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Air Platform

Ecuador Grounds Indian-made HAL Dhruv Junk Helicopters After Four Crashes

June 4, 2025 GDC 0

Ecuador grounded its entire fleet of seven HAL Dhruv helicopters in 2015 after experiencing four crashes, leading to the termination of the contract with HAL. The Ecuadorian Air Force cited safety concerns, non-delivery of parts, […]

Air Platform

Ecuador Replaces HAL Dhruv and Mi-171 Helicopters With Airbus H225M Helicopters

June 4, 2025 GDC 0

On June 2, 2025, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo formally delivered the first two Airbus H225M helicopters to the Ecuadorian Army during a ceremony held at Fort Huancavilca in Guayaquil. […]

South Asia

Indian-made military hardware falling apart in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Bolivia, Armenia and the Philippines

July 3, 2024 GDC 0

India supplies arms to over 85 countries, including Italy, the Maldives, Russia, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Egypt, Israel, Spain, Chile, and others. India’s defence exports have reached […]

Americas

Russia bans Ecuadorian ‘banana’ after Ecuador agrees to transfer Russian-made arms to Ukraine via the U.S.

February 6, 2024 GDC 0

A diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia appeared to intensify over the weekend after the European nation decided to ban some imports of bananas from Ecuador. The two countries have been at loggerheads recently after […]

Air Platform

Indian Army’s HAL Dhruv Helicopter crashes into Ranjit Sagar Dam

August 7, 2021 GDC 0

Today an ALH Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Army crashed into the Ranjit Sagar Dam located in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Initial reports suggested at least five were on board the chopper, […]

  • CASIC HQ-17AE Air Defense Systems

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  • Poland Signs $10 Billion Deal for US Apache Attack Helicopters

    August 17, 2024 0
    Poland on Tuesday signed a $10 billion deal to buy 96 Apache attack helicopters from US manufacturer Boeing in a new upgrade to the country’s military capabilities. Poland has sharply accelerated the modernization of its [...]
  • Turkish TAI Offers Attractive Packages For Malaysian Light Combat Aircraft Competition

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  • GKN Aerospace Awarded Contract To Upgrade Gripen C/D Engine’s Software

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  • Japan’s First FFM Frigate JS Mogami Started Sea Trials

    October 14, 2021 0
    Pictures by local ship spotters in Nagasaki show that the first FFM Frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) started sea trials on 10 October 2021. Japan Commissions First-in-Class FFM Frigate ‘Mogami ’DateMay 15, [...]
  • Putin wants to kill Wagner mercenary boss Prigozhin and army chief General Armageddon for plotting to overthrow regime

    February 17, 2023 0
    Vladimir Putin plans to kill a mercenary warlord who was plotting a coup against him with army chief ‘General Armageddon’, it’s claimed. The two plotted to put themselves in key positions of power, along with [...]
Europe

Ukraine receives additional 18 Archer 155mm Howitzers from Sweden.

September 15, 2025 0

Sweden announced on September 11, 2025, its 20th support package to Ukraine, valued at approximately SEK 9.2 billion ($836 million). This package was presented by Defence Minister Pål Jonson and is structured to respond to […]

Europe

Ukraine develops new Bohdana 155mm howitzer variants

September 10, 2025 0

Ukrainian defense industry plans to expand its artillery production with new variants of the Bohdana howitzer, one of the country’s most widely produced systems since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. According to journalist Mariusz […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Vietnam Purchases 20 K9 self-propelled Howitzers.

August 25, 2025 0

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has signed an export agreement with Vietnam for its K9 self-propelled howitzers. It marks South Korea’s first arms export to Vietnam, following earlier donations of decommissioned patrol ships. Under the $250-million […]

Europe

Roketsan tests TRLG-122 laser-guided rocket against naval target

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Europe

Serbia Behind $1.6 Billion PULS Artillery Contract With Israeli Elbit Systems.

