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South Asia

MMRCA V2.0: Indian Air Force Might Go With Rafale Again, Here’s Why?

March 23, 2021 GDC 0

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Europe

France Started Backfilling Rafale Shortfalls

February 10, 2021 GDC 0

The French Air and Space Force will be getting 12 new Rafale to replace those being removed from its inventory to sell to Greece, Defense Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. The announcement comes a few […]

Europe

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

February 9, 2021 GDC 0

Four Rafale fighter jets of the French Air Force have been at the Tanagra air base since yesterday, participating in the “Skyros 2021” exercise with Greece. The exercise began on Tuesday and will end on […]

Air Platform

Greece Signed A Contract To Buy 18 Rafale Fighters

January 28, 2021 GDC 0

PARIS (GDC) – The Greek and French defense ministers in Athens today witnessed the signature of the contract to buy 18 Rafale fighter aircraft after Greek parliamentarians approved the €2.5 billion ($3.04 billion) deal earlier […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China Worried: India Prepares French-made Rafale For Ladakh Fights

January 18, 2021 GDC 0

You know things are heating up in Ladakh when Indian Air Force (IAF) officials go all the way to France to see how their Rafale fighter jet order is going. They need those jets now […]

Europe

Greek Parliament Approves Purchase of 18 Rafale Fighter Jets

January 18, 2021 GDC 0

Greek lawmakers in a vote Thursday approved a defense procurement program to purchase 18 French-made Rafale fighter planes, part of an armaments plan announced by the government in September. Greece has earmarked 11.5 billion euros […]

Air Platform

Three More Rafale Fighters To Arrive In India On November 5

October 29, 2020 GDC 0

Amid standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, India is all set to receive three more Rafale fighter jets on November 5. The first lot of Rafale combat aircraft built by French company Dassault Aviation was […]

Industry

International Arms Trade: Grease Payments by Rosoboronexport and Rostec

January 13, 2020 GDC 0

Transparency International Russia cites unreported conflict of interest as one of the main preconditions for corruption in the defense industry. To illustrate the corruption potential of the conflict of interest they use the case discussed […]

Industry

France will Revive India’s Kaveri Engine Program If India Orders 36 More Rafale

October 12, 2019 GDC 0

Indian dependency on foreign aero engines are well recorded. India’s desperate attempt to build domestic defense industry and maintain operational capability through import made India numer one weapon importer in the world. The Asia-Pacific nation […]

South Asia

Indian Government is likely to order more Rafale

September 23, 2019 GDC 0

On 19 September 2019, the Indian Air Force has been handed over its first Rafale aircraft from France, reports ET Bureau. The official handing over will take place on October 8 when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting […]

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

    December 26, 2024 0
    As more details emerge about the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190AR at Aktau suspicions are growing that the aircraft’s loss may have been the result of battle damage caused by a Russian Surface [...]
  • China has announced $178.2 billion defense budget, a 6.6 percent growth for this year

    May 23, 2020 0
    Singapore (GDC) — China has announced a 6.6 percent growth in its defense budget for this year, its lowest rate of increase for almost three decades although China’s economy shrinking by 6.8 percent in the [...]
  • MBDA Unveils STRATUS Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW).

    September 23, 2025 0
    At DSEI UK 2025, MBDA along with British, French and Italian officials unveiled STRATUS, the new name for the Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW). In addition, the final missile design for the subsonic STRATUS [...]
  • U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Kidd Sails Through Taiwan Strait

    September 1, 2021 0
    Amid rising regional tensions, U.S. warships traveled through the Taiwan Strait for the eighth time this year after the Navy conducted a routine transit of the waterway on Friday. US Navy Destroyer USS Barry Sails [...]
  • Russian Spy Ship Yantar Survey Sunken Cargo Vessel MV Ursa

    January 17, 2025 0
    This area corresponds with the location where on December 24th , the Russian cargo vessel MV Ursa Major sank after an alleged explosion in her engine room that might have taken place on December 23rd [...]
  • Turkey to produce new naval torpedo Akya, cruise missile Atmaca and anti-air missile Sapan

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Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • Air Platform

    Philippines aims to purchase 40 fighter jets and mid-range missiles

  • Americas

    President Trump is expected to abolish 1987 arms control treaty to export sophisticated drones to South Asia and the Middle East.

