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Air Platform

Turkey Unveils Prototype KAAN Fighter Jet.

February 15, 2026 GDC 0

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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 […]

  • Brazilian Pilot Takes Domestically Made Gripen E to Sky For the First Time

    August 21, 2020 0
    Supported by Sweden, Saab partnered with Brazillian Embraer and manufactured Gripen E fighters in Brazil for the Brazilian Air Force. The Saab Group will produce up to 72 Gripen E/F for Brazil. The current contract [...]
  • Russia Blames American Raytheon For Upgrading Soviet-era Tu-141 Kamikaze Drones

    February 13, 2023 0
    The crash of another Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh drone in Russia’s Kaluga Oblast on February 6 has revealed a new high-explosive warhead, suggesting some additional modification work being carried out by the Ukrainians. Ukrainian Tu-141 Drone [...]
  • Why does Russian-made missile shot down commercial airlines repeatedly?

    January 12, 2020 0
    The Russian-made Buk, Pantsir-S1, Pechora, Tor-M1, S-300 and S-400 missiles have never been supplied with IFF transponder that fulfill the operational requirements of a specific country where missiles are used. This is exactly why Turkish [...]
  • Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s S-400 Triumf air defense system in Crimea

    June 27, 2025 0
    Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) has released video footage showing the destruction of core components of Russia’s S-400 “Triumf” air defense system in occupied Crimea. Ukraine’s Prymary Unit Destroyed $1.2 Billion Worth of Russian [...]
  • Ukraine launches its biggest drone attack on Russian Rosneft’s fourth-largest oil refinery

    May 19, 2024 0
    Ukraine appears to have conducted its largest-ever drone strike against Russia, causing a massive fire to break out at an oil refinery hundreds of miles behind the front line. Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed oil refinery [...]
  • Indian Air Force readies Airbase to welcome Rafale Fighter Jet

    September 10, 2019 0
    Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria takes a sortie in a Rafale jet at French Air Force’s Mont de Marsan air base The Indian Air Force is expected to resurrect its ‘Golden Arrows’ 17 Squadron on September [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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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 […]

  • Middle East

    Italian forces kicked out of UAE over arms embargo

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Drops South Korean Submarine In Favor Of French Scorpene Class Submarine Worth $2.16 Billion

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Needs More Than 500 F-47 and B-21s Fend off China in the Indo-Pacific.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Launched 9th Type 056 Corvette In 2020

  • Middle East

    Israeli Defense Forces Tasked With COVID19 Assistance In Cities

  • Defense Industry

    Russia cannot export arms anymore, bleak prospects of Russian arms industries

  • Europe

    Ukraine Destroyed Russian Airbase In Crimea

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Su-34 Fighter-bomber in Kharkiv

  • Middle East

    Chinese military officers and commentators lambast Chinese military hardware failure in Iran, Pakistan and Venezuela.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 will dominate Russia’s Su-35 over the Ukrainian skies: Expert Assessment

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese CCTV Broadcast Memorial of Chinese Soldiers Killed in Clashes with India

  • Europe

    Swiss Voters Give Thumps Up for $6.5 Billion Fighter Jet Procurement Plan

  • Americas

    President Trump sends nuclear submarines towards Russia over provocative statements by drunk Medvedev

  • Air Platform

    FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance System

  • C4iSR

    CEA Technologies 3D Active Phased Array Radar

  • Europe

    U.S. To Send 18 155mm M109 Paladin Howitzers To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Restarted Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility, Says IAEA

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad Started Show Treason Trials Of Russian Hypersonic Missile Scientists

  • Infantry Weapons

    How India sipped T-90 (T-72BU) poison to save Russian Tank Industry?

  • Air Platform

    Aung San Suu Kyi wants to realign defense relationship with western countries

  • Europe

    Belarus Unveiled Extended-range Polonez-M Rockets

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Name Their Children Javelin and Javelina, U.S. Boost Missile Production

  • Europe

    Russia’s total servicemen deaths account for 300,810 after Avdiivka offensives

  • Europe

    Germany delivers 20 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Why is F-15EX a better choice for USAF to replace F-15s?

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Plans to Procure More F-35A and F-35B Variants Aircraft

  • Europe

    Britain welcomes Germany’s participation in the Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet program.

  • C4iSR

    China’s CETC Displays KLJ-7A Radar For JF-17 Block III

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Taiwan started mass producing TC-2 short-range air defense system

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korean missile failure in the Ukraine war explains why Iranian missiles failed during the attacks on Israel

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Lockheed Martin completes the first test firing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM).

  • Europe

    Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Modernize F-22 Raptor’s Head-up Display (HUD)

  • Africa

    TPLF Captured S-300PMU1 Air Defense System

  • Air Platform

    India Retires Russian-made MiG-21 ‘The Flying Coffin’ After 400 Crashes And Multiple Defeats In Kashmir Skirmish

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China has a Problem, It Can’t Make Jet Engine and Marine Propulsion

  • Europe

    Two Russian drunk pilots were killed after the Su-34 bomber’s ejection seats went off inside the hangar, sending them hurtling into the concrete roof.

  • Cruise Missiles

    Pakistan Unveils FTAH-IV Ground-launched Cruise Missile

  • Europe

    Hellenic Navy Unveils Significant Plan to Boost Naval Warfare Capability

  • Naval Platforms

    Australia begins construction of six Cape-class OPV

  • Europe

    Babcock, Saab to collaborate on Swedish Navy’s Luleå-class corvettes

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey plans to Export ULAQ Armed USV to Europe

  • Middle East

    Syrian armed opposition bans forced wearing of hijab

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered USS Tripoli (LHA 7) to U.S. Navy

  • Air Platform

    Iraq to purchase helicopters, fighter jets, and air defense systems from South Korea

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia purchases 24 more Rafale fighter jets to retire Russian-built fighter jets

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky Australia completes deep maintenance of US Navy’s MH-60R helicopter at Nowra facility

  • South Asia

    U.S. Ambassador cautions Bangladesh over China ties, offers American military hardware.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany purchased Patriot missile defense system worth $1.2 billion

  • Air Platform

    Saab Gripen E: An unique opportunity for Indian Defense Industry

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