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

    November 10, 2020 0
    On November 9, at 15:50, the Tor-M2KM Surface-to-air missile (SAM), which was used against Azerbaijani aircraft and placed between the private houses by the Armenia in the Khojavend direction of the front was destroyed by [...]
  • Ukraine Shot Down Russian Su-27 Aircraft Near Kyiv

    March 12, 2022 0
    On March 10, it became known that the Su-27 fighter was shot down near Kyiv. The photograph shows an unopened parachute indicating that the pilot was killed while the aircraft caught fire. The combat aircraft [...]
  • Boeing Awarded Contract To Produce Additional Super Hornet Block III For US Navy

    June 30, 2024 0
    Boeing has secured a $1.1-billion contract to supply additional F/A-18 Super Hornets to the US Navy, withdrawing its previous decision to stop producing the aircraft by 2025. Boeing launches flight evaluation of Super Hornet and [...]
  • Ukraine Called Off Strike On Moscow At U.S. Request

    April 26, 2023 0
    The US warned Ukraine off conducting a highly provocative strike on Moscow on the anniversary of the war, the latest leaked Pentagon papers have revealed. Ukraine blew up Sevastopol power substation in occupied CrimeaDateApril 3, 2024Bayraktar [...]
  • New European Union Embargo Will End Russia’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Aluminum Markets

    January 17, 2025 0
    The European Union is looking to end its reliance on Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG), with officials reportedly proposing to phase it out. U.S. imposed sanctions on Indian shipping companies for involvement in the “Arctic [...]
  • Peru signed agreement with South Korea to produce armored vehicles locally.

    November 3, 2025 0
    Peru has unveiled an ambitious plan to modernize its armored forces through a long-term partnership with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem and STX, combining imports and local production of advanced military vehicles. The initiative will replace [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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  • Defense Industry

    China Promotes JF-17 Block III and L-15 Aircraft in Singapore Air Show

  • Middle East

    Boeing Awarded Contract for Training and Support of QEAF

  • Europe

    U.S. approves the sale of NSM Coastal Defense Systems to Romania

  • Air Platform

    KAI unveils new MUM-T drone at ADEX 2021

  • Industry

    Ukranian Ivchenko-Progress’s Role In Turkish Drone And Helicopter Programme

  • Europe

    Germany lifts its objection on sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Tarique Rahman Replaces Indian RAW Asset Brigadier General Md Hafizur Rahman (Thief) and Reshuffles Senior Military Positions to Remove India’s Deep State in the Bangladesh Army.

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russian landing ship ‘Novocherkassk’ in Crimea

  • Air Platform

    Havelsan to produce Turkish TFX Engine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia To Integrate LRASM Into Naval And Air Platform

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone swarm wreck havoc over Moscow, Russia shuts down four major airports

  • Europe

    Saab Gripen Is The Cost-effective Fire Power, Says Croatia

  • Cyber

    Chinese Hacker Used “China Chopper” Tools to Hack Australian Defense Contractor

  • Air Platform

    Jordan Purchases Eight F-16V Block 70 Fighter Jets

  • Europe

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

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin To Display Top Gun Maverick Movie’s Darkstar Hypersonic Jet In Air Show

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas MK1A vs JF-17 Block II: What if Tejas MK1A face-off with JF-17 Block II at the next Kashmir skirmish?

  • Europe

    Russia lost 45 percent of its special forces in the Ukraine war

  • Air Platform

    Russian-made Mi-171 and Mi-26 helicopter accidents injure more than 1000 members of the Indian Army’s Rapid Response Team and Paratroopers.

  • Americas

    US Navy’s Constellation Class Frigates

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Approves $280 million weapons to Taiwan

  • Africa

    Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin reselling arms to Sudanese terrorists group

  • Air Platform

    Greece will train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets

  • Middle East

    Israeli Navy receives new US-built INS Komemiyut landing craft

  • Europe

    Putin Should Worry Now, Biden Admin Approves HIMARS Precision Rockets For Ukraine Worth $700 Million

  • South Asia

    Why Pakistan Surprised India Despite India Spends Billions On Its Air Force

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Air Force Requested U.S. State Department To Approve The Sale Of Two F-35A Stealth Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Lao Peoples Air Force’s Yak-130 Crashed Killing Two Pilots

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys U.S.-made Scorpion Mortar For The First Time

  • Air Platform

    India received the last batch of AH-64E Apache helicopters

  • Americas

    Donald Trump Vulnerable to Vladimir Putin’s Blackmail Due to Trump’s Sex Tape in Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow

  • Air Platform

    Indian Armed Forces Quietly Grounded More Than 100 HAL Dhruv Helicopters Due to Mechanical Failure

  • Americas

    Raytheon Developed Sensors Payload For DARPA’s Blackjack Small Satellite

  • Europe

    Sweden Sending Stridsvagn 122 Main Battle Tank to Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Kalashnikov Group Completes Delivery of Strela-10M3 Missiles to Russian Military

  • Europe

    Ukraine started mass producing thousands of long-range drones in 2024, digital minister says

  • Europe

    Ukraine Hauls 1970s Russian Weapons Left Behind By Fleeing Russians

  • Central Asia

    Leaked audio reveals Russia planned to annex part of Kazakhstan’s territory

  • Europe

    Hungarian Air Force Gripen C showcase new capabilities in a NATO Mission

  • Europe

    Ukraine wants to arm Sea Baby and MAGURA V5 kamikaze sea drones with bigger warheads and smarter technology

  • Middle East

    Israeli Aerospace Industries Unveils BlueWhale Autonomous Spy Submarine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean Coast Guard Deports Russians Escaping Putin’s Conscriptions

  • Infantry Weapons

    Indian Army to acquire RQ-11 UAV and Spike Smart Munitions

  • Europe

    RSK MIG and Sukhoi are in Crisis: Russian Offers Fighter Jet In Exchange of Palm Oil and Rubber

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Navy acquired two Airbus C295 surveillance aircraft.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    From China with Love: Beijing Deploys PLA Spy Waitresses to Observe President Trump and the U.S. Delegates in China.

  • Air Platform

    Sweden Sent Gripen Fighter Jets to Poland for NATO Air Policing Mission

  • Africa

    MBDA awarded contract to supply VL MICA to Moroccan Army

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA Storm Shadow/ Scalp Long-Range, Air-Launched, Stand-Off Attack Missile

  • Defense Industry

    Malaysia Purchases 18 FA-50 LCA From KAI Worth $920 Million

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