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Italian Army has received its first new-generation SAMP/T NG and GRIFO air defense systems.

January 27, 2026 GDC 0

The Italian Army has received its first new-generation SAMP/T NG and GRIFO air defense systems, marking the initial deployment of Italy’s modernized layered air and missile defense architecture, the defense outlet Militarnyi reported on Friday. […]

Anti-air Missiles

Leonardo Company to build ‘Michelangelo Dome’ missile defense system.

December 13, 2025 GDC 0

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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 […]

Air Platform

Defence Minister Guido Crosetto says Britain is not sharing Global Air Combat technology with Japan and Italy

April 17, 2025 GDC 0

Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has said Britain is not fully sharing technologies with Italy and Japan in a major project to develop a new fighter jet and urged London to bring down the “barriers of […]

Europe

Franco-Italian Horizon Class Destroyers to Receive Hypersonic and BMD Capability

April 16, 2025 GDC 0

On March 17, 2025, the European Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement (OCCAR) detailed its Business Plan for 2025, outlining its continued management of defense programs with a focus on cost efficiency, performance, and […]

Air Platform

Toned Down F-47: Donald Trump Made British-led Global Air Combat Program (GCAP) Great Again

April 10, 2025 GDC 0

Some NATO countries are considering alternatives to the F-35 stealth fighter jet.The Trump administration’s shifted stance towards Europe has allies concerned about reliability. British-led Global Air Combat Program (GCAP) is receiving global attention from partners […]

Air Platform

Italy Purchases 24 More Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 5 Fighter Jets

March 4, 2025 GDC 0

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Europe

Leonardo Company set to boost European drone firepower in tie-up with Baykar

February 28, 2025 GDC 0

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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 […]

Air Platform

Austria purchases 12 Leonardo M-346FA light combat aircraft

December 29, 2024 GDC 0

Austria plans to buy 12 Italian-made M-346 FA fighter jets to replace Saab 105 planes which it decommissioned at the end of 2020, the government said on Saturday.Citing military sources, newspaper Krone said a letter […]

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  • Greece intercepted two Turkish F-16 fighter jets

    February 27, 2020 0
    Two Turkish F-16 fighter jets entered Athens’ flight information region (FIR) on Monday without submitting a flight plan, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said. GEETHA said the planes flew over the eastern Aegean [...]
  • Taiwanese F-16 Pilots Take Chinese Su-30 Pilots To School Over Taiwan Straits

    October 18, 2020 0
    TAIPEI (GDC) — Taiwanese Local media on Wednesday (Oct. 15) reported that Taiwanese F-16 fighter jets outmaneuvered a Chinese Su-30 fighter jet over the Taiwan Strait and drove it out of Taiwan’s air defense identification [...]
  • South Korea Announced $262.8 Billion Defense Budget For Five Years

    December 15, 2023 0
    South Korea plans to spend 346.7 trillion Korean won ($262.8 billion) in the next five years to bolster its defense capabilities amid, according to the country’s Defense Ministry. Indonesia To Send Engineers To South Korea [...]
  • BAE Systems Awarded Contract to Produce Bradley A4s Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

    December 27, 2025 0
    The order of enhanced, future-ready Bradley A4s will be delivered to the Army as the modern replacement to former variants, greatly improving lethality, survivability and safety. BAE Systems Awarded Contract To Produce Bradley Infantry Fighting [...]
  • Former Bangladesh Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan admits that the Bangladesh Military is corrupt, inept, and lacks patriotism.

    April 24, 2026 0
    A former army chief, General (retired) Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, met with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, Mohammad Tajul Islam. There, he spoke about disappearances, murders, corrupt practices, ineptitude to perform duties and [...]
  • 20 Chinese Tech Firms Are Backed By Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

    June 25, 2020 0
    Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies, China Mobile Communications Group and Hikvision Visual Technology face US sanctions after a finding by the Trump administration that they are owned or controlled by China’s military, Reuters reported. Defense [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Baykar to Develop Unmanned Fighter Jet

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine requests THAAD anti-ballistic missile, F/A-18 Hornet, C-17 aircraft and Apache helicopters from the U.S.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    S-400 Exposed: Russian propaganda about S-400 intercepting target at 400 km range is a lie

