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Air Platform

U.S. rejects Thailand’s request to buy eight F-35A stealth jets, instead offered F-15EX

May 27, 2023 GDC 0

The United States has declined to sell eight F-35 stealth fighter jets to Thailand over issues with training and technical requirements, the Southeast Asian country’s air force said on Thursday. But sale of the fifth-generation […]

Defense Industry

Lockheed Martin to deliver more F-35 stealth jets to Australia

March 7, 2023 GDC 0

The US company Lockheed Martin hopes the Royal Australian Air Force will want to buy more fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters. It was announced by Executive Vice President Greg Ulmer on the sidelines of Avalon […]

Europe

Liz Truss and Boris Johnson urge Prime Minister Sunak to send F-35 or Eurofighter Typhoon to Ukraine

February 22, 2023 GDC 0

Liz Truss tonight piled further pressure on Rishi Sunak as she joined fellow former prime minister Boris Johnson in calling for fighter jets to be sent to Ukraine. In her first speech in the House […]

Air Platform

Royal Thai Air Force Requested U.S. State Department To Approve The Sale Of Two F-35A Stealth Jets

December 29, 2022 GDC 0

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has affirmed its intention to acquire F-35 fighter jets from the United States. It expects to have the answer to its request to procure the stealth fighters from the […]

Air Platform

Australian F-35A Stealth Jets Scored Six Kills Against Singaporean F-15SG In Pitch Black 2022

October 15, 2022 GDC 0

Singapore (GDC) — Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II stealth jets participated to Exercise Pitch Black for the first time. Exercise Pitch Black 2022 was attended by 17 countries with nearly 100 aircraft […]

Air Platform

Swiss Lawmakers Pass Legislation To Buy 36 F-35A Stealth Jets

October 1, 2022 GDC 0

Swiss lawmakers voted Thursday to proceed with the controversial purchase of F-35 fighter jets without holding a referendum sought by opponents of the deal. The lower house National Council gave the government the go-ahead to buy the […]

Air Platform

Ni Hao China! U.S. sends F-22 jets to Australia to train alongside RAAF’s F-35A fighters

September 12, 2022 GDC 0

As reported by Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs, in the article Raptors arrive at RAAF Base Tindal for Enhanced Air Cooperation Initiative, the last wave of U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 […]

Air Platform

South Korea To Buy 20 More F-35A Stealth Jets

July 25, 2022 GDC 0

A South Korean defense agency has backed the purchase of 20 more F-35A fighter jets as part of the country’s F-X project, which comprises the government’s preemptive strike strategy Kill Chain, meant to counter North […]

Air Platform

Czech Republic Plans To Buy 24 F-35A Stealth Jets

July 10, 2022 GDC 0

The Czech Ministry of Defense is considering the replacement of the 14 JAS-39 Gripen C/D fighters currently on lease from the Swedish manufacturer Saab until 2027 by acquiring at least 24 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters.    […]

Air Platform

Greece Purchases 20 F-35 Stealth Jets From Lockheed Martin

July 2, 2022 GDC 0

Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, the country’s prime minister said on Thursday. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also told the […]

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  • Russia To Supply Advanced Spy Satellite To Iran, Washington Post

    June 20, 2021 0
    Russia is preparing to provide Iran with an advanced satellite that would enable it to track potential military targets across the Middle East, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Israeli Could Strike Iran As It [...]
  • Ukrainian volunteers convert Humvee into mobile 120mm multiple rocket launcher

    March 17, 2024 0
    Ukrainian volunteers from Vinnytsia installed a multiple rocket launcher on a US-supplied AM General HMMWV, Militarnyi reports. In one of the enterprises located in Vinnytsia, volunteers have already been producing light anti-aircraft gun carriers based [...]
  • Key Facts About Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate

    August 7, 2021 0
    The new Russian single-engine fighter T-75 may not be in the F-35 class—a field that is getting crowded—echoes designs dating back to the Joint Strike Fighter competition of the 1990s; ironically, borrowing most from the [...]
  • Australia Discloses Details Of New Joint Support Ship

    May 24, 2022 0
    During INDO PACIFIC 2022 several contenders emerged for the Royal Australian Navy’s requirement for new Joint Support Ships (JSS). Under project SEA2200, Australia will domestically build two multipurpose auxiliary vessels, able to perform both sealift [...]
  • Structural Cracks Appearing on Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder’s Vertical Stabilizer

    October 15, 2021 0
    The Pakistan Air Force now faces serious difficulties. Its frontline fighter, the JF-17, developed with the help of the Chinese, has maintenance problems that are getting worse every day. JF-17 Blunder: Myanmar Grounds JF-17 Fighter [...]
  • New Zealand to buy five C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft

