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Indian Air Force Gets 10 New Rafale Fighters This Month

March 30, 2021 GDC 0

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to receive three more French-made Dassault Rafale fighters next week and another nine by mid-April, according to reports. The combat aircraft will land at the Ambala airbase in […]

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 […]

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  • Naval Group Delivers Second Gowind Corvette for United Arab Emirates Navy

    June 29, 2024 0
    Al Emarat is the second Gowind® corvette ordered by the UAE to Naval Group in 2019. Built in Lorient and launched in May 2022, she started her sea trials in October 2023, at the time [...]
  • NATO Submarines And Frigates Hunt Russian Submarine In Black Sea.

    July 10, 2021 0
    US allies and partners want to spend more time training with the US to hunt Russian and Chinese submarines, the US Navy’s top officer said Wednesday. Umka-2021: Russian Nuclear Submarines Were Forced To Surface, Lacks [...]
  • Indian Army’s T-90 Tank Lost Multi-nation Tank Biathlon Due To Engine Oil Leaks

    January 22, 2022 0
    The Indian Army has been eliminated from a multi-nation tank competition in Russia after both its T-90 main battle tanks developed technical problems at the Alabino ranges in the Moscow region. The army had sent [...]
  • The U.S. Departs From Afghanistan, China Cashes In $3 Trillion Rare Earth Minerals

    August 23, 2021 0
    “Afghanistan is a long-term play on the best of days and now that the Taliban have ‘won’, it’s more of a long-term play for Chinese interests.” — Byron King, Agora Financial Taliban Could Sell Captured [...]
  • Australia will invest $8 billion in upgrading its shipyards for future nuclear submarines.

    September 15, 2025 0
    Australia will spend an initial $8 billion to upgrade its shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government announced on Sunday. Australia To Acquire Nuclear-powered Submarine, Scraps Conventional Submarine ProjectDateSeptember 16, 2021UK [...]
  • Rheinmetall will sends 139 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

    January 24, 2023 0
    German defense group Rheinmetall could deliver 139 Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine if required, a spokesperson for the company told media group RND. Slovakia To Deliver T-72 Tanks To Ukraine As Part Of Leopard Tanks [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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  • Europe

    Greece Prepares For War As Turkey Shows No Signs Of Backing Off

  • Americas

    BAE, Oshkosh to build prototype cold-weather vehicles for U.S. Army

  • Europe

    Ukraine wants to sell arms to Asia, Africa and the Middle East to counter Russia.

  • Air Platform

    Canada purchases 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan aimed its defence spending to counter a ‘total blockade’ by China

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    USS Ronald Reagan and Nimitz head towards South China Sea

  • Naval Weapons

    India’s DRDO Tests Missile Assisted Torpedo

  • Europe

    Turkiye Unveils Guchan Turbofan Engine With 42,000-Pound Thrust at SAHA Expo 2026.

  • Air Platform

    Indra Joins FCAS Programme With Equal Partnership

  • Industry

    Israel-India Military Cooperation Reaches New High

  • Africa

    Israel Shipyard to supply two OPV 45 to undisclosed African customer

  • Air Platform

    US Hands Over Three CN235 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft to Malaysia

  • C4iSR

    Raytheon to outfit FA-50 fighters with PhantomStrike AESA radar for Poland and Malaysia

  • South Asia

    U.S. State Department Blacklists Bangladesh’s Ex-Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed For Significant Corruption

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan Army enters Nagorno-Karabakh district after peace deal

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Lockheed Martin Received $483 Million Contract To Produce Hellfire Air-to-ground Missiles

  • Europe

    Russian forces have lost more than 15 modernized 2S33 Msta-SM howitzers per month since deployed in eastern Ukraine

  • Europe

    Wives Of Dead Russian Soldiers Receive Fur Coat As Compensation From Russian Federation

  • Africa

    U.S. Warns Algeria of Sanctions Over Russian Su-57 Jet Purchases.

  • Europe

    Poland orders more Krab self-propelled howitzers

  • C4iSR

    Australia Establishes Defense Space Command

  • Anti-air Missiles

    European nations orders Patriot missiles worth $5.5 billion

  • Air Platform

    New Zealand Plans To Buy 28 Secondhand F-16C/D to Replace Skyhawk

  • Air Platform

    Thailand To Upgrade Gripen C/D To MS20 Standard

  • C4iSR

    Sweden sends $1.3 billion worth aid package to Ukraine, includes two ASC 890 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

  • Middle East

    The UAE Ordered 50 F-35A Stealth Jets And 18 MQ-9B Drones Worth $23 Billion

  • Defense Industry

    Airbus eyes Air Combat Cloud role on Tempest

  • Europe

    Russian Diplomat Resigned Publicly And Critized Putin For Ukraine Invasion

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Day: Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang of Australian Army’s Aviation Command Received Conspicuous Service Medal

  • Europe

    Another Russian businessman mysteriously died with a bullet wound and a rifle nearby.

  • Europe

    French Navy’s First Air Defense FREMM ‘Alsace’ Starts Sea Trials

  • South Asia

    Why did the Bangladesh Army, with a $4.1 billion defense budget, fail to contain a small Kuki-chin militant group?

  • Americas

    Argentine Navy commissions third OPV ARA Storni

  • Europe

    Russian Gazprom’s New Private Military Could Accelerate Death Rate Of Russians In Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Philippines to receive first Turkish attack helicopter in December

  • Middle East

    Israel Army Deploys Troops Near Syrian Border To Create Buffer Zone

  • Americas

    US Navy test fires Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Navy acquired two Airbus C295 surveillance aircraft.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukrainian Start-up Develops Pulse-jet Powered Cruise Missile

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan to Purchase 48 NORA B52 Howitzers From Serbia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine Once Again Shot Down Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Using Patriot PAC-3 Missile

  • Europe

    Russian Navy frigate collided with Swiss reefer in Oresund, Denmark

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saudi Arabia, Qatar to Procure Patriot Flight Test Support from Lockheed

  • Europe

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

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi Su-35, A Disaster Fighter Jets for Russia

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Awarded Contract To Produce 38 Eurofighter Tranche 5 Aircraft For Germany

  • Air Platform

    Morocco Receives First Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Submarine Procurement Race Takes Hold In Asia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Bans Arms Export To Myanmar Junta

  • C4iSR

    Netherlands to Bolster NH90, Apache, Chinook Self-Protection Systems

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