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  • [ March 19, 2026 ] US assesses China not planning to invade Taiwan in 2027 after missile, radar and fighter jet debacle in Iran, Pakistan and Venezuela. East Asia and Pacific Region
  • [ March 19, 2026 ] Xi Jinping Purged J-20 Fighter Jet Designer Amid Chinese-made Missile, Radar and Fighter Jet Failure in Pakistan, Iran and Venezuela. East Asia and Pacific Region
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Air Platform

Germany Announced Additional 35 F-35 Stealth Jets Purchases as FCAS Program Stalled.

February 21, 2026 GDC 0

The Germany Defence Ministry was reported on February 19 to be considering placing an order for up to 35 additional F-35A fifth generation fighters, doubling the number of the aircraft it plans to field, in […]

Air Platform

Lockheed Martin says F-35 stealth jets plays central role in Canada’s air combat strategy.

January 31, 2026 GDC 0

On January 16, 2026, Lockheed Martin emphasized Canada’s long-standing integration into the F-35 program, citing projected industrial activity exceeding C$15.5 billion through 2058, as recent U.S. statements have renewed scrutiny of Canada’s dependence on U.S.-controlled […]

Europe

Turkey decided to remove the S-400 missile system to re-enter the F-35 program.

December 7, 2025 GDC 0

Turkey is closer to removing the Russian S-400 system, according to Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey. The US imposed sanctions on some Turkish defense companies due to Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 system, […]

Air Platform

Hellenic Air Force to integrate Meteor BVRAAM into F-35 stealth jets

April 3, 2024 GDC 0

A highly significant meeting occurred at the Hellenic Air Force General Staff, where Greek officials and representatives from MBDA gathered to discuss the potential utilisation of the Meteor missile in Greece’s planned acquisition of F-35 […]

Air Platform

U.S. Air Force Announced New F-35 Configuration TR-3

March 1, 2023 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Finland Concludes Procurement of 64 F-35 Stealth Jets

February 15, 2022 GDC 0

Finland concluded the procurement contracts for the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II multi-role fighters as the country plans to replace the capabilities of the Air Force’s Hornet fleet, which will be phased out by 2030. […]

Air Platform

U.S. Air Force Launches New Adaptive Engine Project For F-35 Stealth Jet

February 8, 2022 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Lockheed Martin Delivered 142 F-35 Last Year Exceeding Expectations

January 19, 2022 GDC 0

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Air-Launched Weapons

Why Missiles Fired From F-22 Raptor And F-35 Are Hard To Detect?

January 11, 2022 GDC 0

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Middle East

UAE Withdraws Lockheed’s F-35 Deal With The U.S.

January 8, 2022 GDC 0

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s recent cancellation of its plan to buy 50 Lockheed F-35 fighter jets worth $23 billion from the United States showed that the close trading partnership between the UAE and China […]

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  • Ukraine Sets to Procure 5 Bayraktar TB2 Drones

    November 28, 2020 0
    Ukraine is set to purchase five more Turkish-made Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) next year, local media reports said Thursday, learned GDC citing Daily Sabah. Ukraine Plans To Buy 24 More [...]
  • Germany Negotiating With The U.S. To Buy F-35 Stealth Jets

    February 6, 2022 0
    Germany is leaning toward purchasing the U.S. fighter jet F-35 built by Lockheed Martin to replace its ageing Tornado in the role of nuclear sharing, a German defence source told Reuters on Thursday, but a final [...]
  • U.S. Funds Indonesian Naval Training Center To Counter China

    July 1, 2021 0
    Indonesia and the United States have broken ground on a new $3.5 million maritime training center in the strategic area of Batam, in the Riau Islands, Indonesia’s maritime security agency said.Attending the ceremony virtually on [...]
  • Turkish STM Unveils Fast Attack Craft Design

    August 7, 2025 0
    STM has unveiled the design of the Turkish Fast Attack Craft to replace the ageing fast attack craft classes of the Turkish Navy in the coming years. Turkish MoD Unveils Next-gen Fast Attack CraftDateMay 14, [...]
  • Belarusian Forces Will Soon Join Ukraine Invasion, Says President Alexander Lukashenko

    March 24, 2022 0
    The US and NATO believe that Belarus could “soon” join Russia in its war against Ukraine, US and NATO officials said, and that the country is already taking steps to do so. EU, U.S. Must [...]
  • International Criminal Court to Prosecute Myanmar’s Top Military Leaders

