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  • [ January 30, 2023 ] Russian men escaped to Alaska by boat to avoid Putin’s draft Uncategorized
  • [ January 30, 2023 ] Israeli Kamikaze Drones Struck Iranian Drone Manufacturing Factory Middle East
  • [ January 30, 2023 ] U.S. sends more NASAMS missiles, Stryker armored vehicles and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles Anti-air Missiles
  • [ January 30, 2023 ] 40 RNAF’s F-16 fighter jets could allow Ukraine to retake Crimea faster than anticipated Air Platform
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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea Launches 2021–35 Defense Technology Plan

April 7, 2021 GDC 0

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has launched the country’s new long-term plan aimed at developing technologies in key areas of military capability. The new 2021–35 Core Technology Plan, unveiled on 22 March, will […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Thyssenkrupp Secured A Deal To Supply Titanium To KAI

January 25, 2021 GDC 0

Thyssenkrupp Aerospace has secured a three-year materials supply contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). Under the deal, the German company will supply materials for KAI’s military and civilian aircraft programmes, it says. “The long-term agreement […]

Air Platform

South Korean Stealth KF-21 (KFX) Fighter Jet Will Fly In 2022

September 4, 2020 GDC 0

South Korea’s new KF-X (Korean Fighter eXperimental) multi-role stealth fighter has begun final assembly despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and will be rolled out in the first half of next year, as planned. The KFX […]

Air Platform

GE Aviation delivers the first F414-GE-400K engine to KAI for KFX fighters

July 7, 2020 GDC 0

The GE Aviation announced that it delivered the first F414-GE-400K engine to Korea Aerospace Industries in May. KAI is developing the KF-X for the South Korean Air Force, which intends to replace its fleet of […]

C4iSR

Hanwha Systems Developed KFX AESA Radar

July 6, 2020 GDC 0

South Korea is reported to have completed the first AESA radar to be tested on the KF-X fighter. The radar will be delivered to the customer next month for further integration testing. Press reports from […]

Air Platform

GE Delivers F414 Engines For South Korean KFX Fifth-Gen Fighter Jets

June 6, 2020 GDC 0

GE Aviation delivered in May the first F414-GE-400K engine for Korea Aerospace Industries’ (KAI) KF-X aircraft, an in-development fifth-generation fighter for the South Korean air force. Flight tests on the twin-engined KF-X are planned to […]

Uncategorized

South Korea Awarded A Contract to Integrate MBDA Meteor onto KF-X Fighter Aircraft

November 27, 2019 GDC 0

On 22 November 2019, MBDA has announced that it has been awarded a contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the integration of the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) onto the KF-X future Korean fighter aircraft. The KF-X is […]

Air-Launched Weapons

TAURUS KEPD 350E Precision Strike Stand-Off Missile

October 24, 2019 GDC 0

TAURUS KEPD 350E – the modular stand-off weapon system for precision strikes against hardened and high-value point and area targets – is deployed on the German Tornado IDS and the Spanish EF-18 aircraft. The TAURUS KEPD is […]

Air Platform

South Korean KAI Unveils Fifth Generation Combat Aircraft Mockup

October 15, 2019 GDC 0

Seoul – On the international aerospace exhibition in Seoul, South Korean manufacturer Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) have introduced full-size mockup of next generation combat aircraft. The KFX is the fifth generation fight aircraft program Jointly […]

  • VKS Is Inferior To The US Air Force, Says Russian Tech Entrepreneur Mikhail Bolshakov

    June 13, 2020 0
    After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia in the 1980s and 1990s focused on improving its fourth-generation Cold War aircraft instead of new-generation models like the Su-57. Bolshakov blames the situation on Russia’s weak [...]
  • Aselsan to Deliver AESA for F-16 Fighter Jet by 2022

    March 15, 2022 0
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  • China Building Missiles Mega-base Near Vietnam

    April 20, 2021 0
    To the alarm of the Vietnamese government, China is apparently building a surface-to-air missile base 20 kilometers from its border with Vietnam, as a long-term precaution and near-term warning to neighboring countries, observers say. Chinese [...]
  • Greece Acquires Six Additional Rafale F3R Fighter Jets

    March 27, 2022 0
    Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, and Vice-Admiral Aristidis Alexopoulos, Director General of Armaments and Investments of the Greek Ministry of Defence, signed in Athens, in the presence of Mrs. Florence Parly, French [...]
  • Ukraine Shot Down Su-34 Fighter-bomber in Kharkiv

    December 3, 2022 0
    The remains of a Russian Su-34 Fullback strike aircraft have been found in a field in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Ukraine Shot Down the 25th Su-34 Fighter Bomber Of the Russian Air Force In LymanOctober [...]
  • U.S. Reaffirmed Support to Indonesia Against Chinese Agression

    October 29, 2020 0
    JAKARTA (GDC) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewed the Trump administration’s rhetorical onslaught against China in Indonesia on Thursday as the American presidential election looms. With China a central theme in President Donald [...]
Europe

