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Infantry Weapons

An In-depth Look At The Raytheon’s MIM-104 Patriot Missile Defense System

February 27, 2021 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Japan Wants to Build It’s Own Stealth Sixth-generation X-2/F-3 Fighter Jet

April 2, 2020 GDC 0

TOKYO – Japan wants to develop a stealth fighter domestically, rejecting designs from Lockheed Martin and Boeing in the United States and Britain’s BAE Systems, sources with knowledge of the programme told Reuters. The Japanese Ministry […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin-Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot PAC3 Successfully Intercepts Tactical Ballistic Missiles

November 11, 2019 GDC 0

DALLAS — Jointly developed by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin MIM 104 Patriot PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile targets on November 7 2019 in a test at White Sands Missile […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan Ends Arms Export Ban , But Who wants to Buy?

October 31, 2019 GDC 0

TOKYO — Japanese Government is considering selling air defense radar technology to the Philippines in what would be its first export of defense equipment since ending a nearly 50-year ban in 2014. The new conditions […]

  • Hamas Tunnels: High-tech Israeli Armed Forces Face The Biggest Challenge

    October 23, 2023 0
    Since Israel began to grasp the full extent of the labyrinth in 2014, it has spent over $1 billion developing an underground barrier along its 60-kilometer border with the Gaza Strip. Though Hamas is no [...]
  • Saudi Navy Received Second Avante 2200 Class Corvette

    September 10, 2022 0
    Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has held a commissioning ceremony for the second of five corvettes being built for the Royal Saudi Navy, Al-Diriyah. Navantia Launches Second Corvette For Royal Saudi NavyDateDecember 23, 2020Saudi Arabia Commissions First [...]
  • 314,290 Dead: Russia’s Third Mass Mobilization Is Imminent As Soldier’s Families Plan To Protest

    November 16, 2023 0
    The families of Russian men drafted under President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization last year have planned mass protests demanding their return home, amid reports that soldiers are being prohibited from leaving the military. The General [...]
  • Australia, France To Jointly Produce Ammunitions For Ukraine

    January 31, 2023 0
    The AUKUS submarine spat that triggered a diplomatic crisis between Australia and France appears to be pardoned but not forgotten. France Offers Rafale Jets To Ukraine As MiG-29 ReplacementDateApril 2, 2021Turkey Confirms Delivery Of Bayraktar TB2 To UkraineDateMay 1, 2021Russian Warship [...]
  • Boeing begins building P-8A Poseidon for Norway

    June 17, 2021 0
    Production of Norway’s first P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft is underway, manufacturer Boeing announced on Monday. Boeing rolled out first P-8A Poseidon Aircraft for NorwayDateJuly 14, 2021The Boeing P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)DateSeptember 12, 2019Boeing [...]
  • Germany to Buy Israeli Arrow-3 Anti-air Missiles System

    March 30, 2022 0
    Germany is looking at buying an Israeli anti-missile shield system that could also offer protective cover for neighboring EU states, parliamentary sources said Sunday, as Russia’s invasion prompts Berlin to ramp up its defense. Germany [...]
Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • Americas

    The President Biden would have only 12 minutes to decide nuclear launch-under-attack option

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    India Buys 1000 R-27 Air-launched Missiles

  • Europe

    Russia lost more than 600 troops in a single day in Avdiivka

  • C4iSR

    Saab In The Spotlight As It Delivers Third GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System To UAE

  • Europe

    Russia limits the transportation of military cargo via the railway section of the Crimea bridge

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey Negotiating With UK To Purchase Eurofighter, Type 23 Frigate And C-130J Aircraft

  • Industry

    ASC Shipbuilding awarded a contract to GHD Group for Hunter-class frigates

  • Infantry Weapons

    Pakistan Army inducts HQ-9/P air-defense system

  • Naval Platforms

    JMSDF Atago-class destroyer

  • Air Platform

    Finish Air Force quietly drops Nazi swastika from its emblem

  • Defense Industry

    Rheinmetall awarded $1.20 billion contract to produce 50 Puma infantry fighting vehicle

  • Americas

    The RSAF Trainee Pilots Are Cleared To Train at the US Naval Bases

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    In-depth Analysis: Three-stages Solid Fuelled Hwasong-18 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

  • C4iSR

    Moldovan Army Plans To Buy Thales Ground Master 200 Surveillance Radar

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar signs a North Korean-style security pact with Russia to deploy 10,000 Myanmar soldiers in the Ukraine war.

