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Europe

BAE Systems Starts Floating Off Second Type 26 Frigate

September 17, 2024 GDC 0

A team of engineering specialists transferred the ship – which has Welsh singing star Katherine Jenkins as her official sponsor – from the shipyard slipway to a barge to begin the float-off process.  HMS Cardiff […]

Europe

Royal Navy’s Warships, Submarines and Aircraft Carriers Progressively Ahead of Other European Navies

October 25, 2021 GDC 0

UK’s Royal Navy has achieved some key milestones this year. Not only have HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales set off on their first missions, but two new warship classes are being developed […]

Europe

BAE Systems Rolls Out Bow Of Type 26 Frigate

June 26, 2021 GDC 0

The bow of HMS Glasgow – the first City Class Type 26 frigate being built for the Royal Navy – has been rolled out of the build hall at BAE Systems shipyard on the River Clyde. In […]

  • Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) awarded contract to upgrade Swedish Stridsvagn 122 tanks

    October 27, 2023 0
    Sweden has contracted Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to upgrade 44 Leopard 2 tanks of the Swedish Armed Forces. Brazil Issues RFP To Upgrade Leopard 1A TankDateJune 16, 2021Ukraine Deploys Swedish Stridsvagn 122 Tanks in Counteroffensive Against [...]
  • STM Defense Technologies develops new Alpagu loitering munition.

    November 6, 2025 0
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  • Russia lacks military gear to protect soldiers from harsh winter, and soldiers dying of hypothermia

    December 7, 2022 0
    Russian soldiers are facing a new enemy during the country’s continued invasion of Ukraine, with reports surfacing that inadequate gear and clothing has led some troops to die from hypothermia. Russia has been met with [...]
  • India’s Adani Group to manufacture small arms and UAV through the joint venture with Israeli IWI and Elbit Systems

    January 18, 2020 0
    Key Points: Adani Elbit UAV Complex would be the first private UAV manufacturing facility in India and the first facility outside Israel to manufacture the Hermes 900 UAV. Adani Elbit will offer the Hermes 900 [...]
  • Ukraine’s allies urge European countries to supply F-16 jets to Ukraine

    February 1, 2023 0
    Ukraine’s allies have been urged to supply F-16 jets as “the natural next step” in the war with Russia. Ukraine aims to receive 100 F-16 fighter jets from Western countriesDateJune 1, 2023Ukraine will not be [...]
  • Remarkable Footage Shows Russian Troops Surrendered To Ukrainian Drone As Ukraine Advances In Bakhmut

    May 16, 2023 0
    Remarkable footage shows how a Russian soldier crawled ‘through hell’ to surrender to Ukraine by communicating with a drone to follow it out of No Man’s Land – while missiles launched by his former comrades [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

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

    Putin Sacks General Lapin, Later Found General Lapin Dead In Moscow River

  • Europe

    Babcock cuts steel for Royal Navy’s first type 31 frigate

  • Europe

    The Netherlands Delivers YPR-765 Infantry Vehicles To Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Sino-India War: China Bags Bangladesh In Chinese Side

  • Air Platform

    Japan to arm its F-35 with heavy hitter stealth NSM, LRASM and JASSM

  • Europe

    Russia’s S-300 And Iskander Missiles Launch Spectacularly Go Wrong And Hit Its Own City Belgorod

  • Europe

    Germany to purchase four Type 212CD submarines

  • South Asia

    Hidden Truth: Rape, Violence and Brutality in the Chittagong Hill Tracts by Bangladesh Military

  • Americas

    US Orders Modified Hero Loitering Munitions for Special Operation Forces

  • Europe

    Russia’s Tanks and Armored Vehicles Are Useless in Actual Combat, Expert Opinion

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Plans To Deploy USS Gerald R. Ford By 2022

  • Europe

    Vlad admits Russian military is facing desperate situation in occupied territories

  • Africa

    Libyan War Contributed Lucrative Arms Deal For Russia and China, Financed By UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia

  • Americas

    L3Harris To Provide “Viper Shield” EW Suite For F-16V Block 70/72

  • Americas

    Canada could be the next target of the Russian GRU, warned the head of NATO

  • Europe

    Russian commander Colonel Pavel Kropotov killed in Ukraine’s storm shadow missile strikes

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korean KN-23, KN-24 and KN-25 ballistic missiles fired by Russia contains American, European and Japanese components

  • Europe

    British Storm Shadow Missile Struck Military Installation Killing Russian General

  • Cruise Missiles

    India test fires 1500 kilometers range missile from the Eastern coast

  • Air Platform

    Colombia Selects FA-50 LCA With Israeli AESA Radar Worth $600 Million

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Anti-Radiation Missile Enters Full-rate Production

  • Americas

    U.S. Senate Allocates $25 Billion For Navy’s Shipyard Upgrade Projects

  • Americas

    Argentine Navy commissions third OPV ARA Storni

  • Defense Industry

    The PRC to spend $202 billion on defense in fiscal year 2021

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese Ministry of Defense requests $59.1 billion defense budget for the fiscal year 2025

  • Europe

    Germany purchases Israeli-made PULS artillery rockets

  • Air Platform

    Russian Su-57 will carry two missiles in the internal weapons bay

  • Europe

    The UK to Send Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles to Ukraine

  • Naval Platforms

    Leonardo’s AW159 Wildcat Maritime Helicopter

  • Europe

    Turkish Akinci Drone Successfully Test-fires Laser-Guided Bomb

  • Air Platform

    Turkey celebrates as Bayraktar drone hits new milestone achieving 200,000 flight hours

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Launches Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel

  • Naval Platforms

    Submarine Design: Tank Plan of a Diesel Electric Submarine

  • Europe

    Saab Gripen Exits from Swiss Air 2030 Program

  • Air Platform

    Vietnam Turning Cold War Era MiG-21 mothballs into target drones

  • Europe

    Polish Army received Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles.

  • Europe

    Ukraine aims to exhaust Russian troops and ammo in Bakhmut

  • Air Platform

    Inside Israeli Air Force’s Training Centre That Produces Brilliant Pilots

  • Air Platform

    Skylark 3 Field Deployable Tactical UAS

  • Air Platform

    Canada Considers Purchasing 72 Gripen E/F and 72 F-35A for Its Air Force.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The RTAF announced procurement programme in “White Paper 2020”

  • Europe

    Russian Trained Soldiers Fled Dnieper River Leaving Untrained Conscripts To Fight Ukrainian

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Gripen Sustainment Contract For Swedish Air Force

  • Americas

    Prime Minister Trudeau Ordered Downing Of Third Unidentified Object Over Canadian Airspace

  • Europe

    Russian conscripts are drunk, disorderly and refused to carry orders

  • C4iSR

    Korean Air, LIG Nex1 Join Race to Build South Korea’s First Homegrown EW Aircraft.

  • C4iSR

    Turkiye locally develops electro-optical sight system for homegrown drones.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China tests scramjet powered hypersonic weapons

  • C4iSR

    Saab delivers fifth GlobalEye to the United Arab Emirates

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye plans to purchase additional F-16V block 70 fighter jets.

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