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  • [ March 11, 2026 ] Australia deploys high-tech E-7A Wedgetail spy plane to protect the United Arab Emirates. C4iSR
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East Asia and Pacific Region

Hyundai and Hanwha To Compete In South Korean KDDX Destroyer Program

February 6, 2025 GDC 0

South Korea has selected Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to compete for the primary contractor role on the Korean Next-Generation Destroyer (KDDX) program. The KDDX is an 8-trillion Korean won ($5.5 billion) effort […]

Europe

South Korea’s DAPA to Develop Naval L-SAM Program for KDDX Destroyer

April 9, 2022 GDC 0

The missile will be fielded on the KDDX, the next-generation destroyer class of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) that will be fitted with domestically designed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars. The L-SAM program, […]

Naval Platforms

South Korean Navy’s KDDX Future Destroyer

June 11, 2020 GDC 0

HHI unveiled is KDDX design at MADEX 2019 defense show held last year in Busan. HHI’s KDDX is 156 meters in length with a beam of 19 meters and a displacement of 6,500 tons. […]

  • Myanmar Junta Sentenced Six Army Generals To Death For Surrendering, Junta Hunts Officers Who Deserted Their Post And Escaped To Bangladesh

    February 6, 2024 0
    Myanmar’s Junta reports that it sentenced six army generals to death for their surrender this month of a regional military command headquarters on the border with China to an alliance of ethnic armed groups. The [...]
  • Lockheed Martin to Join Japan’s Sixth-generation Fighter Project

    December 16, 2020 0
    Lockheed Martin Corp, the maker of the F-35 stealth jet, will join a project led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to build a new fighter plane that Japan’s air force is expected to field by [...]
  • Pakistan Army shuts down military forum critical of army’s role in Pakistani politics

    January 22, 2024 0
    Pakistan Defence Forum (Defence.pk) shut down indefinitely on orders from Pakistan military’s General Headquarters (GHQ). Most members were openly against the GHQ and in support of Imran Khan. The owner of the websites was ordered [...]
  • Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract To Build Homes Moon’s Orbit

    July 21, 2021 0
    Northrop Grumman Corp won a NASA contract worth $935 million to develop living quarters for the U.S. space agency’s planned outpost in lunar orbit, learned GDC citing the company’s spokesperson. Northrop Grumman Developed AI Powered Command [...]
  • Saudi Arabia and Iraq Sign Security Pact to Enhance Security Cooperation

    November 12, 2024 0
    The defense ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iraq have met in Riyadh to sign a military agreement following discussions on security and cooperation amid increasing tensions. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact.DateSeptember 18, [...]
  • Bangladesh Army’s Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique sued for embezzlement and siphoning $665 million

    January 29, 2025 0
    The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed four cases against 19 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s military advisor Tarek Ahmed Siddique, for embezzling $665 million from various airport projects. Bangladesh Army (Thief) Siphoned $20 [...]
Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

  • Americas

    South Korea, Japan, New Zealand And Canada Will Join AUKUS Pillar 2 As Advanced Technology Development Partners

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Singapore Tightened Screws On Myanmar’s Arms Import Through Its Territory

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri Delivers Second Al Zubarah-class Corvette to Qatar

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department Approves 20 F-16V Block 70 to Philippines Amid China Tensions

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Lockheed WinsAwarded $138 Million Contract For Taiwan’s Peace Phoenix Rising Program

  • Europe

    Russian losses in Makhmut are so huge that they impacted supply chains on other battlefields

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan unveils new advanced jet trainer “Brave Eagle”

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia Plans To Normalize Ties With Israel

  • Europe

    Russian State TV Confirms Killing Of Two More Generals In Eastern Ukraine

  • Europe

    Poland Received First Batch Of Bayraktar TB2 Drones From Turkey

  • Americas

    AN/APG-77 Multimode Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Anka UCAV’s Integrated Radar Detects Mines in the Black Sea

  • Air Platform

    Rheinmetall Unveils LUNA Reconnaissance UAV

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Selected StandardAero To Assemble BlackHawk Helicopters For British Army

  • Americas

    Rheinmetall And Northrop Grumman Agree To Strategic Partnership On Precision Munition

  • Europe

    NATO Scrambles Fighter Jet To Intercept Russian Tu-160 Blackjack

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China has announced $178.2 billion defense budget, a 6.6 percent growth for this year

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Court Indicted 25 Army Officers, 2 RAB Officers, Former Dictator Sheikh Hasina and Former Home Minister Khan For Crimes Against Humanity.

  • Europe

    Slovakia Considers Selling Zuzana Self-propelled Howitzers to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force Successfully Tests Skyborg Drone

  • Middle East

    Israeli F-16 Successfully Jammed Russian-made S-300 SAM of Syrian Army

  • Naval Platforms

    Pakistan Held Keel-laying Ceremony For Fourth MILGEM Corvette

  • South Asia

    Indian RAW: A History of Covert Operations in Asia, Middle East, Europe and America

  • Europe

    Rocketsan, Kale Jet Engines signed agreement to build jet engines for cruise missile.

  • Air Platform

    Singapore Air Force Purchases H225M Helicopter Simulator From Spanish Indra

  • Air Platform

    IAI to unveil new long-endurance Heron MK II UAV

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Malaysian Navy launched second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Raja Muda Nala

  • Infantry Weapons

    SHERSHEN Anti-Tank Guided Missile System

  • C4iSR

    Air 555 Phase 1: Royal Australian Air Force To Induct MC-55A Peregrine EW Aircraft, Amid China Tensions

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan’s Ministry of Defense to test first artificial intelligence enabled aircraft in 2025

  • Air Platform

    Israel Sent Formal Request To U.S. State Department To Purchase 25 F-15EX Fighter Jets

  • Europe

    US Army Deploys HIMARS Near Crimea

  • Europe

    Russia Purchased Iranian Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar Ballistic Missiles, Russia Ran Out of Iskander Missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes destroyed Russia’s oil depot

  • C4iSR

    Thales Awarded Contract To Deliver Air Defense Radar To Iraq

  • Middle East

    Turkish F-16 shot down two Syrian Su-24 Fencer Jets And A Turkish Drone Shot Down Over Idlib Region, Syria.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russia Built Military Bases In Laos And Sudan

  • Naval Platforms

    Thales to deliver TACTICOS CMS for Type 31 frigates of Royal Navy

  • Loitering Munitions

    Hamas launched 20 kamikaze drones from Gaza in Israel as IDF continues to bomb Gaza

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    CASIC HQ-17AE Air Defense Systems

  • Europe

    Germany Sends First Iris-T SLM Anti-air Missile To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Anadolu Shipyard delivers four landing ships to Qatari Navy

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia expressed its interest in joining the Turkish KAAN fighter jet program

  • Europe

    Russian military confirms damage to its warship in missile strike

  • Air Platform

    Norwegian F-35A Stealth Jets Trialed Hotpit Landing On Highway In Finland

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic donates new batch of Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Planning to Test Its Killer Drone Against S-400

  • Europe

    Finland And Sweden Formally Apply For NATO Membership

  • Europe

    UK Signs Security Pact With Sweden and Finland, Amid Russia tensions

  • South Asia

    Hindu Nationalist Narendra Modi was over-interested in corrupt and murderous Sheikh Hasina, looting Bangladesh to undermine its national security rather than investing in Bangladesh

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