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Air Platform

BAE Systems Submits Final Bids To Finland’s HX Programme

May 13, 2021 GDC 0

Eurofighter has submitted its best and final offer (BAFO) to Finland promising an enduring European partnership, highly-skilled jobs and proven capability which will remain the backbone of air power for decades to come.The offer to […]

Air Platform

Saab Offers 64 Gripen E And Two GlobalEye In Its Final Bid For Finland’s HX Competition

May 3, 2021 GDC 0

Saab is offering 64 Gripen E fighters, a pair of GlobalEye surveillance jets, and an extensive weapons package to Finland as its best and final offer for the nation’s HX Boeing F-18 replacement contest. Saab […]

Air Platform

BAE Systems To Submit Final Eurofighter Proposal To Finish HX Competition

February 12, 2021 GDC 0

The Eurofighter consortium has received a formal request from the Finnish Defense Forces to send a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) for the purchase of an HX fighter to replace the Finnish Air Force’s F-18 […]

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HX Programme: Saab offers Gripen E/F with advanced electronic attack platforms to Finland

August 29, 2020 GDC 0

Saab’s offering to Finland includes advanced Electronic Warfare systems, comprising of a newly developed Electronic Attack Jammer Pod and a decoy missile system learned GDC citing Jonas Hjelm, Senior Vice President and Head of Saab […]

Europe

Airbus Eurofighter Typhoon kicks off Finland’s HX Evaluation

February 24, 2020 GDC 0

Finland has begun the flight test evaluation of the Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the Finnish Air Force’s HX Boeing F/A-18 C/D Hornet replacement programme. Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon aircraft were flown in […]

Europe

Boeing launches flight evaluation of Super Hornet and Growler for Finland’s HX programme

February 19, 2020 GDC 0

Boeing has officially launched the flight evaluation phase of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft for Finland’s HX fighter replacement programme, with three aircraft arriving at Tampere-Pirkkala Airbase north of Helsinki on 18 […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin sends F-35A for evaluation by Finish HX programme

February 12, 2020 GDC 0

Lockheed Martin has officially launched the flight evaluation phase of its F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for Finland’s HX programme, with a pair of aircraft arriving at Tampere-Pirkkala Airbase north of Helsinki on […]

Europe

Finland’s HX Programme’s Fighter Jet Comparison

February 2, 2020 GDC 0

Finland’s HX fighter programme to replace the Finnish Air Force’s F/A-18 C/D Hornet has entered its evaluation phase with the country set to evaluate entrants from Airbus, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, Lockheed Martin and Saab ahead […]

Europe

Saab send Gripen E and GlobalEye to Finland for a lucrative £10 billion Contract

February 1, 2020 GDC 0

On 31 October 2019, Finland issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for its HX Fighter Program to Saab, Boeing, Dassault, Eurofighter, and Lockheed for their fighters – Gripen, F/A-18, Rafale, Typhoon, and F-35, respectively. The […]

  • South Korea To Boost Defense Exports

    February 27, 2021 0
    South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is bidding to boost defence exports through a new military-validation initiative. South Korea Says Indonesia Still In KFX Programme Despite Rafale And F-15EX ProcurementFebruary 24, 2021Poland Purchases K2 [...]
  • Ukraine Sets to Procure 5 Bayraktar TB2 Drones

    November 28, 2020 0
    Ukraine is set to purchase five more Turkish-made Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) next year, local media reports said Thursday, learned GDC citing Daily Sabah. Ukraine Plans To Buy 24 More [...]
  • U.S. Approves SLAM-ER And MS-110 Reconnaissance Pods For Taiwan

    April 21, 2021 0
    The U.S. State Department has approved the sales of a series of arms to Taiwan, including a large stock of 135 Boeing AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missiles and six Collins Aerospace MS-110 [...]
  • Kabul airport bombing leaves 60 dead, including 13 US Marines, Afghan officials say

    August 27, 2021 0
    After days of warnings about a possible Islamic State terror attack in the Afghan capital, officials say at least 60 people have been killed in suicide bombings outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), reports [...]
  • US Marines’ F-35B Arrives In Britain For HMS Queen Elizabeth Deployment

    May 17, 2021 0
    The “Wake Island Avengers” squadron of U.S. Marines F-35B fighter planes arrived in Britain on Wednesday to deploy with a British carrier strike force. The aircraft travelled 5,000 miles from Marine Air Station Yuma, Ariz., [...]
  • Engine Problem: A Long Road Ahead of China’s J-20 Fighters to Fix Its Weaknesses

    October 17, 2021 0
    The 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China 2021, kicked off in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province, on last Tuesday, with aerial performances, highlighted by two J-20 fourth-generation aircraft making their debut [...]
Europe

Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian rocket launchers with precision strike

March 20, 2023 0

The Ukrainian military has released ariel footage showing Ukraine’s artillery destroying Russian Uragan self-propelled multiple rocket launcher systems with precision strikes. According to the Ukraine Weapons Tracker OSINT group, three Russian BM-27 Uragan 9P140 220mm multiple rocket […]

