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Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Produce Nine CH-53K King Stallion Heavy Lift Helicopters

February 27, 2025 GDC 0

The U.S. Navy has awarded Sikorsky a contract to build nine more CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters, with language added into the contract to continue bringing down the cost of the aircraft as the […]

Air Platform

Sikorsky awarded contract to produce 35 CH-53K helicopters for U.S. Navy

December 26, 2023 GDC 0

The U.S. Navy awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, a $2.7 billion contract to build and deliver 35 additional CH-53K helicopters, the largest procurement to date for this multi-mission aircraft. The agreement includes 12 U.S. Marine […]

Air Platform

Lockheed Martin Awarded A Contract To Build Nine CH-53K Helicopters For US Marines

February 8, 2022 GDC 0

Prioritizing affordability and utilizing advanced manufacturing techniques, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), will build nine additional CH-53K™ aircraft at a lower unit price than previous lot buys, resulting in significant savings for the […]

Land Platform

Israel, US sign $3.1B deal for transport helicopters, refueling planes

January 13, 2022 GDC 0

Israel signed agreements to buy 12 Lockheed Martin Corp CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing Co KC-46 refuelling planes from the United States, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Friday, estimating the total price at around […]

Air Platform

U.S. State Department 18 CH-53K Helicopters For Israel

August 4, 2021 GDC 0

The U.S. State Department said Friday it has cleared a sale of 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to Israel potentially worth $3.4 billion. The package to Israel includes the King Stallion helicopters, made by Lockheed Martin, […]

Americas

Sikorsky to build nine CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for U.S. Marines

July 5, 2021 GDC 0

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky division will build nine more CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps, the Navy Air Systems Command said. The $878.7 million contract, announced in a statement on Friday, includes an option […]

  • Russia jams signal on RAF plane carrying British defence secretary Grant Shapps

    March 15, 2024 0
    Russia has been accused of jamming the satellite signal on an RAF plane carrying Defence Secretary Grant Shapps in its latest act of hostility. Italy will deliver Storm Shadow stealth cruise missiles to UkraineDateJune 5, [...]
  • South Korea Deploys K2 Black Panther and K9 Howitzers in Qatar for Multi-national Exercises

    October 24, 2024 0
    On October 21, 2024, the South Korean army announced that it had, for the first time in its history, deployed its K2 tanks and K9 self-propelled howitzers for joint overseas exercises. These maneuvers, taking place [...]
  • Ukraine to produce Czech CZ BREN 2 assault rifles

    January 11, 2024 0
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  • Here’s Why So Many Russian Tanks Blew Up By Anti-tank Mines

    July 3, 2023 0
    Russia’s failed attempt in January and February to capture Vuhledar, a town in eastern Ukraine, has been described by some observers as a tank battle. Due to #Ukrainewar, defense ties between Russia and India spiral downward [...]
  • Lithuania plans to buy 120 Vilkas infantry fighting vehicles

    May 1, 2022 0
    Lithuania has planned to exercise an option to acquire more Vilkas fighting vehicles, according to Vice Minister of National Defence Vilius Semeska. Lithuania to Receive More Boxer Armored Vehicles From German ConsortiumDateNovember 18, 2024Lithuania purchases [...]
  • Myanmar’s Arakan Army launches offensive, captured Myanmar Army’s posts

    November 14, 2023 0
    A Myanmar ethnic armed group has launched attacks on security force outposts in the west of the country, local media reported Monday, as the junta struggles to beat back fighting in the north. Corrupt and [...]
Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

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

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • Industry

    Israeli IAI And UAE Based Edge To Produce Drone-Guard Under A Joint Venture

  • Middle East

    Biden Administration Urges UAE To Replace Huawei Equipment Before F-35 Delivery

  • Air Platform

    French Rafale F4 Order Backlog Stands At 306 Aircraft, Excluding Anticipated 45 Saudi Orders

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Navy Destroyer USS Barry Sails Through Taiwan Straits

  • Infantry Weapons

    S-400 Is A Strategic Mistake For India, Doesn’t Solve India’s Problems

  • Air Platform

    Boeing, Honeywell and Rolls-Royce Deutschland Partner to Service Bundeswehr’s H-47 Chinook Engines

  • Europe

    Russia delivers captured Western small arms and vehicles to Hezbollah and Hamas to blame Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Receives First P-8A Poseidon MPA

  • Europe

    Slovenia Donates 35 BVP M-80A Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    No IFF and datalink: Russian anti-air missiles shot down its own Su-34 and Mi-8 helicopters

  • Air Platform

    Canada Selects Gripen E/F Fighter Jets, Reducing F-35A Orders.