August 20, 2025 0

The Israeli defense technologies company chose not to disclose Serbia as the European country purchasing Hermes 900 drones, long-range missiles, electronic warfare systems and command and control systems, in a landmark deal reported by Calcalist. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan unveils a mobile missile launcher disguised as a civilian delivery truck

August 18, 2025 0

Taiwan’s military has unveiled what appears to be a mobile missile launcher disguised as a civilian delivery truck—part of what analysts say may be a growing fleet of improvised yet highly capable coastal defense systems […]

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    LRASM: A Long-range, precision-guided, anti-ship stand-off missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwanese Military Showcases Preparedness Of Asymmetric Warfare Against China

  • Europe

    Russian Navy To Get Last Kilo-II (Project 636.3) Submarines In 2024

  • Americas

    Boeing Awarded Contract To Manufacturer 184 AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters

  • Air Platform

    Will China Develop J-10D With Advanced Technology?

  • Americas

    Royal Canadian Navy launched sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS)

  • Americas

    HII Launches Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ted Stevens

  • Americas

    US Orders Modified Hero Loitering Munitions for Special Operation Forces

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Prepares for Dassault Rafale Integration into Indonesian Air Force

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia may have only one month of ammunition left unless Iran and North Korea rescue Russia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Agrees On Bilateral Security Cooperation With Thailand

  • Europe

    Switzerland wants to replace aging F/A-18 Hornet aircraft

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine to receive six IRIS-T SLM anti-air missiles from Germany

  • C4iSR

    Israeli IAI awarded contract to produce anti-jam GPS system for South Korea and Thailand

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force Stand Up Second Tejas Squadron

  • C4iSR

    Leonardo DRS delivers Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber-Defense and Intelligence (C5I) systems to Australian Army

  • Americas

    President Biden Promised Speedy Delivery of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Italian Navy’s U212 NFS Submarine Project Reaches New Milestone

  • Europe

    Ukraine recaptured half the territory from Russia since its invasion

  • Europe

    Russian pro-invasion bloggers criticize Putin for not providing military leadership

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Inaccurate FAB-500 is the primary reason Russia lost so many aircraft in Ukraine war

  • Europe

    Aselsan SHARP Dual Remote Weapons Station

  • Europe

    Putin will soon receive more NATO as the technologically superior Switzerland military may abandon 500 years of neutrality

  • Air Platform

    HAI to lose contract to supply F-16 aircraft parts to Lockheed Martin

  • Europe

    Kadyrov’s Troops Clash With Russian Forces in Occupied Melitopol

  • Air Platform

    South Korean KF-21 Boramae Becomes World’s Safest Fighter Jets Without Any Accident

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s oil refineries in Krasnodar Krai and Roslavl district

  • Middle East

    Israeli Commando Unit Maglan Used Iron Sting Mortar Bomb For The First Time Against Hamas

  • Europe

    Norway boosts defense spending by whopping $48 billion

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves 250 AMRAAM For Sweden Worth $605 Million

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Tests New Hypersonic Missile ‘Hwasong-8’ Off East Coast

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract for Combat Training Centre Support from Norway

  • Europe

    Greece Trials German-made KF41 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • Europe

    Canada Stationed Troops To The West of Dnieper River In Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves Javelin For Georgia

  • Air Platform

    New Zealand Plans To Buy 28 Secondhand F-16C/D to Replace Skyhawk

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    KAI, MBDA sign agreement to integrate Meteor BVRAAM missile on to KF-21 fighter jets

  • Naval Platforms

    Indian Navy Wants Rolls-Royce MT30 Marine Propulsion For Its Warships

  • Europe

    Russia sent 70 years old T-54 tanks to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    New Zealand Received Its Final P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Trump’s Executive Order to Freeze USAID Hit Hard on Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia

  • C4iSR

    Rheinmetall delivered high-tech reconnaissance system to Ukraine

  • South Asia

    India to pledge more defense procurement from the U.S.

  • Europe

    Poland to purchase South Korean KSS-III submarine under the Orka program

  • Africa

    Sudanese lawmakers to review Russian naval base deal: Sudan’s Foreign Minister

  • Europe

    Russia uses Iranian-made anti-tank Dehlavieh missiles to strike Ukrainian targets

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The AGM-154A/B/C Joint stand-off weapon (JSOW)

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones break world record by travelling 1,500 km to hit Russia’s oil refinery in Bashkiria

  • Europe

    Turkey Could Get Militarily Involved In Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Disputes?

  • Naval Platforms

    Amid China tensions, India to build third aircraft carrier

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