Europe

Sweden And Finland Deliver Additional Ammunitions To Ukraine

March 18, 2023 0

The Swedish government announced on January 20 that Swedish Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Finland’s Minister of Defence Mikko Savola signed a Finnish-Swedish letter of intent that will enable Finland to provide Ukraine with heavy military […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin ramps up production of HIMARS artillery rockets amid high demands from European nations

March 15, 2023 0

Lockheed Martin’s mobile rocket launcher plant in Camden, Arkansas is gearing up to boost production of the HIMARS system after its success on the battlefield in Ukraine drove up demand from other nations, executives said […]

Europe

Ukraine started firing 110km range Vilkha artillery rockets

March 7, 2023 0

Ukraine has used an indigenous guided artillery rocket with greater range than the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) provided by the US and allies, a Ukrainian official revealed. The Vilkha-M can strike a target […]

Europe

Estonia Purchases 12 K9 Thunder Howitzers

March 7, 2023 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

HIMARS: Australian Army Will Grow By Another Artillery Regiment

March 7, 2023 0

For the first time in its history, the Army will have the ability to accurately hit surface targets hundreds of kilometres away with guided missiles. The high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) will be acquired […]

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia to Buy Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and Hypersonic Weapons

  • Europe

    A drunk Russian Iskander-M transporter driver collided with a truck in Armavir

  • Americas

    US Air Force Tests Integrated Electronic Warfare Capability of F-35 Fighters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines intends to procure truck-mounted Brahmos supersonic anti-ship missile system from India

  • Air Platform

    India postponed order of another batch of Rafale due to COVID-19

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Is High Demand In Europe

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US and India signs $3.6 billion MH-60R and Apache Helicopters deal

  • Infantry Weapons

    PLZ52 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer was displayed on 10th Airshow China

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Navy (Thief): A junkyard of Chinese navy but a business entity of Bangladesh military

  • Africa

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

  • Infantry Weapons

    Israel and U.S. sign new agreement to further develop Hetz-3 (Arrow-3) missiles

  • Naval Weapons

    SeaRAM Block 2 CIWS launchers

  • Industry

    Axiom Precision win a contract to supply parts for F-35

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey, Ukraine To Jointly Produce Anka MALE UAV

  • Europe

    Putin Claimed He Could Strike UK With A Missile To Kill Boris Johnson

  • C4iSR

    Naval Group showcases new drone management solution

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The US DoD Approved Additional Triton UAV For Australia

  • Europe

    Italian Defense Ministry Approves Upgrading C1 Ariete Tanks

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Orders Leonardo’s Kronos Surveillance Radar

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey To Collaborate With Foreign Partners On TFX Fighter, Says Ismail Demir

  • Air Platform

    Ni Hao China! U.S. sends F-22 jets to Australia to train alongside RAAF’s F-35A fighters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship is ready, but China can’t make an aircraft

  • Europe

    Airbus pursuing Luftwaffe’s maritime P-3C patrol aircraft replacement programme

  • Europe

    Germany Delivers AT-2 Anti-tank Mines To Ukraine

  • Africa

    US Air Force C-17 landing in Libya For Special Operations, Global Hawk drone patrolling over Western Libya

  • Europe

    Greece Donates 40 BMP-1 Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Poland Became The Largest HIMARS Operator In Europe, Placing $10 Billion Order

  • Americas

    The type 26 Global Combat Ship to defend Canadian Coast for decades to come

  • Defense Industry

    Japan Unveils $320 Billion Defense Spending, The Largest Capital Spends Since WWII

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Cheaply Built Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Destroying Russia’s Mult-billion Warships And Naval Infrastructure

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Received Three Batteries Of Israeli Spyder SAM Worth $141 Million

  • Air Platform

    F-16V To Be Sold As A Standardized Package

  • Cyber

    Chinese Hacker Used “China Chopper” Tools to Hack Australian Defense Contractor

  • Europe

    South Korea’s DAPA to Develop Naval L-SAM Program for KDDX Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan Christens Indigenous Landing Platform Dock

  • Europe

    Why is Serbia rearming itself at an alarming pace?

  • Air Platform

    Turkish firm develops satellite terminal for UAV

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Saab Awarded Security Systems Contract For Sydney Opera House

  • Americas

    U.S. Shouldn’t Be Selective About CAATSA Sanctions On India And Egypt

  • Air Platform

    Russia could directly supply RD-93MA engine to Pakistan for JF-17 Block III

  • Europe

    Ukraine Shoot Down Multiple Mi-35 Attack Helicopters Using Stinger Shoulder-launched Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal, Raytheon To Build Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel For Australian Army

  • Americas

    The U.S. Air Force to procure 80 Boeing F-15X

  • Africa

    Algerian Air Force To Receive Four C-130J Hercules Strategic Airlift Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force Receives First Jolly Green II SAR Helicopter

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Agrees On Bilateral Security Cooperation With Thailand

  • Europe

    A Leaked FSB document shows Putin wanted to invade the Japanese Kuril Islands, but strong Japanese military forced him to change his mind  

  • Europe

    Ukraine Won The Battle Of Kharkiv, Russian Forces Retreat From Kharkiv

  • Air Platform

    Greece to Procure Lockheed’s F-35 Stealth Jets

  • Air Platform

    Indian Navy Receives Two More P-8I Neptune MPA

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