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  • [ May 22, 2026 ] Turkish Baykar and France’s Safran sign MoU covering work on sensors, weaponry, and navigation systems. C4iSR
  • [ May 22, 2026 ] German Speaking Countries Will Collaborate in Military Space Program. Defense Industry
  • [ May 22, 2026 ] Navantia Offers Building New Frigates for Royal Thai Navy in Thailand. East Asia and Pacific Region
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UAE and Israel established fund for joint defense acquisition.

May 20, 2026 GDC 0

The emerging partnership between Israel and the UAE puts the Gulf state at odds with its neighbours. The UAE and Israel have established a fund to jointly acquire and develop new weapons systems, in the […]

Middle East

China Started Transporting Weapons to Iran Through Pakistan’s CPEC Corridor and Caspian Sea.

May 18, 2026 GDC 0

China has significantly aided Iran over the course of the war, providing intelligence on US forces and supplying Tehran with dual-use materials used in the production of drones and missiles. Chinese companies have been carrying […]

Middle East

Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman spoke with Israeli PM Netanyahu during the Iran war and offered the Abraham Accords with Pakistan.

May 15, 2026 GDC 0

Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman spoke by phone during the Iran war with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of “very complex” negotiations on launching Israeli combat sorties over Saudi airspace to strike Iranian […]

Anti-air Missiles

Ukraine started using seized Chinese-made FN-16 MANPADs destined for Iran.

May 15, 2026 GDC 0

Chinese-made FN-16 man-portable air defence systems have appeared in service with soldiers of the air defence battalion of Ukraine’s 160th Mechanised Brigade, photographs published by the brigade’s press service confirm. The brigade’s press service published […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Elbit Systems Awarded $200 Million Contract to Produce Ammo for Israeli Air Force.

May 14, 2026 GDC 0

Israel orders $200 million in airborne munitions from Elbit as defense spending accelerates. Latest procurement adds to a series of wartime contracts aimed at reducing reliance on foreign suppliers. Less than a month after Elbit […]

Anti-air Missiles

China blames Russia’s S-300PMU2 and S-400 missiles for the reverse-engineered HQ-9B missile failure in Pakistan and Iran.

May 13, 2026 GDC 0

China has imported S-300, S-300PMU2 and S-400 air defence systems from Russia to study and reverse-engineer its own HQ-9B missile system, as the two militaries continue to step up cooperation. Russian media reported that China’s […]

Air Platform

Saudi and Emirati fighter jets joined the U.S. and Israeli forces in airstrikes in Iran during operation ‘Epic Fury’: Reuters.

May 13, 2026 GDC 0

Long at odds, Iran, a Shiite country, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — the two Sunni Muslim powers in the Middle East have backed opposing groups in conflicts across the region. Saudi Arabia launched numerous, […]

Middle East

Pakistan and Afghanistan allowed Iranian aircraft parked on their airfields shielded them from American airstrikes.

May 12, 2026 GDC 0

As Pakistan positioned itself as a diplomatic conduit between Tehran and Washington, it quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields, potentially shielding them from American airstrikes, according to U.S. officials with knowledge […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Chinese supply chain that helped Iran evade international sanctions paid off for the Communist Party through the Iran war.

May 11, 2026 GDC 0

A new analysis says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has played a major role in helping Iran build and sustain the supply chain behind the Shahed series of one-way attack drones, which have become a […]

Air Platform

The US Navy’s Super Hornet shot out the rudder of an Iranian vessel.

May 8, 2026 GDC 0

A US Navy fighter jet knocked out the rudder of an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday using its 20 mm cannon, the American military said. The incident is the second […]

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  • DARPA Awards General Atomics ‘LongShot’ Drone Demo Contract

    February 17, 2021 0
    The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) “LongShot” program that aims to develop an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that can fire multiple air-to-air weapons. Pentagon’s LongShot Air-launched [...]
  • Russian partisan groups ‘Freedom of Russia Legion’ captured BTR-82A armored vehicle

    May 25, 2023 0
    Groups of anti-Putin Russian nationals – known as the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) – have claimed responsibility for an attack in Russia’s southwestern region of Belgorod. Anti-Putin partisan shot [...]
  • Canada Selects Gripen E/F Fighter Jets, Reducing F-35A Orders.

