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HAL Tejas MK 1A

Air Platform

Here’s Why India’s HAL Bejas and Pakistan’s JF-17 Blunder are nothing, but TEMU fighter jets

January 25, 2025 GDC 0

Both the Indian Air Force and Pakistan Air Force envisioned something similar. IAF wants to replace the MiG-21, and PAF wants to replace the F-7 (reversed-engineered MiG-21). The competition between both nations has seen worse […]

Air Platform

Hindustan Aeronautics Delivers Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Twin Seater After 40 Years

October 5, 2023 GDC 0

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited today handed over the first LCA Tejas twin seater aircraft to the Indian Air Force. In 1983, HAL Tejas was envisioned as a light combat aircraft to replace Indian Air Force’s MiG-21. […]

Air Platform

Why India Should Ditch Tejas MWF and Focus on AMCA?

January 14, 2022 GDC 0

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Defense Industry

GE Aviation to supply 99 engines for HAL Tejas MK1A

August 21, 2021 GDC 0

America’s GE Aviation won a contract valued INR 5,375 Crore (approximately $720 million) from Indian firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the delivery of engines to power Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-1A. Inked on […]

South Asia

Indian Media Discloses Dismal Performance of Su-30MKI Fighters During Kashmir Skirmish

April 7, 2021 GDC 0

The Su-30MKI fighter lost the battle to the F-16 fighters, according to a leaked pilot’s interview to the Times of India. Despite the fact that the licensed-built $121 million Su-30MKI fighter is sold as air […]

Air Platform

Collins Aerospace To Continue Collaboration With Indian HAL

February 20, 2021 GDC 0

Collins Aerospace, a unit of the Raytheon Technologies and one of the world’s largest suppliers of aerospace and defence products, has been involved in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas programme and is interested […]

Air Platform

India Orders 83 HAL Tejas Worths $6 Billion

January 17, 2021 GDC 0

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the highest decision-making body for security issues headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the purchase of 83 Tejas fighter jets for the Indian Air Force at […]

Air Platform

HAL Tejas MK2 Ambitious Medium Weight Fighter jets, can HAL achieve MK2?

June 17, 2020 GDC 0

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South Asia

Indian MoD awarded $5.25 billion contract for 83 HAL Tejas MK 1A

March 19, 2020 GDC 0

India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved on 18 March the procurement of 83 units of the Mk 1A variant of the country’s indigenously designed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) […]

  • Taliban, Iran, Qatar and Pakistan, A Dangerous Quad

    September 24, 2021 0
    The Taliban’s stunning victory in Afghanistan was met with horror throughout much of the Western world. It was a slightly different story in some quarters of Pakistan. A few days after militants seized Kabul, a [...]
  • Ukraine Struck Inside Russia For First Time, Blowing Up Oil Depot in Belgorod

    April 1, 2022 0
    Ukrainian military helicopters carried out a targeted strike on an oil storage facility on Russian soil, the region’s governor claimed Friday. A Russian governor in the border region of Belgorod said that early on Friday [...]
  • Pakistan inaugurated the fourth and final Turkish-built MILGEM corvette

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  • RAN’s All Female Crews Take MH-60R To The Sky For The First Time

    January 30, 2021 0
    A Nowra-based crew has made Australian history by becoming the first all-female flight team to operate an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter. HMAS Adelaide departs Sydney to maintain Navy preparednessDateApril 9, 2020Australia Purchases 12 More MH-60R ASW [...]
  • Myanmar’s rebel group take control of Chinese company owned rare earth mines

    October 24, 2024 0
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  • Thales To Hire 12,000 Staff Amid Backlog Of Multi-billion Work Orders

    February 28, 2023 0
    French defense and technology group Thales (TCFP.PA) plans to hire 12,000 new staff this year as there is strong demand across its product range, CEO Patrice Caine said in an interview with French weekly Le Journal du [...]
Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

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  • Europe

    Royal Australian Navy Orders Rheinmetall MASS Decoy Launchers

  • Americas

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

  • Uncategorized

    US Air Force Deploys F-15C, F-16 In Poland

  • C4iSR

    Turkish REDET-II Electronic Warfare System

  • Europe

    Russia Losing Aircraft and Helicopters Faster Than It Can Replenish, UK Intelligence Report