  • Europe

    Greece, Israel, France And Cyprus Join Military Exercises And Deepen Defense Cooperation

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian drone captured the moment HIMARS destroys Russian S-300V4 Antey Surface-to-air Missile

  • Europe

    German Leopard and British Challenger tanks smash through Russian trenches in Bakhmut

  • Industry

    Ukrainian Defense Industry Capabilities

  • Europe

    Ukraine Destroyed More Than 5,702 Russian Main Battle Tanks

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department Approves AH-64E Apache Helicopters For Kuwait

  • C4iSR

    Saab delivers two signals intelligence (SIGINT) ships to Polish Navy

  • Europe

    KGB Putin Declared Martial Law In Four Annexed Regions

  • Europe

    France will deploy troops to Ukraine’s front line to fight Putin’s troops: President Emmanuel Macron

  • South Asia

    Tata, Lockheed Martin bring new cutting-edge aerospace technology to India

  • Europe

    Sweden Transfer 5,000 AT-4 Disposable Anti-tank Weapons to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Italian Defense Ministry Approves Upgrading C1 Ariete Tanks

  • Air Platform

    Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: The World Learnt New Drone War

  • Europe

    Hellenic Navy Buys Three FDI (Belharra-class) Frigates

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation Delivers Falcon 7X Jet to Greece

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russian landing ship ‘Novocherkassk’ in Crimea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s massive military buildup near Dokhlam

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh DGFI Operates Uyghur-style Secret Detention And Solitary Confinement Facilities In Dhaka

  • Europe

    Project FURY: Russia is about lose its entire Black Sea fleet as Ukraine launches the biggest kamikaze sea drones attacks

  • South Asia

    In a hypothetical war between Bangladesh and Myanmar, who could win?

  • Europe

    Germany lifts its objection on sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

  • Central Asia

    Armenia is not an ally of Russia on “Ukraine invasion”, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says

  • Middle East

    Why Saudi Arabia Failed to Intercept Houthi Drones?

  • Uncategorized

    Russia’s Triumphant Su-57E Can’t Find Any Buyer

  • Americas

    US Navy christens destroyer USS Patrick Gallagher

  • Air Platform

    Su-57 Has The Highest RCS Amongst Sukhoi Aircraft, Russian Propaganda Still Claimed Its Stealth Aircraft

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Rocketsan test fires SIPER-1D long-range surface-to-air missile

  • Europe

    U.S. State Department Approves 183 Stryker Armored Vehicles For Bulgaria

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    HARM Anti-radiation Missiles Taken Out Russian Radars, Now Bayraktar TB2 Rules The Skies In Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Super Hornet Block II can carry Stormbreaker glide bomb

  • Europe

    Russian Leaves Their Country to Finland, Mastercard and Visa Suspend Operations in Russia

  • Air Platform

    Boeing awarded a contract to supply 24 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Morocco

  • Air Platform

    RAAF’s F-35 Will Start Diversion Training Over Canberra

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thai Army Stryker Fleet to Receive Leonardo’s Battle Management Systems

  • Europe

    Moldova’s breakaway region Transnistria asks Russia to send troops

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission Sued Ten Former Top Military Generals and Air Guard Chief

  • Middle East

    United Arab Emirates loosening Islamic laws for personal freedom and expedite economic activity

  • Europe

    President Zelensky confirms use of HIMARS and ATACMS to strike inside Russia

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan used Harpy-2 drone to destroy another S-300 SAM site in Armenia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwanese F-16 Pilots Take Chinese Su-30 Pilots To School Over Taiwan Straits

  • Europe

    KNDS Flaunts Leopard 2A-RC Tank With Remote Turret, Expanded Firepower

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s high-value radio frequency relay station

  • Europe

    Morons or Inept: Russian Convoy of Troops Leaves Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant With Signs of Radiation Poisoning

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Killed Their Commander In A Mutiny, Report

  • Air Platform

    AI pilot defeats human in a VR dogfight flying F-16 fighters

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi Cannot Manufacture Su-30 and Su-35 Fighter Jets Due to Material Shortages: Report

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Agreed To Supply Half Of Its Ammunition To Russia After Ukraine Blew Up Russia’s Largest Ammunition Warehouse

  • Anti-air Missiles

    The trouble with Russia’s S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missiles in the Ukraine war

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