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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 […]

  • MKE Delivers First Indigenous 76mm Naval Gun To The Turkish Navy

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  • North Korean soldiers addicted to pornography after getting Starlink internet access for the first time while fighting for Russia

    November 8, 2024 0
    North Korean soldiers are reportedly hooked on porn after being given unrestricted internet access for the first time while fighting for Russia. Military troops who joined the front in Ukraine are believed to have something [...]
  • Indian Army to acquire RQ-11 UAV and Spike Smart Munitions

    July 15, 2020 0
    The Indian army has set its eyes on acquiring hand-launched, remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle Raven from US and state-of-the-art Israeli Spike Firefly “loitering” ammunition to add lethality to its ground infantry apart from long-range [...]
  • Royal Navy unveils new testbed ship XV Patrick Blackett

    August 18, 2022 0
    The 42m, 270-tonne vessel arrived in Portsmouth this week and is named after former Royal Navy sailor and Nobel Prize winner Patrick Blackett. Saab Group Awarded Contract To Produce Giraffe 1X Radars For Royal NavyDateJune [...]
  • South Korean KF-21 Will Squeeze Russian Su-57 Markets

    April 27, 2021 0
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  • Ukraine’s MAGURA V5 sea drone destroys Russian speedboat in Vuzka Bay

    May 7, 2024 0
    A Russian speedboat in temporarily occupied Crimea was destroyed in a Ukrainian Magura V5 marine drone strike, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) reported on Telegram. HUR noted that the mission in Crimea’s Vuzka Bay area was [...]
Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

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.

May 11, 2026 0

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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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  • Air Platform

    U.S. Donates Four Cessna Aircraft to Philippines Navy

  • Europe

    Germany delivers Wiscent 1 mine clearing vehicles to Ukraine

  • Naval Platforms

    VARD Marine Awarded Contract To Design LCT For Bangladesh Navy

  • Central Asia

    Armenia considers applying for European Union membership as Russia failed to defend Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

  • Ballistic Missile

    South Korea declassifies its Hyunmoo-V strategic missile system

  • Air Platform

    RAAF’s F-35A Ready For Combat Missions

  • Europe

    Finland Acquires Munitions For HIMARS Rockets Launchers

  • Europe

    A major fire ripped through the Sukhoi Design Bureau office in Moscow

  • Americas

    M1 AbramsX: The Next Super Tanks Of US Army

  • Europe

    Russian Military Cowardly Retreated From North-east Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Poland Signs $10 Billion Deal for US Apache Attack Helicopters

  • Americas

    U.S. Army Trials Indirect Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Using AIM-9X and Tamir Interceptor Missiles

  • Infantry Weapons

    Indian Army Ordered 4,960 Licensed-built MILAN-2T Anti-Tank Guided Missiles

  • Europe

    Germany to acquire armoured vehicles worth almost $7 billion

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Su-35 and Su-34 Fighter Bomber.

  • Europe

    BAE Systems successfully tests M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer modified with 52-caliber cannon

  • Europe

    STADT AS and SH-Defense to Integrate Electric Propulsion Technology into Marine Propulsion

  • Middle East

    Turkiye and Egypt signed agreement to coproduce Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV)

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Upgrade Egyptian Apache Helicopters Sensors

  • Air Platform

    Indian Navy Receives Two More P-8I Neptune MPA

  • Middle East

    Egypt to Build Armed Offshore Patrol Vessels

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Produce Nine CH-53K King Stallion Heavy Lift Helicopters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Navy Commissioned Seven Warships And One Submarine

  • South Asia

    Saab will offer complete transfer of technology to India at half the cost of Rafale, says Saab India CMD

  • Americas

    US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon Test Fires Harpoon Missiles

  • Middle East

    Biden Administration To Review Weapons Sale To Saudi Arabia And UAE

  • Europe

    Ukraine will receive Ground-launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) this winter

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The JASDF, RAAF and the USAF should team up to collaborate on Loyal Wingman Programme to countering China

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Pilot Takes Out Russian Bridge In Daring Raid In Kursk Region

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blew up Russia’s warehouse storing North Korean KN-23 missiles, tanks and ammunitions

  • Africa

    Denel Dynamics T5-52 155mm Howitzer Achieved 60km Firing Range

  • Europe

    Canada sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

  • Americas

    USS Tripoli (LHA 7), an America-class amphibious assault ship joins the fleet

  • Europe

    Russian commander Alexander Khodakovsky admits: Military victory over Ukraine currently unlikely

  • Americas

    Canada to replace US-made M777 howitzers with new 155mm howitzers

  • Europe

    The U.S. and Ukraine sign ten-year bilateral security pact in Italy

  • Americas

    Argentina Latest Country To Ditch MiG-35 Offer

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Swallows Its Pride, Asks Turkey To Construct Floating Dry Dock For Russia

  • Europe

    Saab’s MSHORAD System Successfully Demonstrated with Live Firing

  • Air Platform

    Legendary F-15EX: The U.S. Air Force’s Bombs and Missiles Trucks

  • Industry

    Serbia’s Defense Industry Capabilities

  • Europe

    Pentagon explained Harpoon AShM adjustment for Ukraine’s Armed Forces coastal defense

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA’s Meteor – The Most Advanced Beyond-visual-range Air-to-Air Missile in the World

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Saab Awarded Contract To Modernise Sweden’s Coastal Anti-ship Missile Capability

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS Laser Weapons To US Navy

  • Europe

    Ukraine started ‘special sea drone operations’ against Russia hitting second tanker

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia buys Turkey’s armed drones

  • Middle East

    Aselsan Awarded Contract to Supply SARP RWS to Bahrain

  • Europe

    Russia’s $300 billion frozen assets in the West must be used to rearm and rebuild Ukraine

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Turkiye started integrating KTJ-3200 turbojet on the Brazilian-Emirati MANSUP-ER anti-ship missile

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