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Air Platform

China’s focus on external appearance rather than developing sensors, radar, and avionics is appeasing the Communist Party, but not enhancing combat efficacy.

November 6, 2025 GDC 0

US-China race for next-gen air dominance will be decided by innovation speed, not legacy strength – and China’s winning by a mile. Chinese fighter jets resemble a stealth jet, but beneath the surface, China lacks […]

Air Platform

Egypt Approved to Join Turkish KAAN Fifth-generation Fighter Jet Program

August 8, 2025 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Turkey plans to export KAAN fifth-generation fighter jet to Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Qatar

November 10, 2024 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Saudi Arabia to purchase 100 Turkish KAAN fifth-generation fighter jets

October 16, 2024 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Turkish Fifth-generation KAAN fighter jets to take to skies in 2024

May 26, 2024 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Turkish TAI Needs Additional 6000 Skilled Workers To Start TFX Program

May 5, 2021 GDC 0

On Washington’s move to expel Ankara from the F-35 fighter jet programme, Kotil stated the project was not on TAI’s agenda and that Turkey’s TF-X National Combat Aircraft (MMU) was now more important than ever […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Thyssenkrupp Secured A Deal To Supply Titanium To KAI

January 25, 2021 GDC 0

Thyssenkrupp Aerospace has secured a three-year materials supply contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). Under the deal, the German company will supply materials for KAI’s military and civilian aircraft programmes, it says. “The long-term agreement […]

Air Platform

Turkish TFX fighter will fly at Mach 2 speed

August 6, 2020 GDC 0

Turkey’s indigenous fighter jet TFX is set to fly at twice the speed of sound in 2023, daily Habertürk reported on Dec. 15. The fighter jet’s development was activated in a major defense deal between TUSAŞ/TAI (Turkish […]

  • Missiles On Demand: Boeing’s New 16 Air-To-Air Missile Carrying F-15EX (2040c / X)

    April 16, 2020 0
    According to Boeing, the F-15EX would carry 16 AIM-120 AMRAAM the number one and number nine weapon stations on the outer wings, or possibly by hefting a multiple ejector rack capable of carrying a pair [...]
  • EU and Canada Signed Agreement Allowing Canada to Join European Defense Program.

    December 3, 2025 0
    The SAFE programme aims to provide loans to participating countries on favourable terms to jointly purchase weapons. Canada and European Union sign defense pact paving the way for joint weapon procurementDateJuly 5, 2025US, Canada, Norway [...]
  • Belgium Request To Join Franco-German FCAS Sixth-Gen Fighter Jets Project

    October 8, 2023 0
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  • Cluster of Chinese coast guard vessels spotted near Russian oil rig off Vietnam

    May 12, 2023 0
    A Chinese research vessel flanked by coast guard and nearly a dozen boats on Wednesday entered a gas block operated by Russian and Vietnamese state firms, two monitoring groups said, another potential flashpoint in the [...]
  • China Wants Naval Access to Thailand’s Isthmus of Kra Canal to Counter Indian Navy

    November 23, 2020 0
    TAIPEI (GDC) — As tension between China and India mounts, the former wants to build a canal across Thailand’s Isthmus of Kra to shorten its access to the Indian Ocean by 1,100 kilometers, reports said [...]
  • Submarine Procurement Race Takes Hold In Asia

    September 12, 2021 0
    Since its inception at the turn of the 20th century, the submarine has been the ace asymmetrical weapon. It has allowed smaller navies to stand up to the most powerful, and the powerful ones stay [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Temu rockets: The Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type-90B rocket artillery exploded after heavy fire.

December 18, 2025 0

Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm and PHL-03 300 mm multiple launch rocket systems into Thai border areas, according to Reuters. On 18 December 2025, a […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Royal Thai Army captured Chinese-made GAM-102LR guided anti-tank missile system.

December 15, 2025 0

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Europe

Rheinmetall Awarded Contract to Produce 120mm Tank Ammunition.

December 10, 2025 0

Germany has placed a fresh multi-hundred-million-euro call off with Rheinmetall for 120 mm Leopard 2 tank ammunition under its expanded 4 billion euro framework agreement running to 2030. The move underpins Berlin’s Zeitenwende rearmament effort, […]

Europe

Greece to purchase PULS artillery system from Israel.

December 8, 2025 0

Greece is in talks with Israel to buy modern missile systems that would be used for a planned anti-aircraft defense dome, two officials with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. Athens has said it will […]

Europe

Germany purchases drones, missiles and assault rifles worth €2.9 billion.

December 1, 2025 0

German lawmakers are set to approve spending €2.9 billion on 11 military procurement contracts for items including drones, rifles and missiles. The defense ministry is seeking approval for purchases from domestic manufacturers such as Heckler […]

Europe

Colt CZ presented the Mk 47 automatic grenade launcher at Milipol 2025.

