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East Asia and Pacific Region

Austral Awarded Contract To Produce Two More Guardian-Class Boats For Royal Australian Navy

September 24, 2024 GDC 0

Australia has ordered two additional Guardian-class patrol boats from Austal valued at 39 million Australian dollars ($26 million). The new order comes in addition to the 22 boats previously ordered for the Pacific Patrol Boat […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Shipbuilding delivers 20th Guardian-class patrol boat to Australia

July 30, 2024 GDC 0

According to Austal Shipbuilding, the company delivered the 20th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence. The vessel, named Tobwaan Mainiku, is designated for the Republic of Kiribati and was officially handed […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal hands over 16th Guardian-Class patrol boat to Australian DoD

August 15, 2023 GDC 0

Austal Australia has delivered the 16th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defense. The vessel was then gifted by the Australian Government to the Federated States of Micronesia at a certificate signing […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Austal Delivers 15th Guardian-class Patrol Boats

June 1, 2022 GDC 0

The vessel, Te Kukupa II, was then gifted by the Australian Government to the Cook Islands at a certificate signing ceremony held today at Austal’s shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. The ceremony was attended by Commodore […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Papua New Guinea receives third Guardian-class patrol boats from Australia

October 26, 2021 GDC 0

Australia has handed over the third of four Guardian-class patrol boats built for the Maritime Element of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF) as part of Canberra’s Pacific Maritime Security Programme. The vessel, which […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Donates Second Guardian Class OPV To Papua New Guinea

April 12, 2021 GDC 0

Austal Limited announced that it has delivered the ninth Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence. The vessel, the future HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap, was then gifted by the Australian Government to the […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia donates second Guardian-class OPV to Tonga

November 16, 2020 GDC 0

The Australian Government’s Pacific Maritime Security Program has reached a new milestone today as the Kingdom of Tonga received their second Australian-built Guardian-class Patrol Boat at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia. This is the […]

  • Russian Navy To Get Last Kilo-II (Project 636.3) Submarines In 2024

    March 31, 2021 0
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  • HIMARS Rocket’s Precision Strikes, A Nightmare For Russian Army

    July 18, 2022 0
    Citing information released by the Ukrainian army, the M142 HIMARS MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) systems donated by the United States are making an impact on the conflict in Ukraine. According to Ukrainian sources, the rockets fired [...]
  • STM Defense Technologies develops new Alpagu loitering munition.

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  • Britain, Canada Sanction Myanmar’s Military Junta

    February 22, 2021 0
    Canada and Britain have joined forces once again, this time to impose new sanctions on Myanmar after its military toppled its elected government in a coup. President Biden Sanctions Myanmar Military JuntaDateFebruary 11, 2021Coup Or [...]
  • Turkey Unveils First Prototype TFX Fighter Jet

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  • Israeli Air Force Will Upgrade F-16I Barak Aircraft to F-16V Block 70 Standard after Successful Iran Strikes.

    October 3, 2025 0
    IAF eyes major overhaul of F-16s, used to strike Iran, to meet future combat needsThe decades-old F-16 “Barak” aircraft managed to strike in Iran without refueling, and added significant capacity to the Israel Air Force’s [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

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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 […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Ordered Eight Frigates From Italy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    How China Influenced Military Coup In Myanmar?

  • Air Platform

    Here’s why Russia’s Su-57 is doomed?

  • Europe

    Greek-Turkey tensions are not going away soon

  • Europe

    FDI HN: Naval Group Cuts Steel for Second Frigate

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China deploys fifty thousand troops near Indian border

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Shoots Down Third Unidentified Object Over US-Canada Border

  • Europe

    Who are the highly competent, patriot and skilful Ukrainian Generals?

  • Europe

    Video Shows How Armenian Missile Systems Were Disrupted By Electronic Attacks

  • Middle East

    U.S. Military Launches Airstrikes On Iraqi And Syrian Militia Targets

  • Europe

    Russians queues at money exchange as new U.S. sanctions forced Russia to halt transaction in dollars and euros

  • Europe

    Bulgaria donates 100 BTR-60 armored vehicles to Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    German Companies Worries €100 Billion Defense Budget May Be Awarded To Foreign Companies

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Asalsan Awarded $616 Million Contract to Produce Turkish Steel Dome

  • Naval Weapons

    Leonardo’s 127mm 127/64 LW – Vulcano

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone destroyed Russian factory manufacturing Shahed-136 kamikaze drones

  • Europe

    Denmark Purchases BLOCKER Smart Naval Mine for Greenland’s Defense

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Steals Russian Intellectual property (IP) And Resale to Asian And African Counties

  • Air Platform

    The assassin in the sky: General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1B Predator and MQ-1C Gray Eagle MALE UAV

  • Air Platform

    Swedish MP Urges Swedish Government To Supply Gripen Fighter Jets To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Downing of Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B Combat Drone Exposed Russia’s Great Stealth Hoax

  • Middle East

    Israeli forces cut off north Gaza to isolate Hamas as Palestinian death toll passes 10,000

  • Air Platform

    NHIndustries NH90 multi-role military helicopter

  • Air Platform

    Saab Ordered Active Noise Reduction Systems For Gripen E/F

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force Rejected Russia’s Su-57E and Recommends F-35 Acquisition

  • Air Platform

    Here’s Why Egypt Purchased Chinese J-10C Vigorous Dragon Junk Fighter Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy Conduct Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2022

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korean Soldiers Crossed The DMZ But Returned After South Korea Fired Warning Shots

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkiye’s defense company MKE successfully tested its Tolga anti-drone system.

  • Europe

    Pantsir anti-air gun and missile with “Z” sign abandoned by Russian forces

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems Awarded Contract to Upgrade RAAF’s Hawk Training Jets

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Relocates 24 F-16J Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Aircraft in the Middle East from Germany.

  • C4iSR

    Australia To Cancel Battle Management Systems Contact With Israeli Elbit Systems

  • Americas

    Raytheon Awarded $321 Million Stinger Missiles Contract For U.S. Army

  • Europe

    Polish Army received a new batch of 120mm Rak self-propelled mortars

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Building Missiles Mega-base Near Vietnam

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army’s BELL-206 Helicopter Crashed Due To Pilot Error

  • Europe

    Ukraine takes more territory from Russia in Kursk offensive

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force conducts Minuteman III nuclear missile test launch.

  • Europe

    Sweden Considers Supplying Deadly Archer Self-propelled Howitzer And RBS70 Anti-air Missile

  • Middle East

    China’s big reverse-engineering fail in Iran, Pakistan and Venezuela as HQ-9B, HQ-16, CM-302 and YJ-21E destroyed by American air strikes.

  • Air Platform

    Portugal Purchases Sixth Embraer’s KC-390 Millennium Transport Aircraft.

  • Europe

    Russian casualties reached a staggering 200,000 in the Ukraine war

  • Europe

    After Firing 20,000 Round Of North Korean Shells, Russia Started Using 40 Years Old Ammo

  • Air Platform

    Chinese spy offered Taiwanese pilot $15 million to defect with a Ch-47 Chinook helicopter

  • Europe

    Lithuania purchases 100 CV90 armored fighting vehicles.

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korea Test Fires New Hypersonic Ballistic Missile

  • Europe

    Bundeswehr to order 7,000 armored vehicles amid Russia’s war against Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Sanctions Buster: South Korea Must Stop Supplying Gallium Arsenide and Semiconductor to Russia’s JSC Phazotron-NIIP

  • Defense Industry

    Sukhoi Forecasted 600 Su-57 Sale During Design Phase of the Aircraft

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