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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 […]

  • Saudi Patriot Battery Intercepts Houthi Ballistic Missiles

    March 29, 2020 0
    RIYADH – The Saudi army shot down two rockets in the sky over Riyadh and another over the port city of Jazan near the border with Yemen, learned GDC quoting Al Arabiya online media. The [...]
  • National Security Policy, Framework, and Doctrine Vacuum Lead to Systemic Corruption in the Bangladesh Military: Report

    January 15, 2026 0
    A national security policy vacuum creates significant instability by removing a clear strategic compass for a nation’s defense and foreign policy, leading to a range of potential negative consequences. Bangladesh military (thief): as inept as [...]
  • Pentagon Wants To Equip MQ-9 Reaper With Directed-Energy Weapons

    July 15, 2021 0
    The Department of Defense is looking to equip MQ-9 UCAV with directed-energy weapons such as low-powered lasers and microwave beams, as well as more familiar weapons, such as laser dazzler for UAVs, unmanned ground attack [...]
  • Damen selects Rheinmetall to supply next-generation MLG27-4.0 gun systems for F126 frigates

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  • Bangladesh’s China-made F-7MB Fighter Jet Crashes In Bay of Bengal

    November 15, 2021 0
    DHAKA (GDC) — A Bangladesh Air Guard’s jet today crashed in the Bay of Bengal minutes after it took off from a Zahurul Haque base in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong.“An F-7 fighter aircraft [...]
  • China’s massive military buildup near Dokhlam

    August 31, 2020 0
    Despite the disengagement efforts between India and China, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has built two air defence positions near the 2017 Doklam stand-off region and Naku La in Sikkim.  Information about the Chinese activity [...]
Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israel Accelerates Arrow-3 Interceptor Production to Counter Growing Ballistic Missile Threats.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Italy deploys SAMP/T air defense system in Kuwait

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine War: Rocketsan Started Mass Producing Guided Munitions For Drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea To Develop New Submachine Gun To Replace K1A

  • Europe

    Russia’s T-62M Tanks Proved Useless Against Modern Anti-tank Weapons Supplied By The West

  • C4iSR

    The Thales-Raytheon AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel Radar

  • Europe

    Naval Group starts upgrading French Navy’s Courbet La Fayette-class frigate

  • Europe

    Belarusian Forces Will Soon Join Ukraine Invasion, Says President Alexander Lukashenko

  • Air Platform

    Poland Orders 96 AH-64E Apache Guardian Helicopters

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Patriot, NASAMS and Iris-T showing 100 percent success rate in Ukraine as Russia using long-range bombers instead of fighter jets to strike Kyiv

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan unveils a new long-range anti-ship missile.

  • Europe

    Russia sent three MiG-29 to Armenia

  • Air Platform

    Norwegian Kongsberg to provide air-to-air pylons for F-35 fighters

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Wreck Havoc In Russia’s Largest Oil Refinery in Volgograd

  • Europe

    Hellenic Army Purchases Rafael Spike NLOS Missiles

  • Air Platform

    The State Department Approves 12 MQ-9B Guardian Armed Drones For Australia

  • Air Platform

    Sanctions Buster: Russian Orlan-10 UAV Made Of American, Japanese, German And Chinese Components

  • Air Platform

    Malaysia plans to purchase KF-21 Boramae fighter jets to retire Su-30MKM fighters.

  • Air Platform

    China’s GAIC unveils first export order for FTC-2000G AJT

  • Europe

    Belarus Cozzies Up With Turkey, A Snab To Russia

  • Air Platform

    Su-57 Exposed: Why Do Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate And Su-57 Have Visible Screws (Part 2)?

  • Air Platform

    Realty Of Russian Aerospace Industries: China upgrades Russian-made Su-35 for PLAAF

  • Loitering Munitions

    Pakistan shot down 25 Indian drones and captured unexploded air-launched munitions

  • Americas

    US Navy christens destroyer USS Patrick Gallagher

  • Europe

    Putin Arrested Russian Army Commanders For Exaggerating Battlefield Gains

  • Europe

    After a series of setbacks in Ukraine war, Russia will restructure its military and critical infrastructure  

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Anti-Radiation Missile Enters Full-rate Production

  • C4iSR

    Thales to supply helmet-mounted display for Polish FA-50GF fighter jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    GRSE Delivered The Last Of Eight LCU To Indian Navy

  • Air Platform

    No IFF: Russia shot down its own Su-35 near occupied Sevastopol

  • Air Platform

    Global Hawk drones to be converted for hypersonic testing

  • Europe

    Russia cannot manufacture missiles, fighter jets and warships without Western components

  • Americas

    US Air Force receives first new EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare jet

  • Industry

    UK remains as the second biggest arms exporter

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    USS John McCain Passes Through Taiwan Straits

  • Naval Platforms

    South Korean FFX Batch III Frigate to be equipped with the Long-Range Naval L-SAM

  • Air Platform

    Peruvian Air Force Short-list Rafale F4, Saab Gripen And F-16V Block 70 For 24 Fighter Jets Requirements

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky awarded contract to produce 35 CH-53K helicopters for U.S. Navy

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down two Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters using RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Air Platform

    Tejas MK1A or MK2: Is it Really Worth $77 Million?

  • Industry

    Lockheed Martin Is Awarded A Contract Worth $601M to Support Trident II Missile Program

  • C4iSR

    TALIOS multifunction targetting pod makes Rafale F3R more dangerous

  • Infantry Weapons

    Russia’s to unveil Buk-M3 air defense system at Victory Day parade 2020

  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan started building new artillery ammunitions plant

  • Air Platform

    CAIC Zhishengji-10 (Z-10) Attack Helicopter

  • Air Platform

    Elbit Systems to deliver two maritime patrol aircraft to the Philippines navy

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia deploys latest S-500 air defense systems to Crimea, Ukraine’s HUR says

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Aims To Sale TFX Fighter At $100 Million Apiece

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone blows up Russian BMP-1 fighting vehicle

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh is surprised to see India allow fugitive Sheikh Hasina to make public addresses.

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