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Europe

French Navy Commissions First Air Defense FREMM ‘Alsace’

November 29, 2021 GDC 0

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) multi-mission frigate (FREMM) “Alsace” entered “active duty” (admission au service actif in French) on 22 November 2021. It is the seventh Aquitaine-class FREMM overall but the first of two air-defense […]

Europe

French Navy’s Final ASW FREMM Frigate ‘Normandie’ Enters Active Service

June 6, 2020 GDC 0

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) multi-mission frigate (FREMM) “Normandie” entered “active duty” (admission au service actif in French) on June 3, 2020. It is the sixth and final Aquitaine-class frigate in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) variant. […]

  • Taiwan’s Air Force Received U.S.-made MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drones.

    November 11, 2025 0
    Taiwan’s Air Force says two U.S.-made MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones will arrive in the third quarter of 2026, with the remaining pair in 2027. The schedule aligns with other 2026 U.S. deliveries, helping rebalance capability planning [...]
  • Britain Donates Sea King Helicopters To Ukraine

    November 23, 2022 0
    Britain is sending helicopters to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said, the first piloted aircraft to be sent by the UK since the war began. Britain to send more heavy rocket launchers to UkraineDateAugust [...]
  • L3Harris Delivered 10,000th Enhanced Night Vision Goggles To U.S. Army

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  • Ukrainian Start-up Develops Pulse-jet Powered Cruise Missile

    May 7, 2023 0
    Ukraine’s enthusiasts from PARS startup are developing a reliable, low-cost cruise missile with a pulsejet engine. Ukraine Launches New Neptune Anti-ship Cruise MissileDateApril 6, 2021David’s Sling Missile Defence SystemDateMay 13, 2018Ukrainian Navy Receives First Neptune [...]
  • U.S. curbs international supply chains to cripple Russia’s military

    February 19, 2023 0
    A top U.S. trade official said on Thursday that export controls placed on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine have slowly reduced the supply of materials that Moscow can use to rebuild its war machine. [...]
  • Japan Approves Highest Ever Defense Budget

    January 6, 2022 0
    Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced the outline of the FY2022 defense budget on December 24, 2021. According to the MoD, the budget for FY2022 will be designed as a [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

  • Europe

    Russian soldiers gears are not suitable for winter combat, Russian former defense minister Igor Sergeyev says

  • Air Platform

    Thailand Purchases 12 Gripen E/F 4.5 Generation Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    Peru confirmed purchases of 24 Gripen E/F fighter jets instead of Rafale and F-16V

  • Uncategorized

    Russian men escaped to Alaska by boat to avoid Putin’s draft

  • Europe

    German Government Approves Sale Of 100 PzH 2000 Howitzers To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Turkey successfully test-fires domestic 76mm naval gun

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UK Donates Hundreds Of AMRAAM Missiles For Ukraine’s NASAMS MK2 Launchers

  • Europe

    U.S. and Germany sent more artillery to Ukraine

  • Americas

    The US Army extends up-gunned Stryker ICV competition to August 2020

  • Air Platform

    Philippines Becomes First APAC Customer For Airbus H160

  • Europe

    Belarus Unveiled Extended-range Polonez-M Rockets

  • Defense Industry

    Thales To Hire 12,000 Staff Amid Backlog Of Multi-billion Work Orders

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s CNS Shandong Aircraft Carrier Sails Through Taiwan Straits

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea launches fifth FFX II Daegu-class frigate ROKS Daejeon

  • C4iSR

    Israeli Air Force destroyed Iran’s Shiraz Electronics Industries, a painful blow to Iranian Mullahs

  • Europe

    Cyberattacks on Russia’s Rostec reveal Su-34, Su-35, Su-57 fighter jets export details

  • Europe

    Russian army so degraded that it will not recover in centuries, U.S. army veteran says

  • Land Platform

    Hanwha Defence AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle

  • Americas

    South Korea offers comprehensive bid to win Canada’s patrol submarine project.

  • Europe

    Putin Warns Armenia Not to Withdraw From Ceasefire

  • Central Asia

    Amid tensions with Iran, Azerbaijan purchases Israeli Arrow-3 (Hetz 3) anti-ballistic missile

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems To Provide Advanced GPS System For F-15EX Fighter Jet

  • Americas

    US Army Ordered PAC3 MSE Missiles

  • Europe

    Rocketsan, Kale Jet Engines signed agreement to build jet engines for cruise missile.

  • Air Platform

    Turkish T929 Atak II Helicopter Started Flight Trials Using Ukrainian Engine

  • Europe

    Royal Navy Ordered Saab Digital Tower Systems

  • Europe

    Poland to deliver T-72 tanks and anti-air system to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese Destroyer Escorts Australian Frigate For The First Time

  • Americas

    Austal gets $128 million to build US Navy’s auxiliary floating dry dock

  • Air Platform

    India’s Hindustan Aeronautics And BrahMos Aerospace Directly Supplying Military Components To Russia’s Sukhoi Design Bureau Circumventing Sanctions

  • Naval Platforms

    French nuclear-powered submarine fires a cruise missile for the first time

  • Europe

    Sweden Ordered More NLAW For Its Army

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine started negotiating with France to purchase Rafale fighter jets.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    India to arm Rafale with HAMMER precision strike missile

  • Air Platform

    Why Dassault Rafale Makes More Sales In Southeast Asia And Middle East?

  • Europe

    Russian Troops And Artillery Near Ukrainian Border Concerning For NATO

  • Americas

    U.S. Army evaluates mission module on newest Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV)

  • Europe

    Polish Army received a new batch of 120mm Rak self-propelled mortars

  • Europe

    Serbia, Poland To Buy Israeli Spike LR Anti-tank Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Ocean Unveils All-unmanned Aircraft Carrier Concept

  • Europe

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

  • South Asia

    India’s MMRCA: Evaluation Results Of Rafale, Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon, MiG-35 and Super Hornet

  • Air Platform

    Japan Wants to Build It’s Own Stealth Sixth-generation X-2/F-3 Fighter Jet

  • Middle East

    Israeli fighter jets bombed Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah positions in Syria and Lebanon following rocket attacks

  • Air Platform

    French Navy’s First H160 SAR Helicopter Starts Flight Tests

  • Europe

    Russian commander killed in Mariupol by a car bomb

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded $536 Million Contract To Upgrade German Navy’s Brandenburg-Class Frigate

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan destroyed Armenian T-90 tank regiments using Harop kamikaze drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Low-cost 155mm Wheeled Artillery System Copying German RCH 155 8×8 Howitzer

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Switzerland Procures Five IRIS-T SLM Air Defense Systems 

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