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Turkey’s first fighter jet KAAN conducts maiden test flight

February 22, 2024 GDC 0

The 21-metre aircraft can reach a maximum speed of 1.8 Mach thanks to its twin engines, which can produce 13,000 kilogrammes of thrust each. KAAN’s features include high situational awareness, optimised pilot workload, combat damage […]

Air Platform

Turkish Aerospace Industries Set For Big Win In 2024 With Its Supersonic Jets And Drones

January 5, 2024 GDC 0

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Turkey wants to domestically produce GE engines for its KAAN fighter jet

January 2, 2024 GDC 0

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Air Platform

TRMotor to provide auxiliary power unit for Turkish KAAN fighter jet

December 3, 2023 GDC 0

Turkey’s procurement agency has commissioned a local company to develop critical technologies for an engine that the government hopes will power its first indigenous fighter jet. A contract was signed this year between two state-controlled […]

Air Platform

Turkey plans to build fifth-gen KAAN fighter jets by 2030 if Germany doesn’t sell Eurofighters

November 29, 2023 GDC 0

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Pakistan to ditch Chinese JF-17 jets and join Turkish KAAN fighter jet project

November 17, 2023 GDC 0

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Azerbaijan Joined Turkish KAAN Fighter Jets Project Which Scheduled For Flight Trials in December

July 30, 2023 GDC 0

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Turkish fifth-gen fighter jet ‘KAAN’ to fly after high-speed taxi tests

July 15, 2023 GDC 0

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  • The U.S. State Department Approves Javelin For Australia

    November 30, 2020 0
    The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Javelin missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $46 million. The US State Department Approves Javelin for [...]
  • UK has begun supplying Ukraine with the Gravehawk anti-air missiles

    February 16, 2025 0
    The United Kingdom has begun supplying Ukraine with the Gravehawk, a newly developed air defense system designed to integrate Soviet-era missiles into a modern, ground-based platform that is disguised as a common shipping container. Ukraine [...]
  • Babcock Announced Joint Venture With Bell Helicopters for the Requirement of Australian SAS Helicopter

    May 28, 2020 0
    Babcock announces that it had selected the Bell 429 Global Ranger helicopter in its bid for the LAND 2097 Phase 4 Project to support the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) helicopter capability. As part of [...]
  • Rheinmetall Awarded Contract to Produce 120mm Tank Ammunition.

    December 10, 2025 0
    Germany has placed a fresh multi-hundred-million-euro call off with Rheinmetall for 120 mm Leopard 2 tank ammunition under its expanded 4 billion euro framework agreement running to 2030. The move underpins Berlin’s Zeitenwende rearmament effort, [...]
  • Top Russian general killed by Ukrainian sniper in major blow for KGB Putin

    March 4, 2022 0
    According to multiple reports, a top Russian general was killed by a Ukrainian sniper in a crucial blow to the Russian invasion. Russia Loses Eighth General and 34th Colonel in Botched Ukraine InvasionDateApril 19, 2022Ukraine [...]
  • Northrop Grumman To Modernize Cockpit and Mission Computers For E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

    January 26, 2024 0
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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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  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan Says It Will Shot Down PRC Drones If It Enters Into ADIZ

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Growing Arsenal Of Conventional And Nuclear Ballistic Missiles Pose Serious Threat To Australia, Japan, And India

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan to Purchase 48 NORA B52 Howitzers From Serbia

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received First Battery Of Sophisticated NASAMS Anti-air Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Trump Administration Has Demanded Australia Lift Its Defence Spending to $100 Billion

  • Europe

    Turkey integrates South Korean engine with MBT Altay

  • Europe

    Turkey Exported $900 Million Of Dual-use Technology To Russian Defense Industries, Violating International Sanctions

  • C4iSR

    US donates TPS-77 long-range surveillance radar to Malaysia and Indonesia

  • Middle East

    Iran Unveils Kaman-19 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Su-35 and Su-34 Fighter Bombers

  • Air Platform

    India’s HAL Tejas Light Fighter Jet Plagued With Safety Issues, Quality Issues, Delays and Cost Overrun

  • Americas

    US Navy’s JPALS landing system reaches initial operational capability

  • Central Asia

    Russia sends troops to Tajikistan, establishes a military base

  • Europe

    Putin started removing Russian Generals who spoke up against inept and inadequate support from the Kremlin

  • Europe

    Chancellor Scholz Draw A Line On Sand Regarding Fighter Jets

  • Europe

    UK delivers 30 AS90 Braveheart 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Norway Signed Agreement With Germany To Buy Six Type 212CD Submarine

  • Middle East

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

  • C4iSR

    Saab Successfully Conducted Flight Test Of Fourth GlobalEye AEW&C

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Germany to receive Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile this year

  • Americas

    Trump to ease restrictions on arms exports to non-NATO countries

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Humiliating Russian military, Russia has asked China for missiles, drones, armoured vehicles: Financial Times

  • Air Platform

    U.S. would welcome Turkey back to F-35 program if S-400 issue is resolved

  • Defense Industry

    Here’s why, China ditches Russian-made jet engines?

  • Europe

    French Navy’s First Air Defense FREMM ‘Alsace’ Starts Sea Trials

  • Europe

    Ukraine receives advanced light howitzer from AM General

  • Europe

    Fincantieri Began Construction of Italian Navy’s U212NFS Submarines

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Intelligence Sent Exploding Goggles to Russia’s Drone Operators, Blinding Drone Operators

  • Air Platform

    Hindustan Aeronautics Delivers Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Twin Seater After 40 Years

  • Europe

    Russian Man Killed Military Commander Recruiting Conscripts For Ukraine War

  • Europe

    Ukrainian MAGURA V5 kamikaze sea drones destroyed two Russian KS-701 Tunets patrol boats in Black Sea

  • Defense Industry

    Malaysia Released Tender for Lead-In Light Fighter/Trainer Aircraft

  • Defense Industry

    Poland Became The Largest HIMARS Operator In Europe, Placing $10 Billion Order

  • Air Platform

    Hellenic Aerospace Industries Upgrades Greek F-16 To Viper Standard

  • Land Platform

    Kia Motors KM250 and KM500 Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV)

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    AUKUS moving from nuclear submarines, bombers to AI drone swarms

  • Europe

    Turkey Could Get Militarily Involved In Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Disputes?

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye’s Hurjet advanced jet trainer enters mass production phase.

  • Central Asia

    Top Russian Commander Among Troops Killed During Azerbaijan’s Attack On Nagorno-Karabakh

  • Europe

    Sweden to deliver CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Massive Explosion: British-made Storm Shadow Missiles Hit Russian Missiles Storage In Occupied Port City

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys the last Crimea ferry using ATACMS ballistic missile strike

  • Defense Industry

    Japan to jointly develop sixth generation fighter with the UK

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Completes Flight Tests of Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor Missile.

  • Middle East

    President Erdogan said that Turkey would bring down Su-35 warplanes over Syria using Russian-made S-400.

  • Cyber

    Chinese state-sponsored group carried out widespread cyber espionage campaign in Israel – report

  • Naval Platforms

    Evolution of Stealthy Gotland-class Lead to Almost Invisible A26 The Disruptor

  • Air Platform

    Russia to deliver twelve Yak-130 trainer to Vietnam

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone unit blows up rare Russian Zaslon radar

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Develops Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) That Could Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

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