November 28, 2025 0

Colt CZ presented the Mk 47 automatic grenade launcher at Milipol 2025, following the company’s complete acquisition of the system from General Dynamics in early 2024. At Milipol 2025, Colt CZ, through its subsidiary Colt, […]

  • Infantry Weapons

    National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) II: The Most Advanced Ground Based Air Defence Systems In The World

  • Europe

    Thousands Of Mobilized Russian Conscripts Are Unfit For Military Service In Ukraine War

  • Air Platform

    Australia plans to boost MRO facility for aircraft

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force sends three B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia

  • Americas

    South Korea, Peru Signed Multi-domain Security Agreement

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russian-born Australian Army Soldier Kira Korolev And Her Husband Charged With Espionage For Russia

  • Europe

    UK To Retire Eurofighter Typhoon, Puma Helo And C-130J Aircraft

  • Defense Industry

    Sukhoi And MiG Merge Into United Aircraft Corp To Avoid Mikoyan’s Bankruptcy

  • Americas

    U.S. Congress denied Army’s request to spend $400 million on buying Microsoft HoloLens headsets

  • Air Platform

    Indian Cabinet Approved The Procurement of 56 C-295MW Transport Aircraft

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian drone captured the moment HIMARS artillery rocket destroyed Putin’s $200 Million Predel-E Radar

  • Air Platform

    German Air Force to upgrade Eurofighter Typhoon with new Captor-E AESA radar

  • C4iSR

    Philippine to share air defense information with Japan

  • Air Platform

    Leaked Document Shows Russia’s Rostec Falsified Performance Data for the Zhuk-ME Radar in Indian Navy’s MiG-29K.

  • Europe

    Desperate Russian army is attaching wooden logs as armor with trucks and tanks

  • Air Platform

    The Differences Between MiG-29M2 and MiG-35

  • South Asia

    Russia started production of five S-400 air defense systems for India

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan Deployed Ten Thousand Troops And Artillery Near Armenia

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye to export attack helicopters to Germany and drones to USA

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves Potential Sale Of JASSM, AIM-120 AMRAAM And AIM-9X Sidewinder To Poland

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s F-16 fitted with advanced electronic warfare suite

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Sweden Purchases 44 New Leopard 2A8 Main Battle Tanks

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Amid China and Russia Tensions, US Races to Build Hypersonic Weapons: Analysis

  • Europe

    Greece Donates 40 BMP-1 Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia’s top General Valery Gerasimov missing for two weeks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korean Troops Thought Ukraine War Was an Exercise with Russia

  • C4iSR

    How Did Israel’s Precision-guided Missiles Overcome Russian GPS Jamming Technique?

  • Europe

    Serbia Stockpiles Drones Amid Kosovo Tensions

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Inaccurate FAB-500 is the primary reason Russia lost so many aircraft in Ukraine war

  • Europe

    Russia May Run Out Of Iranian-made Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones

  • Europe

    Epic Fail: Putin’s Forces Are Pushed Out Of Donbas Before Russian Victory Day Parade

  • Middle East

    Russia deployed an inflatable dummy S-300 air defense system in Al Tabqah airbase

  • Loitering Munitions

    Israeli Aerospace Industries Awarded $145 Million Contact To Produce Loitering Munitions For Undisclosed EU Nations

  • Europe

    President Erdogan Visits Nagorno-Karabakh To Sign Defense Pact With Azerbaijan

  • Africa

    Morocco Plans To Buy ATR-72 MPA

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Vestdavit scores order for four davits for evolved Cape-class OPVs

  • Anti-air Missiles

    IRIS-T SLM Proved Hundred Percent Efficacy Against Missiles, Drones, And Aircraft: Ukrainian MoD

  • Naval Platforms

    Ukraine to Supply Marine Propulsion Systems for Indian Navy Frigates

  • Europe

    Ukraine will pass legislation recognizing Ukrainian-speaking persons living in Russia as Ukrainian territories

  • Europe

    Russia’s High-ranking Customs Official Detained in Criminal Investigation, Interfax Reports

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Transfers Cyclone-class Patrol Ships to Philippine Navy

  • Europe

    Serbia Unveils New Armored Vehicle Fitted With Russian 57mm Combat Module

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine requests THAAD anti-ballistic missile, F/A-18 Hornet, C-17 aircraft and Apache helicopters from the U.S.

  • Air Platform

    Armenia considers French Rafale jets and rejects the underperforming Su-30MKI jets due to Russia’s failure to defend Armenia.

  • Americas

    The RCAF comes full circle turn: Lockheed Martin F-35 firming as favorite for Canada’s future fighter capability project (FFCP)

  • Defense Industry

    South Korean Companies to Supply Engines for Turkey’s Altay Tank

  • Industry

    The Grand Ambition of Turkish Defense Industries

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Erratic Behavior And Land Grabbing In Southeast Asia Could Cost Its Economy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines to receive helicopters and tanks from Japan as part of military grant

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