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Amid Turkey Tensions, Greece Buys Six More Rafale Fighters Bringing Total to 24 Jets

September 14, 2021 GDC 0

Greece announced on Saturday that it bought another six Rafale fighter aircraft as tensions continue to flare with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, learned GDC citing France 24 news. Athens has already ordered 18 of […]

Defense Industry

Elbit Systems awarded $1.65 billion contract to establish pilots training center in Greece

August 18, 2021 GDC 0

Israeli Elbit Systems announced further to the Company’s announcement of January 5, 2021, that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.65 billion for the establishment and operation of the International Flight Training Center […]

Air Platform

French Government To Spend $2.3 Billion To Develop F4 Standard For Rafale Aircraft

August 17, 2021 GDC 0

The French government has signed a $2.3 billion contract with Dassault Aviation to develop Rafale’s F4 standard, which is expected to be validated by 2024, although some functions will be ready by 2022. French Armed […]

Europe

Hellenic Air Force To Showcase Rafale Fighters In Air Show

July 28, 2021 GDC 0

Touted as the “greatest air show in Greece” by organisers, Athens Flying Week (AFW) Tanagra International Air Show 2021, will be showcasing a display Rafale fighter jet when it opens at the Tanagra air base […]

Air Platform

Dassault Aviation Releases Photo Of First Rafale For Greece

July 11, 2021 GDC 0

The images of the first Rafale for Greece emerged at the Dassault facility. It is a two-seater model B, whose estimated delivery date is scheduled for July 21. At the beginning of the year, the […]

Air Platform

Hellenic Aerospace Industries Upgrades Greek F-16 To Viper Standard

May 31, 2021 GDC 0

January 17 2021 can be marked as a historic day for the Greek Aerospace Industry (HAI) as it is when the the first test flight of an upgraded F-16 VIPER version took place. This was […]

Europe

Despite Economic Downturn, Greece Continues To Modernize Its Military

May 21, 2021 GDC 0

Despite its struggling economy and escalating tensions with neighboring Turkey, Greece is pushing ahead on overhauling its military, according to its defense minister. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos said “acquiring high-end weapons systems” would include buying anti-submarine warfare […]

Europe

Israeli, UAE, Greek And French Air Forces Conduct Simulated Air Strikes Exercises

April 22, 2021 GDC 0

Israeli fighter jets are flying alongside Emirati aircraft this week as part of a major international aerial exercise hosted by Greece, simulating in-air dogfights, large airstrikes and rescue operations, the Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday. […]

Europe

Saudi Arabia To Conduct Military Exercise With France, Greece, Sudan And Pakistan

March 26, 2021 GDC 0

The Royal Saudi Air Forces fighter jets arrived in Greece on Saturday ahead of their participation in military exercise Eye of the Falcon 1, which will take place in March. The F-15C fighter jets touched […]

Air Platform

Lockheed Martin Upgrades Hellenic Air Force’s F-16s To F-16V Standard

March 9, 2021 GDC 0

The first upgraded F-16 Viper of the Hellenic Air Force will land on Wednesday at the aerospace facility in Fort Worth, Texas, currently owned by the US Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, where, […]

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  • Ukraine’s Neptune Cruise Missiles Hit Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Head Quarter

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    Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Black Sea fleet head quarter near Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on Friday morning, the Ukrainian military said. Russian Warship Fired Warning Shots At Royal Navy’s HMS DefenderDateJune 24, 2021Bayraktar TB2 [...]
  • Canada to replace US-made M777 howitzers with new 155mm howitzers

    March 24, 2025 0
    The Indirect Fires Modernisation (IFM) program includes the planned acquisition of 80 to 98 self-propelled 155mm howitzers to replace the 33 US-made M777 towed systems currently in service. Australian Army to acquire AS-9 self-propelled HowitzersDateJuly [...]
  • Russia copies Ukraine in creating drone warfare forces

    December 24, 2024 0
    Russia plans to create a new branch of its military dedicated to unmanned systems, the “Unmanned Systems Forces,” by the third quarter of 2025. The announcement was made by Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, signaling [...]
  • South Korean KF-21 Fighter Jet Test Fires Meteor Air-to-air Missile

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  • U.S., India To Co-develop Air-launched Drones

    September 6, 2021 0
    The United States and India signed an agreement to co-develop air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles, the U.S. Air Force announced Friday. The agreement is the first project planned under the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, [...]
  • China Abandoned Plans to Build Fifth and Sixth Aircraft Carrier

    March 9, 2020 0
    China is a great power with a vast economy. A recent Australian government report estimates that by 2030, the Chinese economy will be worth $42 trillion versus $24 trillion for the United States — in [...]
Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

