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  • [ April 15, 2026 ] China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran. Infantry Weapons
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower. Europe
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] Royal Australian Navy formally established the Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit to Operate Ghost Shark XL-UUV, Bluebottle USV, and Speartooth LUUV. AUV Platform
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Northrop Grumman Offered MQ-8C Unmanned Helicopter To US Navy

February 6, 2021 GDC 0

Northrop Grumman is touting its MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as a future ship-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platform, with a recent trial off the coast of California demonstrating the concept. Speaking to Janes on 4 […]

  • Lockheed’s F-16V Block 70 Achieves Networked Targetting Capability with Real-time Sensor Data.

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  • Royal Australian Navy To Install C-Dome Missiles Onto Arafura Class OPV

    July 23, 2023 0
    The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is in talks to procure a containerised variant of Rafael’s C-Dome in an effort to increase the firepower of its future Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV). Naval News understands that discussions [...]
  • Iranian Drones Recovered In Ukraine Made With U.S.-made Components

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  • 16 PLA Air Force Aircraft Intrudes In Malaysian Airspace

    June 2, 2021 0
    Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Tuesday said he would summon China’s ambassador in the country over a Chinese military aircraft manoeuvre in airspace near the East Malaysian state of Sarawak that was tantamount to a [...]
  • Fast and furious: China’s shipbuilding at a mammoth scale

    April 30, 2020 0
    Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world’s second largest economy–the leading manufacturer of consumer goods and military equipment–a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. China’s fragile relationship with it’s pacific neighbors like Australia, [...]
  • Indian female pilot to fly Rafale jet

    September 22, 2020 0
    The Indian Air Force’s all-male Rafale squadron in Ambala is all set to get its first woman fighter pilot soon. India Today has learnt that one of the IAF’s 10 current active woman fighter pilots [...]
Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

  • Europe

    Putin’s grim milestone of death as Russian death toll passes 110,000

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippine sets to procure Israeli Spyder GBAD

  • Europe

    Ukraine repelled missiles attack in Kyiv, air defense command said

  • Air Platform

    Legendary F-15EX: The U.S. Air Force’s Bombs and Missiles Trucks

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s Yak-130 Training Aircraft Crashed in Cox Bazar District

  • Defense Industry

    India Cancels Ka-31 Helicopters Order From Russia, Amid Crippling Western Sanctions

  • Air Platform

    EA-18G Growler: The King of Electronic Warfare

  • Europe

    Turkey Test Fires Domestic anti-ship Atmaca missile

  • Africa

    Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Shot Down UAE Sponsored IL-76 Transport Aircraft Killing All Russians Aboard

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Donates Four Cessna Aircraft to Philippines Navy

  • Europe

    Russia increases defense budget to $125 billion amid Ukraine war

  • Europe

    Swedish Army Received Patria 6×6 Armored Vehicles

  • Europe

    Romania Starts Domestic Production of Piranha V APC

  • Europe

    Russia stole land, grain from Ukraine, now Russia stealing timbers through industrial-scale logging

  • Americas

    US Marines Corps purchases more TRV-150C cargo drones

  • Europe

    Poland Opens Regional Abrams Main Battle Tank Maintenance Center

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Navantia and Thales signed agreement to modernize the Royal Thai Navy’s fleet.

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Offers F-16V Block 70 Fighter Jets To Thai Air Force

  • Europe

    Russia Stop Using Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Due To Technical Defects

  • Europe

    Israel Considers Sending Iron Dome To Ukraine After Anti-semitic Remarks By Sergei Lavrov

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Received $325 Million Contract to Build Ulsan-class Batch III Frigate

  • Europe

    Ukraine Sunk Russian Supply Ships Using Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkish Siper-1 Anti-air Missile Enters Service with Turkish Armed Forces.

  • Naval Platforms

    Turkish STM Lays Keel Of Pakistan Navy’s First MILGEM-Class Corvette

  • Europe

    Kuwait transferred 150 M-84AB tanks to Croatia for repair and transfer to Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Germany to buy Israeli Arrow 3 missile defense system worth $4.3 billion

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin submit proposal to Canada’s future fighter capability project (FFCP) programme

  • Air Platform

    China Discloses Close-up Photos of Deck-based J-35 Fighter Jet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Defence Minister Richard Marles wants to increase military spending by up to $25 billion to pay for new warships

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rocketsan awarded contract to produce 108 Karaok anti-tank missiles for Malaysia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Shipyard awarded contract to produce two evolved Cape-class patrol ships

  • Europe

    UK Defense company unveils Baby Raptor and Raptor XL interceptor drones.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China tests scramjet powered hypersonic weapons

  • Air Platform

    Digital Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (DJHMCS) on the F-15EX

  • Infantry Weapons

    Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan’s T-5 Brave Eagle Achieved Initial Operational Capability

  • Europe

    Downing of Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B Combat Drone Exposed Russia’s Great Stealth Hoax

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia To Send Engineers To South Korea For KF-21 Participation

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Special Forces Daring Raid In Snake Island Forced Russians To Surrender

  • Europe

    Mi-8 Helicopter Crashed in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve In Russia

  • Europe

    Ukrainian artillery strikes destroyed Russia’s mine-laying vehicles

  • Europe

    Ukrainian using Switchblade 300 kamikaze drones against Russian soldier’s hideouts, killing hundreds of soldiers

  • Europe

    Russian warship Admiral Levchenko’s Ukrainian-made propulsion caught fire in the Barents Sea due to spare parts shortages

  • Europe

    Ukraine launched the biggest drone attacks on Crimea and Shaykovka air base

  • Americas

    US Navy’s new Landing Craft Completes Tests with USS Carter Hall

  • Loitering Munitions

    India buys Belarus-made Berkut-BM attack drones.

  • Middle East

    United Arab Emirates scraps trade embargo against Israel

  • Europe

    Huge blaze has broken out at Moscow’s main powerplants

  • C4iSR

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce Third GlobalEye For Swedish Air Force

  • Europe

    Russia Relocates Submarine Fleet From Crimea Naval Base Amid Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

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