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Air Platform

Peru has overturned the decision to buy Gripen in favor of F-16V Block 70 to become major non-NATO ally.

February 3, 2026 GDC 0

Peru is set to buy 24 F-16V Block 70 fighter jets, overturning a tender that was previously won by Sweden’s Gripen. Despite Gripen’s lower price tag, Lima is reportedly choosing the F-16 due to a […]

Air Platform

U.S. Warns Canada as Canada Weighs in Mixed Fleet with F-35 and Saab Gripen.

February 1, 2026 GDC 0

Canadian officials are weighing a mixed fighter fleet that could see Sweden’s Saab account for roughly half of the eventual replacement program by value, according to a National Post column by John Ivison published on […]

Air Platform

Saab Offers 72 Gripen E/F Fighter Jets and Six GlobalEye AEW&C to Canada.

January 18, 2026 GDC 0

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Middle East

Saab Exhibits GlobalEye AWACS and Gripen E at the Dubai Air Show.

November 20, 2025 GDC 0

Saab exhibits at the Dubai Airshow from 17 to 21 November at Dubai World Central, where it will present a wide range of systems designed to strengthen air power and national security. The company is […]

Air Platform

Saab and Bombardier to build Gripen fighter jets in Canada.

November 15, 2025 GDC 0

Swedish defense company Saab is in talks with the Canadian government and Bombardier to build its Gripen fighter jet under license in Canada, which is expected to create 10,000 jobs in the country, CEO Micael […]

Air Platform

Colombia purchases 17 Gripen E/F Fighter Jets.

November 15, 2025 GDC 0

Saab has today signed a contract with the Colombian Government and received an order for 17 Gripen E/F fighter aircraft. The order value is $4.3 billion and deliveries will take place 2026-2032.  The contract includes […]

Air Platform

Azerbaijan plans to purchase 48 Gripen E/F fighter jets from Sweden.

November 9, 2025 GDC 0

Azerbaijan plans to purchase 48 Gripen E/F fighter jets from Sweden as part of a $6.5 billion deal, with the first aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2029. Azerbaijan reported that its recently purchased JF-17 temu […]

Air Platform

Ukrainian fighter pilot says that he would sell his soul for only the Swedish-made Gripen.

November 2, 2025 GDC 0

Ukrainian fighter pilot says the Gripen is the only fighter in the world for which he’d sell his soul.  A Ukrainian pilot called the Gripen the only jet “for which I am ready to sell […]

Air Platform

Saab selects Canada as Gripen manufacturing hub for Ukrainian Air Force.

October 31, 2025 GDC 0

Saab is evaluating Canada as a potential site for Gripen fighter jet assembly to expand production capacity following a letter of intent between Sweden and Ukraine for up to 150 aircraft. The assessment also aligns […]

Air Platform

Armed with Meteor BVRAAM, Sweden’s high-tech Gripen E is Taiwan’s answer to Chinese PL-15 missile.

October 29, 2025 GDC 0

Sweden’s Gripen E multirole fighter could provide Ukraine with a high-survivability platform capable of contesting Russian and Chinese airspace and defending against long-range threats. Designed for electronic warfare resilience and dispersed operations, the aircraft’s capabilities […]

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  • What’s so fuss about supplying arms to Myanmar?

    January 14, 2020 0
    So what’s so fuss about supplying arms to Myanmar by Israeli defense companies when Ukraine, Russia, China, North Korea, Pakistan and India are arming Tatmadaw? Myanmar’s relationship with the Israeli military is much smaller in [...]
  • ThyssenKrupp to Participate Indian Navy’s Project 75I Submarine Tender

    January 29, 2025 0
    Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) have secured approval for their joint bid to construct six advanced conventional submarines for the Indian Navy. France’s Naval Group is the front runner as [...]
  • U.S. State Department Approved Foreign Military Sale Of $150 Million Hellfire Missiles For Netherlands

    June 14, 2024 0
    The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced last week that the U.S. State Department approved the sale of Hellfire air-to-ground missiles to the Netherlands. The potential $150 million deal, with Lockheed Martin Missile as its sole [...]
  • The assassin in the sky: General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1B Predator and MQ-1C Gray Eagle MALE UAV

    February 8, 2020 0
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  • Raytheon Awarded $867 Million Contract For SM-3 Block IIA Missiles

    June 17, 2022 0
    The SM-3 interceptor is a defensive weapon the U.S. Navy uses to destroy short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The interceptor uses sheer force, rather than an explosive warhead, to destroy targets in space. Its “kill [...]
  • China Shipping Arms To Conflict Region Via Africa

    April 19, 2021 0
    Chinese-made missiles have downed at least three Syrian army helicopters during the country’s ongoing conflict, defense observers told the Global Defense Corp, noting such publicity will raise the image of Chinese defense products on the [...]
Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • C4iSR

    NATO Sets Out Future Electronic Warfare Capability

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Unveil Final Design Of AUKUS Submarine

  • Middle East

    Israeli Mosad Struck Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Factory While Russian Engineers Took Cover in Tehran Hotels

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad prepares FSB task force to invade Moldova from Russian occupied Transnistria

  • Europe

    Russian Army General Fanil Sarvarov Killed in Car Bomb in Moscow.

