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Middle East

ThyssenKrupp Delivers First MEKO A-200 Frigate To Egyptian Navy

December 4, 2022 GDC 0

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Defense Industry

U.S. State Department Approves Hellenic Navy’s MEKO-class Modernization Equipment

December 18, 2021 GDC 0

The State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Greece of MEKO Class Frigate Modernization and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.5 billion. The Government of Greece has requested […]

Middle East

Egypt to receive six Meko-200 Frigates from Germany

October 7, 2021 GDC 0

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems has started installing weapons and on-board equipment at its shipyard in Kiel, Germany, on the Al Aziz frigate, the first of six MEKO A-200 ships commissioned by the Egyptian Navy. In particular, […]

Middle East

Sa’ar 6: A Modern Corvette of Israeli Navy

November 10, 2020 GDC 0

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Europe

Greece announced €10 billion military modernization plans

September 13, 2020 GDC 0

Greece plans to arm very heavily and it will spend more than €10 billion in the next 5 years to strengthen its military. What appears to be Greece’s most ambitious military overhaul in nearly two […]

Europe

Greek Frigate Limnos rammed Turkish MEKO-class frigates

August 14, 2020 GDC 0

An extraordinary event took place last night with Turkish media remaining completely silent about the renewed tensions in the Aegean. Last night, the Greek frigate Limnos rammed and damaged the Turkish Kemal Reis war ship […]

C4iSR

MMR-3D NG G-band multirole radar

May 30, 2020 GDC 0

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C4iSR

Reutech optical radar tracker (ORT)

May 29, 2020 GDC 0

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Naval Platforms

Thyssenkrupp Marinesystems MEKO-class Frigate

May 29, 2020 GDC 0

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  • U.S. Air Force is Looking to Adopt Saab’s Design Methodologies to Arm T-7A Red Hawk

    April 6, 2021 0
    The USAF really wants to replace its ageing F-16s and A-10s with a SAAB Gripen like a bird, rather than the F-35A. The USAF is looking at the T-7A program which was developed using SAABs [...]
  • BAE Systems Started Production Of F-15EX’s Advanced EW Suite

    May 19, 2021 0
    BAE Systems is set to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of an advanced electronic warfare (EW) system for the US Air Force (USAF) F-15 aircraft. World’s Most Advanced EW Suite Delivered To US Air Force’s [...]
  • South Korea Offers Frigates And Submarines To Modernize Philippines Navy Without the Political Baggage

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  • South Korean Police Raided KAI Office To Investigate Two Indonesian Nationals Involved In KF-21 Technology Leak

    March 16, 2024 0
    South Korean police raided the head office of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), on Friday in connection with two Indonesian nationals accused of leaking technology related to a fighter jet project, a police official said. Indonesia [...]
  • Croatia plans to acquire two new multipurpose corvettes.

    January 14, 2026 0
    Croatia plans to acquire two new multipurpose corvettes, marking the largest naval procurement in the history of the Croatian Navy by both value and ship size. Ukraine Ordered Turkish Ada-class CorvettesDateApril 30, 2021Turkey Laid Keel [...]
  • Vard Marine Awarded Contract To Build Next-generation Offshore Patrol Vessel For Italian Navy

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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  • Europe

    Russia sends the 1950s BTR-50 vehicles to the frontline, a sign Russia is running out of platforms

  • Middle East

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

  • Middle East

    Turkiye to sale tanks, missiles and warships to Saudi Arabia worth $6 billion

  • Air Platform

    General Atomics to Develop AI Sensors for Prototype Drone

  • Europe

    Ukraine to produce Czech CZ BREN 2 assault rifles

  • Americas

    X (formerly Twitter) struggling to contain misinformation about Hamas’s attacks on Israel

  • Europe

    Putin Appoints General Valery Gerasimov As New Commander For Ukraine War, Blames Everyone Except Himself

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian pilots who are trained in F-16 say American F-16 technologically superior than Sukhoi and Mikoyan built jets

