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Evolved Cape-class

East Asia and Pacific Region

Vestdavit scores order for four davits for evolved Cape-class OPVs

January 23, 2025 GDC 0

Norwegian davit supplier Vestdavit has landed a contract to deliver four davits for Australia’s evolved Cape-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). As disclosed, the company will deliver four PLAR-6501 systems to be delivered to a pair of […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Shipyard awarded contract to produce two evolved Cape-class patrol ships

January 5, 2025 GDC 0

Shipbuilder Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional evolved Cape-class patrol boats (ECCPBs) to be delivered to the Australian Border Force (ABF). As disclosed, the eleventh and twelfth […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Delivers 8th Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Australia

November 4, 2024 GDC 0

The vessel, ADV Cape Schanck (313), is the eighth ECCPB to be constructed at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia shipyard in four and half years. Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer Paddy Gregg said Cape Schanck highlights Western […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Orders Two More Evolved Cape Patrol Boats

March 28, 2024 GDC 0

Shipbuilding company Austal has received a contract extension to develop two more Evolved Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy. The 157 million Australian dollar ($102.9 million) award is part of Canberra’s continuing patrol […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Navy receives its sixth Evolved Cape-class patrol vessel

October 18, 2023 GDC 0

Austal’s on-time delivery of the Evolved Cape-class patrol boat continues an “enviable track record of Australian shipbuilding efficiency and productivity”. The ADV Cape Pillar. Austal Australia has delivered the sixth of eight Evolved Cape-class Patrol […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal launched the fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat for the Royal Australian Navy

May 27, 2023 GDC 0

Shipbuilder Austal has launched the fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat (CCPB) for the Royal Australian Navy. The future ADV Cape Woolamai, named after the headland at the south-eastern tip of Phillip Island in Victoria, was recently launched […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal delivers 2nd Evolved Cape-class patrol boat to RAN

May 1, 2023 GDC 0

The vessel, ADV Cape Peron, was officially accepted by the Commonwealth of Australia. Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer, Paddy Gregg said the delivery of the second Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat highlights the critical importance of the […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Delivers 4th Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boat To Royal Australian Navy

February 25, 2023 GDC 0

Austal Limited is pleased to announce Austal Australia has delivered the fourth of eight Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) to the Royal Australian Navy. The vessel, ADV Cape Capricorn, was officially accepted by the Commonwealth […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Delivers Third Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boat

November 5, 2022 GDC 0

The vessel, ADV Cape Naturaliste, was officially accepted by the Commonwealth of Australia. Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer, Paddy Gregg said the delivery of the third Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat highlighted Austal’s proven productivity and reliability to deliver […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal to build two more evolved cape-class patrol boats

April 23, 2022 GDC 0

Australia’s Department of Defense will order two more evolved Cape-class patrol boats from Austal Australia, according to the announcement made by the country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on 18 April. The two new vessels are in […]

  • Washington is pressuring Delhi to abandon Russian S-400 missile systems

    May 21, 2020 0
    WASHINGTON (GDC) – India needs to choose whether it will buy American or Russian air defense systems, said the acting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells, learned GDC citing the [...]
  • Irving Shipbuilding Awarded Contract for the Construction of River-class Destroyers

    March 12, 2025 0
    Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, and the Honourable Darren Fisher, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of [...]
  • Bangladesh’s Former Air Guard Chief Shaikh Abdul Hannan (Thief) Embezzled and Laundered $245 Million (BDT 3,000 Crore) to Canada, USA and UAE

    January 25, 2025 0
    A report published by Bangladeshi lawyers and reported by Desh TV shows Bangladesh’s Former Air Guard Chief Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan embezzled more than $245 million from the defense budget allocated for fighter [...]
  • Bangladesh military is not fit-for-purpose, cannot defend itself, and certainly sold to the Indian intelligence agency RAW

    August 2, 2023 1
    The Myanmar Armed Forces launched many attacks inside Bangladesh, including repeated bombing sorties inside Bangladeshi territories. Read More Bangladesh military (thief): as inept as it is corrupt Bangladesh Military’s Cowardly Silence Against Myanmar’s Fighter Jets [...]
  • MBDA Unveiled Spear-EW Electric Warfare Missile

    October 18, 2019 0
    London — The British Ministry of Defence has tapped MBDA to demonstrate an electronic warfare version of the company’s Spear missile. The idea is to replace the warhead with a miniaturized payload, made by Italian [...]
  • Indonesian PT Dirgantara to upgrade Turkish CN235 aircraft

    September 24, 2021 0
    Turkey and Indonesia signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Teknofest 2021 in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul, further strengthening bilateral cooperation. Turkish TAI Signs MoU with GE Marine on Co-production of Marine PropulsionDateAugust 23, [...]
Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Indonesian Special Forces completes Operational Integration Test of ASELSAN SARP 12.7mm Remote Weapon Station.

December 26, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type 90B 122mm Rocket Artillery Exploded and Rolled Over Again.

December 25, 2025 0

Some design flaws and poor qualities can only be uncovered in actual combat. That’s what happened in the Thai-Cambodian War. Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm […]

Europe

Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.

December 25, 2025 0

Lithuania has signed a 252 million euro contract with KNDS France for a second batch of 30 CAESAR Mk II 155 mm wheeled howitzers, expanding a program first launched in 2022. The move strengthens long-range […]

Europe

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract to Produce PULS Rocket Artillery for Greece.

