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Air Platform

Turkish TAI to develop Hurjet 270 simulators

September 9, 2020 GDC 0

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has developed a testing simulator for engineering the Hürjet, the advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft. The company is completing several projects using domestic sources from design to production, like […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia issues RFI for lead-in fighter trainer for RAAF

June 24, 2020 GDC 0

Canberra has commenced the search for a new advanced jet trainer to replace BAE Systems Hawk 127s operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A request for information (RFI) for the Air 6002 Phase […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Vietnam Ordered 12 Yak-130 Training Jets Worth $350 Million From Russia

June 8, 2020 GDC 0

Vietnam has signed a $350 million deal last year to buy a dozen combat training aircraft from Russia, the Vedomosti business daily reported last Wednesday. Russia is the biggest arms supplier to Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Vietnam’s fleet deploys Russian-made […]

  • Croatia Purchases 89 M2A2 Bradley IFV For NATO Mission

    January 31, 2022 0
    Croatia has agreed to purchase 89 Bradley vehicles from the United States for an estimated $196 million as part of a plan to form an infantry brigade to aid NATO. Hellenic Army Plans to Buy [...]
  • Incompetent Russian military sent elite Spetsnaz forces to fight conventional war, Ukraine killed them all

    September 22, 2023 0
    Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has devastated Russia’s clandestine special (Spetsnaz) forces, classified American documents that were leaked online reported. According to the assessment, it will take Moscow two decades to rebuild its Spetsnaz units [...]
  • Russia sent a commercial proposal for the delivery of 21 MiG-21 to India

    July 25, 2021 0
    Russia has sent a commercial offer to India for the delivery of 21 MiG-29 fighters in response to a request for proposal from the Indian side, according to a spokesperson for Russia’s Federal Service for [...]
  • GBU-72: The U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Drops Enormous Bunker Buster Bomb

    October 15, 2021 0
    The US Air Force (USAF) has performed the first test drops of its new Boeing Guided Bomb Unit‐ (GBU)-72 Advanced 5K (A5K) Penetrator, releasing the ‘bunker buster’ bomb from a Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle. Israeli [...]
  • AVIC Shenyang FC-31 Naval Variant To Debut In 2021

    July 9, 2020 0
    China’s new-generation carrier-based fighter jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2021, an aviation industry report revealed on Tuesday, according to Communist party run media Global Times. A team at China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment [...]
  • China parades DF-26 ballistic missiles

    August 9, 2020 0
    The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force recently launched a DF-26 intermediate-range anti-ship ballistic missile in an ongoing months-long exercise, after the US sent two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea for exercises [...]
Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

  • Europe

    Russian Spy Ship Yantar Survey Sunken Cargo Vessel MV Ursa

  • Air Platform

    Turkey wants to rejoin F-35 program under Trump Administration

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia notified India that it cannot deliver S-400 air defense system, a $5.4 billion arms contract blow up for Putin

  • Air Platform

    Su-57 may not be built with quality workmanship, says Vietnam’s MoD

  • Air Platform

    Serbia Plans To Buy Dassault Rafale Aircraft

  • Europe

    Finland delivers 130 mm M-46 howitzers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

  • Europe

    Putin backs Iran’s mass missile attacks on Israel

  • Air Platform

    F-16s for Ukraine arrived in Romania to train Ukrainian pilots

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Israeli Antidote to Russian S-400: Meet The Ultimate Weapons Delilah Stand-off Cruise Missile

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia To Build Hypersonic Missiles With U.S. And UK

  • Defense Industry

    Germany Commits €100 Billion to Meet NATO Defense Spending Requirement

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department 18 CH-53K Helicopters For Israel

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian Air Force Shot Down 157 Russian Cruise Missiles Using Patriot Missile System

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s $55 million MiG-35 Fulcrum-F with PESA radar is a total failure even in Chinese standard

  • Air Platform

    Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Plan to Buy Rafale Fighter Jets and A400M Transport Aircraft, Retires Russian-made Jets

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s HIMARS Strikes Destroyed Large Quantities Of Russian Lancet Drones And Killed 450 Conscripts At Cossack Base

  • Air Platform

    US Navy’s MQ-25 refuelling drone just got one step closer to war-ready

  • Air Platform

    South Korea To Buy 20 More F-35A Stealth Jets

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Cancels Critical Air-launched HALO Hypersonic Missile Citing Cost Concerns

  • Air Platform

    Morale Boost: Indian Air Force received five Rafale fighter jets

  • C4iSR

    U.S. Air Force Flying Triton HALE UAV over Taiwan Straits

  • Naval Platforms

    Turkish STM Lays Keel Of Pakistan Navy’s First MILGEM-Class Corvette

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    ‘A real blow for the junta’: Myanmar’s ethnic groups captured 135km long trading zone in unprecedented armed resistance

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Awarded $396 Million Contract To Supply 18 AW169M Helicopters to Austria

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Loyal Wingman UCAV Engaged Landing Gear for the First Time

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian forces blew up the Russian modernized Buk-M3 missile system

  • Americas

    South Korea, Japan, New Zealand And Canada Will Join AUKUS Pillar 2 As Advanced Technology Development Partners

  • Air Platform

    China to expedite delivery of Wing Loong drones to Pakistan

  • Air Platform

    China’s New WJ-700 Completes Maiden Flight

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    LAND 400 Phase III: Australian Army Shortlist Rheinmetall Defence and Hanwha Defense

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia to Buy Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and Hypersonic Weapons

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea to invest $218 million to improve Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missiles

  • Air Platform

    No IFF: Pakistan’s HQ-16 Missile Shot Down Its Own Mirage Jet, Proving Chinese Copycat HQ-16 Retained Buk Missile’s Characteristics

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys the last Crimea ferry using ATACMS ballistic missile strike

  • Europe

    Russian Pilots Complain in Tiktok Videos About Poor Working Conditions, Frostbite, No Food And No Water

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Crucial undersea internet cables connecting India, Hong Kong and Europe cut amid ongoing clashes in Red Sea

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia Plans To Normalize Ties With Israel

  • Naval Platforms

    Flopping Fish: The Shenyang J-15, A Perfect Example of ‘Garbage In and Garbage Out’

  • Infantry Weapons

    BAE Systems To Manufacturer M777 Light Weight Howitzers In India

  • Air Platform

    Poorly Maintained Russia’s S-24 Fencer Crashed In Ukraine

  • Europe

    $300 commercial drone fitted with grenade destroying Russian tanks, radars, and missile complex worth millions of dollars

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Puts T-7A Red Hawk into Vigorous Testing

  • Europe

    Putin underestimated and miscalculated Ukraine’s will to fight back, says Lieutenant General Ihor Romanenko

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines to acquire Elbit Systems ATMOS self propelled Howitzers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Reportedly Will Buy More Su-35s to Replace Older Aircrafts: Reports TASS

  • Land Platform

    U.S. State Department approves 27 M1126 Stryker IFV for Argentina

  • Europe

    Australia bans exports of alumina, aluminium ores, bauxite to Russia

  • Europe

    Belarus Cozzies Up With Turkey, A Snab To Russia

  • Europe

    Ukrainian artillery destroyed Russian Grad rocket launchers

  • Europe

    UK and Norway join multinational CAVS armoured vehicle research and development project led by Finland.

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