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Europe

European Nations Band Together to Build Next-generation Main Battle Tank

April 28, 2025 GDC 0

Several European countries have launched the Technologies for Existing and Future Main Battle Tanks (FMBTech) project to “revolutionize” main battle tanks (MBTs) and adapt them to the evolving demands of modern hybrid warfare. The three-year program addresses […]

Europe

Croatia Plans to Purchase 50 Leopard 2A8 Battle Tanks From Germany

October 29, 2024 GDC 0

Croatia’s ministry of defense said on Monday that it will buy up to 50 Leopard tanks from Germany in a transaction that includes sending some of its older tanks and other military equipment to Ukraine. […]

Europe

The Czech Republic plans to buy new Leopard A28 tanks

August 26, 2023 GDC 0

The Czech Ministry of Defense has announced his country is in talks with Germany to purchase Leopard 2 tanks in the newest 2A8 configuration. According to a press release, the government of the Czech Republic […]

  • Pakistan’s NESCOM to manufacturer parts for Turkish Anka drone

    August 23, 2021 0
    TAI and NESCOM will be jointly responsible for employment, resource and technology transfer within the scope of the agreement that was inked to expand the markets for the Turkish drones, an Anadolu Agency (AA) report [...]
  • China Launched 9th Type 056 Corvette In 2020

    June 21, 2020 0
    The 9th Type 056 corvette has joined the People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) since the beginning of 2020. The “Jingdezhen” (617) was admitted to active service in the PLAN East Sea Fleet and assigned to [...]
  • India allocates $18.48 billion for new procurement in FY2021 budget

    July 20, 2021 0
    India allocated $18.48 billion for weapons procurement in its 2021-2022 defense budget amid an ongoing military standoff with China and financial stress on the national economy due to the coronavirus pandemic. Indian Military plans $15.95 [...]
  • Umka-2021: Russian Nuclear Submarines Were Forced To Surface, Lacks Countermeasures, Says Maxim Klimov

    April 18, 2021 0
    Russian nuclear submarines were vulnerable to the western submarines, Vietnamese newspaper Soha reports. Modern Russian nuclear submarines have proven to be quite vulnerable to Western submarines. According to preliminary information, even newly built submarines can [...]
  • MBDA-Thales Eurosam SAMP/T Air Defense System: The most advanced missile defense systems

    January 16, 2020 0
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  • Belarusian Air Force’s Yak-130 Training Aircraft Crashed

    March 10, 2024 0
    A Yakovlev Yak-130 belonging to the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defence Forces crashed near a residential area in Baranovichi , killing both pilots. Belarusian Yak-130 Crashed Killing Two PilotsDateMay 23, 2021Russia to deliver twelve [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Delivers First Tranche of 140mm Towed Mortars to Russian Army

June 5, 2025 0

North Korean 140mm towed mortars have been spotted in use by Russian forces, adding to a growing list of foreign-supplied weaponry now deployed in Moscow’s war effort. The new mortar has a maximum range of […]

Europe

CZ Group Unveils BREN 3 Assault Rifles at IDET 2025 in Brno

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Europe

British Army Tests Lighter Javelin Missile Launch System at Record Range of 4km

May 28, 2025 0

The British Army has test-fired the latest Javelin command launch unit at a record range of 4 kilometers (2.48 miles). The record shot at Salisbury Plains demonstrated the Javelin’s Lightweight Command Launch Unit’s (LWCLU) enhanced […]

Central Asia

Kazakhstan started building new artillery ammunitions plant

May 26, 2025 0

Kazakhstan has launched the construction phase of a new industrial facility for the production of artillery ammunition in cooperation with a partner from Singapore. The upcoming plant will manufacture 122mm, 152mm, and 155mm caliber artillery […]

Europe

British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

May 25, 2025 0

A British defense startup has unveiled a new ramjet-powered artillery round designed to deliver long-range precision effects in future combat environments. Tiberius Aerospace, founded in 2022 and rooted in Silicon Valley practices, introduced its flagship […]

Infantry Weapons

India fields Swedish-made Carl-Gustaf M4 launcher ditching locally-made Nag Mk-2 ATGM

May 25, 2025 0

The Indian Army has begun fielding the Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle. The deployment follows Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, a fully foreign-owned subsidiary of Saab AB, establishing a new production facility in India. According to […]

