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Americas

Lockheed Martin Awarded $492.7 Million Modification Contract For F-35

January 4, 2022 GDC 0

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, recently inked a modification contract to provide logistics support activities to F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jets. The deal has been awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD. […]

Air Platform

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II: The Ultimate Fighter Jet

January 1, 2022 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Lockheed Martin To Develop A New Variant Of F-35 For Unspecified Customer

December 31, 2021 GDC 0

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to design and develop a variant of its F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) geared towards the requirements of an unspecified foreign customer. The US Department of Defense (DoD) […]

Air Platform

Greece to Procure Lockheed’s F-35 Stealth Jets

December 28, 2021 GDC 0

The F-35 is a multi-role fighter aircraft that is ideally suited to the task of monitoring, protecting and defending contested airspace. The Swiss and Finish Government selected the F-35A in 2021, marking the beginning of […]

Air Platform

UAE suspends talks with US over purchase of F-35 fighter jets

December 16, 2021 GDC 0

Abu Dhabi halts $23bn deal after concerns about restrictions from Washington on use of Chinese telecommunication equipment which the U.S. suspect spywares are embedded into the Huawei 5G devices. The United Arab Emirates has informed […]

Americas

Lockheed to Develop New Electronic Warfare Hardware For F-35

November 30, 2021 GDC 0

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Air Platform

US Air Force Tests F-15EX And F-35 With Advanced Weapon Systems

May 30, 2021 GDC 0

As exercise Northern Edge 21 concludes, the 53rd Wing is returning home having achieved major test objectives for multiple weapons systems May 3-14.  In addition to F-15EX Eagle II deep end testing and B-52 Stratofortress […]

Americas

The USAF And RAAF Join F-35 Training Partnership

February 19, 2021 GDC 0

The Royal Australian Air Force returned a majority of its F-35A Lightning II pilots, maintainers and aircraft to RAAF Base Williamtown, Australia, in December 2019, but still maintains a joint pilot-training and maintenance presence at Luke AFB. […]

Air Platform

Watch Cool F-35 Onboard Aircraft Carriers

October 6, 2020 GDC 0

The F-35 is delivering more than just air dominance, it’s simultaneously delivering tens of thousands of high paying, high quality jobs to American workers across the country, and around the world. According to standard industry […]

Air Platform

US Air Force Tests SEAD Missions Using F-35

August 19, 2020 GDC 0

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has concluded a two-day, $1.4 million exercise that evaluated the F-35 fighter jet’s ability to provide its electronic warfare capabilities to other stealthy reconnaissance and bombing platforms. The event, which took […]

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  • 20 Chinese Tech Firms Are Backed By Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

    June 25, 2020 0
    Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies, China Mobile Communications Group and Hikvision Visual Technology face US sanctions after a finding by the Trump administration that they are owned or controlled by China’s military, Reuters reported. Defense [...]
  • South Korean KAI Unveils Fifth Generation Combat Aircraft Mockup

    October 15, 2019 0
    KAI KFX Seoul – On the international aerospace exhibition in Seoul, South Korean manufacturer Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) have introduced full-size mockup of next generation combat aircraft. The KFX is the fifth generation fight aircraft [...]
  • Russia tells Israel not even think of attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities

    October 19, 2024 0
    Russia is warning Israel to not even consider striking Iranian nuclear facilities, state news agency TASS quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday. After Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Oct. 1, [...]
  • French Rafale Conducts Maritime Exercises with French Navy’s Warship Forbin

    April 13, 2025 0
    The aircrafts joined the ‘Forbin’, which was operating in international waters south of Cyprus, to conduct an air defense exercise. This training allowed the pilots to conduct Very Low Altitude – Very High Speed training [...]
  • Azerbaijan’s Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter crashed, 14 killed

    December 1, 2021 0
    BAKU, Azerbaijan (GDC) — A military helicopter crashed in Azerbaijan during a training flight on Tuesday, killing 14 people and wounding two more, Azerbaijani authorities said. Azerbaijan Army enters Nagorno-Karabakh district after peace dealDateNovember 21, [...]
  • Indonesian Navy to upgrade Bung Hatta corvette to strengthen coastal defense

