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  • [ April 22, 2026 ] Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile. Europe
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Europe

Italy Considers Boosting the Number of Troops by 60 Percent.

February 22, 2026 GDC 0

Italy is considering boosting its military troops by more than 60 percent over the next 18 years at an estimated cost of about 6 billion euros ($7 billion). Military experts drafted the strategy and presented […]

Anti-air Missiles

Italian Army Received Fourth Kronos Radar For SAMP/T NG Anti-air Missile

June 12, 2025 GDC 0

The Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation has announced the completion of factory acceptance trials of the fourth Kronos radar for the Italian variant of the SAMP/T NG (new-generation) air and missile defense system. The test […]

Europe

Italy to purchase 1050 Rheinmetall Lynx infantry fighting vehicles under $18 billion program

January 26, 2025 GDC 0

As reported by Jon Hawkes on January 21, 2025, Italy provided additional details about its Army Armoured Combat System (A2CS) program during the Defence IQ International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference, held in Farnborough, UK. This […]

Europe

Italy will place $21 billion tanks and armored vehicles order to Rheinmetall

September 23, 2024 GDC 0

Italy is reputedly planning to buy hundreds of tanks from German defense giant Rheinmetall in what would be the group’s biggest-ever order, valued at around 20 billion euros ($21.5 billion), the Handelsblatt business daily reported […]

Europe

Italian Defense Ministry Approves Upgrading C1 Ariete Tanks

August 28, 2022 GDC 0

According to a tweet posted by Ciro Nappi on 25 July, 2022, the Italian DPP 2022 (multi-year Defence planning document) includes the “green light” for the Italian Army’s upgrade programme of its C1 Ariete MBT (AMV/Aggiornamento Mezza […]

Air Platform

Leonardo Set To Flight Trial New AW249 Attack Helicopter For Italian Army

August 1, 2022 GDC 0

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  • British-supplied Brimstone Missiles Forced Russians To Retreat From Frontline

    November 23, 2022 0
    According to reports, the UK-supplied Brimstone missiles have pushed back Russian ships by about 60 miles (100km). The Black Sea has become a focal point of the conflict, with the Kremlin jostling to block access to Ukrainian [...]
  • Russia’s MiG-31K and Su-57 to take part in 75th victory day parade

    April 9, 2020 0
    MOSCOW (GDC) – Four MiG-31K aircraft in the role of Kinzhal missile carriers and four Su-57 pre-production fighter jets will take part in an aerial display to be held as part of the May 9 [...]
  • China Worried: India Prepares French-made Rafale For Ladakh Fights

    January 18, 2021 0
    You know things are heating up in Ladakh when Indian Air Force (IAF) officials go all the way to France to see how their Rafale fighter jet order is going. They need those jets now [...]
  • Turkish Navy Commissions New SALVO Unmanned Surface Vessels.

    November 26, 2025 0
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  • China transfers drone technology to Saudi Arabia

    June 1, 2020 0
    Saudi Arabia’s key science and technology organisation has confirmed that one of the deals sealed during Saudi King Salman’s visit to China was an agreement to set up the first factory for Chinese aerial drones [...]
  • France’s Safran Helping Russia’s UEC To Develop Commercial Jet Engine

    February 6, 2022 0
    Russia’s United Engine has developed an automatic control system for the Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplant which will be installed on the Sukhoi SSJ-New aircraft. India Wants French or British Engines For Tejas Mk2 and AMCA Fighters [...]
Europe

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

April 22, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

  • Europe

    EU Pledges Fighter Jets Transfers to Ukraine, Sweden Breaks Neutrality

  • Europe

    43,000 young Ukrainian women ditch lipsticks and take up arms against Russian forces

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    USS Rafael Peralta, a US Navy Destroyer spotted off coast of Shanghai as PLA Navy begins 11-week exercise in Yellow Sea

  • Europe

    Russian army’s Soviet-built MT-LB tracked armored vehicles are breaking into pieces in Ukraine

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan Deploys Long-range Type 12 Anti-ship Cruise Missiles

