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Air Platform

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

November 5, 2021 GDC 0

Thales and Rheinmetall will continue to look after the helicopter simulators used for training crews of the Tiger attack helicopter. In summer 2021, a contract to this effect was awarded through OCCAR, the European procurement […]

Air Platform

AH-64E: Australian Army’s Future Proof Attack Helicopters

June 1, 2021 GDC 0

In one of the more remarkable Defence procurement coups in living memory, the army has managed to gain approval to purchase 29 new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters with very little scrutiny. Estimated to be worth […]

Air Platform

Australia To Buy 29 AH-64E Apache Guardian Helicopters

March 22, 2021 GDC 0

It has been reported the government is planning to spend a rumoured $4.5 billion to buy 29 Apache AH64E helicopters which are made in the United States. In a statement reported in The Australian Defence […]

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth Departs For Training

    May 3, 2020 0
    LONDON (GDC) — Britain’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth departed its Portsmouth base April 29 for training, but only after 800 crews were tested for the new coronavirus, the Royal Navy announced. The 65,000-ton [...]
  • Israel signs landmark deal to sell David’s Sling air defense system to Finland

    November 15, 2023 0
    Israel’s Defense Ministry signed an agreement for the sale of the David’s Sling air defense system to Finland on Sunday, in a first-of-its-kind deal estimated at 317 million euros (NIS 1.3 billion). U.S. approves sale [...]
  • HII awarded contract to build nine new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for U.S. Navy

    November 17, 2023 0
    General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and HII have been awarded multiyear procurement contracts to build nine Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the U.S. Navy. U.S. Senate Cleared $4.9 Billion Funding For New Arleigh Burke-class DestroyersDateDecember 29, [...]
  • Israel to accelerate Merkava tank and armored vehicle production.

    August 24, 2025 0
    Israel has approved a $1.5 billion initiative to accelerate the production of main battle tanks and armored support vehicles as part of a five-year pathway to enhance its ground capabilities amid the ongoing war in [...]
  • Saab GLSDB Can Deter Russia’s Spring Offensive

    February 15, 2023 0
    It has become known that the new aid package from the United States includes precision-guided GLSDB (Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb) bombs with a range of over 150 km. Such munitions can be fired from M142 HIMARS and [...]
  • US Navy’s new Landing Craft Completes Tests with USS Carter Hall

    February 17, 2022 0
    The next-generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), successfully completed well deck interoperability testing with USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) and demonstrated the craft are another step closer to [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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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

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli Firm Purchases German Factory from Volkswagen to Build Iron Dome Parts.

  • Middle East

    Israel wipes out Iranian Tabriz International airport in fresh round of strikes

  • C4iSR

    Thales-MBDA SPECTRA Electronic Warfare Suite

  • Americas

    Canada Suspends Export Of L3Harris Targeting Systems For Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s drone strikes destroyed Russia’s Tu-95 and A-50 aircraft repair shop.

  • Air Platform

    Greece signs deal to buy 20 US-made F-35 jets in major military overhaul

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia Lets Israeli Commercial Planes Cross Its Airspace

  • Naval Weapons

    Which cruise missiles have precision strike capability, Tomahawk or Kalibr?

  • Infantry Weapons

    Belarus develops advanced missile technologies based on Polonez-M and Buk-MB3

  • Air Platform

    Indonesian Test Pilot Completes Flight Test on KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jet.

  • Air Platform

    German Trade Union Urged Berlin to Build Its Own Fighter Jet and Exit from FCAS Program.

  • Europe

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

  • C4iSR

    Rafael SKY SHIELD – Airborne Support Jammer

  • Europe

    Facebook’s parent company Meta bans Russian state media outlets for spreading disinformation and propaganda

  • Europe

    Rostec to unveil a new aircraft at MAKS 2021 airshow

  • Americas

    Why doesn’t the U.S. Army buy the Swedish CV90 after ditching the M10 Booker vehicle?

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s PM Tarique Rahman, following the playbook of dictator Sheikh Hasina, is re-establishing ties with India’s RAW. 

  • South Asia

    Modi Asked Local Bidders to Submit Proposals for Next-gen Fighters Amid Failed Air Combat Against Pakistan in Kashmir Skirmish

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Delivers First Tranche of 140mm Towed Mortars to Russian Army

  • Middle East

    Turkey-backed Syrian rebels launched offensive and captured Russian soldiers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia prepares for space race with a hybrid rocket for low-Earth orbit flight

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down Russian Su-34 fighter bomber over Kursk region

  • Europe

    Ukraine about to flood the market with homegrown land, air and sea based drones.

  • Defense Industry

    China unveiled $236.1 billion defense budget with 7.2 percent raise

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Sukhoi Flanker And Mikoyan Fulcrum Have Some Worse Features You Didn’t Know

  • Middle East

    Royal Air Force Shot Down Enemy Drones Over Syrian Airspace

  • Europe

    BAE Systems Delivers First CV90 Support Vehicles For Norwegian Army

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S.-made AGM-114 Hellfire Fragmentation Found In Enerhodar, Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Roketsan SOM Cruise Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Luerssen cuts the first steel of 6th Arafura-class OPV

  • Air Platform

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Four Gripen E/F for Royal Thai Air Force.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Blew Up Russian Oil Refinery

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, Japan Sign Historic Defense Pact

  • Europe

    Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Son Taken Over Wagner Group’s Command

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Anti-corruption Commission Investigates Ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Hasina, 49 Ex-ministers For Siphoning $150 Billion To India, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Australia, UK, USA And New Zealand, But Exclude General Waker-uz-Zaman

  • Europe

    Royal Navy Commissioned HMS Spey Into Service

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine is developing a new supersonic missile, Bliskavka (“Lightning”)

  • Americas

    Boeing P-8A Poseidon’s State-of-the-Art Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensors And Radars

  • Europe

    Hungary orders StrikeShield APS for Lynx infantry fighting vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Future Combat Air System (FCAS): Franco-German-Spanish sixth-generation fighter jet project

  • Air Platform

    Portugal negotiating with Saab to acquire Gripen E/F to replace ageing F-16

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroyed Russian navy’s missile boat Ivanovets in Crimea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Meghan Quinn promoted the Chinese-made Comac Jet in Australia and was appointed Secretary of Defence.

  • Africa

    Sanctions Hit Rostec, China Quietly Replaced Russia As Arms Exporter

  • Air Platform

    General Atomic awarded $268 million contract for 13 Protector drones for the UK

  • Central Asia

    Three Brothers 2021: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan start joint military exercises

  • Air Platform

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

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Lithuania purchases Swedish RBS-70 Short-range air defense system

  • Europe

    Russian Missile Developer Mikhail Shatsky Found Dead Near Moscow, A Huge Setback For Russia, India and China

  • Europe

    Fincantieri studying biofuel to power future warships

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