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US Hands Over Three CN235 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft to Malaysia

October 2, 2024 GDC 0

The aircraft were ceremonially handed over to the RMAF at its Subang Air Base, with U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia His Excellency Edgard D. Kagan handing over the “Universal Hand Control Unit (UHCU)” of the aircraft’s […]

  • Finland Receives Multi-vendors Bids For $12 Billion HX Competition

    May 15, 2021 0
    Finland plans to add new fighter jets to its military, having earmarked 10 billion euros ($12 billion) to replace its aging fleet of F-18 Hornet aircraft. The Nordic country said Thursday it had received final [...]
  • UK MoD signs £65 million contract for Protector UAS

    September 10, 2020 0
    UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today announced the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed a £65m contract for its first three Protector Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS). Announcing the contract at 2020 Air and Space [...]
  • UK village Lakenheath could be Putin’s first target in World War III

    February 23, 2024 0
    Nuclear weapons could be making a return to a US Air Force base in Suffolk, prompting fears the area will become a target for Vladimir Putin. Pentagon documents suggest that RAF Lakenheath is preparing to [...]
  • Rafael Spike LR II Missile System: The Ultimate Tank Killer

    October 5, 2019 0
    The Rafael Spike LR is a 5th Generation Multi-purpose, Multiplatform Man portable, Electro-optical Guided Missile System. The Spike LR is the most advanced missile to counter ground based armored vehicle, tanks, harden bunker, troops and [...]
  • Russia’s Navy Started Using 63 Years Old Be-12 Aircraft As Its Air Force Struggles To Fly Soviet-era Su-35 Aircraft

    October 3, 2023 0
    Putin’s Black Sea Fleet is using a Soviet-era amphibious aircraft as a “key Russian asset” as the Kremlin “struggles to deal with concurrent threats” around the south of the war-torn country, according to a new [...]
  • US Air Force receives cutting-edge vehicle-mounted air traffic control (ATC) systems

    February 20, 2024 0
    Collins Aerospace, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corporation, has supplied the U.S. Air Force with cutting-edge vehicle-mounted air traffic control (ATC) systems, enhancing aerial navigation and management capabilities in challenging operational environments. As noted by [...]
Europe

MBDA unveils deep-strike, air defence, and smart mass-weapons portfolio.

June 21, 2026 0

MBDA will present a broad portfolio of sovereign defence solutions at Eurosatory 2026 as Europe and its allies accelerate rearmament. The company said the portfolio is intended to address armed forces’ needs in an increasingly […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Canada Considers Reducing F-35A Fleet to 30 and Orders 60 Gripen E/F Fighter Jets.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Deployed 5000 Troops near Indian Border

  • C4iSR

    Saab Delivers GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft To Poland

  • Europe

    Israeli Elbit Systems opens new drone factory in Romania.

  • C4iSR

    Tikhomirov NIIP BARS: A Glorified Soviet-era Phased Array Radar

  • Europe

    Russia no longer deploys warships in the Black Sea after ATACMS strikes in Crimea

  • Europe

    Putin tastes his own medicine as Ukraine’s SBU destroyed 40 of Putin’s prized Tu-22M, Tu-95 and A-50 Beriev AWACS

  • Europe

    Turkey’s President Erdogan hails country’s warship building capabilities

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia’s National Security Challenges, Palestinian Statehood, Iran Threats, Cozying Up With Israel

  • Europe

    Russian Warship Told To ‘Go F**k Yourself’ Sunk By Ukrainian Navy: Report

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force’s Rafale Fighter Jet Crashes Near Airbase After Night Raid Fourth Rafale Aircraft Loss in Kashmir Skirmish

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia purchases three Mogami-class frigates worth $10 billion.

  • Europe

    Poland orders more Krab self-propelled howitzers

  • Air Platform

    Russian Su-57 Doesn’t Have Fifth-generation Electronics, Says Sukhoi

  • Air Platform

    China’s FC-31 Carrier Based Fighter Jet Shortcomings Impede PLA Navy’s Operations

  • Europe

    Italy will place $21 billion tanks and armored vehicles order to Rheinmetall

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Unveils Deck-based KF-21N Fighter Jet

  • Europe

    Why Sweden and Finland’s NATO Membership Have Russia Worried?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PT PAL Shipyard signed contract to build two Scorpene evolved class submarines for Indonesian Navy

  • Americas

    US Air Force’s former F-35 fighter pilot arrested for training Chinese air force.

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force Pursuing South Korea’s KF-21 Fighter Jet as a Replacement for Su-30mki, Tejas and Mig-29.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China parades DF-26 ballistic missiles

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar (MRR)

  • Air Platform

    Turkey to use domestically develop TF-6000 turbofan engine for KAAN fighter jet

  • Europe

    NATO member Denmark has pledged its “entire artillery” stocks to Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Cambodian Armed Force’s Chinese-made KS-1C (FK-3) Missile System Failed to Intercept Thai Air Force’s Missile and Fighter Jet.

  • Air Platform

    Russian Air Force Using Iranian Shahed-136 Drones In Kherson

  • Europe

    Australia announces new $100 million military aid package for Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine receives advanced light howitzer from AM General

  • Americas

    U.S. Department Of Commerce Scaling Back Licensing Requirement For UK And Australia Under AUKUS Agreement

  • Air Platform

    Why Russian Air Force doesn’t buy MiG-29M2 and MiG-35?

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s F-16 Shot Down Second Su-34 Fighter-bomber

  • Middle East

    Pakistan deploys 8000 troops, 16 JF-17 Temu jets and HQ-9B Temu missile defense system in Saudi Arabia.

  • Americas

    US to start mass production of new Booker combat vehicles

  • Naval Platforms

    Royal Australian Air Force completed full fleet of Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon

  • South Asia

    China To Boost Military Cooperation With Bangladesh And Pakistan

  • Defense Industry

    Indonesia agrees to pay 30% of KF-21 jet’s development cost to South Korea

  • Air Platform

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

  • Naval Platforms

    Saab’s Visby-class Corvette: Ultimate Stealth at Sea

  • Air Platform

    Iraq Allocates $100 Million For Turkish Drones

  • Defense Industry

    German Companies Worries €100 Billion Defense Budget May Be Awarded To Foreign Companies

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles Destroying Russian T-90 Proryv Tanks

  • Europe

    Bundeswehr to order 7,000 armored vehicles amid Russia’s war against Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Naval Group delivers the first Gowind corvette to the United Arab Emirates

  • Europe

    Slovakia Considers Selling Zuzana Self-propelled Howitzers to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Lürssen Group Started Construction of K130 Braunschweig-class Corvette

  • Europe

    KGB Putin Arrests Two FSB Spy Chiefs and Eight Generals, Blame Them For Stalled Ukraine Invasion

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad Spooked: Putin Disappeared From Russian Television For 36 Hours

  • Europe

    Norway purchases British-made Type 26 frigates to patrol the North Atlantic ocean.

  • Air Platform

    China tests new FL-62 wind tunnel

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