  • Europe

    France and Germany ask European Union to stay out of arms exports policy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Raises Defense Spending By 7.1% To $229 Billion

  • Air Platform

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s Untrained Pilots Caught in Camera Performing Unsafe Flying Stunts Again

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 Strikes Russia’s Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian forces destroy a column of Russian multiple launch rocket systems

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone destroyed Russia’s only Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Delivers 8th Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Australia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hiding Truth: French Shipbuilder Naval Group Refused to Share Information with Canberra

  • Europe

    Australia To Build Six New Patrol Vessels, Amid Laser Attack On RAAF’S Poseidon Aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Engineers Retrofit Light Rocket Launchers On Humvee And Ford F150 Truck

  • Americas

    US Army test fired extended-Range munitions for HIMARS

  • Air Platform

    Korean Aerospace Industries Flies Surion Marine Attack Helicopter

  • Air Platform

    Why Dassault Rafale Makes More Sales In Southeast Asia And Middle East?

  • Europe

    Ireland debates on joining Transatlantic alliance amid Russian aggression

  • Europe

    Putin is looking for a ship scrapyard of his 40 years old smoky aircraft carrier

  • Europe

    Turkish Drone Maker Baykar and Defense Giant Aselsan Manufactured 1000 Ventilators

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Meghan Quinn promoted the Chinese-made Comac Jet in Australia and was appointed Secretary of Defence.

  • Uncategorized

    HX Programme: Saab offers Gripen E/F with advanced electronic attack platforms to Finland

  • Europe

    Ukraine drone boats attacked Russian warship in the Black Sea, says Moscow

  • Air Platform

    Why didn’t Russia use MiG-29 in the Ukraine invasion?

  • Counter-drone System

    Lithuania is buying the American-made Merops counter-drone system.

  • Americas

    What you don’t know about America’s super weapon, the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft?

  • Middle East

    Iran Financed, Trained, Provided Material Support And Authorized Hamas’s Attack On Israel To Sabotage Israel-Saudi Peace Deal

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Struck Chemical Weapons Storage Facility in Syria

  • Air Platform

    Russia is on track to deliver Su-30, missiles and additional Yak-130 aircraft to Myanmar Junta

  • Europe

    Western Sanctions Crippled Russian Defense Industries, Su-57 and Su-75 Are Pipedream

  • Americas

    US Army Issued Tenders To Buy AK-74 Kalashnikov Assault Rifles For Adversary Training

  • Europe

    Serbia Plans To Invest More In Its Military

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Half of Russia’s North Korea-Made Artillery Shells Don’t Work: Ukraine

  • Europe

    BAE Systems confident on winning new contracts from Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia

  • Air Platform

    Japan Developing Anti-surface warheads for future hypersonic missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Joins Quadpack Malabar Exercise

  • Europe

    Grandpa’s Army: Putin raises servicemen retirement age from 65 to 70 years

  • Middle East

    Russia asked Turkey to help safe withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysia Adopted A New Domestic Defense Industry Policy

  • Air Platform

    Legendary F-15EX: The U.S. Air Force’s Bombs and Missiles Trucks

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin starts F-16 production for foreign sales in South Carolina

  • Europe

    A Russian gunpowder factory caught fire, another sabotage destroyed a major manufacturing hub

  • Europe

    Russia Responsible For Missile Attacks In Poland

  • Europe

    Poland Delivers Piorun Man-portable Air Defense System To Norway

  • Europe

    Russian State TV Commentators Compare Kherson Retreat As The Worse Military Defeat In History

  • Air Platform

    UK, Italy and Japan agreed to expedite the development of sixth-gen fighter jet

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s ATACMS strike destroyed Russia’s S-400 air defense system again in Crimea

  • Air Platform

    Biden Administration Set To Approve 50 F-15 Fighter Jet Sale To Israel Worth $18 Billion

  • Africa

    Morocco to Buy two Avante 1400 OPV from Spanish Navantia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China tests scramjet powered hypersonic weapons

  • Africa

    Israel, Morocco signs MoU for future arms sales by Israeli companies

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