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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 […]

  • Russia is spreading a false narrative before using chemical weapons in Ukraine as it did in Syria

    February 8, 2023 0
    Russia’s state Investigative Committee said on Monday it was examining the alleged use of chemical weapons by Ukrainian forces near the towns of Soledar and Bakhmut. A Top Russian General In Charge Of Nuclear Protection [...]
  • Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

    March 26, 2026 0
    Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Ukrainian drones to get [...]
  • Belarusian Flute Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)

    April 30, 2020 0
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  • Bangladeshi Court Rejects Sedation Charges Against Aljazeera Network For Blowing Whistle About Army Chief’s Corruption

    February 24, 2021 0
    A court in Bangladesh has rejected an attempt to bring charges of sedition against the director general of Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) and three others who contributed to an investigation into high-level corruption in [...]
  • Myanmar’s Rebels Shot Down Karakorum-8 (K-8) Ground-attack Jet

    January 24, 2024 0
    A Myanmar military K-8 ground-attack fighter jet crashed Saturday in a combat zone in the eastern state of Kayah, a military officer and a member of an anti-military resistance organization said. The resistance group said [...]
  • Royal Australian Air Force Received 50th F-35A Stealth Jets

    June 24, 2022 0
    The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has welcomed its milestone 50th F-35A Lightning II aircraft, with two more fighters arriving at RAAF Base Williamtown in May this year. Australia Receives Last Batch of F-35ADateNovember 29, [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

May 6, 2026 0

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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  • Europe

    France’s Weapons Exports Jumped 72 Percent in 2015-2019

  • Americas

    United States lifts decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus

  • C4iSR

    Turkish PUHU portable EW system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal launched the fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat for the Royal Australian Navy

  • Middle East

    Israel declares state of war after Hamas killed more than 700 hundreds civilians and abducted 100 citizens

  • Europe

    The long-awaited Turkish Altay main battle tanks enter mass production.

  • Americas

    US Marine Corps forms first unit with ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia ordered amphibious armored vehicles from Russia

  • Europe

    Russia stops supplying missile to Turkey and China

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan warned off Chinese J-10 fighters

  • South Asia

    Indian RAW involved in political meddling, wiretapping, and intercepting military communications in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, reported Washington Post

  • Air Platform

    From Israel To China: An In-depth Analysis of The J-10 Vigorous Dragon Fighter Jet

  • Air Platform

    French Rafale F4 Order Backlog Stands At 306 Aircraft, Excluding Anticipated 45 Saudi Orders

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Rolls Out Homegrown KF-21 (KFX) Fighter Jets With Huge Export Potentials

  • Europe

    Baykar Defence Prepares Bayraktar Naval Variant TB3 Drone For First Flight

  • Europe

    Russian troops received Chinese ShaanXi Tiger 4×4 armored vehicle

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Received Record Orders from Domestic and International Customers

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce CB90 Combat Boat For Sweden

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blitz Moscow for the second night

  • Middle East

    Iran Unveils Kaman-19 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

  • Europe

    Putin arrested General Sergei Surovikin over Wagner group mutiny

  • Europe

    Serbia To Purchase Bayraktar TB2 Drones From Turkey

  • Infantry Weapons

    US Approves Possible Sale of 1,000 TOW Missiles to Saudi Arabia

  • Europe

    Dmitry Medvedev Suggests Lviv Will Be Ukraine’s New Capital Once Russia Occupies Ukraine

  • Middle East

    U.S. Carrier Strike Group Arrives in the Middle East Amid Iran Tensions.

  • Europe

    Misinformation in Kremlin grows as Putin’s chef competes with others for brown nose opportunity

  • Cruise Missiles

    Russia Assisted Hezbollah Converting Tu-143 UAV Into DR-3 Cruise Missiles That Israel Destroyed

  • Europe

    Estonia Orders HIMARS Rocket Artillery, Amid Russia Tensions

  • Europe

    A Significant Fire Engulfed At Russia’s Rocket Manufacturing NPO Avtomatiki Plant

  • Middle East

    Chinese military officers and commentators lambast Chinese military hardware failure in Iran, Pakistan and Venezuela.

  • Americas

    Leonardo to Deliver AW119Kx Helicopters to Brazilian Police

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwanese F-16 warned of 20 Chinese J-11 fighters over Taiwan Straits

  • Uncategorized

    Russia to relocate black sea fleet naval base to Georgian breakaway province in Abkhazia

  • Europe

    Naval Group teams up with Croatian partners on Gowind corvette program.

  • Europe

    Elbit Systems Awarded $82 Million Contract to Supply Protection Systems and Electro-Optical Sights to the Netherlands

  • Air Platform

    UK and Turkiye Signed $10 Billion Contract for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon.

  • Europe

    Armenia released photos of destroyed S-300 by TB2 drone

  • Central Asia

    Armenia purchased French armored vehicles ditching Russian BTR-82A vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Purchases Fourth MQ-4C Triton Surveillance Drones

  • Naval Platforms

    South Korea, India and China Turned Myanmar Navy Into A Blue Water Navy

  • C4iSR

    Hensoldt and Dronamics will develop unmanned airborne intelligence, Surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance solution.

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Vietnam unveils VCS-01 Truong Son coastal defence missile system

  • South Asia

    Pakistan’s military court sentenced Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army to diversify its drone fleet and drone warfare capability

  • Defense Industry

    Kenya purchased Turkish-made 118 tactical armored combat vehicles

  • Central Asia

    Amid Tensions with Iran, Turkey sends military equipment and troops to Azerbaijan

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Fifth-generation KAAN fighter jets to take to skies in 2024

  • Air Platform

    Swedish Government Announced Plans For Gripen, UCAV And GlobalEye AEW&C

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s strikes on Russian air defenses in Crimean air bases paved the way for F-16 to strike Crimea

  • Middle East

    United Arab Emirates to Sign Mega Arms Deal with Turkey Involving KAAN, Anka-III, and Hurjet

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