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  • [ May 5, 2026 ] Trump Admin approves advanced AN/APG-83 SABR radar for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet, worth $488 million. C4iSR
  • [ May 5, 2026 ] Hungary Received JAS Gripen C Fighter Jets from Saab. Air Platform
  • [ May 5, 2026 ] UAE’s Air Defense System Intercepts Iranian Cruise Missiles and Drones. Middle East
  • [ May 5, 2026 ] Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program. Europe
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Air-Launched Weapons

Poland Purchases GBU-39B Bombs For F-35 and F-16 Fighter Jets.

October 9, 2025 GDC 0

According to information published by the Polish Ministry of National Defence on September 4, 2025, during the MSPO 2025 defense exhibition held in Kielce, Poland, an agreement was signed between the United States and Poland […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Pentagon approved AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles and F-16 upgrade packages for Pakistan.

October 8, 2025 GDC 0

Pakistan will be sold AIM-120C/D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) by the United States defence group Raytheon following a modification in the firm’s contract that included the country in the list of buyers, it emerged […]

Uncategorized

Israeli Air Force Will Upgrade F-16I Barak Aircraft to F-16V Block 70 Standard after Successful Iran Strikes.

October 3, 2025 GDC 0

IAF eyes major overhaul of F-16s, used to strike Iran, to meet future combat needsThe decades-old F-16 “Barak” aircraft managed to strike in Iran without refueling, and added significant capacity to the Israel Air Force’s […]

Air Platform

Turkiye plans to purchase additional F-16V block 70 fighter jets.

September 29, 2025 GDC 0

Türkiye plans to buy hundreds of Boeing airliners and Lockheed Martin jets, while seeking over $10 billion in local production deals, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deals are […]

Americas

President Trump hosts Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for an unprecedented White House lunch, a transaction for 80 F-16V and 400 missiles

June 20, 2025 GDC 0

Trump hosts Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for an unprecedented White House lunch, as the US and Pakistan reset their ties. Islamabad, Pakistan – In his first address to a joint session of Congress on […]

Air Platform

US Air Force equips F-16s with artificial intelligence flight systems

April 8, 2025 GDC 0

The U.S. Air Force is advancing its next-generation air combat capabilities with the arrival of the final F-16 fighter jet designated for the VENOM-AFT program—short for Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model – Autonomy Flying […]

Air Platform

Philippines aims to purchase 40 fighter jets and mid-range missiles

August 30, 2024 GDC 0

The Philippines wants to upgrade its military with mid-range missiles and advanced fighter jets, two senior security officials said on Thursday, spending at least $33 billion as it modernises its defence in the face of […]

Middle East

How the Israeli Air Force once destroyed over 60 enemy jets and dozens of Soviet missile systems in battle without losing a single fighter

August 23, 2024 GDC 0

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) accomplished a feat unmatched in modern military aviation in June 1982, shooting down over 60 Syrian combat aircraft in the largest air battle of the jet age and destroying 29 […]

Air Platform

Royal Thai Air Force Selected Swedish Gripen E/F Over American F-16V Block 70

July 11, 2024 GDC 0

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Air Platform

U.S. Offers F-16V Block 70 Fighter Jets To Thai Air Force

July 2, 2024 GDC 0

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Sunday said the United States ambassador wrote to him to propose that the Thai air force buy F-16 Block 70 fighter jets, but said many points had yet to be […]

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  • Taiwanese plane maker AIDC to open F-16 MRO facility in Taiwan

    October 28, 2020 0
    A Taiwanese plane maker will on Friday open a maintenance centre for F-16 fighter jets in collaboration with US defence contractor Lockheed Martin, the first such facility in the Indo-Pacific, as tensions across the Taiwan Strait [...]
  • Ukraine’s sea baby kamikaze drone destroyed another Russia’s shadow oil tanker.

    January 10, 2026 0
    According to reports by Reuters and Turkish media on 8 January 2026, the Palau-flagged oil tanker Elbus, en route to Russia, was attacked by an unmanned surface vessel in the Black Sea. Following the incident, the [...]
  • Moldova to get VERA-NG passive tracking system

    July 29, 2024 0
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  • USA, Germany foil Russian FSB’s plot to assassinate major European weapon producer Rheinmetall’s CEO

    July 13, 2024 0
    American intelligence service uncovers alleged scheme to kill Armin Papperger, the chief executive Rheinmetall, reports CNN. Rheinmetall signs armored vehicle deal with UkraineDateAugust 15, 2023Germany to Send 50 Leopard Tank to UkraineDateApril 19, 2022Lockheed Martin [...]
  • Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jets Chases Russian Su-35 Out of NATO Skies

    December 19, 2024 0
    Sweden scrambled two fighter jets to intercept a pair of Russian bomber jets flying over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to Försvarsmakten, the Swedish Armed Forces. The NATO nation scrambled two Jas 39 Gripen [...]
  • Turkish Bayraktar TB Used Aselsan Electro Optical Pod For The First Time

    November 9, 2020 0
    Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) on Friday conducted a successful test-fire using domestically made ammunition with the leading defense firm ASELSAN-developed Common Aperture Targeting System (CATS). Baykar, the company that developed the [...]
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.