    October 22, 2025 0
    Canada considers Gripen E fighter as option amid ongoing talks over F-35 contract and industrial benefits comes with it. Saab Announces Partners For Gripen E Campaign In CanadaDateMarch 4, 2020Sweden’s Gripen defeat Russia’s Su-35 in [...]
  • General Bipin Rawat praises Boeing P-8I Poseidon for Doklam operation

    February 18, 2020 0
    Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Indian Military, General Bipin Rawat on Monday said that he came to know about the capabilities of Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft after they were deployed in Doklam for surveillance during the 73-day-long [...]
  • Turkish Stopgap Options For Fighter Jets

    March 3, 2021 0
    It will likely be at least another decade until Turkey can field a fifth-generation warplane. Until then, its options for acquiring a stopgap fighter for its air force are extremely limited. Hellenic Air Force bought [...]
  • U.S. would welcome Turkey back to F-35 program if S-400 issue is resolved

    February 1, 2024 0
    The United States on Tuesday expressed willingness to welcome Türkiye back into its F-35 fighter jet program if a row over the S-400 air defense system Ankara acquired from Russia is resolved. President Trump Agrees [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

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

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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 […]

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Killed Their Commander In A Mutiny, Report

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) Launched Fourth Invincible-class Submarine

  • Europe

    Kremlin’s power struggles between wagner boss Prigozhin and defense minister Shoigu as sickly Vlad’s exit plans finalized by FSB

  • Defense Industry

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

  • Europe

    Putin fires General Rustam Muradov responsible for losing 5,000 servicemen in Donetsk region 

  • C4iSR

    Defeating the S-400 Triumf is not rocket science but SEAD science

  • Europe

    Russia Hit by Gas Shortages as Kamikaze Drones Attack Its Biggest Black Sea Oil Refinery

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina Resigned And Fled The Country

  • South Asia

    Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet is leading Indian Navy’s carrier borne fighter jet acquisition program

  • Europe

    Germany awarded a contract to acquire Damen MKS 180 Frigates

  • Air Platform

    IAF will place firm order of 83 Tejas Mk1A jets by end of 2020

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Company awarded contract to build P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Canada

  • Air Platform

    Turkey’s 1st aircraft factory to reopen with Gökbey, Hürkuş production

  • Europe

    Elbit Systems to supply tank ammunition to NATO country

  • Americas

    Amentum to modernize launch operations through $4 billion Space Force contract.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Developed Sukil-200 Drones And Hrim Smart Ground Attack Munitions

  • Europe

    Destination Transnistria: Putin Aiming An Wider Conflict in Europe

  • C4iSR

    Elbit System to equip Philippines air forces maritime aircrafts with signals intelligence and mission systems

  • Africa

    Algeria acquired Norinco SR-5 MLRS

  • Air Platform

    In Trans-pacific First, U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Arrived in Williamtown Australia For Exercises

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian navy’s collins-class submarines to get cutting-edge optronics system

  • Industry

    Boeing Appoints Jinnah Hosein As VP Software Engineering

  • South Asia

    India acknowledged 250 soldiers killed, pilots died, and S-400 battery damaged by Pakistani bombs as posthumous honors unveil hidden losses

  • Air Platform

    Germany Negotiating With The U.S. To Buy F-35 Stealth Jets

  • Europe

    US State Department Approves AMRAAM-ER to Hungary

  • Americas

    Biden Admin Stepped Up Efforts To Block Iran Acquiring Components For Its Drone Program From America, Europe And Asia

  • Defense Industry

    Australia to buy three nuclear-powered submarines with option to buy two more -White House

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin to Participate RAAF’s Next-gen Air Battle Management Systems Evaluation Stages

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department Approves 105 Lockheed Martin F-35A And F-35B For Japan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles left in the dark for two and half years about ADF’s war preparedness

  • South Asia

    IAF MiG-29 fighter plane crashes in Punjab, pilot ejects safely

  • Land Platform

    Israel to accelerate Merkava tank and armored vehicle production.

  • Americas

    Peru to purchase South Korean K2 Black Panther Tanks

  • Europe

    Thanks To Turkish TB2 Drones, Ukraine Regain Control Of Snake Island

  • Defense Industry

    Romania Cancels Warship Deal With France’s Naval Group

  • Air Platform

    Australia to purchase MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drone

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, UK sign key agreement on AUKUS nuclear submarine build

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Captured Russia’s Orion-10 and Eleron-3 Drones

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine has provided the West with vast intelligence about Russian weaponry that CIA, NSA, MI6, Bundesnachrichtendienst, DGSE failed to collect

  • Europe

    Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands transfer M113 armored vehicles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Damen Shipbuilding Group secured a US$6.7 billion deal to build MKS 180 Frigate for the German Navy

  • Americas

    President Biden Commissions Virginia-class Nuclear Submarine, USS Delaware

  • Infantry Weapons

    Heckler and Koch M320 Granade Launcher

  • Middle East

    Bad Timing: Israeli Police Arrested Military Contractors For Supplying Kamikaze Harop Drones To China

  • Uncategorized

    Pakistan denies cancellation of helicopter deal with Turkey

  • Uncategorized

    Boeing Awarded $3.1 Billion Contract To Produce KC-46A Tankers For Israeli And U.S. Air Force

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia funds additional $399 million for the development of MQ-28A Ghost Bat

  • C4iSR

    Saab Developed New Electronic Attack Jammer Pod

  • Defense Industry

    Israel eyes privatization of defense giants IAI and Rafael via public share sale.

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