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

January 19, 2023 0

Ukrainian engineers have developed an improvised ground-based light rocket launcher that fires S-8 aircraft rockets. The “Sivalka” VM-8 is a 16-tube launcher using 80mm S-8KO rockets typically fired by tactical aircraft and military helicopters. The new […]

Europe

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

January 16, 2023 0

According to a statement published by the British Government on January 14, 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the United Kingdom will send 30 AS90 Braveheart 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers to aid the Ukrainian […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China Unveils Short-range FB-10A Anti-air Missiles

January 16, 2023 0

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Europe

Germany To Deliver Road Mobile RCH 155 Self-propelled Howitzers To Ukraine

January 15, 2023 0

The German government officially confirmed that the country plans to supply the newest RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers and artillery rounds to Ukraine. The details were given in a 7 December media release, to announce that […]

Europe

Saab Awarded Fresh Contract To Produce NLAW For British Army

January 11, 2023 0

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Europe

French Army Purchases SCAR-H PR Precision Rifle From FN Herstal

January 10, 2023 0

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  • Americas

    Sikorsky to build nine CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for U.S. Marines

  • Americas

    AeroVironment Awarded $86.4 Million Contract To Produce RQ-20B Drones For US Army

  • Industry

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

  • Europe

    Poland Signs Contract With South Korea To Buy K2 Tanks And K9 Howitzers

  • Europe

    Turkey Hired A Law Firm To Lobby F-35 Programme

  • Americas

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Carl-Gustaf Multi-role Weapon System For U.S. Army

  • Naval Platforms

    Amid US and Taiwan tensions, China to expedite development of FC-31 for PLA Navy

  • Air Platform

    China transfers drone technology to Saudi Arabia

  • Central Asia

    Which Countries Supply Arms to Azerbaijan and Armenia?

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The USAF F-15C Scores World’s Longest Air-to-air Kill Record

  • Europe

    Poland Purchases 116 Second-hand M1 Abrams Tanks From U.S. Inventory

  • Europe

    Turkish HISAR-O Medium-range Surface-to-air Missile Passes High Altitude Tests

  • Americas

    Australia to receive 200 LRASMs for RAAF’s Super Hornet

  • Civil Aviation

    Boeing Delayed Delivery Of 737 MAX To Ryanair

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    DARPA Flight Trials 3D Printed Scramjet Hypersonic Engine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Saab Gripen Fires New AIM-9X Air-to-Ground Sidewinder Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Amphibious Assault Ship USS America sails through Taiwan straits

  • Europe

    Germany Agrees To Send 50 Gepard Air-defense Tanks to Ukraine

  • Europe

    German arms exports surged to $8.9 billions

  • Europe

    Two Civilian Vessels Hit by Russian Missiles Off Odessa, Says Ukraine MoD

  • Africa

    African Lion 21: U.S. Army teams up with troops in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal for exercise

  • Defense Industry

    Raytheon Awarded Contract For SeaRAM Block 2 For Egyptian Navy

  • Air Platform

    China Commissions Aerial Refueling Variant Y-20 Heavy-lift Aircraft

  • Industry

    The top 10 countries exporting arms around the world

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Modify Mission Planning Software Of F-16 For India And Pakistan

  • Europe

    Spanish Navy’s F-110 class frigate project hits a new milestone

  • Air Platform

    The $50 Million MiG-35 “Lemon” Will Be Tested Until 2021 :Mikoyan Design Bureau

  • Naval Platforms

    The Five Mighty Navies Of Europe

  • Europe

    Navantia Completes Initial Sea Trials of Isaac Peral (S-81) Submarine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese Defense Giant Forged Partnerships On Defense Projects

  • Uncategorized

    Turkish Aselsan awarded $13.3 million contract for software based radios

  • Middle East

    Israeli Army Deploys Deadly Merkava Tanks And APCs In Gaza

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Reportedly Will Buy More Su-35s to Replace Older Aircrafts: Reports TASS

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    How China Influenced Military Coup In Myanmar?

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon AGM-65 Maverick Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

  • Air Platform

    China Upgrades Russian-made Su-35 To Chinese Standard

  • Europe

    Saab Gripen Exits from Swiss Air 2030 Program

  • Europe

    Putin removes and demotes Russian general Sergei Surovikin for heavy losses in Ukraine war

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Started Shipping Ammo, Assault Rifles and Artillery Shells To Russia

  • Naval Platforms

    Textron Systems armed unmanned surface vehicle (USV) or sea drones for ocean attack

  • Europe

    Turkey tests indigenous liquid-fueled rocket engine

  • Air Platform

    Armenian Su-30s turned out to be useless in the Karabakh conflict: Professor Boris Sokolov

  • Naval Platforms

    RAN upgrades Anzac-class frigate

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian DRDO Tests Air-deployable Container For Indian Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army started Boxer CRV Training

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine Developed Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Information collection “Tayra” and “Harza” Radar

  • Middle East

    Pakistan Was Pressured To Recognize Israel By MBS: Imran Khan

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Started Serial Production Of Hurjet Trainer/Light Attack Aircraft

  • Africa

    The Great Wall Of Djibouti, Chinese Naval Base In Africa

  • Middle East

    Boeing delivers 24 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Qatar

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