    December 22, 2024 0
    Nearly five years after Myanmar’s civil war began, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the country’s military regime, Min Aung Hlaing. [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

  • Europe

    Ukrainian partisan operations in occupied territories gained momentum against Russian forces

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Successfully Conducted Fourth AGM-88G AARGM-ER Missile

  • Europe

    Hungary wants to produce KF51 Panther main battle tanks

  • Americas

    US Army Awarded A Contract To Buy Carl-Gustaf Shoulder-fired Weapons

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s IDS Submarine to be Launched Ahead of Schedule

  • C4iSR

    Turkey Replaces Canadian Electro-Optics System With Domestic Optics in Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • Americas

    President Trump Re-designated Yemen’s Houthi As Terrorist Organization

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Bulgaria to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missile to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes destroyed Russia’s oil depot

  • Americas

    Colombia purchases Israeli Barak MX Air Defense System Worth $131.2 Million

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Seeking $1.5 Billion For NGAD Program

  • Defense Industry

    Latvia Buys Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • Air Platform

    Incompetent Russian Pilot Crashed MiG-31 Foxhound After Take-off

  • Europe

    Fifth Astute-class Submarine Officially Named HMS Anson

  • Air Platform

    US Hands Over Three CN235 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft to Malaysia

  • Naval Platforms

    Pakistan Navy inducts Yarmook-class corvette

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia develops missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads with China’s help

  • Air Platform

    Alsalam Aerospace Industries (AAI) Completed Conversion of F-15s Into F-15SA Standard

  • Air Platform

    Russian IL-76 transport aircraft crashed near Moscow

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army To Finally Inducts ‘Owl’ Electric-Powered Kamikaze Drone

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Proving Russian Propaganda About Hypersonic Missile Wrong

  • Europe

    Spain Delivers 40 Leopard 2A4 Tanks And Aspide Anti-air Missiles To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Finland Acquires Munitions For HIMARS Rockets Launchers

  • Europe

    Russia’s only S-300 and S-400 missile factory caught fire in Moscow

  • Air Platform

    UAE Plans to Buy CATIC L-15 Light Combat Aircraft

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA launches Akeron tactical missile series

  • Middle East

    Israeli Strikes Killed Top Iranian Military Commanders and Scientists

  • Air Platform

    Saab Delivers Third T-7A Aft Section To Test Program

  • Air Platform

    Gripen E Fighter Jet Performs Anti-Access and Area Denial (A2AD) Role Through Superior EW, Situational Awareness, and Cutting-Edge Weapon System

  • Air Platform

    Turkish President Erdogan Travels to Qatar, Seeking to Buy 24 Used Eurofighters.

  • Defense Industry

    Fincantieri, Naval Group, Navantia Submit European Multirole Patrol Corvette Proposal

  • Europe

    Putin Would Be Signing ‘Suicide Note’ If He Nukes Ukraine, Says John Bolton

  • Air Platform

    KAI aims to export first Korean-made helicopter to Indonesia

  • Europe

    British-provided NLAW anti-tank weapons turned Ukraine into the graveyard of Russian tanks

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri Lays Keel of Qatar’s Air Defense LPD

  • Europe

    Russia purchased secondhand Chinese-made Guangzhou Fekon motorbikes and deployed motorbikes in Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s shameless meddling in Australia and New Zealand’s defense strategy as New Zealand plans to join AUKUS

  • Defense Industry

    Israel offers Iron Dome batteries to Saudi Arabia

  • Infantry Weapons

    Russia has transferred the S-300 air defense system to Libya

  • Air Platform

    German firm developed AI backbone for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s attempt to showcase Tu-160 Blackjack backfired after it grounds Tu-16 technical fault

  • South Asia

    Fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Faces 8,500 Pages of Chargesheets, including 1,400 Murders, 3,500 Disappearances, Corruption, Embezzlement and Money Laundering

  • Europe

    Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s Chief of Navy says Chinese military vessels are regularly shadowing Australian warships

  • Air Platform

    Norway agrees to donate its F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

  • Europe

    UK village Lakenheath could be Putin’s first target in World War III

  • Europe

    Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) unveiled tracked version of Boxer armored vehicle

  • Americas

    L3Harris Proposed to Increase EA-37B Electronic Attack Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Why China’s J-20 and FC-31 Aren’t So Stealthy?

  • Europe

    U.S. Delivers Avenger Surface-to-air Missiles And Stinger MANPAD To Ukraine

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