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GKN Aerospace Delivers Upgraded Engine For Gripen C/D Fighter Jet.

March 27, 2026 GDC 0

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first upgraded RM12 engine to the Swedish Armed Forces, marking a milestone in the RM12 Enhanced Performance programme. The delivery follows an earlier contract valued at approximately £32 million (SEK […]

Air Platform

Sweden Taps GKN Aerospace To Produce Future Fighter Propulsion

May 26, 2024 GDC 0

Sweden has chosen GKN Aerospace to develop advanced power and propulsion systems for the country’s future jet fighters. The contract will see GKN create conceptual studies for next-generation combat aircraft based both on existing and […]

Air Platform

GKN Aerospace Awarded Contract To Upgrade Gripen C/D Engine’s Software

November 13, 2023 GDC 0

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General Atomic awarded $268 million contract for 13 Protector drones for the UK

August 4, 2021 GDC 0

Britain has invested $268 million for another 13 Protector aircraft, Defense Minister Jeremy Queen announced Thursday during a visit to GKN Aerospace, a press release stated. Protector is a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System equipped with […]

Air Platform

Volvo RM12 Engine Guarantees More Than 300,000 Flying Hours For Gripen

August 11, 2020 GDC 0

For a single-engine aircraft, engine safety is of paramount importance. Therefore, when Volvo Aero (now GKN Aerospace) was commissioned to further develop General Electric’s engine F404 (which had only been used in twin-engine planes before) […]

  • Australia And UK Signed MoU To Build Frigates For RAN

    October 22, 2020 0
    Australia and the UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on building new frigates, say the Ministry of Defence. The MoU signed this week re-enforces the two countries’ commitment to working together on delivering [...]
  • Boeing-Saab T-7A RedHawk completes first inverted flight

    July 17, 2020 0
    According to Boeing, the production representative jets (PRJs) flew 11 engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) test flights of T-7A Red Hawk out of its St Louis production facility in Missouri. Boeing started inverted flight testing [...]
  • India’s MMRCA: Evaluation Results Of Rafale, Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon, MiG-35 and Super Hornet

    December 1, 2021 0
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  • US Deploys Tomahawk Long-range cruise missiles in Germany

    August 1, 2024 0
    The United States’ plan to periodically station long-range missiles in Germany will lead to Cold War-style confrontation between Russia and the West, the Kremlin said Thursday. Senior Ukrainian officials meet Raytheon officials for the delivery [...]
  • Boeing Company awarded contract to build P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Canada

    April 23, 2024 0
    The Canadian military will start receiving in 2026 Boeing-made P-8A Poseidons it is buying through a deal worth $5.9 billion. German Parliament Approves Purchase Of Boeing P-8 PoseidonDateJune 27, 2021Amid Tensions with China, Australia to [...]
  • Italy to purchase 25 more F-35 stealth jets

    September 29, 2024 0
    Italy is to purchase 25 extra F-35 jets and new Eurofighters as its defense procurement spending rises 16.8% this year to €9.3 billion, or $10.3 billion, a new budget document revealed on Tuesday revealed. Spain [...]
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 […]

  • Europe

    Fact Check: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons

  • Europe

    Swedish Parliament Approves Defense Budget Increase to 3.5 Percent of GDP.

  • Europe

    Russia will deliver S-400 system to India by the end of 2021

  • Air Platform

    Five Worse Features Of Su-35 Led To The Destruction Of Su-35 In the Ukraine War

  • Europe

    Ukraine Fires Polish-made Howitzers To Fight Off Russians

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PLA Adopts QBZ-191 Assault Weapons

  • Air Platform

    France to invest $15 billion in Rafale F5 and FCAS fighter jets programs

  • C4iSR

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

  • Air Platform

    Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: The World Learnt New Drone War

  • 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.

  • Europe

    Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ Hit By Unknown Drones, Ukraine Denies Responsibility

  • Americas

    US Navy To Build Robot Warship

  • C4iSR

    Israeli IAI To Provide Airborne Jamming Pod For Indian Air Force

  • Europe

    Turkey to strengthen its maritime capability with new warships

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Delivers First F-16V Block 70 To Bulgaria

  • Europe

    Tensions heat up between Russia, Poland for the deployment of Wagner mercenaries

  • Europe

    Norway purchases British-made Type 26 frigates to patrol the North Atlantic ocean.

  • Europe

    Finish and Swedish Navy Conduct Joint Anti-submarine Exercises

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Launches Nuclear Sub, Destroyer, Landing Ship On Same Day

  • Infantry Weapons

    Rafael Spike LR II Missile System: The Ultimate Tank Killer

  • Air Platform

    World First Grenade Launching Drone Tested in Australia

  • Europe

    Drone Footage Shows Russian and North Korean Troops Dead in Freezing Condition

  • Americas

    Panama to Cut Ties With China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Grant US Ships Free Passage Through Panama Canal

  • Americas

    Naval Group Launches Third OPV 87 For Argentine Navy

  • Europe

    Raytheon delivers NASAMS II to Lithuanian Army

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall awarded subcontract for Norway’s Leopard tank order

  • Europe

    Germany delivers 50 Dingo 2 APCs and 12 M1070 transport trucks to Ukraine

  • Infantry Weapons

    U.S. State Department approves $660 million hellfire missiles to Israel

  • Africa

    US Air Force C-17 landing in Libya For Special Operations, Global Hawk drone patrolling over Western Libya

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon GBU-53B SDB II Bomb

  • Europe

    Russia’s first moon mission in 50 years crashed, another humiliation for Putin

  • Americas

    BAE Systems To Develop Optionally Manned Vehicle For US Army

  • Europe

    Ukraine upgrades captured Russian armored vehicles

  • Cruise Missiles

    Romanian startup develops AI-guided low-cost mini cruise missile.

  • Americas

    US Senate Confirms First African-American Air Force Chief

  • Air Platform

    Japan Developing Anti-surface warheads for future hypersonic missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan vows to strengthen missile defense after North Korea parade missile

  • Air Platform

    Belgium will send 30 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2024

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-16 could change the dynamics of the Ukraine war

  • Europe

    Putin became increasingly paranoid and fearful for his life after Prigozhin assassination

  • Africa

    U.S. Air Force’s GaN based 3DELRR to replace AN/TPS-75 PESA air search radar

  • Air Platform

    Colombia purchases 17 Gripen E/F Fighter Jets.

  • Europe

    Poland Delivers Piorun Man-portable Air Defense System To Norway

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Amid China tensions, Australia signs comprehensive defense pact with India

  • Europe

    Ukraine Captured Fully Operational VPK-Ural Armored Vehicles From Fleeing Russians

  • Europe

    Nagorno-Karabakh War: A Modern Warfare Of Drone Age

  • Europe

    Vladimir Putin meets with commanders as Ukraine advanced in Kursk region

  • C4iSR

    See, Scan, Shoot: The Northrop Grumman AN/ASQ-236 Radar Pod

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Third Aircraft Carrier CNS Fujian, But China Has No Fighter Jets To Fill The Deck

  • Central Asia

    U.S. Flys F/A-18 Super Hornet Over Kabul To Support Evacuation

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