    June 7, 2020 0
    WELLINGTON (GDC) — New Zealand’s military said on Friday it will buy five Super Hercules transport aircraft from Lockheed Martin for US$1 billion learned GDC citing Defense News. The planes will replace the military’s existing [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

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Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

February 7, 2026 0

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  • Americas

    Poland Orders Three more Kormoran II MCM Vessels

  • Air Platform

    China ramps up production and export of JF-17 fighters

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Special Forces Daring Raid In Snake Island Forced Russians To Surrender

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Navy destroyer USS Halsey sails through Taiwan Straits

  • C4iSR

    UK Confirmed The Sale Of E-3D Sentry To Chilean Air Force

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany Delivers Additional IRIS-T Anti-air Missiles

  • Europe

    Russian troops received Chinese ShaanXi Tiger 4×4 armored vehicle

  • Air Platform

    Boeing To Deliver 14 Extended-range Chinook Helicopters To Royal Air Force

  • Europe

    Saab Group Awarded Contract To Build Two Visby Generation 2 Stealth Corvettes

  • Europe

    Elderly Russians setting army’s recruitment centers on fire

  • Air Platform

    No FA-50 or JF-17 For Argentina, Only Hope Is Chinese FC-20CE

  • Europe

    Russian General Vladimir Sviridov and his wife found dead after calling Russian military ‘third-rate’

  • South Asia

    Hidden Truth: Rape, Violence and Brutality in the Chittagong Hill Tracts by Bangladesh Military

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Bayraktar Akinci successfully launched the Roketsan-developed Cakir cruise missile

  • Air Platform

    Saab Started Delivering Gripen E to Sweden and Brazil

  • Infantry Weapons

    India’s DRDO developed 155mm howitzer ammo exploded inside gun turret

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, and Md Harun Ar Rashid should face the International Criminal Court for the massacre of students

  • Europe

    Poland signed a $2.6 billion deal to buy 150 South Korean K9 howitzers

  • Americas

    Chinese military scientist charged with espionage in USA

  • Naval Weapons

    Japan Developing Hypersonic Anti-ship Missile

  • Europe

    A Leaked FSB document shows Putin wanted to invade the Japanese Kuril Islands, but strong Japanese military forced him to change his mind  

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    2018-2019 Defence Budget of China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore

  • Europe

    23 Retired Army Generals Of France Threaten A Coup D’état

  • Europe

    Rise of Turkey As A Drone Power

  • Americas

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

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Troops Captured Unexploded Iranian-made Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones

  • C4iSR

    Israeli IAI Unveils Groundbreaking Surveillance Systems

  • South Asia

    Timeline: MiG-29 and Frigate Procurement Graft Cases Against Prime Minister Sheik Hasina (Thief) of Bangladesh

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones wiped out Russia’s Pantsir and Kornet ATGM manufacturing factory in Tula

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Russia used the 1960s P-35 missile for the first time in the Ukraine war

  • Americas

    US Military’s Apache Helicopter Jammed Russian-made Igla Missile in Venezuela.

  • C4iSR

    Russia’s high-value 96L6 radar system burnt in occupied Crimea

  • Air Platform

    Turkey wants to rejoin the F-35 program after Trump takes over the Whitehouse.

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 conducts 40 strike missions on Ukrainian targets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher.

  • Air Platform

    Swiss Air Force To Practice Highway Takeoff And Landing After Three Decades

  • South Asia

    More Than 1158 Bangladeshi Citizens Who Criticized Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Regime Suffered Enforced Disappearance

  • Europe

    Navantia Starts Combat Systems Trial of Spanish S-81 Submarine “Isaac Peral”

  • Europe

    Lürssen Group Started Construction of K130 Braunschweig-class Corvette

  • C4iSR

    US-operated AN/TPY-2 radar installation in Turkey aided Israeli Air Force

  • Middle East

    Israeli Army Started Localized Ground Incursions Before Full-scale Ground Incursions In Northern Gaza

  • Europe

    Crimea Bridge Attacks: Russia’s Major Domestic Political Problem For Putin

  • Middle East

    Israeli drone attacks over Syria, Lebanon and Palestine are act of self-defense

  • Europe

    Russia withdraws mobilized troops from Donetsk to stop in-fighting between DPR troops with Russian troops

  • Europe

    Hungary’s parliament ratifies Sweden’s NATO membership bid

  • Africa

    Morocco Plans To Buy ATR-72 MPA

  • Air Platform

    Saab to Deliver Six Gripen E to Brazilian Air Force

  • Americas

    Iranian Hitman Surveilled And Tried Multiple Assassination Attempts On Donald Trump, FBI Reports

  • Europe

    Sweden Purchases 44 New Leopard 2A8 Main Battle Tanks

  • Africa

    Tunisia Bought Armored Vehicles, Ambulances From Turkey

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