  • Defense Industry

    Iraq ditches Russian MiG-29M2/MiG-35 fighters, opts for Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2

  • Infantry Weapons

    SY-400/DF-12A/BP12A Short-range Ballistic Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    KGB Putin Commits Genocides in Ukraine, Xi Jinping Calculates The Cost of Invading Taiwan

  • Europe

    Romania Starts Domestic Production of Piranha V APC

  • Naval Weapons

    South Korea to Develop Close-in Weapon System for Warships

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s New Concept Fighter Looks Like Delta-wing Gripen

  • Air Platform

    President Trump Considers Approving F-35 Stealth Jets to Turkiye.

  • Air Platform

    Hungary To Upgrade Gripen C/D To Latest Mission Software Standard

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian HIMARS Artillery Rocket Strike Destroyed Russian Electronic Warfare Vehicle

  • C4iSR

    Northrop, Mitsubishi to develop Japan’s integrated air and missile defense networks

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes blew up the Moscow-Volgorod train line

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)

  • Air Platform

    France to finance Rafale F5 development alone after UAE co-funding talks collapsed.

  • Air Platform

    Iraq Ditches Russia’s Su-35, Opt-in For 14 Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets

  • Europe

    Ukraine To Receive Switchblade 600 Anti-armor Loitering Munitions

  • Infantry Weapons

    China’s new PCL191 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)

  • Air Platform

    CAIC Zhishengji-10 (Z-10) Attack Helicopter

  • Middle East

    U.S. Military Launches Airstrikes On Iraqi And Syrian Militia Targets

  • Defense Industry

    Lockheed Martin to deliver more F-35 stealth jets to Australia

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received Eight Archer Howitzers From Sweden

  • Europe

    Belarusian President Lukashenko urges Belarusians to prepare for war with Ukraine and Poland

  • Americas

    Pentagon considers sending an additional 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East for Trump amid the Iran war.

  • Europe

    Azerbaijani Army suppresses Armenia’s combat activity

  • Europe

    ThyssenKrupp will develop new lithium-ion battery for German Navy submarine

  • Air Platform

    Australia retires MRH90 Taipan transport helicopters fleet early

  • Air Platform

    B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Locked And Loaded At China

  • Europe

    Germany drafts €377 billion defense blueprint spanning land, air, sea, space, and cyber domains.

  • Europe

    A significant fire wreck havoc at Russia’s largest Gazprom Omsk oil refinery

  • Middle East

    Iran fired land-attack cruise missile at U.S. base in Iraq

  • Europe

    Putin Tastes His Own Medicine As Ukraine Gains Russian Territory

  • Air Platform

    Legendary A-10 Warthog Received New Wing Mounted Kits

  • Europe

    Turkish Bayraktar TB3 Started Operational Deployment on TCG Anadolu.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan unveils a mobile missile launcher disguised as a civilian delivery truck

  • Air Platform

    RSAF Receives First Batch Of H225M Long-range Helicopters

  • Europe

    Poland Purchases MQ-9B Sky Guardian Drones Worth $310 Million

  • Air Platform

    Saab Offers 72 Gripen E/F Fighter Jets and Six GlobalEye AEW&C to Canada.

  • South Asia

    Afghan Air Force To Fight Back Against Taliban Insurgents Using A-29, AC-208 And Black Hawks

  • Air Platform

    Russia tasked Mikoyan Design Bureau to build a basic pilot trainer after disastrous Ukraine invasion

  • Air Platform

    German Trade Union Urged Berlin to Build Its Own Fighter Jet and Exit from FCAS Program.

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Delivered 500th F-35 to the USAF

  • Naval Weapons

    RIM-66 SM-2MR block II surface-to-air missiles

  • Air Platform

    Rostec Releases More Photos of Light Combat Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    The Philosophy Behind the Fighter Jet Design

  • South Asia

    Corrupt Tulip Siddiq quits after ethics adviser rules she misled Brits

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Royal Navy Will Use Artificial Intelligence To Counter Anti-ship Missile

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