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KNDS Unveils AI-assisted RAPIDFire Counter-Drone System.

February 21, 2026 GDC 0

France’s KNDS introduced RAPIDFire Land, a mobile short-range air defense system designed to counter drones and loitering munitions. The system reflects growing regional demand for layered, autonomous defenses against low-cost unmanned aerial threats. At DIMDEX […]

Europe

Nexter And Thales To Deliver Next-gen Rapidfire CIWS To French Navy In 2023

November 17, 2022 GDC 0

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  • Slovakia Considers Selling Zuzana Self-propelled Howitzers to Ukraine

    April 18, 2022 0
    Shortly after Slovakia supplied an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine to support its fight against Russia’s invasion, Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď has announced his country was in talks with the Ukrainian government over [...]
  • U.S. State Department Approves 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 Tanks For Poland Worth $6 Billion

    February 23, 2022 0
    The U.S. State Department has approved an estimated $6 billion sale of M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 Tanks and other equipment to Poland as tensions on the Eastern Europe remain high over Russian aggression in Baltic region. [...]
  • Taiwanese PAC3 missile shot down Chinese Su-35s fighter jet

    September 4, 2020 0
    The Su-35S fighter was shot down by the Taiwanese Patriot missile defense system. Multiple videos circulating on Twitter shows a jet engulfed in thick smoke. The video of Su-35 crashing at an unknown building in Taiwan. [...]
  • Slovakian Air Force’s F-16V Block 70 Takes Maiden Flight In South Carolina

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  • India’s Navy to Receive Four P-8I Neptune Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    April 4, 2020 0
    The Indian Navy will induct four more Boeing P-8I Neptune advanced maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft this May, according to Indian Navy sources. An Indian Navy P8I Poseidon conducts a low altitude fly by alongside a [...]
  • Australia’s Special Air Service (SAS) is on the hunt for a new helicopter

    December 10, 2019 0
    Australia’s Special Operations Forces are among the hardest worked troops in the defence force. From the mountains of Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq, they’ve spent the past two decades quietly doing their immensely difficult [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

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

    Combat Exercise Cobra Gold Reaffirms Ties Between the US and Thailand

  • Europe

    Russia Stop Using Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Due To Technical Defects

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

  • Air Platform

    Turkey to use domestically develop TF-6000 turbofan engine for KAAN fighter jet

  • South Asia

    Pakistan exports rare earth minerals to the U.S. setting up a new chapter of economic and strategic cooperation with the U.S.

  • Middle East

    Hezbollah stored $500 million in gold and cash in bunker under Beirut hospital

  • Americas

    Ukraine Delivers T-84UD Oplot Tank to US Army

  • Air Platform

    Russian IL-76 transport aircraft crashed near Moscow

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia’s Surface Warships That Protect Its Sovereign Waters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia has the right to send warships in South China Sea, says Prime Minister Scott Morrison

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Spanish Navantia Proposed To Build Three More Air Warfare Destroyer For Royal Australian Navy

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s FPV drone almost intercepts Russian Mi-8 helicopter

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Navy’s SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) will receive evolved version of AN/BYG-1 combat control system

  • Air Platform

    Analysis: J-10 (Jian 10) Vigorous Dragon Multirole Fighter

  • Europe

    Su-30SM fighters are limited in their tactical capabilities, says Armenia

  • Americas

    US slaps restrictions on dual-purpose technology exports to China amid concerns over military use

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Troops Shot Down Aircraft Using Marlet Anti-air Missile

  • Europe

    UK invests $4.8 billion in next phase of AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine project

  • Europe

    Russian Navy frigate collided with Swiss reefer in Oresund, Denmark

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Trackfire Remote Weapon Station.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone destroyed Russian factory manufacturing Shahed-136 kamikaze drones

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. Asked Egypt to Supply 50 MiG-29M2 to Ukraine in Return of F-15EX

  • Naval Platforms

    China’s Hudong Zhonghua shipyard lauched the third Type 054 A/P Frigate for Pakistan

  • Naval Platforms

    F-35B STOVL Fighter Jet: Air Superiority Over South China Sea

  • C4iSR

    Japan unveils NEC LR 02T long-range air defense radar in the Middle East.

  • Europe

    Putin wants 15 kilometers buffer zone to stop Ukraine’s cross-border incursion by special forces

  • Air Platform

    Russian Defense Industries Can’t Manufacture Drones, Russia Buys Drones From Belarus and Iran

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    International Criminal Court to Prosecute Myanmar’s Top Military Leaders

  • Defense Industry

    American, Israeli And European Arms Makers Making Billions Out Of Ukraine War

  • Infantry Weapons

    Taiwan to develop land-based point defense system

  • Europe

    US seeks EU allies’ backing for possible China sanctions over Ukraine war

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India, China are trying to defuse border tensions but behind the scenes China mobilizing troops, armoured vehicles and artillery near Ladakh border

  • Air Platform

    Argentina Received Six F-16 Fighting Falcons from Denmark.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The U.S. State Department Approves Javelin For Australia

  • Infantry Weapons

    Raytheon’s National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) GBAD

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina Resigned And Fled The Country

  • Middle East

    Egypt Orders 2 Italian FREMM Frigates for €1.2B

  • Europe

    French President Macron warned that peace cannot mean the “surrender” of Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Poland To Receive The Most Advanced Derivative Of AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi Delayed Delivery Of Su-57 Fighters To VKS

  • Europe

    Russia detained Major General Ivan Popov After Raising Concerns Over High Casualties In Ukraine War

  • Air Platform

    India to arm 100 Heron drones with missiles

  • Industry

    Denel Land Systems Military Industrial Capabilities

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s ATACMS strikes destroyed two Russian duds S-400 surface-to-air missiles, 96L6E radar and command center

  • C4iSR

    The APG-82(V)1 AESA radar for F-15E platform optimization

  • Europe

    Ukraine shot down another Russian Su-30 aircraft over Kyiv

  • Air Platform

    Turkey to acquire 500 kamikaze Drones

  • Air Platform

    Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Demonstrates Fully Automatic Aerial Refueling Capability

  • South Asia

    Russian pilots and crews helping Myanmar’s junta to bomb schools, hospitals and monasteries

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Bans Arms Export To Myanmar Junta

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