israeli Defense Forces Received First Operational Iron Beam Laser Weapon System.

  • Europe

    Greek Company Unveiled Aihimi AHM-1X Drone Armed With Rockets

  • Air Platform

    Saab offers 12 Gripen E to Philippines worth $1.1 billion

  • Europe

    A Russian Deserter Escaped With Machine Gun, Became Rambo And Fighting His Own War

  • Air Platform

    Israeli Air Force Achieved Complete Air Dominance Over Iranian Airspace

  • Europe

    Dmitry Medvedev Suggests Lviv Will Be Ukraine’s New Capital Once Russia Occupies Ukraine

  • Africa

    TPLF Shot Down Mi-35 Helicopter

  • C4iSR

    U.S. State Department approves three E-2D Hawkeye For France

  • Europe

    Russia used paintings to reassemble fighter jets at Crimea airbase after evacuating jets from the peninsula

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Erratic Behavior And Land Grabbing In Southeast Asia Could Cost Its Economy

  • Air Platform

    UK Think Tanks Recommended Supplying ‘Sukhoi Killer’ Gripen Fighter Jets To Ukraine For Next Phase Of Battle

  • South Asia

    Indian Media Discloses Dismal Performance of Su-30MKI Fighters During Kashmir Skirmish

  • Air Platform

    Italy open to Germany join GCAP sixth-generation fighter jet project.

  • Air Platform

    Missiles On Demand: Boeing’s New 16 Air-To-Air Missile Carrying F-15EX (2040c / X)

  • Industry

    U.S. to further ease arms export restrictions

  • Europe

    Ukraine laid foundations for greater air and sea drones warfare against Russia

  • Europe

    Pantsir anti-air gun and missile with “Z” sign abandoned by Russian forces

  • Americas

    Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

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