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  • [ February 1, 2026 ] Russia seeks India’s assistance in importing 22 critical Western components for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, thereby circumventing sanctions. Civil Aviation
  • [ February 1, 2026 ] Norway purchases two more Type 212CD submarines. Europe
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Land 2097 Phase 4: Australia’s Special Operations Forces Helicopter

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  • Pentagon picks defense-technology firm Kratos to develop hypersonic flight-testing vehicle

    January 8, 2025 0
    The Pentagon awarded defense-technology firm Kratos a contract worth up to $1.45 billion to help increase its hypersonic flight-testing cadence. Amid China and Russia Tensions, US Races to Build Hypersonic Weapons: AnalysisDateMay 26, 2020Japan Developing [...]
  • EaglePicher to Develop New Battery For Gripen E Combat Jet

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  • Embarrassing Display: Russia’s Su-35 shot down a Su-30SM2

    June 9, 2021 0
    A Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM2 fighter jet that crashed this week may have been accidentally shot down by another Su-35 plane during exercises, the state-run TASS news agency reported Wednesday. MAF to fly Su-30SM2 with a [...]
  • U.S. Air Force Trials Australian E-7 Wedgetail As A Replacement For E-3 Sentry AEW&C

    June 19, 2022 0
    The U.S. Air Force conducted its first testing exercise with an E-7 Wedgetail, the Boeing Co. aircraft now used by Australia’s military that will begin to replace retiring E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System [...]
  • Rocketsan test fires ATMACA anti-ship missile from underwater

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  • Morocco to receive first batch of F-16V in 2021

    August 16, 2020 0
    Morocco will become in 2021 the first country in Africa to use the F16 Viper fighter jets, a well-informed local news outlet reported. An order has been placed by Morocco’s Royal Air Force to acquire [...]
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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  • Europe

    Russia Exposed: Captured Russian Pilots Admit That RuAF Distributed Garmin GPS and Pronebo Mobile App To Navigate In Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia will be first foreign operator of AIM-260A JATM air-to-air missile.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Babcock International Vying to Win South Korean LPX-II Aircraft Carrier Program

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Azerbaijan Destroyed Armenian S-300 Anti-air System Using Harop Kamikaze Drone And Bayraktar TB2 Drone

  • Africa

    Morocco Ordered 30 Ceasar Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Anti-air Missiles

    UK to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles

  • Infantry Weapons

    Standard Missile 3: Shipboard and Land-based Interceptor

  • Europe

    The First Greek FDI frigate starts sea trials

  • Air Platform

    F-16s for Ukraine arrived in Romania to train Ukrainian pilots

  • C4iSR

    Elbit Systems awarded $70 million contract to provide EW solution to an undisclosed Customer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Detects Acoustic Signature Of Chinese Noisy Submarines off Amami Oshima

  • Middle East

    Earth Shattering Explosion In Beirut As Israeli Air Force Sent GBU-72 Bunker Busting Bomb 50 Meters Deep In Hezbollah Bunker

  • Naval Platforms

    HMAS Arunta tests fire evolved sea sparrow missile

  • South Asia

    National Security Policy, Framework, and Doctrine Vacuum Lead to Systemic Corruption in the Bangladesh Military: Report

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Two Chinese Coast Guard Vessels Sustained Significant Damage Ramming Each Other While Chasing Philippines Vessel.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Type 022 Houbei-Class, Designed And Built For Missile Swarms

  • Africa

    The Chadian Air Force’s Su-25 Drops Bombs Over Senior Army Officers House: Report

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Turkey to arm its combat drones with new light cruise missiles

  • Cruise Missiles

    Poland purchases several hundred JASSM extended-range cruise missiles worth $735 million.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Indian DRDO Tests High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target Drone ABHYAS

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    H&B Awarded Contract Support AUKUS Submarine’s Supply Chain

  • C4iSR

    Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon jets and their pilot’s bionic helmets helped Israel repel Iran’s drone

  • Air Platform

    Did China steal Apache Attack Helicopter Technology?

  • Air Platform

    Russia Running Out Of Drone Warfare Options As Its Iranian-made Shahed-136 Drones Riddled With Defects

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Air Force To Join Desert Flag Exercise in UAE

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s BTR-4 Punching Holes In Russia’s BTR-82A And T-72 Tanks In The Battle For Bakhmut

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Anti-Radiation Missile Enters Full-rate Production

  • Europe

    BAE Systems started design work of successor to Astute-class submarines

  • Air Platform

    Iran, Russia Su-35 Fighter Jets Deal Collapsed, Amid Sanctions and Spare Parts Shortage

  • Europe

    France Started Backfilling Rafale Shortfalls

  • Americas

    US DoD ask congress to authorize construction of two new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines

  • Middle East

    Disappearance Of Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Prompted Speculation That Israeli Air Strikes Killed Sinwar And His Family On August 1

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. Air Force Publishes Concept For NGAD Project AKA Sixth-Gen Fighter

  • Europe

    Ukraine Fires Polish-made Howitzers To Fight Off Russians

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    COVID-19 Started In Peoples Liberation Army’s Biolaboratory: Dr Li Meng-Yan

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Needs to Scrap the Army’s Sampriti Exercise, Land Corridor, Rail Links, Fibre Optic Connection, Port Access, and Rooppur Nuclear Civil Works with India to Enhance National Security and Counterintelligence Against India’s RAW

  • Defense Industry

    South Korean Hanwha Group Buys Daewoo Shipbuilding

  • Europe

    Russian pilot admits: ‘Ukraine will win the war, no matter what’

  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan expands domestic armored vehicle production

  • Cruise Missiles

    Russian Kh-55 cruise missile headed for Ukraine using Polish airspace to avoid Ukrainian IRIS-T and Patriot missiles

  • Europe

    Russia imported Chinese turboprop engine for its locally made kamikaze drones

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Produce Nine CH-53K King Stallion Heavy Lift Helicopters

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones completely destroyed Russia’s oil refinery in Rostov

  • Europe

    Greece Trials German-made KF41 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Rheinmetall, Thales Awarded Contract to Support Tiger Helicopter Simulators in France and Germany

  • Europe

    Another Russian businessman mysteriously died with a bullet wound and a rifle nearby.

  • Europe

    Britain to Send StarStreak Anti-air Missiles to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Super Hornet Block II can carry Stormbreaker glide bomb

  • Europe

    7,684 Armored Vehicles Destroyed In Ukraine War, Desperate Russia Wants To Replenish Armored Vehicles Inventory

  • Africa

    Turkey, Ethiopia and Morocco signs arms deal for supplying drones to African countries

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