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  • [ June 11, 2026 ] U.S. Navy Strikes Iran’s Command, Control and Surveillance Sites in Tehran. Middle East
  • [ June 11, 2026 ] Ukraine’s drone strikes destroyed Russia’s logistics, Mariupol port and military installations. Europe
  • [ June 11, 2026 ] France orders multi-layer SAMP/T NG air and missile defence system with ASTER and MICA VL interceptors. Anti-air Missiles
  • [ June 11, 2026 ] Airbus offers to manufacture helicopters in Canada if selected for the CH-146 Griffons replacement project. Air Platform
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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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  • Norwegian F-35A Successfully Launches Joint Strike Missile

    April 13, 2021 0
    The Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriell-FMA), in association with Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA), the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and the US Department of Defense F-35 Joint Program Office, in February conducted the first [...]
  • A major fire engulfed Russia’s ELMASH electromechanical plant in Voronezh

    April 22, 2024 0
    A major fire occurred in Voronezh. The preliminary report shows the fire area is about 3000 square meters. The fire quickly engulfed almost the entire production workshop. A Significant Fire Engulfed At Russia’s Rocket Manufacturing [...]
  • Sukhoi Delayed Delivery Of Su-57 Fighters To VKS

    March 27, 2021 0
    The delivery of five Su-57 fighters to the Russian Air Force in 2021 will be delayed due to flight control systems malfunctions during a flight test, learned GDC citing iz.ru newspaper. Russia postponed delivery of [...]
  • Croatia Purchases 12 Dassault Rafale Jets From France

    November 26, 2021 0
    At a ceremony attended by the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic Andrej Plenković, the French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and the Chairman [...]
  • Israel bombed Houthi ports and power stations as a warning for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels to ‘stay out of it’

    September 30, 2024 0
    Israel says it has bombed Houthi targets in Yemen in response to missile fire by the Iran-aligned rebels at Israel over the past two days, marking another front in fighting in the Middle East. Iran [...]
  • Turkey Paused F-16V Acquisition in Favor of F-35 Stealth Jets

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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  • Europe

    Hyundai Rotem Offers Poland Advanced N-WAV Armored Vehicle with Italian Hitfact Turret

  • Europe

    Turkey continues to test 6×6 special ops vehicle

  • Infantry Weapons

    Norinco QBZ-191/QBZ-19 Standard Issue Assault Rifle

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 and Su-75 Checkmate Are Doomed, Amid Crippling Sanctions

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine discussing possible acquisition of Gripen and Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets

  • C4iSR

    A Long Road Ahead of Russia’s Phazotron-NIIR Zhuk AESA Radar to Pass the Test

  • Infantry Weapons

    Belarusian Flute Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)

  • Europe

    South Korea displays K3 next-gen concept main battle tank

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Major Humiliation For Putin, Ukraine’s ATACMS Strikes Destroyed Russia’s Newest S-500 Prometey Surface-to-air Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Hails Royal Navy For Sending HMS Queen Elizabeth To South China Sea

  • C4iSR

    Turkish Koral EW Downed Russian Drone In Syria

  • Air Platform

    Turkey working with Rolls-Royce on 5th-gen TFX combat aircraft engine

  • Infantry Weapons

    Serbia’s MTI tests RLN-IC/170 short-range surface-to-air missile

  • Europe

    Corruption in the Turkish nuclear plant project is funding Putin’s war against Ukraine.

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems to develop next-gen touch-screen display, sensors and datalink for Eurofighter

  • Africa

    Morocco is the first African country to donate T-72 tanks to Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Sino-India War: China Bags Bangladesh In Chinese Side

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Delivered SY-400 Short-range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) to Myanmar

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine To Sell Downed Russia’s Su-30SM Fighter Jets As Souvenirs

  • Europe

    Putin’s new air defense system is nets between lampposts to catch FPV drones, but it doesn’t help

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine blows up one of Russia’s electronic warfare system

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s operational F-35 jets mark first landing on HMS Queen Elizabeth

  • Central Asia

    The U.S. Departs From Afghanistan, China Cashes In $3 Trillion Rare Earth Minerals

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s modernized Su-30SM crashed in Kalingrad due to engine malfunction

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force’s F-15EX Lot 2 Fighter Jets Achieve Key Milestone

  • C4iSR

    Sanctions Buster: South Korea Must Stop Supplying Gallium Arsenide and Semiconductor to Russia’s JSC Phazotron-NIIP

  • Europe

    Ukrainian $10,000 drone set off fire at Russia’s $30 million ammunition depot

  • Air Platform

    France Started Engine Testing For Sixth-Gen FCAS Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    Greece to purchase 49 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for its armed forces

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Amid China tensions, Australia signs comprehensive defense pact with India

  • Air Platform

    Japan to Manufacture Technologically Superior Weapons in Asia-Pacific Region

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down Russia’s Su-25 fighter jet, destroyed one S-300 surface-to-air missile

  • South Asia

    Indian Hindu Nationalist Godi Media Urges Narendra Modi to Bomb Bangladesh’s Base Hosting Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes destroyed Russia’s depot storing 400 Shahed-136 drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean Navy Commissions Final Daegu-class FFX Batch II Frigate

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Fear Of Ukranian Drone Strikes, Russia Installs Surface-to-air Missiles On Rooftop Of Moscow Buildings

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan Purchases MQ-9B SkyGuardian Surveillance Drone

  • Americas

    Rheinmetall And Northrop Grumman Agree To Strategic Partnership On Precision Munition

  • Air Platform

    Russian military’s deception doctrine, known as maskirovka killed MiG-35 fighter jet program.

  • Europe

    Polish Army wants to buy new Rosomak armored personnel carriers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Discloses Details Of New Joint Support Ship

  • Infantry Weapons

    India Sends 100 Army Personnel To Russia For S-400 Training

  • Europe

    Poland deploys Patriot missile defense system to protect its capital

  • Air Platform

    JF-17 Exposed: Why Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder Fighters Are Inoperable?

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Boeing awarded $3.1 billion contract to supply Harpoon and SLAM ER

  • Europe

    Denmark Ordered Swedish Curl-Gustaf M4 Recoilless Rifles

  • Europe

    Tugboat Navy: Russia’s nuclear-powered submarine Orel (K-266) lost its power off the coast of Denmark

  • Europe

    Russia Fines Google $20 Decillion Over Tech Giant’s Ban On Putin’s Propaganda

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan Says 2783 Soldiers Killed In Nagorno-karabakh Conflict

  • Air Platform

    GE Delivers F414 Engines For South Korean KFX Fifth-Gen Fighter Jets

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