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Air Platform

Lockheed’s F-16 could change the dynamics of the Ukraine war

June 8, 2023 GDC 0

The Ukrainian Air Forces could soon be flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies in the occupied territories, but will these advanced fourth-generation jets change the war? “The Russians have 1,000 fourth-generation fighters,” General […]

Americas

F-16 Fighting Falcon Received Upgraded AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite

May 20, 2023 GDC 0

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Europe

Ukrainian Air Force Pilots Who Trained In USA Says F-16 Much Better Than Sukhoi And Mikoyan Built Aircraft

April 8, 2023 GDC 0

A top Ukrainian air commander said Ukraine was in dire need of F-16 fighter jets, which he described on Thursday as “four or five times” more effective than Sukhoi and Mikoyan built planes currently used […]

Air Platform

Lockheed’s F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet Carried Out First Flight

March 2, 2023 GDC 0

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Americas

L3Harris Completes Design Review Of F-16V Aircraft’s Electronic Warfare Suite

February 5, 2023 GDC 0

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Air Platform

F-16 Can Fly Air Defense, SEAD And DEAD Missions If U.S. Does Not Want Ukraine To Strike Russian Territories

February 4, 2023 GDC 0

The war in Ukraine approaches its first anniversary – and, much like the conflict on the ground, the air war has become a protracted contest for control. For Ukraine, fighting on the defensive, it has been wise […]

Air Platform

Cheap and Unreliable Chinese J-10CE, Pakistan Seeks Greater Cooperation With U.S. To Buy F-16V Block 70

November 28, 2022 GDC 0

On March 23 2022, at Pakistan’s Republic Day Parade, onlookers watched the first flyover of the recently inducted J-10C multi-role fighter. The purchase from China, announced publicly by Pakistan’s Interior Minister in late 2021, further showcases Pakistan-China defense ties […]

Air Platform

Turkey Weigh-in 4.5 Gen Fighter Jets Between Eurofighter And Gripen

October 6, 2022 GDC 0

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Americas

U.S. Air Force Awarded $4.9 Billion Contract To Develop Next-gen Adaptive Engines

September 12, 2022 GDC 0

The US Air Force has awarded five companies $4.9 billion in contracts to develop next-generation fighter jet adaptive engine prototypes. Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Pratt & Whitney have each received an […]

Air Platform

Turkey To Buy 40 New F-16V Jets And Upgrade 79 F-16 Fighter Jets

September 3, 2022 GDC 0

A Turkish military delegation headed to the U.S. on Monday for talks on the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye. “In order to carry out the F-16 procurement and modernization as soon as possible, […]

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  • BAE Systems Stops Eurofighter Typhoon Production As International And Domestic Orders Dried Up

    November 16, 2024 0
    Production of UK-made Typhoon jets has “essentially stopped” amid fears the Royal Air Force will buy US-made aircraft instead. A BAE Systems plant near Preston was until recently assembling the jets for Qatar following a [...]
  • Belarus Cozzies Up With Turkey, A Snab To Russia

    April 30, 2021 0
    Last week, Belarus’s President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s visited Turkey on April 16 and, three days later, delivered his annual report to the parliament and the Belarusian people on April 19. Following negotiations with his Turkish counterpart, [...]
  • Oshkosh Defense Awarded $942.9 Million Contract For Stryker Armaments

    June 14, 2021 0
    Oshkosh Defense won a $942.9 million contract to integrate 30mm medium caliber weapons systems onto U.S. Army Stryker vehicles, the company said on Friday. Oshkosh Defense Awarded $99 Million To Fit-out 83 Stryker Vehicles With [...]
  • Ukraine retakes key town near Donetsk as Russians flee cluster munitions

    August 16, 2023 0
    Ukraine has captured a key strategic village in the southeast after Russian troops were seen fleeing cluster bombs. Putin lost 4,140 troops in a week for his Ukraine adventureDateAugust 16, 2023Ukrainian forces destroyed a column [...]
  • Ukraine supplied air defense systems to Azerbaijan

    November 6, 2020 0
    Ukrspetsexport has agreed to supply Ukraine with P-18 air defense radar to Azerbaijan, reported ZN.UA, citing its own sources. P-18 is well-proven radar capable of detecting air targets at distances of several hundred kilometers. Radars [...]
  • Ukraine Ordered Turkish Ada-class Corvettes

    April 30, 2021 0
    Corvettes will be produced for the Ukrainian Navy using Turkish technologies at the Okean shipyard in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, the shipyard said in a statement. A Growing Cooperation Between Ukraine and Turkey is [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Delivers First Tranche of 140mm Towed Mortars to Russian Army

June 5, 2025 0

North Korean 140mm towed mortars have been spotted in use by Russian forces, adding to a growing list of foreign-supplied weaponry now deployed in Moscow’s war effort. The new mortar has a maximum range of […]

Europe

CZ Group Unveils BREN 3 Assault Rifles at IDET 2025 in Brno

June 2, 2025 0

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Europe

British Army Tests Lighter Javelin Missile Launch System at Record Range of 4km

May 28, 2025 0

The British Army has test-fired the latest Javelin command launch unit at a record range of 4 kilometers (2.48 miles). The record shot at Salisbury Plains demonstrated the Javelin’s Lightweight Command Launch Unit’s (LWCLU) enhanced […]

