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East Asia and Pacific Region

RAN’s All Female Crews Take MH-60R To The Sky For The First Time

January 30, 2021 GDC 0

A Nowra-based crew has made Australian history by becoming the first all-female flight team to operate an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter. Pilot Lieutenant Rhiannon Thomson, aviation warfare officer Royal Navy Lieutenant Hannah Best and sensor operator […]

South Asia

Shivangi Singh is the first woman set to fly a Rafale for IAF

October 7, 2020 GDC 0

At 25, the flight lieutenant from Varanasi is about to make history. And she was only 15 when she first framed her dream of ‘wanting to touch the sky’. She was in her teens when […]

South Asia

Indian female pilot to fly Rafale jet

September 22, 2020 GDC 0

The Indian Air Force’s all-male Rafale squadron in Ambala is all set to get its first woman fighter pilot soon. India Today has learnt that one of the IAF’s 10 current active woman fighter pilots […]

Middle East

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

September 20, 2020 GDC 0

Twenty years after the first woman took to the skies as Israel’s first combat pilot, the Israel Air Force has made history with its first female F-35 pilot.Cpt. S. flew F-16s before she began flying […]

  • Russia’s Su-57 fitted with Western Components and Japanese Electronics

    January 26, 2025 0
    The Russian defense plant ‘Micropibor,’ located in Konakovo, Tver Region, is at the center of new concerns over the supply chain for the Su-57, Russia’s fourth-generation fighter jet. Why do Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate and Su-57 [...]
  • Russia scraps Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier giving up blue water naval ambitions

    July 13, 2025 0
    Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, may soon be retired and dismantled after years of failed modernization efforts and a string of high-profile accidents, according to Russian media reports. Citing informed sources, Izvestia reported [...]
  • Trump issues executive orders banning WeChat, TikTok in 45 days

    August 7, 2020 0
    WASHINGTON (GDC) — U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders on Thursday banning any U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, owner of the WeChat app, starting in [...]
  • Navantia UK unveils LASV75 autonomous surface vessel concept.

    May 30, 2026 0
    Navantia UK publicly unveiled a scale model of its new LASV75 large autonomous surface vessel concept during the Navy Leaders Combined Naval Event (CNE), held in Farnborough from 19-21 May. Elbit Systems Awarded Contract To [...]
  • Portuguese Super Lynx Helicopter Delivery Delayed To 2021

    October 17, 2020 0
    The delivery of the first modernised Super Lynx Mk 95A helicopter to the Portuguese Navy has been pushed back to early January 2021. Deliveries of all five modernised Super Lynx Mk 95 helicopters to the [...]
  • Turkish TAI Offers Attractive Packages For Malaysian Light Combat Aircraft Competition

    December 9, 2021 0
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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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  • Americas

    BAE Systems Awarded Contract To Deliver Amphibious Vehicles For U.S. Marines

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian patriot missile downed one Su-35 and one Su-24 fighter bomber, and Russia shot down its own Su-35, with seven aircraft losses in three days

  • Americas

    US Army Successfully Tests Future Missile Defense Radar For Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor

  • Middle East

    ThyssenKrupp Delivers First MEKO A-200 Frigate To Egyptian Navy

  • Americas

    U.S. buys S-300 from Ukraine to practice drone strikes against S-300

  • Cyber

    Ukraine launched the biggest cyber offensive against Russian military bases

  • Defense Industry

    Australia selects Northrop Grumman to assist in establishing sovereign solid rocket motor production capabilities.

  • Americas

    President Joe Biden has withdrawn from his re-election campaign, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris

  • Europe

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

  • South Asia

    Arakan Army Wants Ten Percent Commission From Bangladeshi Vessels For Naf River Trade As Inept and Coward Bangladesh Military Watches

  • Americas

    Epirus shows its drone-killing HPM phased array microwave weapon in action

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received NASAMS Anti-air Missiles System From The U.S.

  • Air Platform

    South Korea’s new KF-21 Boramae fighter jet cleared for active combat.

  • Air Platform

    CAIC Zhishengji-10 (Z-10) Attack Helicopter

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saudi Arabia, Qatar to Procure Patriot Flight Test Support from Lockheed

  • Air Platform

    No GLONASS, No Targeting Pod, Russia’s Newly-built Su-35 Bombs its Own Train Station in Belgorod.

  • Americas

    Ankara Defies Washington: Implement CAATSA Sanctions on Turkey Now!

  • Europe

    Putin A ‘Dead Man Walking’: Warned To Be Very Careful What He Eats, Where He Sleeps And Which Aircraft He Flys

  • Europe

    Finland Purchases 350 Stinger Man-portable Air Defense Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Why did China buy Russian Mi-171sh helicopter when it has Z-10?

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Taiwan unveils ‘T-Dome’ missile shield modelled on Israel’s Iron Dome.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US plans to send Israel SPICE precision bombs to minimize collateral damage

  • Africa

    Morocco, Bangladesh, and Indonesia Deny Reports of Discussions with Pakistan on the JF-17 Temu Jet.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    New Zealand Eyes Japan’s Mogami-class Frigate to Replace Ageing ANZAC Frigates.

  • Americas

    U.S. military advances compact nuclear reactor program.

  • Europe

    Corruption in Russian army: commander Colonel Alexander Denisov arrested for selling tank engines to Turkey

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China Reverse Engineered Ukrainian Supersonic Cruise Missile “Bliskavka”

  • C4iSR

    Hensoldt and Dronamics will develop unmanned airborne intelligence, Surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance solution.

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy captured large cache of Iranian-made missiles shipment to Hezbollah

  • Europe

    Russia Loses Eighth General and 34th Colonel in Botched Ukraine Invasion

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Newest Zhou-class Nuclear Powered Submarine Sank In The Dock In Wuhan In Series Of Embarrassment For Chinese Navy

  • Americas

    Former Intelligence Officer Alnur Mussayev Claims KGB Recruited Donald Trump Under Codename ‘Agent Krasnov’, Trump Serving USSR and Russia for 37 Years

  • Europe

    Prime Minister Sunak ordered the deployment of military assets to the eastern Mediterranean

  • Naval Weapons

    Sagem VIGY MM electro-optical fire control system for the 76mm cannon

  • Europe

    Sweden Joins Multinational Armored Vehicle Project

  • Europe

    Slovakia Donates S-300 Air Defense System to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russian navy is completely inactive in the Ukraine war except occasionally launching Kalibr missiles from Sevastopol

  • Middle East

    U.S. Military Launches Airstrikes On Iraqi And Syrian Militia Targets

  • South Asia

    Former Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina always lived in the shadow of the Indian intelligence agency RAW from 1975 to 2024

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany in talks with Israel to buy more Arrow 3 air defense systems.

  • C4iSR

    Saab Developed New Electronic Attack Jammer Pod

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russian military training center and vehicle repair facility in Crimea using Storm Shadow missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese supply chain that helped Iran evade international sanctions paid off for the Communist Party through the Iran war.

  • Europe

    No Russian military base in Belarus, says President Lukashenko

  • Europe

    Why Russia Upgrading Su-33 Fighters When China Called It a “Flopping Fish”?

  • Europe

    HIMARS Destroying Russian Logisitics And High-value Targets

  • Europe

    Poland to acquire Korean K2 and German Leopard 2 tanks to replace T-72s donated to Ukraine

  • Africa

    Turkish Famous Bayraktar TB2 Joins Fight Against Al-shabab

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s supply-class AOR ship tests Phalanx close-in weapons system

  • C4iSR

    Turkish Aselsan Bagged $2 Billion Orders From Turkish Aerospace Industries

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