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Middle East

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract To Produce Iron Sting Mortar Munitions

July 31, 2024 GDC 0

Haifa-based Elbit Systems has received a $190-million contract to supply the Israeli Ministry of Defense with its Iron Sting mortar munition. The Iron Sting is a laser and GPS-guided shell developed for precision strikes in […]

Middle East

Israeli Commando Unit Maglan Used Iron Sting Mortar Bomb For The First Time Against Hamas

October 23, 2023 GDC 0

Israeli forces released footage of the “Iron Sting” system launching a mortar bomb to take out a rocket launcher in its first-ever use in an operation on Sunday. The Maglan commando unit has begun using […]

  • Kraken and L3Harris team up for underwater stealth drone

    April 4, 2024 0
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  • Turkey continues to test 6×6 special ops vehicle

    July 12, 2021 0
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  • HMAS Sydney Leaves Home Port For Combat Trials

    March 13, 2021 0
    The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) third Hobart-class air warfare destroyer (AWD) has set off for its combat systems trials, which will be conducted with the US Navy (USN). The RAN receives third and final Hobart-class [...]
  • Algerian Air Force Will Replace Yak-130 Aircraft With Aero L-39NG Advanced Jet Trainer Amid Yak-130’s Flight Control System Issues

    September 22, 2024 0
    The L-39NG demonstrator arrived in Algeria to undergo a testing campaign, with the potential purchase by the Algerian Air Force, which is currently seeking its future training jet to replace the Yak-130. Belarusian Yak-130 Crashed [...]
  • France recalls ambassadors in the US, Australia in submarine deal backlash

    September 18, 2021 0
    France said late Friday it had decided to immediately recall its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia for consultations after Australia scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favor of nuclear subs built with [...]
  • Philippine to share air defense information with Japan

    July 18, 2020 0
    News reports from Japan says Tokyo is mulling over a plan to share air defense radar information with the Philippines in order to better track Chinese aircraft heading out to the Pacific Ocean. Currently, Japan [...]
Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Indonesian Special Forces completes Operational Integration Test of ASELSAN SARP 12.7mm Remote Weapon Station.

December 26, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type 90B 122mm Rocket Artillery Exploded and Rolled Over Again.

December 25, 2025 0

Some design flaws and poor qualities can only be uncovered in actual combat. That’s what happened in the Thai-Cambodian War. Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm […]

Europe

Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.

December 25, 2025 0

Lithuania has signed a 252 million euro contract with KNDS France for a second batch of 30 CAESAR Mk II 155 mm wheeled howitzers, expanding a program first launched in 2022. The move strengthens long-range […]

Europe

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract to Produce PULS Rocket Artillery for Greece.

December 22, 2025 0

Elbit Systems said on Tuesday that Greece has taken a key step toward acquiring the Israeli company’s PULS rocket artillery system, after the Hellenic Parliament and the Government Council for National Security approved a dedicated […]

Infantry Weapons

Israeli Elbit Systems Awarded $2.3 Billion Arms Contract by the United Arab Emirates.

December 21, 2025 0

The $2.3-billion deal between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv calls for the delivery of advanced defense systems over eight years. The UAE has been identified as the undisclosed buyer behind a $2.3-billion contract signed last […]

  • Americas

    Construction begins on new fleet of river-class destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy

  • C4iSR

    Hanwha Systems to provide combat systems for six Philippine Navy’s OPV

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army developing autonomous technology for convoy system

  • Americas

    The mighty American military is useless without Australia’s Pine Gap, Tindal airbase and North West Cape space warfare centers

  • South Asia

    India withdraws from FGFA or Su-57 (PAK FA) project

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Lays the keel of First San Antonio class Flight II LPD

  • South Asia

    WHO Director Saima Wazed Putul, the daughter of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina is corrupt, criminal and part of racketeering gang

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Taiwan Purchases MICA And Magic Missiles From France

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone army killed 1060 Russian troops, destroyed 66 artillery systems and 78 vehicles in one day