December 22, 2025 0

Elbit Systems said on Tuesday that Greece has taken a key step toward acquiring the Israeli company’s PULS rocket artillery system, after the Hellenic Parliament and the Government Council for National Security approved a dedicated […]

Infantry Weapons

Israeli Elbit Systems Awarded $2.3 Billion Arms Contract by the United Arab Emirates.

December 21, 2025 0

The $2.3-billion deal between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv calls for the delivery of advanced defense systems over eight years. The UAE has been identified as the undisclosed buyer behind a $2.3-billion contract signed last […]

  • Ballistic Missile

    Pakistan Army Test Fires Ghauri Medium-range Range Ballistic Missile

  • Europe

    Russian Oil Depot On Fire After Ukrainian Missile Strike

  • Europe

    BAE Systems awarded contracts for type 31 frigates gun

  • Air Platform

    Russia to deliver twelve Yak-130 trainer to Vietnam

  • Americas

    Saab Awarded A Contract For US Navy’s LCS Sensors Suite

  • Europe

    Ukraine To Build 100 Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) For Its Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    USS Rafael Peralta, a US Navy Destroyer spotted off coast of Shanghai as PLA Navy begins 11-week exercise in Yellow Sea

  • Middle East

    Top Hamas commander killed as Israeli army pushes deeper in besieged Gaza

  • Americas

    Pentagon Unveils $151 Billion Missile Defense Program.

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s ATACMS strikes destroyed two Russian duds S-400 surface-to-air missiles, 96L6E radar and command center

  • Europe

    Russia started to rebuild its military and mimic Chinese military after losing 415,000 troops

  • Naval Platforms

    JMSDF Atago-class destroyer

  • Air Platform

    Dramatic moment British Starstreak missile blasts Russian KA-52 helicopter out the sky

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine’s HIMARS strike destroyed Russia’s Pantsir-S1 missile system in Belgorod

  • Air Platform

    Brazil To Purchase More Saab Gripen Fighter Jets, Defense Minister Jose Mucio Said

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Defense Industries Expedite Development Of TFX MMU

  • Europe

    U.S. Army To Deploy IronDome in Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Next Aircraft Carrier Likely To Be Nuclear Powered

  • Air Platform

    Anduril Industries Developed Multipurpose Altius-600 UAV

  • Air Platform

    South Korean Stealth KF-21 (KFX) Fighter Jet Will Fly In 2022

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkey Inducts Siper Block 1 Long-range Air and Missile Defense System

  • Land Platform

    Hanwha Defence AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle

  • Europe

    ATACMS strikes on Russian Command Center killed three Colonels: Report

  • Europe

    Ukraine signs French security pact after similar agreement with Germany

  • C4iSR

    Sweden orders 10 mobile lightweight Giraffe 1x Radar for RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Americas

    General Dynamics beats quarterly estimates on robust military equipment demand for Ukraine war

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Military’s Cowardly Silence Against Myanmar’s Fighter Jets Firing Eight Rounds Of Rockets At Bangladesh

  • Europe

    Deadly Killing Machine Leopard 2 Tanks Heading Towards Ukraine To Join The Fight Against Russia

  • C4iSR

    MBDA Unveiled Spear-EW Electric Warfare Missile

  • South Asia

    Independent Investigation reveals about the Pilkhana Killings, Bangladesh Rifles mutiny and Indian RAW Involvement.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacks destroyed three S-300 surface-to-air missile launchers

  • Air Platform

    Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone Development

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rheinmetall completes delivery of first 25 Boxer CRVs to Australian Army

  • South Asia

    Disgraced dictator Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for ‘crimes against humanity’, Bangladesh demands India extradite her.

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin successfully tests precision strike missile

  • Europe

    Ukraine Will Soon Receive 25 HIMARS Rocket Artillery

  • Naval Platforms

    Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivers the second project 15B destroyer, to the Indian navy

  • Europe

    Kuwait transferred 150 M-84AB tanks to Croatia for repair and transfer to Ukraine

  • Americas

    Gripen “Smart Fighter” For Canada Is A Viable Contender For FFCP: Saab

  • Europe

    ‘Hostage situation’ at Hamburg airport as gunman drives onto runway

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Saab Gripen Fires New AIM-9X Air-to-Ground Sidewinder Missile

  • South Asia

    Corrupt Tulip Siddiq quits after ethics adviser rules she misled Brits

  • Europe

    British MP Tulip Siddiq Received Free London Flat From Sheikh Hasina’s Ally

  • Europe

    Ukraine War, Diminished of Black Sea Fleet and Destroyed Shipyard Sent Russian Navy Back to 1990s

  • Americas

    Ingalls Shipbuilding Launched First LPD Flight II Harrisburg

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Pakistan Considers Purchasing Chinese HQ-19 Ballistic Missile Interceptors As HQ-9 Failed To Intercept Any Missiles

  • Europe

    State Of Emergency Declared In Russia’s Kursk Region Amid Ukraine’s Advances

  • Europe

    Russia endured 100,000 casualties for battle of Bakhmut

  • C4iSR

    Taiwan’s F-16V fighters to receive IRST21 sensors that can track Chinese J-20

  • Air Platform

    Türkiye says Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan are interested in buying Bayraktar TB2 drones

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