    April 27, 2025 0
    The Indonesian Navy commissioned the KRI Bung Hatta on April 17, 2025, during a delivery and command inauguration ceremony held in Batam, Riau Islands, at the facilities of PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati. The event was [...]
Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • Europe

    Putin Tastes His Own Medicine As Ukraine Gains Russian Territory

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys Locally-made 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzers

  • Europe

    Russia May Use Turkish-made TB2 Drone Attacks As A Pretext For Flase-flag Operation In Ukraine: Report

  • Europe

    Russian casualties reached a staggering 200,000 in the Ukraine war

  • Europe

    The U.S. to donate 200 M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Here’s Why Egypt Purchased Chinese J-10C Vigorous Dragon Junk Fighter Jets

  • C4iSR

    Elbit Systems awarded contract to deliver EW suite for German Chinook helicopters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s claim of South China Sea Is Not Valid: Joint Statement By America And Australia

  • Infantry Weapons

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

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian forces shot down Russian Ka-52 helicopters using Swedish-made RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall offers next-gen KF-51 Panther main battle tanks to Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Polish Firm Unveils VSHORAD System With Programmable Ammo

  • Air Platform

    Zelenskyy: Swedish-made ‘Sukhoi killer’ Gripen jets nearing appearance in Ukrainian skies

  • Europe

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia undertake life-of-type extension project for Collins-class submarines

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    Ukraine Captured Russia’s Anti-tank Mines In Kharkiv

  • Europe

    Ukrainian soldier shot down Russian missile with M2 machine gun

  • Air Platform

    Russia Quietly Dumped AESA Radar and TVC In MiG-35 Fighters

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri Delivers First Musherib-class OPV to Qatar

  • Americas

    AM General 155mm 6×6 “Brutus” Howitzer

  • Europe

    A list of Russian equipment, manpower and infrastructure losses in the Ukraine War

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves Upgrade Package For Pakistan’s F-16 Fighter Jets

  • Americas

    Trump to ease restrictions on arms exports to non-NATO countries

  • Europe

    Ukrainian FPV drones set fire at a Russian warehouse, destroying billions of spare parts for high-value military vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Germany, France decided to settle row over FCAS sixth-generation fighter jet

  • Europe

    Indonesian Navy commissions 9th and Final Bintuni-Class LST

  • Air Platform

    Covid-19 Impacted Delivery Of Kuwaiti Super Hornet

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    German Air Force’s Eurofighter Achieved Meteor Capability

  • Middle East

    Israeli Mosad Struck Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Factory While Russian Engineers Took Cover in Tehran Hotels

  • Europe

    North Koreans Tasked To Defend Russian Territories Humiliating Putin’s Inept Army

  • Europe

    Finland Cleared To Buy Extended-range Multiple Launch Rocket Systems

  • Air Platform

    A Russian Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the Belgorod region

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Plans To Buy Second Frigate From South Korea

  • Europe

    U.S.-supplied army tactical missile system (ATACMS) missiles completely demoralized Russian forces stationed in Crimea

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    France will supply AASM Hammer precision bombs to Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    China Panic: British and Americans Are Gathering Vital Intelligence From Russia’s Prized Su-35S Jet

  • C4iSR

    Saab Successfully Conducted Flight Test Of Fourth GlobalEye AEW&C

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India’s DRDO Flight Test New Helina ATGM

  • Air Platform

    Thailand Purchases 12 Gripen E/F 4.5 Generation Fighter Jets

  • Industry

    Denel Dynamics Military Industrial Capability

  • Americas

    Lockheed unveils new Sentinel A4 radar for US Army

  • Europe

    German Police Arrested Man For Supply Engines Worth $3 Million For Russian Orlan-10 Drone

  • Naval Platforms

    China’s Type 056 Jiangdao Class Corvette

  • Europe

    Crimea Bridge Jammed With Traffic As Russians Flee After Airbase Blast

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China assists North Korea in copying American RQ-4 Global Hawk drone with Saetbyol-4

  • Europe

    Turkish Shipbuilder Developed Unmanned Surface Vessel

  • Europe

    Slovenia Donates 35 BVP M-80A Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • Europe

    Britain welcomes Germany’s participation in the Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet program.

  • Africa

    Kenya Ordered 118 Turkish Armored Vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Navantia signed contract with the Royal Thai Navy to modernise two Pattani-class Offshore Patrol Vessels

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