  • Europe

    Russian Military Has Lost 850,000 Troops and 10,000 Tanks In The Ukraine War

  • Europe

    Sweden scrambles Gripen fighter jets after Russian military plane enters airspace

  • Air Platform

    Turkish light attack aircraft Hurjet to be co-produced in Spain

  • Europe

    Norway Invites Four Contenders For Frigate Competition

  • Americas

    Raytheon awarded contract to produce Tomahawk block V cruise missiles for Australia and Japan

  • Naval Platforms

    Sukhoi Proposes Su-57 Naval Variant For China

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Kizilelma Unmanned Fighter Jet Carrying TEBER-82 500lb Guided Bomb.

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Australian Tech Firm EOS Unveils 100kw High-energy Laser Weapon System.

  • Europe

    STM Defense Technologies develops new Alpagu loitering munition.

  • C4iSR

    Elbit System to equip Philippines air forces maritime aircrafts with signals intelligence and mission systems

  • Europe

    A pro-Kremlin writer wounded in car bomb that killed his driver

  • Air Platform

    Raytheon Tests Air-launched Coyote Drones

  • Europe

    NVL Group laid the keel for the Bulgarian Navy’s second multipurpose modular patrol vessel

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy Conducts Joint Exercises With Egyptian Rafale Fighters

  • Europe

    Only Israel Can help Greece With Drone Guards

  • Americas

    U.S. Army purchases QinetiQ high-altitude aerostats for battlefield surveillance

  • Americas

    Hanwha Signs Partnership Agreement with Five Canadian Companies For Patrol Submarine Project.

  • Air Platform

    US Approves $3.5 Billion Apache Helicopter Sale to South Korea

  • Naval Platforms

    TCG Anadolu: Turkish Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian troops blew up the Russian Buk anti-air missile system using HIMARS

  • Air Platform

    Flying coffin: Indian Air Force will retire Russian-dud MiG-21 in 2025 after 400 crashes and 200 dead pilots

  • Europe

    Russia’s WWI Styled Brutal Battle Failed In Bakhmut And Donetsk Region

  • Middle East

    Israeli Apache helicopter destroyed Pantsir-S ADS in Syria

  • Air Platform

    Canada Selects Gripen E/F Fighter Jets, Reducing F-35A Orders.

  • Air Platform

    Saab Sees Potential Opportunities For New Built Gripen C/D In Southeast Asia

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Court Indicted 25 Army Officers, 2 RAB Officers, Former Dictator Sheikh Hasina and Former Home Minister Khan For Crimes Against Humanity.

  • Defense Industry

    Lockheed Wins Major F-35A Sustainment Contract From Australia

  • Europe

    Vlad is the most ‘harmful and toxic’ person on earth, Belarusian President Lukashenko says

  • Europe

    Turkiye new armed USV ‘SALVO’ passes initial firing trials

  • Middle East

    Syrian Rebels Capture Russian Pantsir System, Helicopter, L-39 Albatros Aircraft and Syrian Army General Malik Hassan Muhaybar

  • South Asia

    The case for improving cyber-security capabilities of Bangladesh

  • Uncategorized

    Russian Rubezh missile system destroyed by fire

  • Air Platform

    Inept Russian Ground Crew Rammed Fuel Truck Into Su-25 Fighter Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Purchased Two Scorpene-Class Submarines From France

  • Europe

    Russia warns Britain and prepares nuclear drills over the West’s deepening role in Ukraine

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin awarded $4.5 billion contract to produce JAGM and HELLFIRE missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine shot down Russia’s drones using counter-drone jamming gun

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. air force to retire its older aircraft and buy F-15EX fighters

  • Europe

    Ukraine Retakes South Of Bakhmut With Lightening Fast Counteroffensive

  • Africa

    The U.S. Special Forces Captured Second Pantsir-S1 In Lybia

  • Air Platform

    Azerbaijan Grounded JF-17 Fighter Jets, Demands Turkish Missile, Avionics and Prospective TF35000 Engine in JF-17 Jet.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Pakistan Unveils AZB-81LR Guided Bomb For Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • Air Platform

    China’s long-range Xian H-20 stealth bomber could make its debut at Zhuhai air show

  • Infantry Weapons

    India Receives First Batch Of S-400 Triumf

  • Middle East

    Iran’s Head of Counter-intelligence Unit General Ismail Qaani Dies in Heart Attacks During Brutal Interrogation for Suspicious of Israeli Mossad Double Agent

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