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Air Platform

China’s FC-31 Carrier Based Fighter Jet Shortcomings Impede PLA Navy’s Operations

May 28, 2025 GDC 0

Like China’s other jets, the FC-31 has shortcomings that keep it from matching its US counterparts. China was plagued by engine problems, as apparent in the recent Kashmir skirmish, when one of its J-10Cs’ engines […]

Air Platform

China’s J-20 and J-35A Fighter Jets Are Far From Stealth Jets

November 13, 2024 GDC 0

The new J-35A fighter jet is Airshow China’s star. Every two years, the southern city of Zhuhai showcases Beijing’s civil and military aerospace sector. The J-35A is lighter than China’s existing model, the J20, and […]

Air Platform

China Plans to Export FC-31 Fighter Jets, But Where is the Buyer?

April 22, 2022 GDC 0

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  • CAES to Supply Precision Strike Sensor for US Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires

    August 12, 2024 0
     American tech firm CAES has been awarded a US Army contract to supply a precision strike sensor core for the service’s Long-Range Precision Fires capability. Lockheed Martin successfully tests precision strike missileDateDecember 14, 2019US Army [...]
  • UAE Ordered Wahash Infantry Fighting Vehicle

    April 24, 2020 0
    A Finnish export approval indicates that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has placed an order for the Wahash 8×8 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) developed by the local company Calidus Land Systems. Official documentation shows that, [...]
  • Russia’s glorified S-300 failed to launch interceptor missile

    October 24, 2020 0
    The unsuccessful launch of the glorified S-300 air defense missile system and its fall on Russian servicemen were caught on video. Russia’s glorified S-400 SAM failed to launch 40N6E missilesDateSeptember 28, 2020Over-hyped S-400 and S-300 [...]
  • US Senate Confirms First African-American Air Force Chief

    June 10, 2020 0
    The vote was a rare moment of unanimity in a deeply divided Senate, where lawmakers in both parties spent the day struggling to craft a response to the civic unrest that General Brown addressed. Mr. [...]
  • Here’s why Russia’s Su-57 is doomed?

    October 25, 2021 0
    Sukhoi Su-57 is one of two fighters under development in Russia. Each of these fighters was developed with different specialties in mind but share a collective focus on a few specific design elements that have [...]
  • Raytheon Offers Intelligent Platform For RoKAF ISTAR Requirement

    December 27, 2020 0
    In partnership with Korean Air and Bombardier, Raytheon Technologies announced on 22 December that it is formally offering a business jet-based multiple-intelligence (multi-int) surveillance aircraft to meet the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (RoKAF’s) requirement [...]
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 […]

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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  • Europe

    British Army spent $7.7 billion on a disastrous procurement project that delivered 44 armored vehicles out of 580

  • Air Platform

    French Rafale F4 Order Backlog Stands At 306 Aircraft, Excluding Anticipated 45 Saudi Orders

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Bombed Damascus and Aleppo Airports To Stop Iranian Weapons Shipment To Hamas And Hezbollah

  • Europe

    Ukraine Launches New Neptune Anti-ship Cruise Missile

  • Europe

    Ukraine Won The Battle Of Kharkiv, Russian Forces Retreat From Kharkiv

  • Europe

    Russian man blew up military freight train heading to Ukraine in another sabotage

  • Air Platform

    Elbit Systems demonstrates UAV swarm capability to Dutch Army

  • Naval Platforms

    Submarine Design: Tank Plan of a Diesel Electric Submarine

  • Europe

    BAE Systems Delivered Final Two River-class OPV

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s aggressive surveillance attempts on the Japanese coast ended in embarrassment as a Chinese WL-10 drone crashed in the sea

  • C4iSR

    German Army to receive Israeli air defense radar

  • Europe

    Iranian drone operators were killed in Crimea, Kyiv official says

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US Air Force to receive new joint strike missiles (JSM) from Kongsberg

  • South Asia

    Indian Navy to house INS Vikrant at a private shipyard

  • Europe

    Poland Delivers Additional T-72 Tanks To Ukraine

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Ukraine Unveils Cutting-edge Laser Weapons That Can Take Down Russian Jets

  • Europe

    Putin considers Russian service members to be expendables, with 279,000 dead in the Ukraine war

  • Cruise Missiles

    Indian Company BrahMos Aerospace Assisted Russia In Upgrading P-800 Oniks Supersonic Missile To Strike Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Norway orders new NASAMS II air defense systems

  • Air Platform

    Australia to transfer RAAF’s classic Hornets aircraft to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Russia’s An-26 Transport Aircraft in Crimea.

  • Europe

    Su-34 bomber crashed in Khabarovsk Territory in Russia

  • Europe

    French Army’s Griffon Armored Vehicle Tested Aboard Mistral LHD

  • Middle East

    Israeli Mossad assassinates Iran’s IRGC intelligence chief and his deputy

  • Europe

    MKE Delivers First Indigenous 76mm Naval Gun To The Turkish Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Deploys Advanced Type 12 Anti-ship Weaponry On Southwest Isle

  • Europe

    Russia cannot manufacture missiles, fighter jets and warships without Western components

  • Europe

    Saab Gripen Is The Cost-effective Fire Power, Says Croatia

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s MiG-29 drops American-made GBU-62 on major Russian bridge, cutting off major supply lines.

  • C4iSR

    Saab Group awarded contract to support UAE’s GlobalEye AWACS

  • Defense Industry

    Myanmar Army’s Delegation Visits Pantsir SAM Production Facility In Russia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    UK has begun supplying Ukraine with the Gravehawk anti-air missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russia’s new Plustan-SN armored vehicles

  • Europe

    Fifth Astute-class Submarine Officially Named HMS Anson

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    Europe

    Poland sets to order Rak Self-propelled Mortars

  • Air Platform

    Russia lost 10,000 troops in Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Kherson; the Belarusian morgue is full of 24,000 dead Russian soldiers

  • Europe

    7,684 Armored Vehicles Destroyed In Ukraine War, Desperate Russia Wants To Replenish Armored Vehicles Inventory

  • Europe

    Putin is dumping dead Russian soldiers by truck inside Ukraine to hide actual losses

  • Europe

    Turkish Foreign Affairs Committee Approves Sweden’s NATO Bid

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PLA Navy Wants Four New Type 09IV Nuclear Attack Submarines

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan Wants To Purchase 40 F-35 Stealth Jets And 400 PAC-3 Missiles

  • Europe

    Polish Army Purchases M72 Light Anti-tank Rockets

  • Air Platform

    GE To Qualify New T901-900 Turboshaft Engine For UH-60M Helicopter

  • Europe

    Saab Swordfish: A Modern State-of-the-art Maritime Patrol Aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukrainian military hints about using new Grim-2 ballistic missile

  • Air Platform

    India’s HAL unveils ambitious plan to produce combat helicopter

  • Air Platform

    TRMotor to provide auxiliary power unit for Turkish KAAN fighter jet

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan expressed interest in purchasing additional Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C and Gripen E/F fighter jets

  • Air Platform

    Images show Argentine insignias on recently purchased F-16 Fighting Falcon

  • Europe

    Pantsir Failed Again: Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Moscow Building Four Kilometers From Kremlin

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