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  • [ February 3, 2026 ] Poland signs contract for anti-drone system in wake of Russian incursions Anti-drone System
  • [ February 3, 2026 ] U.S. Army awards Raytheon $1.03 billion LTAMDS radar contract. Americas
  • [ February 3, 2026 ] Peru has overturned the decision to buy Gripen in favor of F-16V Block 70 to become major non-NATO ally. Air Platform
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Pakistan’s F-16 Gets Major Boost as the US Approves New Upgrade Package.

December 12, 2025 GDC 0

The United States has approved a $686 million sale of advanced technology, support, and equipment for Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jet fleet, a move Washington says will strengthen Islamabad’s counterterrorism capabilities and reinforce military interoperability between […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin Established Bidirectional Datalink Between F-35 and Ground Forces

April 2, 2022 GDC 0

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Americas

Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor Gets Software Updates

January 15, 2022 GDC 0

The F-22 upgrade allows full functionality for the AIM-120D and AIM-9X Air-to-Air missiles as well as enhanced Air-to-Surface target location capabilities. The Air Force is in the early phases of designing new sensors for its […]

Americas

U.S. Air Force Networks F-15 and F-22 Raptor

January 10, 2022 GDC 0

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C4iSR

Link 16 Airborne Terminal Technology And Data Net Systems

April 20, 2020 GDC 0

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C4iSR

The Talon HATE Pod Air-to-air, Air-to-ground and Satellite Data Links

April 20, 2020 GDC 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

The US State Department Aproves Link16, and IFF Upgrades of South Korean F-16

April 2, 2020 GDC 0

­­­WASHINGTON – The State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea to upgrade its F-16 Block 32 aircraft with Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and Link 16 Tactical […]

  • Turkiye’s defense company MKE successfully tested its Tolga anti-drone system.

    November 19, 2025 0
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  • China Panic: British and Americans Are Gathering Vital Intelligence From Russia’s Prized Su-35S Jet

    April 23, 2022 0
    Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. intelligence had predicted a blistering assault by Moscow that would quickly mobilize the vast Russian air power that its military assembled in order to swift victory over Ukraine. Russia [...]
  • Russia Can’t Hold Out for Another Year: Ukraine Spy Chief Kyrylo Budanov

    October 2, 2023 0
    The head of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence agency (GUR) has said that Russian troops will prove unable to continue their full-scale invasion for longer than one more year, adding that Moscow’s forces have “miserably [...]
  • U.S. to name Qatar as a major non-NATO ally

    September 19, 2020 0
    The United States hopes to move ahead with plans to name Qatar as a major, non-NATO ally, a status that provides foreign nations with benefits in defence trade and security cooperation with Washington, a senior [...]
  • Putin’s Ally Serbia Made U-tern On Political And Military Relationships With Russia Over Ukraine War

    January 29, 2023 0
    The ongoing war in Ukraine is putting a strain on the relationship between Russia and one of its closest allies in Europe, Serbia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who previously had regular contact with Russian President [...]
  • China’s Foreign Ministry Refuted Pakistan’s Claim That J-10C Were Used in India-Pakistan War

    May 11, 2025 0
    The Chinese foreign ministry has said it was not familiar with the matter that Pakistan used J-10C fighter jets made by China. This comes after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s claim that they used J-10C [...]
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.

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan intercepts Indian Navy’s Kalvari-class submarine in its waters

  • Air Platform

    Subaru to participate Japan’s sixth-generation F-X fighter jet programme

  • Americas

    Australia to receive 200 LRASMs for RAAF’s Super Hornet

  • Europe

    Russian saboteurs destroyed two An-148 aircraft and one Mi-28 helicopter near Moscow

  • Europe

    Russia scraps Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier giving up blue water naval ambitions

  • Europe

    Ukrainian $10,000 drone set off fire at Russia’s $30 million ammunition depot

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    HIMARS: Australian Army Will Grow By Another Artillery Regiment

  • Air Platform

    Colombia follows the footsteps of Brazil and Peru by acquiring 16 Gripen E/F fighter jets from Sweden

  • Europe

    No IFF: Russian investigators confirmed Pantsir-S1 missile downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243

  • Europe

    The UK to Send Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles to Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Egypt Wants More Meteor And Scalp Missiles For Its Rafale

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Su-24 Fighter Jet In Kherson

  • Naval Platforms

    Saab Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft

  • Europe

    Sweden Deploys HIMARS and Troops on Gotland Island Amid Russia Tensions

  • C4iSR

    Philippines plans to purchase Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    South Korea buys 20 more KF-21 Boramae fighter jet

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan sent thousands of servicemen and armored vehicles to Syunik

  • South Asia

    Why Pakistan Surprised India Despite India Spends Billions On Its Air Force

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Karen National Union Seized Control of Myanmar’s Karen State, Established Parallel Administration

  • Air Platform

    South Korea selects Embraer C-390 Millennium transport aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s Untrained Pilots Caught in Camera Performing Unsafe Flying Stunts Again

  • Air Platform

    France, Egypt 30 Rafale jets deal came into effect on 15 November

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The RTAF announced procurement programme in “White Paper 2020”

  • Europe

    Lithuania to buy Leopard tanks in record €2 billion order

  • Europe

    Turkey Will Retire Russian-made S-400 SAM In Exchange For Turkish Return To F-35 Program

  • Europe

    France Test-fires M51 Nuclear Ballistic Missile

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Defense Exports Reached $8.5 Billion in 2024.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian military to buy Switchblade 300 suicide drones being used by Ukrainian forces

  • Cruise Missiles

    Taiwan plans $40 billion defense budget with new missiles and drones for coastal strike missions.

  • Middle East

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Hides At Safe Bunker After Israeli Air Strikes On Hezbollah HQ Killing Hassan Nasrallah

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Plans To Buy Second Frigate From South Korea

  • Middle East

    73 Percent of Iranians Want a Secular Government, 7.9 Percent of Iranian Women Want To Wear Hijab

  • Europe

    Ukraine uses Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone with MAM-L munition in NATO drill

  • Defense Industry

    IAI, KAI Sign MoU for Development of Loitering Munitions

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Lao Peoples Air Force’s Yak-130 Crashed Killing Two Pilots

  • Defense Industry

    German Parliament Approves Purchase Of Boeing P-8 Poseidon

  • Europe

    Poland, France and Germany vow to make Europe stronger as fears grow over Russia’s invasion and Trump’s presidency

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine will not be the last country Putin invades, sending Polish and Dutch F-16s to Ukraine would defend Baltic states

  • Central Asia

    Turkmenistan ordered six M-346s and eight AW139s worth 446 million euros

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Anti-Chinese Sentiment Rises in Myanmar as China Fears $1.5 Billion Myanmar-China Gas Pipeline Sabotage

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Navy commissioned Damen-built PNS Yarmook

  • Americas

    U.S. Offers $50 Billion Aid Package To Ukraine

  • Infantry Weapons

    Italy deploys SAMP/T air defense system in Kuwait

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Plans to Procure More F-35A and F-35B Variants Aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Cheaply Built Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Destroying Russia’s Mult-billion Warships And Naval Infrastructure

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force deploys MQ-9 Reaper drone in Estonia

  • Europe

    Ukraine plans to buy homegrown Oplot main battle tanks

  • Europe

    United States Sends More Missiles And Ammunition To Ukraine Worth $400 Million

  • Naval Platforms

    Boeing submits proposal for Indian Navy’s fighters requirement

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army’s Cessna 152 Training Aircraft Crashed

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