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Air Platform

IAI Heron Showcases Its Maritime Surveillance Capability For Royal Navy

June 29, 2022 GDC 0

The Israel Air Force relies heavily on UAS, judging by the fact that four drone squadrons account for 80% of its total flight hours. Recently, the Heron 1 and Heron TP UAS became the first drones to […]

  • Putin Blames Russian Rocket Scientists For Patriot Interception And Sent Them To Penal Colony for Treason

    April 22, 2024 0
    Vladimir Putin has boasted about Russia’s hypersonic missile capability, but working on the program that flexes Moscow’s military might is fraught with risk, following the latest jailing of a scientist involved in its research. Vladimir [...]
  • Australia condemns China’s claim of the South China Sea

    August 4, 2020 0
    Australia says China’s claims to disputed islands are ‘invalid’ and are not consistent with UN convention on law of the sea. Australia has declared “there is no legal basis” to China’s territorial and maritime claims [...]
  • Why Pakistan Surprised India Despite India Spends Billions On Its Air Force

    September 28, 2021 0
    A book written by author Thomas M. Leonard elaborate why Pakistan’s air force (PAF) maintained a ratio of 3:1 aircraft kills against India in the 1965 war. According to the Encyclopedia of the developing world book [...]
  • Raytheon delivers NASAMS II to Lithuanian Army

    June 23, 2020 0
    According to Tweet published by the Lithuanian Armed Forces on June 19, 2020, Lithuania takes delivery of first NASAMS long-range air defense missile systems. In October 2016, Lithuania announced an agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Defense [...]
  • Lockheed Martin inks deal for SPY-7 radar manufacturing

    August 1, 2024 0
    Lockheed Martin has awarded Indra, Escribano Mechanical and Engineering, and ICM (Integral de Conexión y Montajes, S.L.) purchase orders for AN/SPY-7(V)2 components on the F-110 frigate. Netherlands Considers Aegis Combat System For Future Air Defence [...]
  • Royal Canadian Navy launched sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS)

    January 24, 2025 0
    The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has launched the sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS) HMCS Robert Hampton Gray. Royal Canadian Navy Accepts HMCS Harry DeWolf Artic OPVDateAugust 3, 2020Canada To Build Nine [...]
Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

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 […]

  • Europe

    Denizkurdu 2021: Turkish Navy Conducts Largest Naval Exercises Involving 132 Ships

  • C4iSR

    Russia confirms that the second A-50 early warning aircraft was downed by the Ukrainian Patriot missile defense system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean Hanwha Aerospace to assemble GE F404 engines for FA-50 and KF-21 fighter jets.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy Opens Redeveloped Naval Base in Northern Territory

  • Europe

    Greece signs letter of intent with Netherlands for more warships

  • Europe

    Russia’s astounding number of military hardware losses in Avdiivka will haunt Putin’s forces next year

  • Defense Industry

    Germany purchases 227 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan destroyed Armenian Tor-M2KM surface-to-air missile systems

  • Middle East

    Iran Shipped Haj Qaseem Ballistic Missiles To Islamic Jihad Terrorist Group

  • Americas

    US Navy christens destroyer USS Patrick Gallagher

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan extensively used Israeli LORA SRBM against Armenia

  • Europe

    KGB Putin Suffered Another Blow, Captain Of Sunk Moskva Killed

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine started negotiating with Sweden to purchase Saab Gripen and GlobalEye AWACS

  • Europe

    Italy begins negotiations with Rheinmetall to buy new Leopard 2 tanks

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon awarded contract to upgrade Small Diameter Bomb

  • Air Platform

    EA-18G Growler: The King of Electronic Warfare

  • Uncategorized

    Turkish Shipyard Launches First Milgem Corvette For Ukrainian Navy

  • Europe

    Russian pilot admits: ‘Ukraine will win the war, no matter what’

  • Europe

    Polish Huta Stalowa Wola Awarded Contract To Deliver Krab Howitzers To Ukraine Worth $700 Million

  • Europe

    Turkish Aerospace Industries Unveils ANKA-3 Stealth Drone

  • Europe

    Russia Destroys Its Own S-300 Air Defense System Using Kamikaze Drone

  • Americas

    Bullseye (B/E): Pentagon Sends Six EA-18G Growler Radar Jamming Aircraft, KC-46 Tankers and USS Delbert D Black to the Middle East.

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Awarded Contract To Produce Additional Super Hornet Block III For US Navy

  • Europe

    Belarusian arms exports grow by 15% reaching more than $1B sales

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Army shot down Indian quadcopter in Kashmir

  • Air Platform

    India will not receive the F-35 as well as the Su-57, report

  • Europe

    Russia’s Geran-3 Kamikaze Drone Fitted With 50 Foreign Components.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Decommission Armidale-class OPV

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia to purchase 130 MQ-9B and 200 Gambit Drones.

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall awarded €1.04 billion contract to upgrade Puma IFV of Bundeswehr

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian HIMARS strikes destroyed Russian Pantsir air defense system

  • Air Platform

    Second Batch Of Rafale To Arrive In India In October

  • C4iSR

    Mitsubishi Electric Landed First Australian Contract To Produce Laser Surveillance For RAAF

  • South Asia

    If Israel, UAE, Bahrain can make peace, why can’t India, Pakistan?

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense System in Crimea and Belgorod.

  • Europe

    F-16 VS F-16: Greek Pilots Locked on Turkish F-16

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia to invest in drone development programme

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy captured large cache of Iranian-made missiles shipment to Hezbollah

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. has approved an emergency sale of 12,000 BLU-110 1,000-pound bomb kits to Israel.

  • Air Platform

    U.S. F-35 fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing at a U.S. air base.

  • Air Platform

    Airbus offers to manufacture helicopters in Canada if selected for the CH-146 Griffons replacement project.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Singapore, Australia conducts joint naval exercises

  • Europe

    UK to buy German-made new artillery system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan purchased 10,962 Kestrel HEAT anti-tank missiles

  • Europe

    Russia’s offensive in Avdiivka resulted in 8,500 of their soldiers, 155 tanks, and 350 armored vehicles losses

  • Air Platform

    Su-57 Exposed: Why Do Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate And Su-57 Have Visible Screws (Part 2)?

  • C4iSR

    Australian Army to Get EW Capability

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Anti-Chinese Sentiment Rises in Myanmar as China Fears $1.5 Billion Myanmar-China Gas Pipeline Sabotage

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic Transfers A Squadron Of Mi-24 Helicopters To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Forget Democracy, Myanmar Coup Was To Protect Tatmadaw Businesses, Hide Corruption And Avoid ICC Prosecution

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