  • Air Platform

    Why didn’t Russia use MiG-29 in the Ukraine invasion?

  • Europe

    Russian police raided Moscow night clubs, detained men for military service

  • Air Platform

    No IFF: Pakistan’s HQ-16 Missile Shot Down Its Own Mirage Jet, Proving Chinese Copycat HQ-16 Retained Buk Missile’s Characteristics

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Tehran activates S-400 missile system, but Israeli F-35I Adir already breached S-400 in Syria

  • Europe

    Greece, Israel, France And Cyprus Join Military Exercises And Deepen Defense Cooperation

  • Europe

    Another Sabotage Attack With Massive Explosion Derailing Crimea Train

  • Americas

    U.S. to spend $14.3 billion to ramp up Iron Dome missile production

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Third Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship Starts Sea Trials

  • Defense Industry

    China boosts its military budget by nearly $230 billion this year – 7.2% of its spending

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China tests scramjet powered hypersonic weapons

  • Americas

    Boeing Awarded $2.7 Billion Contract to Produce Patriot PAC-3 Missile.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Greece considers donating S-300PMU and Tor-M1 missile to Ukraine

  • South Asia

    The U.S. to standby with Bangladesh about Rohingya crisis

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Solomon Islands Refused To Refuel U.S. Coast Guard Vessel

  • Middle East

    Pakistan Was Pressured To Recognize Israel By MBS: Imran Khan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan Develops Wheeled Anti-tank Vehicles

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves Javelin For Georgia

  • Air Platform

    US Army to induct UH-72B Lakota Helicopters

  • Europe

    Canada donates 20,000 155mm artillery rounds to Ukraine

  • Ballistic Missile

    Iran Delivers Hundreds of Fath-360 and Fateh-313 Theatre Ballistic Missiles to Russia

  • South Asia

    Corrupt Tulip Siddiq quits after ethics adviser rules she misled Brits

  • Middle East

    73 Percent of Iranians Want a Secular Government, 7.9 Percent of Iranian Women Want To Wear Hijab

  • Cruise Missiles

    Australia’s StrikeMaster conducts successful Naval Strike Missile test firing in Norway

  • Europe

    Grim milestone: Russia passed 400,000 casualties in the Ukraine war

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin awarded $4.5 billion contract to produce JAGM and HELLFIRE missiles

  • Air Platform

    F-16 Can Fly Air Defense, SEAD And DEAD Missions If U.S. Does Not Want Ukraine To Strike Russian Territories

  • Europe

    Russian soldiers calling Ukrainian hotline to surrender with armored vehicles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia to Buy JASSM-ER and NSM Missiles Worth $2.6 Billion

  • Europe

    IAI And Rafael Are Competing For Polish Air Defense Requirement

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin LANTIRN navigation and targeting system

  • Americas

    South Korea, Peru Signed Multi-domain Security Agreement

  • Europe

    World-first, Turkish Akinci drone test fires Cakir cruise missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Ocean wants to build submarines for Canada, Philippines, Poland

  • South Asia

    Panicked India deploys S-400 missile system and Rafale fighter jets near Bangladesh, which has no meaningful Air Force

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Denmark purchases MBDA’s VL MICA anti-air missile system

  • Europe

    Bayraktar Kizlilelma drone passes another critical milestone

  • Europe

    Italian Navy’s F-35B Lands Aboard ITS Cavour For The First Time

  • Air Platform

    Sharp Eye Ⅲ Unmanned Helicopter had been displayed on 10th Airshow China

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s PAK DA Bomber Is In Design Phase, report

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