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  • [ February 8, 2026 ] Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production. Africa
  • [ February 8, 2026 ] Raytheon to deliver 48 PhantomStrike AESA Radar for Polish FA-50 Fighter Jets. C4iSR
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Rheinmetall purchases Spainish weapons manufacturer Expal

April 13, 2023 GDC 0

German defense firm Rheinmetall AG has acquired Spanish ammunition developer Expal Systems. The 1.2-billion-euro ($1.2 billion) acquisition will see Expal become Rheinmetall’s core ammunition, propellant, and weapons business. By acquiring Expal, the German company will […]

  • Analysis: Indian Air Force MMRCA V2.0

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  • Children Of Myanmar’s Military Asked Their Father To Quit Their Position

    May 8, 2021 0
    Bryan Tun has messaged his father only once since February, when a brutal coup swept the military to power in Myanmar, resulting in more than 700 civilian deaths. Coup Or No Coup, Myanmar Will Never Be [...]
  • Russia Evacuates Nuclear Bombers From Engels Airbase Amid Constant Drone Attacks By Ukraine

    January 6, 2023 0
    Footage showed the moment an ammunition store inside Russia was hit by a Ukrainian strike in the latest attack within Vladimir Putin’s territory, in yet another embarrassing moment for the Kremlin. Ukraine blew up Engels [...]
  • Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroy six Russian air defence systems in 48 hours.

    January 17, 2026 0
    Ukrainian mid-range drones destroyed six Russian air defence systems across occupied parts of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts over 2 days, Commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) Robert Brovdi reported. The strikes targeted SAM launchers [...]
  • Bad News For Ukraine: Putin Learning To Value Competent Andrei Belousov And Removing Incompetent Idiots From Ministry Of Defense

    May 16, 2024 0
    Appointing an economist to helm a defence ministry during a war may sound like a recipe for disaster. President Putin has replaced fishing buddy Sergei Shoigu as the country’s defense ministerDateMay 13, 2024Russian Defense Minister [...]
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushes for Western warplane ‘coalition’

    April 11, 2023 0
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv, as his fighters continued to defend their eastern bastion of Bakhmut in the face of relentless [...]
Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

Turkey and Egypt signed a landmark $350 million defense agreement enhancing military cooperation. Turkey’s MKE will export the Tolga Short-Range Air Defense System valued at $130 million. The deal includes ammunition exports and the establishment […]

Europe

Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

February 7, 2026 0

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Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

  • Middle East

    Emirati Sheikh Buys Israeli Soccer Club

  • Europe

    Taiwan’s $1.5 Billion Indigenous Submarine Prototype Set for Final Tests

  • Anti-air Missiles

    U.S. Bought 60 Gepard Anti-air Gun From Jordan For Ukraine

  • Loitering Munitions

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

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Air Force conducted drills using JF-17 fighters near Ladakh

  • Europe

    Germany Donates Locally Made Vector Drones To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Turkey speeds up the development of anti-ballistic missiles

  • Europe

    Bad News For Ukraine: Putin Learning To Value Competent Andrei Belousov And Removing Incompetent Idiots From Ministry Of Defense

  • Defense Industry

    Russia to Merge UAC, MiG and Sukhoi to Prevent Mikoyan’s Bankruptcy

  • Europe

    British Eurofighter Typhoon Joins Air Combat Exercises With Swedish Gripen And Finish F/A-18 Hornet

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall Awarded Contract To Deliver 54 Leopard 2 Tanks To Norway

  • Air Platform

    Australia Purchases 12 MH-60R And 29 AH-64E Apache Helicopters

  • Americas

    The RSAF Trainee Pilots Are Cleared To Train at the US Naval Bases

  • Middle East

    Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s Soviet-built Mi-8 Helicopter Lacked Instrument Flying Capability, Suffered Hard Landing

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall to build and repair main battle tanks in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received NASAMS Anti-air Missiles System From The U.S.

  • Loitering Munitions

    Iran Imported Components From America, Japan And Canada To Manufacture Shahed-136 Drones

  • 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-Launched Weapons

    Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L)

  • Industry

    Boeing Appoints Jinnah Hosein As VP Software Engineering

  • Defense Industry

    Too Expensive and Complex Export Laws: Japanese Defense Industries Faces Existential Threat Without Exports

  • Europe

    Turkey develops CIWS for naval platforms

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone destroyed A-50 AWACS manufacturing plant

  • Europe

    Avdiivka turned into new Bakhmut for Russia as it lost an entire brigade to Ukraine’s offensive

  • South Asia

    Corrupt Bangladeshi officials issued 54000 passports to Rohingya refugees, says foreign minister

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Defense Industries Expedite Development Of TFX MMU

  • Europe

    German Aerospace Employee Union Warns Government About Buying Super Hornet

  • Air Platform

    P-8I Neptune: A Superior Submarine Hunting Machine For Indian Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rostec Admits It was Forced To Replace Faulty Components of Chinese S-400

  • Africa

    Serbia Received Largest Ever Arms Deal From Algeria For NORA B52 Howitzers

  • Europe

    Russian military packing and stealing goods from Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukrainian energy official says

  • Europe

    Ukraine shot down Russia’s drones using counter-drone jamming gun

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China deployed J-20 fighters near Indian border

  • Africa

    Turkey Destroyed Four More Pantsir ADS Totaling Six Pantsir Destroyed in Libya last month

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones blitz Russian Belgorod

  • Europe

    Ukraine deploys its Grom-2 tactical ballistic missile to fight Russian troops

  • Uncategorized

    Russia’s Triumphant Su-57E Can’t Find Any Buyer

  • Americas

    Western Microchips Still Find Their Way To Russian Missile Manufacturers

  • Europe

    Cyprus ready to donate T-80U tanks to Ukraine in exchange of Greek Leopard 2 tanks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher.

  • Europe

    Russia Drops Bombs on Mariupol Drama Theatre

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Air Force Purchases New A330 MRTT Airborne Refuelling Tanker.

  • Defense Industry

    Global Arms Exports Rising Despite Global Coronavirus Pandemic

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Showcases F-35 Stealth Jets At Aero India 2023

  • Europe

    Sweden formally joined the NATO military alliance, ending decades of neutrality

  • Air Platform

    Turkey’s Aksungur UCAV Hits Target At 30km Distance

  • Europe

    Wagner mercenary group shot down Russia’s airborne command post aircraft and electronic warfare helicopter during mutiny

  • Europe

    Embarrassing Russian Army, Drunk Russian Troops Ditches BMD-2 IFV

  • Europe

    A Second Ukrainian Drone Strike Destroyed Russian Oil Depot In Crimea

  • Infantry Weapons

    India Deploys First S-400 Battery in Punjab State

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