  • Europe

    France sent Caesar self-propelled artillery systems to Ukraine

  • Europe

    UK will send starstreak, NLAW, howitzer and loitering munitions worth £100 million to Ukraine

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Prepares for BALTOPS Baltic Sea Exercise in June

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PLA Navy Wants Four New Type 09IV Nuclear Attack Submarines

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China supplying Russia with metal, composite, aircraft parts, electronics, drones and vehicles to support Russian war in Ukraine

  • Europe

    No Medivac: One Russian Dying Every Three Minutes To Fight Putin’s War In Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Russia copies Boeing X-32 and embeds it into the cold-war MiG 1.44 project to create Checkmate LCA

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan commissioned first Soryu-class Submarine equipped with lithium-ion batteries

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. State Department approves Harpoon missiles to Taiwan worth $2.37 billion

  • Europe

    Russian navy is completely inactive in the Ukraine war except occasionally launching Kalibr missiles from Sevastopol

  • Europe

    Poland Delivers Piorun Man-portable Air Defense System To Norway

  • South Asia

    Russian Missiles Don’t Work, Says Indian Air Force

  • Europe

    Turkey To Upgrade Armored Vehicles Of Its Armed Forces

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes blew up Russian oil refinery and reduced Russia’s oil production capacity by five percent

  • Americas

    Iran attack puts pressure on US House speaker to pass aid bill for Israel and Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, UK sign key agreement on AUKUS nuclear submarine build

  • Europe

    Embarrassing Russian Army, Drunk Russian Troops Ditches BMD-2 IFV

  • Americas

    US to deploy Patriot Missile Defense System at US base in Iraq

  • Americas

    Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested for leaking classified documents

  • Infantry Weapons

    How Iron Dome Missile Systems Protects Israeli Cities?

  • Air Platform

    Why Australia Needs B-21 Raider For Long-range Strike Missions?

  • South Asia

    India Plans to Buy 36 Additional Rafale For Its Air Force: Report

  • Air Platform

    Russian Fighter Bombers Running Out Of Service Life, F-16 And Gripen Will Make Putin’s Forces Life Miserable

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Completes GE XA100 Sixth-Gen Fighter Jet Engine

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    Europe

    Poland sets to order Rak Self-propelled Mortars

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Company Delivers AW169M Helicopters To Austrian Army

  • Air Platform

    Israeli IAI Creates World First Drone Interceptor Drone Dubbed Drone Guard

  • Europe

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems sends UK’s Type 26 frigate design document to Australia

  • Europe

    No Russian military base in Belarus, says President Lukashenko

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Troops Captured Unexploded Iranian-made Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones

  • Africa

    Nigeria Inducts JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    Amid Turkey Tensions, Greece Buys Six More Rafale Fighters Bringing Total to 24 Jets

  • Europe

    Germany will transfer $19.1 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine over the next few years

  • South Asia

    Tata, Lockheed Martin bring new cutting-edge aerospace technology to India

  • Civil Aviation

    Russian commercial airlines are on the brink of collapse as Chinese and Iranian engineers conducting uncertified repairs of aircraft

  • Europe

    British Special Air Service (SAS): Who Dares Wins

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Shipbuilding delivers 20th Guardian-class patrol boat to Australia

  • Europe

    British MoD To Compensate For Damages Caused By RAF Typhoon’s Sonic Boom

  • Air Platform

    Brazil To Purchase More Saab Gripen Fighter Jets, Defense Minister Jose Mucio Said

  • Middle East

    Iran Consider Supplying Shahed-136 To Hezbullah, Israel Should Consider Supplying Ukraine With Missiles And Drones

  • Europe

    France asked India to come clean about five Rafale losses, blaming poorly trained Indian pilots

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia, France, UK, Japan and USA to send experts to India to examine captured Chinese-made PL-15E missile

  • Anti-air Missiles

    MBDA To Add Anti-ship Ballistic Missile Capability To Sea Viper Anti-air Missiles

  • Africa

    Morocco purchased Chinese-made TB-001K “Scorpion” reconnaissance and attack drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Navy Joins Indonesian Submarine Rescue Operations

  • Americas

    US Navy Awarded A Contract To Build The Largest Virginia-class Submarines

  • Air Platform

    Indonesian Fighter Jets Procurement, Latest French Rafale Report

  • Europe

    British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce CB90 Combat Boat For Sweden

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