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Industries Completes Initial Sea Trials of 21st Virginia-class Submarine

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri delivered the amphibious vessel Al Fulk to Qatari Navy

  • Defense Industry

    DEFEA 2023: Athens to host most modern battle tanks from Europe and America

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Air Force Unveils Plan To Procure Gripen Jets, Drones, GlobalEye AEW&C And Air Defense System

  • Middle East

    Over-hyped S-400 and S-300 Surface-to-air Missile failed to Detect F-35I Adir

  • Europe

    Russia’s Su-27 fighter jet dumped fuel on American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Black Sea forcing it crash

  • South Asia

    Disgraced Dictator Hasina, Indian RAW and Awami League Behind the 2009 BDR Mutiny, Independent Investigation Commission Reported.

  • Middle East

    Israel Will Strike Iran’s Nuclear Sites, Former IDF Officer Said

  • Industry

    Turkey Established New Facilities For TFX Fighters

  • Air Platform

    Hungary, Sweden Sign Gripen Fighter Jets Deal Before NATO Membership Vote

  • Air Platform

    Malaysia Issued Tender For Maritime Patrol Aircraft and Drones

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Rocketsan test fires ATMACA anti-ship missile from underwater

  • Middle East

    Australia deploys C-17 transport aircraft, KC-30 tankers and ADF personnel to the Middle-East

  • Anti-air Missiles

    European nations orders Patriot missiles worth $5.5 billion

  • Europe

    Ukraine shot down another Russian Su-30 aircraft over Kyiv

  • Middle East

    Israel F-15I Escorts American B-52 Bombers Over Gulf Of Oman

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    President Zelenskyy praises Ukrainian soldiers for recapturing Klishchiivka, near Bakhmut

  • Middle East

    Egypt Plans to Buy France’s Barracuda Class Submarines

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Approves $8.5 Billion Sale Of 60 CH-47F Chinook Helicopters To Germany

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems Begins Construction of First Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class Frigate

  • South Asia

    Rohingya whips Bangladeshi troop after a troop sexually assaulted a woman

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down One Su-34, Two Su-30SM And One Su-25 In Kharkiv

  • Air Platform

    Sixth KF-21 Prototype Fighter Jet Joins KAI Test Programme

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Tests New Hypersonic Missile ‘Hwasong-8’ Off East Coast

  • Defense Industry

    Australia to buy three nuclear-powered submarines with option to buy two more -White House

  • Air Platform

    Greek PM Announces Rafale Purchase as Turkey tensions rise

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany Asks Sweden To Purchase Next Tranch Of IRIS-T Missiles For Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia deploys Iskander nuclear ballistic missile in Belarus

  • Europe

    Death rate of Russian soldiers at its highest, more than 40,000 Wagner prison recruits are dead, injured or deserted in the Donetsk region

  • Europe

    Colonel Vadim Boiko Suicides Because He Feared He’d Blame For Ukraine Error, Widow Says

  • Europe

    Russian propagandist and military commander Semyon Pegov stepped onto a landmine in Donetsk

  • Europe

    A Russian Tu-95 Pilot Behind Strikes on Ukraine Shot Dead Inside Russia’s Engels Airbase

  • Infantry Weapons

    Belarusian Flute Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)

  • Defense Industry

    Larsen and Navantia team up on India’s Project 75 submarines

  • Industry

    Australia To Build Guided-missile As Part Of Billion Dollar Manufacturing Deal

  • Europe

    Ukraine Struck Russian Rescue Tugboat With British-made Brimstone Anti-ship Missile

  • Europe

    Turkiye has reached its limits to fund its ambitions to become arms export superpower.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Parades Captured Russian Military Vehicles In Kyiv

  • Europe

    How sanctions are affecting Russian defense industrial complex

  • Europe

    North Korea delivers long-range Koksan artillery systems to Russia

  • Europe

    Russians Stole Goods From Supermarkets Before Leaving Kherson

  • Uncategorized

    US Army To Test Serbian 155mm Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Americas

    Iranian Hitman Surveilled And Tried Multiple Assassination Attempts On Donald Trump, FBI Reports

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesian warship drive off Chinese vessels from its EEZ

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