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

    BAE Systems Launches Anson Submarine At British Worksite

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones blew up Russia’s oil depot in Kursk region

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Pursuing Palletized Close-in Weapon Systems as Threats Evolve

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Pakistan Pursuing German IRIS-T SLM and British CAMM-ER After HQ-9P and HQ-16 Failed to Intercept Indian Jets and Missiles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Israeli Kamikaze Harop Drones Capable of Destroying Russian Krasukha-4 EW Systems

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russia and China Aided North Korea to Float Nuclear-powered Submarine

  • Europe

    Hard To Kill: Why HIMARS Is So Difficult To Intercept?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hunter-class Frigate to Receive Anschütz Integrated Navigation and Bridge Management System

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Su-34 Fighter Bomber

  • Infantry Weapons

    Egypt unveils domestically developed 40km range Raad 200 multiple rocket launcher

  • Defense Industry

    Russia sent a commercial proposal for the delivery of 21 MiG-21 to India

  • Middle East

    Sa’ar 6: A Modern Corvette of Israeli Navy

  • Europe

    Naval Group rolls out second Barracuda submarine

  • Europe

    ATACMS missile hits a warship for the first time sinking Russian corvette ‘Tsiklon’ (Project 22800) in the port of Sevastopol

  • Europe

    Putin’s War In Ukraine Hurting Chinese And Indian Military Supplies

  • Europe

    Naval Group Launches Second FDI Class Frigate

  • Middle East

    France, Israel And Cyprus Conduct Noble Dina Exercises

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force Successfully Tests Skyborg Drone

  • Air Platform

    Turkey wants to domestically produce GE engines for its KAAN fighter jet

  • Middle East

    The US Army Deployed Patriot Missile Defense System And C-RAM In Iraq

  • Americas

    South Korea, Japan, New Zealand And Canada Will Join AUKUS Pillar 2 As Advanced Technology Development Partners

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Boeing GBU-39 GPS-guided 113kg (250lb) small diameter bomb

  • South Asia

    Tarique Siddique, DGDP and Sheikh Hasina embezzled $76.4 million from the Bangladesh army’s black hawk helicopter contract.

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russia’s new Plustan-SN armored vehicles

  • Europe

    Norway allocates additional $5.7 billion to Ukraine until 2030

  • Europe

    Ukraine is winning naval and air warfare without having a navy and air force but losing ground warfare

  • Defense Industry

    Roketsan, EDGE sign partnership agreement to produce smart munitions

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar rebels hit junta’s new capital Naypyidaw with Ukrainian-style kamikaze drones

  • Air Platform

    Panama purchases A-29 light combat aircraft amid Trump tensions

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Releases Photo Of New Single Engine Fighter “The Checkmate”

  • Europe

    MBDA awarded contract to produce Enforcer Shoulder-launched missiles

  • Middle East

    So, Why did Russia send Su-57 fighter jet to Syria?

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16s prove effective in air defense role deterring Russian air sorties, expert says

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Patriot PAC-3 Missiles Shot Down All Hypersonic Kinzhal and Zirkon Missiles On Weekend Attacks

  • Americas

    Navy officials and shipbuilders have attributed the US shipbuilding issues to long-term and short-term problems

  • C4iSR

    Thales secured contract to produce land-based TRC 3900 radio systems for Malaysia.

  • C4iSR

    Three Spanish companies to develop radar, optronics and radio frequency to counter drones

  • Europe

    Poland Purchases 218 Chunmoo K239 MLRS From South Korea

  • Middle East

    Israel Confirms That Slain Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah’s Successor Hashem Safieddine And Other Top Leaders Dead In Air Strikes

  • Europe

    Russian Ammunition Depot In Belgorod Catches Fire

  • Americas

    President Biden To Explore His Ancestors In Irish County Louth

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Don’t Fight A Fighter Jet Armed With Meteor BVRAAM. You Can’t Win, Swedish Flight Engineer’s Advice

  • C4iSR

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Giraffe 1X Radar for Sweden.

  • Europe

    Russian Rocket Launcher Factory Bursts Into Flames In A Suspected Sabotage

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh DGFI: A Symbol of Abuse, Corruptions and Impunity

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The U.S. to expedite the sale of drones, missiles, fighter jets and rockets to Taiwan

  • Europe

    Ukraine uses a new type of kamikaze drone to strike Russian targets

  • Middle East

    Israeli Mossad operatives lived, worked and prayed like Muslims for years before being activated to destroy Iran’s missile factories and anti-air missiles

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Su-24 Fighter Jet In Kherson

  • Air Platform

    President Zelensky Confirms American-made F-16 Shoot Down Russian Cruise Missiles

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