  • Middle East

    Bangladesh Navy’s BNS Bijoy destroyed in Beirut explosion

  • Air Platform

    India Signs $7.4 Billion Contract to Purchase 26 Rafale M Fighter Jets

  • Europe

    Greece to produce 700 HOPLITE armored vehicles for European markets

  • Europe

    Patria awarded contract to produce 321 armored vehicles for Swedish army

  • Africa

    Algeria, Egypt Following Indonesia, Cancelled Negotiation On Russia’s Su-35 fighter jets.

  • South Asia

    Ukraine war: Indian Army will replace all Russian-origin tanks, IFV and armored vehicles with domestic vehicles

  • Air Platform

    General Atomic awarded $268 million contract for 13 Protector drones for the UK

  • Middle East

    Israeli Aerospace Industries supplies Heron UAV to Morocco

  • Europe

    Russia lost 69 artillery systems in three days totalling 3137 different pieces of artillery destroyed since invasion

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Defense Industries Becoming Global Arms Exporter

  • Naval Platforms

    Royal Australian Navy’s Shortfin Barracuda Class Submarine

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Former Air Guard Chief Shaikh Abdul Hannan (Thief) Embezzled and Laundered $245 Million (BDT 3,000 Crore) to Canada, USA and UAE

  • Anti-air Missiles

    South Korea Unveils Cheongung-II Missile Defense System

  • Europe

    Fincantieri cuts steel for French Navy’s logistics support ships

  • Europe

    New U.S. Sanctions Hit Putin’s Family Members

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines to receive helicopters and tanks from Japan as part of military grant

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces captured Russian T-80BVM tanks in Kherson

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy Conducts Joint Exercises With Egyptian Rafale Fighters

  • C4iSR

    Australian Bushmasters To Receive Electronic Warfare Capability

  • Europe

    Ukraine Successfully Destroyed 85% Of Iranian Drones

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Germany Purchases Meteor BVRAAM For Its F-35 Stealth Jets.

  • South Asia

    Trump Administration could sanction Bangladesh for allowing antisemitic and pro-Hamas rallies. Instead, Bangladesh should focus on Abraham Accord

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Kuwaiti Air Force’s H225M Helicopters Equipment Exocet Anti-ship Missiles

  • Americas

    Convicted criminal Trump orchestrated january 6 riots in Washington, calling President Zelensky a dictator is ludicrous

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    PL-12C/SD-10A radar guided air-to-air missile (Sino-AMRAAM)

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine To Nationalize Jet Engine Producer Motor Sich From Chinese Skyrizon

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike destroys Russian Su-30SM and Su-24 aircraft based in Crimea

  • Europe

    Nine reasons the Russian Air Force lost more than 26 Su-35, 36 Su-34 and 2 A-50 Early Warning Aircraft

  • Middle East

    Russia and Iran want a prolonged war in the Middle East as Israeli death toll rises to 2,500

  • Europe

    Russia Donatea BTR-82A APC To Belarusian Army To Prepare For Invasion Through Belarus

  • Europe

    British-supplied Brimstone Missiles Forced Russians To Retreat From Frontline

  • Americas

    US Coast Guard Commissions 44th Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutter

  • Air Platform

    Turkey plans to maintain a fleet of fighter jets comprising F-16V, KAAN, Eurofighter and F-35A.

  • Air Platform

    Turkish UAV Aksungur flies 28 hours with 12 smart munitions

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thai Shipyard built two M36-class Patrol Boats for Thai Navy

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