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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 […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian NASAMS Shot Down Russia’s Over-hyped Su-35 Fighter Jet In Bakhmut

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Navy’s Carrier Battle Groups In South China Sea Is The Strongest Message To China

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS struck Russian base killing 300 soldiers waiting for speech from commander

  • South Asia

    Bangladeshi-origin British Minister Tulip Siddiq accused of failing to tell Brits she was involved in arms dealing with Russia in 2013

  • Americas

    X (formerly Twitter) struggling to contain misinformation about Hamas’s attacks on Israel

  • Europe

    Finish and Swedish Navy Conduct Joint Anti-submarine Exercises

  • Middle East

    UAE Plans to Buy Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian patriot missile downed one Su-35 and one Su-24 fighter bomber, and Russia shot down its own Su-35, with seven aircraft losses in three days

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine Destroyed Russian Counterbattery Zoopark-2 Radar In Avdiivka

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense System in Crimea and Belgorod.

  • Europe

    Denmark Purchases 44 CV90 MKIIIC Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

  • Americas

    U.S. buys S-300 from Ukraine to practice drone strikes against S-300

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Plans to Build 12 New Mogami-Class Advanced Frigates in 5 Years

  • Americas

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

  • Europe

    Chinese peace plan is deception tactics to supply drones and ammo to Russia

  • Europe

    BAE Systems Launches Anson Submarine At British Worksite

  • Europe

    Underwear elastic exposes Russian state TV propaganda, Russian soldier killing wounded comrade

  • Air Platform

    US Hands Over Three CN235 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft to Malaysia

  • Air Platform

    The Philippines Shortlisted South Korean KF-21 For $7 Billion Fighter Jets Acquisition Program

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone struck Russia’s Iskander ballistic missile manufacturing factory.

  • Europe

    The West misinterpreted Ukraine’s need to strike anywhere inside Russia not allowing Russia to regroup

  • Middle East

    Iran fired land-attack cruise missile at U.S. base in Iraq

  • Europe

    Video shows Russian forces fleeing frontline after Ukraine deployed cluster munitions

  • Air Platform

    Germany Set to Receive Super Hornet By 2025 and Retire Tornado by 2030

  • Civil Aviation

    Russian Sukhoi Superjet Commercial Airliner Crashed In A Test Flight

  • Defense Industry

    Switzerland Purchases 36 F-35 Stealth Jets Worth $6.25 Billion

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves Potential Sale Of JASSM, AIM-120 AMRAAM And AIM-9X Sidewinder To Poland

  • Europe

    UK and Norway join multinational CAVS armoured vehicle research and development project led by Finland.

  • Europe

    U.S. Approves F-35, Super Hornet And Patriot Missile Defense System For Switzerland

  • Europe

    Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova Defected To France

  • Infantry Weapons

    Iron Dome: An Israeli Masterpiece Shielding Israel From Thousands Of Hamas Rockets

  • Naval Platforms

    French nuclear-powered submarine fires a cruise missile for the first time

  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan unveiled Taimas 8×8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle

  • Middle East

    Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone struck an Israeli oil tanker

  • Air Platform

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

  • Middle East

    Israeli Sa’ar-class corvettes conduct exercises with US Navy in Red Sea

  • Defense Industry

    Romania Cancels Warship Deal With France’s Naval Group

  • Air Platform

    Rafale will have a strategic advantage over Sukhoi fighters: Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa

  • Europe

    Sweden conducted the first tests with the Saab Lightweight Torpedo (SLWT) from a corvette and a submarine

  • C4iSR

    SmartShoort Awarded Contract to Produce SMASH 3000 Fire Control System for Australian Army.

  • C4iSR

    South Korea to upgrade its F-15K fighter jets with AESA radar and latest avionics suite

  • South Asia

    Why did the Bangladesh Army, with a $4.1 billion defense budget, fail to contain a small Kuki-chin militant group?

  • Americas

    BAE Systems To Develop Optionally Manned Vehicle For US Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems Awarded $155 Million Contract To Upgrade Hobart-class Destroyers

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UAE’s AL TARIQ Completes Initial Integration of AL TARIQ Precision-Guided Munition onto HAL Tejas LCA

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Greece purchases the Israeli air defense systems as part of the Achilles Shield.

  • Middle East

    Mojtaba Khamenei, the grand thief of Iran, built a $3 billion property empire in London, Dubai, Frankfurt and Madrid.

  • Europe

    Disinformation war: Russia spent $1.9 billion in Poland to shake the confidence and unity of Ukraine’s partners, according to a report.

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia has suffered a failed ICBM test due to a mid-launch explosion.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Czech Republic to buy 52 Nexter Caesar Howitzers

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