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  • [ December 28, 2025 ] Hensoldt Awarded Contract to Produce CERETRON Multispectral Sensors and Data Processors for German Army. C4iSR
  • [ December 28, 2025 ] Greece purchases Israeli Barak MX Surface-to-air Missile. Anti-air Missiles
  • [ December 28, 2025 ] Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials. Europe
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Portugal Purchases Sixth Embraer’s KC-390 Millennium Transport Aircraft.

September 22, 2025 GDC 0

The Portuguese Air Force has reinforced its KC-390 Millennium fleet by signing an amendment with Embraer Defense & Security to acquire a sixth aircraft and secure 10 additional purchase options for NATO partners. The move […]

Air Platform

Portugal negotiating with Saab to acquire Gripen E/F to replace ageing F-16

April 18, 2025 GDC 0

On April 6, 2025, Saab Chief Executive Officer Micael Johansson confirmed during an interview with Dagens Industri that negotiations are ongoing with Portugal and Canada regarding the potential acquisition of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen. […]

Air Platform

Portuguese Air Force Adopt Embraer C-390 Millennium For Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Missions

April 17, 2025 GDC 0

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  • Japan’s Defense Ministry Asks 8.3% budget increase

    October 1, 2020 0
    Japan’s Defense Ministry is asking for a 8.3% budget increase in 2020, its largest rise in more than two decades, in the face of China’s rapid military modernization and a looming threat from North Korea. [...]
  • Israel’s Aeronautics Group Unveils Orbiter 2 Strike And Surveillance Drone

    September 11, 2024 0
    Israel’s Aeronautics Group has unveiled a new variant of its renowned Orbiter 2 unmanned aerial system (UAS) that combines surveillance and precision strike capabilities. Aeronautics Group Unveils Orbiter 4 UASDateMarch 9, 2021Israeli space-age weapons of [...]
  • President Trump to lift ban on aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine

    March 11, 2025 0
    A US ban on aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine is set to be lifted following a last-ditch plea by British PM Sir Keir Starmer. More than 500 North Korean Troops Killed In Storm Shadow [...]
  • Bayraktar Kızılelma achieves simulated Gökdoğan air-to-air missile firing at F-16 fighter jet.

    November 26, 2025 0
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  • Australia to Buy Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and Hypersonic Weapons

    September 20, 2021 0
    Australia on Thursday (Sept 16) announced that it would acquire long-range US Tomahawk cruise missiles, shortly after forging a new alliance with the US and Britain to strengthen military capabilities in the face of growing [...]
  • Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin To Step Down Due To Rumoured Parkinson’s Disease

    November 7, 2020 0
    Vladimir Putin is planning to step down next year as speculation swirls in Russia that the longtime president may have Parkinson’s disease, a report published by the Sun. Cancer Riddled Vlad Cancels Annual Press Conference [...]
Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Indonesian Special Forces completes Operational Integration Test of ASELSAN SARP 12.7mm Remote Weapon Station.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type 90B 122mm Rocket Artillery Exploded and Rolled Over Again.

December 25, 2025 0

Some design flaws and poor qualities can only be uncovered in actual combat. That’s what happened in the Thai-Cambodian War. Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm […]

Europe

Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.

December 25, 2025 0

Lithuania has signed a 252 million euro contract with KNDS France for a second batch of 30 CAESAR Mk II 155 mm wheeled howitzers, expanding a program first launched in 2022. The move strengthens long-range […]

Europe

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract to Produce PULS Rocket Artillery for Greece.

December 22, 2025 0

Elbit Systems said on Tuesday that Greece has taken a key step toward acquiring the Israeli company’s PULS rocket artillery system, after the Hellenic Parliament and the Government Council for National Security approved a dedicated […]

Infantry Weapons

Israeli Elbit Systems Awarded $2.3 Billion Arms Contract by the United Arab Emirates.