Central Asia

Kazakhstan started building new artillery ammunitions plant

May 26, 2025 0

Kazakhstan has launched the construction phase of a new industrial facility for the production of artillery ammunition in cooperation with a partner from Singapore. The upcoming plant will manufacture 122mm, 152mm, and 155mm caliber artillery […]

Europe

British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

May 25, 2025 0

A British defense startup has unveiled a new ramjet-powered artillery round designed to deliver long-range precision effects in future combat environments. Tiberius Aerospace, founded in 2022 and rooted in Silicon Valley practices, introduced its flagship […]

Infantry Weapons

India fields Swedish-made Carl-Gustaf M4 launcher ditching locally-made Nag Mk-2 ATGM

May 25, 2025 0

The Indian Army has begun fielding the Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle. The deployment follows Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, a fully foreign-owned subsidiary of Saab AB, establishing a new production facility in India. According to […]

  • C4iSR

    Israeli IAI awarded contract to produce anti-jam GPS system for South Korea and Thailand

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Reportedly Will Cancel Contract With South Korean-made Submarine and Consider Turkish Type 214 SSk

  • Middle East

    Iran blamed the downed Ukrainian plane for the shortcomings of the Russian ADS

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Anka UCAV’s Integrated Radar Detects Mines in the Black Sea

  • Europe

    Ukraine strikes Russian forces with US-made ATACMS for the first time

  • Europe

    Serbia will sign major arms deal with France a shift from Russia

  • Americas

    Why does Russian-made missile shot down commercial airlines repeatedly?

  • Europe

    Raytheon Awarded $1.2 Billion Contract To Deliver Six NASAMS II Anti-air Missiles System To Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Bahrain agrees to recognise Israel following UAE

  • Europe

    Ukraine Demonstrates New Warfighting Capability By Using Underwater Unmanned Vehicles (UUV)

  • Naval Platforms

    China and India assist Myanmar Navy to build its ASW corvettes and frigates

  • Air Platform

    Can Cash-strapped Pakistan Afford To Buy 40 J-35 Fourth-gen Fighter Jets From China?

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan unveils new advanced jet trainer “Brave Eagle”

  • Europe

    Ukraine Released Details of Crimea Operations By Its Special Forces

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Announced Demonstrator Phase For The Sixth-generation Future Combat Air System

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Navy Admiral Visits Taiwan For The First Time

  • Europe

    Damen Shipbuilding Group secured a US$6.7 billion deal to build MKS 180 Frigate for the German Navy

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker carrying American-made AGM-88 HARM missiles

  • Europe

    Elbit Systems Awarded Contract To Produce SkyStriker Kamikaze Drones For Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Starts Production Of T-7A Red Hawk

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Chinese EOTDC PL-10 Semi-active Air-to-Air Missile and PL-10E Infrared-guided Air-to-air Missile, A Reverse-engineered Italian APSIDE Missile

  • Europe

    Serbian Army Tests Modernized T-72MS Tanks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Cluster of Chinese coast guard vessels spotted near Russian oil rig off Vietnam

  • Air Platform

    Canada to review American F-35 purchases, amid Trump’s trade war

  • Americas

    USS Tripoli (LHA 7), an America-class amphibious assault ship joins the fleet

  • Europe

    Russia Playing Catch Up In The Ukraine War, Russian State TV Presenter Says

  • Air Platform

    Gripen E/F To Be A Smart Phone Like Fighters With Regular Software Upgrades: Saab

  • Europe

    Armenia released photos of destroyed S-300 by TB2 drone

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon Awarded $2 Billion Contract To Develop Air-launched Nuclear Cruise Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian RAW supplies arms to the Arakan Army to destabilize Chinese efforts to build deep-sea ports and gas pipelines in Rakhine state

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Defense Industries Exported $7.1 Billion Arms Globally

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone swarm wreck havoc over Moscow, Russia shuts down four major airports

  • C4iSR

    Leonardo RAT 31DL and RAT 31DL/M 3D Radar Family

  • South Asia

    Russia to accept mandarins instead of money amid payment difficulties related Western sanctions

  • Europe

    Poland Opens Regional Abrams Main Battle Tank Maintenance Center

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 is a Su-35 beneath a new airframe

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Defense Giant Aselsan’s Q1 Profit Surge To 34%

  • Africa

    Nigeria Inducts JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets

  • Europe

    Occupied Crimea is within the reach of U.S.-supplied ground launched small diameter bomb  

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    BAE Systems Awarded £2.4 Billion Contract To Manufacture Munitions For British Military

  • Africa

    Algeria to Receive Su-57 in 2028

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems Submits Final Bids To Finland’s HX Programme

  • C4iSR

    Saab delivers fifth GlobalEye to the United Arab Emirates

  • Industry

    India, A Lucrative Defense Export Market For Russia, America, France And Israel

  • Europe

    Greece Prepares For War As Turkey Shows No Signs Of Backing Off

  • Europe

    Assassination fear: cancer-stricken Vlad will never enjoy $1.3 billion mansion that has wine cellar, private marina, vineyard, indoor Ice hockey, mini casino

  • Europe

    Russian fighter plane crashed near Tver was shot down: Report

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon awarded a contract to upgrade AMRAAM’s software

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austral Awarded Contract To Produce Two More Guardian-Class Boats For Royal Australian Navy

  • Europe

    Sweden to receive first PATRIOT battery in November 2021

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