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Norway purchases two more type 212CD submarines from TKMS.

December 8, 2025 GDC 0

Norway plans to spend 65 billion Norwegian kroner, or $6.4 billion, to buy two additional submarines on top of four already ordered from Germany’s TKMS, as well as acquire a long-range precision strike capability for […]

Cruise Missiles

Australia’s StrikeMaster conducts successful Naval Strike Missile test firing in Norway

October 24, 2025 GDC 0

KONGSBERG and Thales announce today the successful live-firing of a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) test munition from the StrikeMaster missile launch vehicle in Norway. This activity demonstrates the suitability of the Thales Australia’s Bushmaster Utility […]

Europe

Norway purchases British-made Type 26 frigates to patrol the North Atlantic ocean.

September 2, 2025 GDC 0

Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, center, flanked by Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik, left, and Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen, reports on the status of the purchase of Type 26 frigates from the United […]

C4iSR

Saab Proposes GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft to Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden

March 24, 2025 GDC 0

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Europe

Norway Invites Four Contenders For Frigate Competition

January 20, 2025 GDC 0

The Norwegian Ministry of Defence today announced its intention to invite the French, German, British, and US governments to begin discussions regarding a potential strategic partnership for the delivery of new frigates to replace the […]

Anti-air Missiles

Norway’s Piorun Air Defense System Completes First Live-Fire Test

November 20, 2024 GDC 0

The Norwegian Armed Forces demonstrated its new “Piorun” man-portable air defense system during its first-ever live-fire test. The trial, which took place in a region bordering Russia, saw Norwegian soldiers from a new air defense […]

Anti-air Missiles

Norway orders new NASAMS II air defense systems

November 2, 2024 GDC 0

The Norwegian government has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace to procure new NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) air defense systems, a move aimed at enhancing the country’s defense capabilities against aerial […]

Europe

Norway allocates additional $5.7 billion to Ukraine until 2030

September 21, 2024 GDC 0

Oslo announced on Sept. 20 that Norway’s civil and military support program for Ukraine, known as the Nansen program, will be extended until 2030 and increased by 5 billion kroner ($475 million) this year. The […]

Anti-air Missiles

KONGSBERG Launches NOMADS Mobile Short-Range Air Defense

September 19, 2024 GDC 0

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) is today announcing the launch of the National Manoeuvre Air Defence System (NOMADS), a highly mobile, ground-based air defence system designed to protect army manoeuvre units close to the frontline […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Norwegian-German defense companies jointly develops supersonic missile

September 14, 2024 GDC 0

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  • Saudi Arabia Mulls Buying 54 French Rafale Fighter Jets, A Snub To Germany And The U.S.

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  • China Launches 10th Type 055 Destroyer, Increases Production At Dagushan

    August 23, 2024 0
    Chinese naval builder Dalian Shipbuilding has launched a new Type 055 “large destroyer”, the tenth overall, and commenced construction on a further hull. According to new commercial satellite imagery the builder has also laid down [...]
  • Philippines to receive first Turkish attack helicopter in December

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  • Forget Democracy, Myanmar Coup Was To Protect Tatmadaw Businesses, Hide Corruption And Avoid ICC Prosecution

    April 12, 2021 0
    Myanmar’s military – the leaders of its recent coup – are funded by a huge chunk of the national budget. But the armed forces also draw a vast and secretive income from sprawling business interests. [...]
  • Ukraine claims Bakhmut gains after Russian troops flee frontline

    May 13, 2023 0
    Ukraine said on Friday it had retaken swathes of ground near the frontline city of Bakhmut, as Russia insisted it had repelled an attack along a broad stretch of the front line. Russia endured 100,000 [...]
  • Ukraine Once Again Shot Down Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Using Patriot PAC-3 Missile

    December 21, 2023 0
    The Ukrainian Air Force announced on December 14, 2023, the successful interception of a Russian Kh-47 Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile. The missile, aimed at the city of Kyiv, was reportedly neutralized by an American-supplied [...]
Europe

Rheinmetall Awarded Contract to Produce 120mm Tank Ammunition.

December 10, 2025 0

Germany has placed a fresh multi-hundred-million-euro call off with Rheinmetall for 120 mm Leopard 2 tank ammunition under its expanded 4 billion euro framework agreement running to 2030. The move underpins Berlin’s Zeitenwende rearmament effort, […]

Europe

Greece to purchase PULS artillery system from Israel.

December 8, 2025 0

Greece is in talks with Israel to buy modern missile systems that would be used for a planned anti-aircraft defense dome, two officials with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. Athens has said it will […]

Europe

Germany purchases drones, missiles and assault rifles worth €2.9 billion.

December 1, 2025 0

German lawmakers are set to approve spending €2.9 billion on 11 military procurement contracts for items including drones, rifles and missiles. The defense ministry is seeking approval for purchases from domestic manufacturers such as Heckler […]

Europe

Colt CZ presented the Mk 47 automatic grenade launcher at Milipol 2025.

