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Thales SeaFire Radar Qualified and Ready for Integration on FDI Frigates

October 24, 2021 GDC 0

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Europe

Naval Group Launches Second FDI Class Frigate

October 23, 2021 GDC 0

According to information published by Mer et Marine on September 2021, the French firm Naval Group launches construction of the second Frigate for defense and intervention or FDI in La Montagne, West France. The FDI […]

  • Turkish arms exports to the United States jump 56% as gun control looms

    June 11, 2021 0
    Turkish defense and aviation exports to the United States have surged by 56% during the January-April period of this year, data by an industry trade body showed Monday. Despite Covid-19 Outbreak, Turkish Defense Exports Reach [...]
  • Israel sent captured Russian arms in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza to Ukraine

    January 28, 2025 0
    Israel may have initiated the process of supplying Ukraine with Russian and Soviet-made weapons captured during military operations in Lebanon. This was reported by the Ukrainian defense publication Militarnyi, citing the OSINTdefender project, which uncovered [...]
  • Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov admits Russia is at war in Ukraine, not a ‘special military operation’

    March 23, 2024 0
    More than two years after invading Ukraine, the Kremlin has said that Russia regards itself to be at “war” due to the West’s intervention and support of its neighbour. After a series of setbacks in [...]
  • Serbia Plans To Invest More In Its Military

    June 15, 2021 0
    Serbia will invest more money in the Vojska Srbije (Serbian Armed Forces, SAF), President Aleksandar Vučić said on 7 February after attending exercise Vrh Koplja. Serbian Army Tests Modernized T-72MS TanksDateJune 23, 2021Serbia To Purchase [...]
  • Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has obligation to sign security pact and civil nuclear agreement with the US, Germany, France, Australia and the UK to guard democracy in Bangladesh, get Bangladesh’s military out of Indian RAW’s shadow

    August 21, 2024 0
    Bangladesh never had an ally who could commit to a security guarantee for its land, air, and sea. Bangladesh’s military repeatedly proved that it is incapable of defending sovereign borders, including the recent incursion by [...]
  • PT PAL Begins Construction of Philippines Navy’s LPD

    December 6, 2023 0
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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

  • Air Platform

    Sweden sent Gripen spare parts to Ukraine as precursor to Gripen C/D jets

  • C4iSR

    Slovakia Signs Agreement To Buy Israeli Radar

  • Uncategorized

    China’s Djibouti naval base is big enough to fight a war

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The MBDA AIM-132 Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM)

  • Middle East

    UAE, Israeli Air Force to Conduct Joint Training Exercises

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    German Air Force’s Eurofighter Achieved Meteor Capability

  • Air Platform

    Kazakhstan Ditches Chinese Drones for Turkish Bayraktar TB2

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The West Should Support Myanmar’s Rebels As They Do In Syria

  • C4iSR

    Photonis has delivered 18mm image intensifier tubes to Theon Sensors for Australian Army

  • Middle East

    Rafael confirms first operational use of Spike Firefly surveillance drones

  • Europe

    Britain Sends M270 Long-range Rocket Systems To Ukraine

  • Naval Platforms

    HMAS Arunta tests fire evolved sea sparrow missile

  • Europe

    Turkey Could Get Militarily Involved In Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Disputes?

  • Middle East

    First Israeli Female Pilot Takes F-35I to the Sky

  • Europe

    Russia Playing Catch Up In The Ukraine War, Russian State TV Presenter Says

  • Air Platform

    Target Spratly Islands: China’s domestic amphibious aircraft AG600 started sea trial

  • Europe

    Failed Intimidation Tactics, Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhound Crashes Near Finish Border

  • Europe

    Russia’s Wartime Arms Manufacturing Creates Long-term Problems For Poor Russians

  • Europe

    Russian Ammunition Depot In Belgorod Catches Fire

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Roketsan SOM Cruise Missile

  • Americas

    BAE Systems Awarded $72.4 Million Contract For New M109A1 Howitzer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Turns to The West For Defense and Security Needs

  • Anti-ship Missile

    MBDA to supply TESEO Mk2 Anti-ship Missile to Italian Navy.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Biden Administration Approves $1.1 Billion Arms Sales To Taiwan

  • Europe

    In a first, the European Union transfers $1.6 billion to Ukraine using Russia’s frozen assets

  • Air Platform

    India Finally Decommissions Soviet-era MiG-21 Fighter Jet Nickname “the Flying Coffin”

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas MK1A vs JF-17 Block II: What if Tejas MK1A face-off with JF-17 Block II at the next Kashmir skirmish?

  • Anti-air Missiles

    What are Israel’s Iron Dome and Arrow missile defences?

  • Middle East

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Hides At Safe Bunker After Israeli Air Strikes On Hezbollah HQ Killing Hassan Nasrallah

  • Europe

    Turkish Army to Get New Indigenous Heavy Machine Guns

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Turkey’s Havelsan Exports Special Forces Training Simulator to Malaysia

  • Americas

    South Korea delivers K2 Black Panther battle tank to Peru

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Builds Submarine Base In South China Sea

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Lays Keel For U.S. Navy’s LPD

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    Europe

    U.S. Lawmakers Urges Biden Administration Not to Sale F-16V to Turkey

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon awarded a contract to upgrade AMRAAM’s software

  • Americas

    US Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Enters EMD Phase

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea to deliver Pokpung-ho main battle tanks to Russia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Rejects Chinese Proposal To Build $390 Million Submarine With Underperforming And Noisy Chinese-made CHD620 Diesel Engine

  • C4iSR

    The Talon HATE Pod Air-to-air, Air-to-ground and Satellite Data Links

  • Europe

    Czech Republic delivers 89 main battle tanks to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese J-10 jet drops flares in front of Australian Navy’s Sea Hawk helicopter above international waters

  • Naval Weapons

    Exocet MM40 Block 3 Long Range Anti-ship Missile

  • Air Platform

    Greece to Receive 18 Rafale Fighters in 2021

  • Air Platform

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

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received Two batteries Of NASAMS II Anti-air System

  • AUV Platform

    An Indonesian fisherman catches a Chinese underwater spy drone between Australian and Indonesian waters.

  • Europe

    Ukraine strikes Russian air base housing thousands of Shahed kamikaze drones

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Commissions 21st Virginia-class Submarine USS Montana (SSN 794)

  • Middle East

    ThyssenKrupp Delivers First MEKO A-200 Frigate To Egyptian Navy

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