  • Air Platform

    Breaking News: Sweden Considers Supplying Advanced Gripen Fighter Jets To Ukraine

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    UK’s Dragonfire Laser Directed Energy Weapon Started Trials

  • Africa

    Morocco to Buy Lockheed’s F-35 Stealth Jet

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    South Korea To Develop Air-launched Cruise Missile For KF-21 Fighter Jets

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Spain cleared to buy three batteries of Patriot missile defense system after it donates Patriot missile to Ukraine

  • Americas

    Brazilian Navy Launched Second Scorpene-class Submarine

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force destroyed Pantsir-S ADS

  • Europe

    Ukraine repelled missiles attack in Kyiv, air defense command said

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese peace bluff: China agreed to deliver suicide drones, artillery and ammo to Russia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine’s artillery strikes destroyed Russia’s Buk-M1 air defense system

  • Middle East

    Iran Transfers Technology To Build Kamikaze Drones In Russia

  • Europe

    Russia secretly approached Pakistan, Egypt, Brazil, Syria and Belarus to buy back weapons and helicopters engines it sold past years

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Offers Eurofighter Tranche 4 to Switzerland

  • Europe

    France asked India to come clean about five Rafale losses, blaming poorly trained Indian pilots

  • Europe

    Poland to acquire Korean K2 and German Leopard 2 tanks to replace T-72s donated to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Anti-Putin partisan ‘black bridge’ set Russia’s FSB building on fire

  • Uncategorized

    Ukraine Shot Down Another Russian Su-34 Fighter-bomber

  • Air Platform

    Turkish TUSAŞ Engine Industries (TEI) Projects And Industrial Capability

  • Central Asia

    U.S. taxpayers donated $83 billion arms to Afghan military, now in the hands of Taliban

  • Defense Industry

    The Philippines Cancels Mi-17 Helicopter Deals With Russia

  • C4iSR

    ELM – 2080 Green Pine Radar System

  • Europe

    International sanctions: Russian federal air transport agency recorded 185 air accidents due to spare parts shortage

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Sergei Shoigu Secured Ammunitions, Pokpung Ho II Tanks, And GeumSeong-3 Cruise Missiles Deal With North Korea In Return of Food Relief

  • Middle East

    Italian forces kicked out of UAE over arms embargo

  • South Asia

    Tulsi Gabbard, A Hindu Nationalist, Does Not See Human Rights Violations in India’s Kashmir, Assam and Nagaland, But She Sees Human Rights Violations in Bangladesh and Pakistan

  • Air Platform

    Five Worse Features Of Su-35 Led To The Destruction Of Su-35 In the Ukraine War

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Approves $100 Million To Train Ukrainian Pilots On F-15 And F-16 Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Announced New F-35 Configuration TR-3

  • South Asia

    Maldives cancels defense contact with India on hydrographic surveys

  • Europe

    An engine explosion caused the crash of the Su-27 in Crimea in March

  • Europe

    Russian General Yuri Afanasevskii Severely Injured After Ukraine’s Secret Services Gave Him An Exploding Mobile Phone

  • Air Platform

    Boeing’s MQ-25 T1 becomes the first drone to refuel aircraft mid-air

  • Anti-air Missiles

    David’s Sling downs rocket headed for Tel Aviv in first real-world interception

  • Land Platform

    Russian paratroopers to get high-speed buggies based on armored vehicles

  • Europe

    Roketsan tests TRLG-122 laser-guided rocket against naval target

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    AUKUS moving from nuclear submarines, bombers to AI drone swarms

  • Europe

    Russia Left Behind Its Army Personnel’s Dead Bodies In Kherson, Putin Sacks Army General

  • Naval Platforms

    India to acquire six P-8I Poseidon MPA worth $1.8 billion

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce Underwater Vessels For Singaporean Navy

  • Europe

    Putin arrested General Sergei Surovikin over Wagner group mutiny

  • Americas

    US Air Force Awarded Contract for Skyborg UCAV

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