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Europe

President Zelensky Fires Ukraine’s Air Force Chief

August 31, 2024 GDC 0

Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the chief of Ukraine’s air force days after an F-16 pilot was killed defending against a large-scale Russian attack. In the first known Ukrainian loss of the US-made fighter jets, Lieutenant […]

Air Platform

Ukraine’s F-16 fitted with advanced electronic warfare suite

August 30, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine’s latest batch of F-16s has been equipped to conduct “full-spectrum electromagnetic warfare,” allowing them to rebuff Moscow’s jamming efforts and other electronic attacks on the battlefield. The US Air Force has successfully updated the […]

Air Platform

President Zelensky Confirms American-made F-16 Shoot Down Russian Cruise Missiles

August 28, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine’s ex-Danish Lockheed Martin F-16s have scored their first aerial victories. According to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, the supersonic F-16s shot down Russian cruise missiles during the Russian air raids targeting Ukrainian cities on Monday. […]

C4iSR

Ukraine’s F-16 Pilots Equipped With Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System And Modernised Radars, Which Russia Lacks

August 14, 2024 GDC 0

F-16 fighter jet pilots in Ukraine are using advanced helmet-mounted system that could increase how well Kyiv’s forces can leverage the Western-donated jets against Russia’s forces. Ukraine’s pilots, at the helm of recently delivered U.S.-made […]

Air Platform

Ukraine Received First F-16 Fighter Jets From NATO Ally

August 1, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. A Ukrainian lawmaker […]

Air Platform

Peru shortlists F-16, KF-21 or Gripen fighter jet to replace Russian-made MiG-29

July 30, 2024 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Ukraine Received First Batch Of F-16 Fighting Falcon Fighter Jets

July 11, 2024 GDC 0

The first batch of United States-built F-16 fighter jets are being transferred to Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, as world leaders pledge continued support for Kyiv at a NATO summit in Washington, […]

Europe

Ukraine’s strikes on Russian air defenses in Crimean air bases paved the way for F-16 to strike Crimea

July 1, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine’s sustained attacks against Russia’s air defenses could make occupied Crimea untenable as a military staging ground, war analysts said. In an assessment on Thursday, the Institute for the Study of War think tank said that Ukraine’s […]

Air Platform

Ukraine’s F-16 Fighting Falcon Conducts First Sortie Dropping Precision Guided Bombs On Russian Position In Ukraine

June 30, 2024 GDC 0

The first US-made F-16 fighter jets have appeared in the sky over Ukraine, but there’s already a bounty on them. Fores, a Russian company that produces equipment for oil drilling, said that it would pay […]

Air Platform

First Batch of Ukrainian Pilots Completes Training on F-16 Fighting Falcon

May 28, 2024 GDC 0

The first round of Ukrainian pilots have completed F-16 fighter jet training at a military base in Arizona, advancing Kyiv one step closer to using the modern aircraft in its war against Russia. Air National […]

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  • Top Ten Lies Vladimir Putin and His Propaganda Machine Told About The Ukraine Invasion

    December 1, 2022 0
    “We are not planning to fight a war with anyone, our goal is to create a perception so nobody thinks to fight us.” President Vladimit Putin Vladimir Putin has a name for the West. He [...]
  • Ukrainian troops complete Challenger 2 tanks training in UK

    March 30, 2023 0
    The Guardian reported that Ukrainian soldiers completed training to operate Challenger 2 tanks in the UK on March 26. UK to send Challenger 2 tanks to UkraineDateJanuary 11, 2023British Challenger Tanks Fighting Russian Troops in [...]
  • Royal Navy Trials Drone Launching From HMS Prince of Wales Aircraft Carrier

    November 18, 2023 0
    The Mojave aircraft, which has a 55ft wingspan, successfully took off and landed on board HMS Prince of Wales in a ‘European first’. The remotely operated aircraft, codenamed Mojave, took off from and safely landed [...]
  • Airbus A330 MRTT Completes Automated Refuelling Trials

    May 21, 2021 0
    In-flight refuelling operations are among the most demanding missions. Both the tanker and receiver pilots need to operate in close formation, flying aircraft with different flight envelopes and ranging speeds, in day-and-night and all weather [...]
  • Lockheed Martin Awarded $2.76 Billion US Army Contracts For M142 HIMARS

    April 2, 2021 0
    The U.S. Army announced a $2.76 billion contract award to Lockheed Martin to obtain guided missile launch rocket systems and associated equipment. U.S. State Department Approves 30 HIMARS Rocket Artillery For AustraliaDateMay 29, 2022U.S State [...]
  • Pakistan Was Pressured To Recognize Israel By MBS: Imran Khan