November 28, 2025 0

Colt CZ presented the Mk 47 automatic grenade launcher at Milipol 2025, following the company’s complete acquisition of the system from General Dynamics in early 2024. At Milipol 2025, Colt CZ, through its subsidiary Colt, […]

Europe

STM Defense Technologies develops new Alpagu loitering munition.

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Americas

Brazilian Army trials new remotely operated weapon system.

October 28, 2025 0

The Brazilian Army has conducted field acceptance tests on the second prototype of its upgraded remotely operated weapon system, the UT30BR2, according to the Tecnologia & Defesa. The tests were carried out on October 9 […]

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan Army enters Nagorno-Karabakh district after peace deal

  • C4iSR

    Hensoldt and ERA to produce an integrated airspace surveillance system for the German Luftwaffe

  • Europe

    CCTV Footage Revealed Turkish MAM-L Munition Strikes At S-300 SAM Of Armenia

  • Europe

    Russia’s Su-25 Fighter Jet Crashed In Belgorod Due To Pilot Fatigue

  • Middle East

    Israel declares state of war after Hamas killed more than 700 hundreds civilians and abducted 100 citizens

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Pyongyang Conducts Tactical Ballistic Missile Tests

  • South Asia

    China launches fourth and final Type C13B corvette for Bangladesh Navy (Thief)

  • Defense Industry

    French Kiss: Egypt Becomes The Largest Customer Of French Weapons

  • Europe

    A Russian Deserter Escaped With Machine Gun, Became Rambo And Fighting His Own War

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Royal Thai Army deploys VL MICA anti-air missile system near Cambodian border

  • Cruise Missiles

    Ukraine unveils domestically developed 1,000km range Neptune cruise missile.

  • South Asia

    India Started Hybrid Warfare Against Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China and the Maldives.

  • Europe

    Ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Hasina’s niece British MP Tulip Siddiq faces new investigation over rent on $2,550,370 house

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Purchases Additional Type 10 Tank and Type 19 Howitzers

  • Europe

    Ukrainian partisan operations in occupied territories gained momentum against Russian forces

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Wagner Mercenary Group’s Untrained Convicts Dead Bodies Are Litered In Frontline

  • Europe

    Australia sends more drones to Ukraine, sanctions Russian entities

  • Defense Industry

    Thyssenkrupp unveils powerful MEKO A300 class frigate

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Kuwait upgrades its Patriot missile defense system

  • Europe

    No Russian military base in Belarus, says President Lukashenko

  • Europe

    Slovenian firm unveils new 30mm turret for combat vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwanese Navy unveils two variants of next-generation frigates.

  • Americas

    Oshkosh Defense Awarded $99 Million To Fit-out 83 Stryker Vehicles With 30mm Cannons

  • Europe

    Putin dismisses General Sergei Surovikin from his position as the head of Russian aerospace forces

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Says It Stands Ready To Supply F-16 Block 50/52 From Dutch And Norwegian Inventories To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Major F-35 Contracts Worth $15.5 Billion

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Offers BrahMos Cruise Missiles To Philippines Navy

  • Europe

    Ukraine captured Chinese soldiers fighting for Russian Army

  • Air Platform

    General Atomics Successfully Trials Lockheed’s Legion Pod On Avengers UAV

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese Soryu-class submarine detects type 094 submarine in its territorial waters near Amami Islands

  • South Asia

    Expert believes Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood (thief) is plotting a Ponzi scheme to inflate the pricing of the J-10C and JF-17 to $70 million apiece.

  • Middle East

    Israeli F-16I Destroyed Russian-made S-200 SAM In Syria

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Delivers Two M-345 Training Aircraft To Italian Air Force

  • Europe

    What Are Cluster and Vacuum Bombs? Will KGB Putin Face ICC?

  • Air Platform

    Huge Explosions Ripped Through Iranian Missile Factory As Israeli F-35I Adir Stealth Jets Reign Over Tehran Skies

  • Europe

    China sides with Russia as it welcomes Putin’s puppet Lukashenko in Beijing

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Engine Problem: A Long Road Ahead of China’s J-20 Fighters to Fix Its Weaknesses

  • Naval Platforms

    India’s domestically developed AIP for project 75I submarine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Why does tiny Taiwan pack a punch?

  • Americas

    U.S. Senate may restrict F-35 sales to the United Arab Emirates

  • C4iSR

    Slovakia Signs Agreement To Buy Israeli Radar

  • Americas

    First UH-60V Black Hawk inducted into service by US Army

  • Africa

    Tunisia Bought 3 Anka-S Drones Worth $80 Million

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Hit Russia’s Black Sea Port

  • Cruise Missiles

    India test fires 1500 kilometers range missile from the Eastern coast

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for the DDG(X) Next-Gen Destroyer

  • South Asia

    France’s Naval Group is the front runner as India shortlists potential bidders of project 75I submarine

  • Europe

    Turkey Launches Istambul-Class Frigates “TCG Istanbul”

  • Europe

    Here’s Why So Many Russian Tanks Blew Up By Anti-tank Mines

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