  • Naval Platforms

    Pakistan Navy Commissions First Type 054A/P Frigate

  • Europe

    Orizzonte Sistemi Navali awarded contract to build six next-gen OPVs for the Italian Navy

  • Central Asia

    Israeli, Azerbaijan Defence Companies Co-produced Orbiter Drone in Azerbaijan

  • Air Platform

    Brazilian Pilot Takes Domestically Made Gripen E to Sky For the First Time

  • Americas

    Naval Group Delivers Fourth OPV 87 to Argentina

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    NZ Army Ordered 43 Bushmaster Armored Vehicles

  • Middle East

    Israel hits Hezbollah’s 400 medium-range rocket launchers, 70 arms depots and 80 drones and cruise missiles

  • Europe

    St Petersburg Bomb Blast Kills Putin’s Propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky

  • Air Platform

    The production variant of Su-57 won’t fly until 2028: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu

  • Infantry Weapons

    Rafael Spike LR II Missile System: The Ultimate Tank Killer

  • Europe

    French Air Force Participates In Skyros 2021 Air Combat Exercise With Hellenic Air Force

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysian police will investigate senior army officers for corruption and abuse of powers

  • Air Platform

    Saab offers 12 Gripen E to Philippines worth $1.1 billion

  • Europe

    Russia’s Donbas offensive ‘has failed’ after 100,000 casualties in five months

  • Defense Industry

    Rheinmetall awarded $1.20 billion contract to produce 50 Puma infantry fighting vehicle

  • Europe

    Leopard frenzy: Czech Republic to buy 50 Leopard 2 main battle tanks

  • Defense Industry

    Royal Navy To Build Five More Type 26 Frigates Amid Ukraine War

  • Anti-air Missiles

    UK has begun supplying Ukraine with the Gravehawk anti-air missiles

  • Air Platform

    Norwegian F-35A Landed On Highway In Finland For The First Time

  • Middle East

    Israeli Special Forces Destroyed Underground Missile Production Factory in Syria

  • Central Asia

    Armenia Purchases French CEASAR Howitzers Amid Azerbaijan Tensions

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine started using F-16 against Russian forces, President Zelensky said

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Beaver kamikaze drone strikes blew up Russian aircraft factory 240km behind enemy lines

  • Europe

    Holes in fuselage suggest Russia shot down Azerbaijani airliner J28243 over Grozny

  • Air Platform

    AH-64E: Australian Army’s Future Proof Attack Helicopters

  • Europe

    KGB Putin To Undergo Cancer Treatment, Looking For Suitable Replacement Who Can Pardon Him For Corruption

  • Europe

    Turkiye-made fighter jet Kızılelma completes test with afterburner

  • Defense Industry

    Poland Purchases K2 Tanks And K9 Howitzers From South Korea Worth $5.76 Billion

  • Europe

    Fearing Coup: Putin Removes Major General Vladimir Seliverstov From His Position

  • Central Asia

    Armenia suspends participation in Russia-led CSTO security pact

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems To Submit Final Eurofighter Proposal To Finish HX Competition

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Amid coronavirus insecurity, China opens territorial tensions with Southeast Asian neighbors

  • Air Platform

    Russia And Pakistan Want Production Sharing Agreements For Bayraktar Drones

  • Air Platform

    Boeing has offered to produce the Ghost Bat drone in Poland as part of its 32 F-15EX sales pitch.

  • Defense Industry

    South Korea Emerges As Eighth Largest Weapons Exporter In The World

  • Air Platform

    US Army to induct UH-72B Lakota Helicopters

  • Europe

    Ruble Crashed: International Sanctions Hit Putin’s Face With A Big Slap

  • Europe

    Ukraine is winning naval and air warfare without having a navy and air force but losing ground warfare

  • Europe

    Greek Submarine And Helicopter Are On The Hunt For Turkish Submarine

  • Americas

    US Navy christens newest Freedom-variant LCS USS Beloit

  • Europe

    Serbia received four MiG-29 from Belarus

  • Air Platform

    Saab Group And Canada Sign MoU on Gripen Research Centre In Quebec

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