December 21, 2025 0

The $2.3-billion deal between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv calls for the delivery of advanced defense systems over eight years. The UAE has been identified as the undisclosed buyer behind a $2.3-billion contract signed last […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Ultra Maritime to provide hull mounted sonar for RAN’s Hunter-class Frigates

  • Europe

    Ukraine Captured 14 2S33 Msta-S Self-propelled Howitzers From Russian Conscripts

  • Europe

    Ukraine, Denmark Signs MoU On Developing Multipurpose Naval Vessel

  • Europe

    Israeli Elbit Systems to Upgrade Ukrainian MiG-29 Aircraft

  • Europe

    Putin’s Propaganda Reached Its Limit, Most Russians Beleive Now Conscripts have Already Died In Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russian State TV Commentators Compare Kherson Retreat As The Worse Military Defeat In History

  • South Asia

    Retired Brigadier General Shamsul Alam Chowdury (Shams), a former Chatra League leader and Indian RAW agent, orchestrated the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny.

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-16, Saab Gripen And Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets Under Consideration For Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Awarded A Contract To Build Nine CH-53K Helicopters For US Marines

  • Europe

    HSwMS Södermanland submarine undergone lifetime extension

  • Europe

    Ukraine blows up Horlivka bridge destroying Russian convoy

  • South Asia

    Indian media threatens Turkey with Agni-5 ICBM strikes if it does not stop arming Bangladesh and Pakistan.

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye progressed with Eurofighter Typhoon acquisition

  • Defense Industry

    Finland Is Reported to Select Lockheed’s F-35 in $11 Billion Tender

  • Infantry Weapons

    China’s Norinco VN-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IVF)

  • Anti-air Missiles

    U.S. Purchased Taiwanese MIM-23B Hawk Anti-air System For Ukrainian Forces

  • Europe

    Dutch navy’s anti-submarine warfare frigates to enter service in 2029

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Ukraine could be the proxy war between North and South Korea

  • Africa

    Libyan Army Completes Turkish Army’s Training

  • Europe

    Russia’s artillery strikes killed 2000 Wagner mercenary soldiers

  • Americas

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

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh court orders inquiry into ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina role in mass killings of protesters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China unveiled two new Type 094A (Jin-class) submarines

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Lowered Interest Rate For Royal Thai Air Force’s F-16V Block 70 Acquisition

  • Europe

    Kazakhstan Suspends Arms Exports Amid Sanctions On Russia

  • Air Platform

    Turkey wants to domestically produce GE engines for its KAAN fighter jet

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman completes design review of new laser weapon system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    CARAT 2021: US Navy, JMSDF And Sri Lankan Navy Conduct Naval Exercises

  • C4iSR

    Israeli IAI Unveils Groundbreaking Surveillance Systems

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-27 Missed Snake Island And Dropped Bombs On Water

  • Europe

    Sweden and Finland to Join NATO Soon, Prompted by Russian Aggression

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Carl-Gustaf M4 For Undisclosed Customer

  • Americas

    Airbus offers 15 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 and 17 surplus Tranche 1 to Colombia

  • Europe

    Putin Orders Tactical Nuclear Train To Move Towards Ukrainian Border

  • Europe

    Elbit Systems Awarded Contract To Produce SkyStriker Kamikaze Drones For Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    France will supply AASM Hammer precision bombs to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine started negotiating with Sweden to purchase Saab Gripen and GlobalEye AWACS

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received Powerful Caesar Howitzers From Denmark

  • Europe

    Drone Footage Shows Russian and North Korean Troops Dead in Freezing Condition

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Here’s Why Four Regiments Of Russian S-400 Air Defense System Failed To Detect Soviet-era Tu-141

  • Europe

    Turkey continues to test 6×6 special ops vehicle

  • Europe

    Russian firm uses US subsidiary to evade Western sanctions

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Air Force’s MQ-4C Triton HALE Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Made Its First Flight

  • Middle East

    SyAAF MiG-29-fleet is in bad shape, as obvious from the recent crash of MiG-29

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia collaborates with Turkey on UAV-mounted air-to-surface missiles

  • Europe

    Russia May Run Of Kalibr Cruise Missiles In January 2023 If It Continues To Mass Strike

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli IAI Awarded $1.2 Billion Contract To Produce Air Defense System For Undisclosed Customer

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force’s F-15EX Lot 2 Fighter Jets Achieve Key Milestone

  • Europe

    Putin Fears U.S.-supplied GLSDB To Strike Russia As Kremlin Ordered Bomb Shelter Signs To Be Erected All Over Russia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan Warned Off Chinese J-10 Fighters Sixth Times In A Week

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