    January 9, 2021 0
    The Pakistani prime minister made headlines when he revealed that Islamabad has been under pressure from some “friendly” nations to recognize Israel. Although he stopped short of naming them despite being repeatedly asked whether they [...]
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.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

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

May 6, 2026 0

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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 […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

  • Europe

    The U.S. and EU Sanction on Russian Oligarch, Banks and Kick Russia out of SWIFT System

  • Naval Platforms

    Barracuda-class Attack Submarine and it’s derivatives

  • Africa

    Chinese CH-4B Drones Keep Crashing In Algeria For Technical Fault

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    Middle East

    Russia developed Su-30SM2 with new AL-41F-1S engine

  • Africa

    Putin Linked Russian mercenaries (Wagner Group) abandoned Libyan National Army

  • Europe

    Iran Delivers First Batch of Body Armor And Helmets To Russia

  • Infantry Weapons

    Hanwha Awarded K9 Howitzer Contract For Egyptian Army

  • Europe

    Dmitry Medvedev says ‘Ukraine is definitely Russia’, rules out peace talks

  • Europe

    German Government Approves Sale Of 100 PzH 2000 Howitzers To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia’s major military electronics producer Platan Electronic Research Institute engulfed in a huge fire

  • Americas

    US DoD ask congress to authorize construction of two new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PLA Adopts QBZ-191 Assault Weapons

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Relocates 24 F-16J Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Aircraft in the Middle East from Germany.

  • Europe

    Poland Buys 10,000 Warmate Kamikaze Drones

  • Air Platform

    Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk: NATO’s new cutting-edge spy drones

  • Air Platform

    Colombia follows the footsteps of Brazil and Peru by acquiring 16 Gripen E/F fighter jets from Sweden

  • Air Platform

    More Shameful Than Moskva Sinking: Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s MiG-31 Carrying Hypersonic Missile

  • Anti-air Missiles

    France and Italy To Deliver High-tech SAMP/T Anti-air Missiles To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Did China steal Apache Attack Helicopter Technology?

  • Europe

    Nordic Air Defence to trial Kreuger interceptor drone in Ukraine.

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy’s ‘carrier killer’ HALO hypersonic missile to rival those of China and Russia.

  • Europe

    Britain Sends M270 Long-range Rocket Systems To Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Elta and Hensoldt to build ballistic missile defense radar for Germany

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli IAI Ramps Up Missile Interceptors Production.

  • Europe

    Ukraine blew up 83 of Russia’s BTR-82A armored vehicles in Krynky like tin cans

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin awarded $1.4 billion contract for C-130J aircraft

  • Middle East

    Iran Unveils Kaman-19 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Soldiers blow up and destroy Russian artillery system

  • Europe

    Stupid Russian Attached Timbers In Front Of BTR-82A APC To Protect It From Javelin

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Denmark purchases MBDA’s VL MICA anti-air missile system

  • Europe

    Russia Forming Battalion of Food-Starved And Malnourished North Korean Soldiers to Fight in Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Belgium to join Franco-German Sixth-Gen FCAS Fighter Jet Project

  • Europe

    Swedish Coast Guard orders 14 high-speed boats from Boomeranger Boats

  • Defense Industry

    Top 100 Global Airborne Drone Manufacturers

  • Air Platform

    Netherlands will deliver 18 F-16 Fighting Falcon to Ukraine next month

  • Anti-drone System

    KNDS Unveils AI-assisted RAPIDFire Counter-Drone System.

  • Europe

    British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

  • Europe

    Russia’s Deputy Commander of Black Sea Fleet Killed in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

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

  • Europe

    Britain to send more heavy rocket launchers to Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine’s HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Russia’s Upgraded Buk Surface-to-air Missile

  • Middle East

    Egyptian Navy Takes Delivery of First Domestically Built Corvette

  • Infantry Weapons

    Aselsan-Ukroboronprom Jointly Develop Skif ATGM

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China brings in more soldiers, heavy construction equipment to Galwan Valley

  • Europe

    Germany Purchases Eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian Maritime Patrol and Anti-submarine Warfare Drone.

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s MAGURA V5 kamikaze sea drones set off huge explosions at Russia’s Novorossiysk port

  • Middle East

    ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems delivers the second MEKO A-200 class frigate to the Egyptian Navy

  • Naval Platforms

    Goa Shipyard delivers fourth Sankalp-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV)

  • C4iSR

    Hanwha, IAI Signs MoU on Naval Combat System

  • AUV Platform

    Israeli Navy’s Blue Whale Unmanned Submarine Participates In NATO Drills

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