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  • [ June 8, 2026 ] Lockheed Martin Delivers First F-35B Lightning II with Technology Refresh 3 Software Upgrades. Air Platform
  • [ June 8, 2026 ] Israeli Arrow-3 Missile Defense System Intercepted Barrages of Ballistic Missiles Fired from Iran. Middle East
  • [ June 8, 2026 ] Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer. East Asia and Pacific Region
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East Asia and Pacific Region

Indonesia deployed F-16 fighter jets and frigates on patrol duty in South China Sea

January 8, 2020 GDC 0

Indonesia has reacted with anger after Chinese fishing boats protected by coast guard warships forced their way into its territorial waters. Jakarta has mobilised its military and raised its combat alert status in the Natuna […]

Air Platform

China’s J-20 fighter jet enters into mass production stage

January 7, 2020 GDC 0

A new and improved engine designed to make China’s J-20 stealth fighter a world-class combat jet should be ready for mass production by the end of the year, reports South China Morning Post. China currently […]

  • Czech Republic purchases 24 F-35 stealth jets worth $6.5 billion

    August 11, 2024 0
    The Czech Republic on Monday signed a deal with the US to purchase 24 F-35 fighter jets as part of a deal worth around $6.5 billion, according to media reports. U.S. State Department Approves F-35 [...]
  • Indian Navy to buy 31 additional Rafale-M fighter jets.

    April 3, 2026 0
    While the development of China’s naval air arm and the US Navy’s show of force against Iran have captured media attention, there is a third emerging naval power whose trajectory should not be ignored. The [...]
  • Australian air force’s plan to buy $9 billion turboprop transport aircraft is simply a crazy idea

    April 4, 2023 0
    The RAAF is planning to spend at least $9 billion on a fleet of turboprop transport aircraft and refuses to detail how many will be purchased, the time of their delivery – or even the [...]
  • The U.S. Departs From Afghanistan, China Cashes In $3 Trillion Rare Earth Minerals

    August 23, 2021 0
    “Afghanistan is a long-term play on the best of days and now that the Taliban have ‘won’, it’s more of a long-term play for Chinese interests.” — Byron King, Agora Financial Taliban Could Sell Captured [...]
  • Ukraine’s MAGURA V5 kamikaze sea drones destroyed Russia’s corvette Ivanovets.

    October 7, 2025 0
     Ukraine’s military intelligence says it sank a Russian warship off the coast of Crimea overnight, landing the latest in a series of blows to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after mounting a “massive” missile attack on [...]
  • Here’s why Russia’s Su-57 is doomed?

    October 25, 2021 0
    Sukhoi Su-57 is one of two fighters under development in Russia. Each of these fighters was developed with different specialties in mind but share a collective focus on a few specific design elements that have [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

  • Europe

    Rise of Turkey As A Drone Power

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Denmark reactivates coastal defence system based on Naval Strike Missile

  • Air Platform

    France to finance Rafale F5 development alone after UAE co-funding talks collapsed.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Completes Second Successful AARGM-ER Test

  • Europe

    Turkiye Test-Fires 76mm Naval Guns For Milgem Corvette

  • Europe

    Israel shows images of tanks in Gaza as war on Hamas militants deepens

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan destroyed Armenian Tor-M2KM surface-to-air missile systems

  • Air Platform

    Austria acquired 12 Leonardo M-346FA aircraft in a deal worth €1.5 billion.

  • Americas

    US Navy’s new Landing Craft Completes Tests with USS Carter Hall

  • Europe

    Britain Deploys Sky Sabre Medium-Range Anti-air System To Poland

  • Air Platform

    Saab Completes Gripen Fighter Jets Lithium-ion Battery Upgrades

  • Europe

    Denmark purchases 129 Patria armored vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China to launch eighth Type 055 Destroyer next year

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian forces destroy Russian Tor air defense system using kamikaze drone

  • Europe

    Terrified Russians Watch As Ukrainian Drone Swarms Hit Kerch Bridge

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy Receives First Indigenous Sea Drone For TCG Istanbul Corvette

  • Europe

    Poland Purchased Kia Light Tactical Vehicle (KLTV) From South Korea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s AOR Supply Ship Starts Sea Trials

  • Industry

    Lockheed Martin’s Marillyn Hewson to step down as CEO

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Completes Order For 42 French Rafale Fighter Jets Worth $8.1 Billion

  • Air Platform

    Rheinmetall, Thales Awarded Contract to Support Tiger Helicopter Simulators in France and Germany

  • Americas

    Trump Admin will unfreeze $20 billion of Iranian assets in the U.S. in exchange for Iran’s enriched Uranium stockpile.

  • Central Asia

    Russia’s failure to defend CSTO member Armenia forced Kazakhstan to turn to the West for strategic needs, Chinese media reported

  • Europe

    France To Donate Tank Killer AMX-10 Amored Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukrainian special forces landed in Crimea for covert operations

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Negotiating with France to Buy 48 Rafale Fighters

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine Destroys Three S-400 Launchers and 96L6 Radar Using ATACMS Cluster Munitions In Donetsk

  • Europe

    Turkey successfully test-fires domestic 76mm naval gun

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Three Russian Su-34 Fighter Bombers

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Offers F-16V Block 70 to Philippines Air Force with Skilled Manpower Development Opportunity in Philippines

  • Central Asia

    U.S. troops disabled 73 aircraft, weapons systems before leaving Kabul airport, report

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Shows off KF-21 Fighter Jet as Its Arms Sales Surge

  • Americas

    U.S. Offers $50 Billion Aid Package To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Navy received 5th and 6th Shaldag Mk V Fast Attack Craft From Israel

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys Swedish Stridsvagn 122 Tanks in Counteroffensive Against Russia

  • Air Platform

    Portuguese Air Force Adopt Embraer C-390 Millennium For Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Missions

  • Africa

    Radioactive corruption: Russia’s Rosatom was involved in a corrupt deal with South Africa, Putin and Zuma wanted to pocket billions from the nuclear deal- Reuters

  • Air Platform

    Lithuania transfers L-39 attack aircraft to Ukraine

  • Europe

    A major fire engulfed Russia’s ELMASH electromechanical plant in Voronezh

  • Europe

    Anti-Putin partisan ‘black bridge’ set Russia’s FSB building on fire

  • Air Platform

    Ireland acquires four Airbus H145M multi-role helicopters

  • Africa

    Algeria acquired Norinco SR-5 MLRS

  • C4iSR

    U.S. State Department approves $304 million sale of AN/TPS-78 long-range radar to Egypt

  • Europe

    Bayraktar TB2 Hit Russian Raptor-class Patrol Boat, P-342 Yunarmeeets Baltiki

  • Americas

    The US Navy deploys new tactical nukes

  • Cruise Missiles

    Romanian startup develops AI-guided low-cost mini cruise missile.

  • Middle East

    First Sa’ar 6-Class Corvette to Join Israeli Navy in December

  • Naval Platforms

    Japan to fund $348 million for Six Vietnamese Patrol Boats

  • Cruise Missiles

    MBDA awarded contract to produce Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missile for UK and France

  • Defense Industry

    Fincantieri, Naval Group, Navantia Submit European Multirole Patrol Corvette Proposal

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