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Americas

Raytheon Awarded $358 Million Contract For Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2

October 6, 2021 GDC 0

Raytheon has won a $358 million contract in support of the fiscal 2021-2023 Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 full rate production requirements. The ESSM program is an international cooperative effort to design, develop, test, […]

  • Australia ramping up defense production capability

    August 13, 2020 0
    In an age of increasing strategic uncertainty, the Morrison government has decided it needs greater sovereign capability in case supply chains are cut off and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds last week said the government wanted [...]
  • Turkish Aerospace Industries opens first Southeast Asian office in Malaysia

    December 5, 2021 0
    Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) on Wednesday opened a new engineering and design office in Malaysia. Malaysia purchases three Anka drones from Turkish Aerospace IndustriesDateAugust 28, 2023Turkish TAI Offers Attractive Packages For Malaysian Light Combat Aircraft [...]
  • Ukrainian drone attacks destroyed two Tu-22M3 nuke bombers and three Su-34 bombers at Soltsky-2 airbase

    August 23, 2023 0
    British MoD says drone attacks included destruction of supersonic bomber at air base near St Petersburg 500km from Ukraine’s border. Ukraine launched the biggest drone attacks on Crimea and Shaykovka air baseDateAugust 25, 2023Ukraine’s Kamikaze [...]
  • BAE Systems Demonstrates Sting Ray Lightweight Torpedo Deployment Using T-600 heavy-lift Drone

    January 21, 2024 0
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  • President Trump Re-designated Yemen’s Houthi As Terrorist Organization

    January 23, 2025 0
    U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday re-designated Yemen’s Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a “foreign terrorist organization”, the White House said. Constant Houthi attacks on Israel could draw U.S., UK, and Australia [...]
  • U.S. Air Force sends three B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia

    August 13, 2020 0
    Three American B-2 stealth bombers have arrived in the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia on the eve of Chinese live-firing naval exercises north of Taiwan. It is the first time the nuclear-capable strategic bombers [...]
Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

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Europe

Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

February 7, 2026 0

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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 […]

  • Europe

    Finland And Sweden Formally Apply For NATO Membership

  • South Asia

    Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh is ill-informed about the underperforming S-400 missiles, 41 S-400 missiles were destroyed in the Ukraine war and are incapable of detecting aircraft beyond 250km.

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s F-7BG Crashed in West Bengal, India: Report PTI

  • Africa

    Mali Receives Turkish Akinci Drones to Fight Terrorists Group

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s MAGURA V5 sea drone destroyed Russia’s Saturn tugboat that towed Admiral Kuznetsov

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Mitsubishi Shipbuilding launches second PCG’s MRRV

  • Defense Industry

    Korean Aerospace Industries opens Polish support location for incoming FA-50 fleet

  • Europe

    A list of Russian equipment, manpower and infrastructure losses in the Ukraine War

  • Middle East

    Australia deploys C-17 transport aircraft, KC-30 tankers and ADF personnel to the Middle-East

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Bayraktar Akinci successfully launched the Roketsan-developed Cakir cruise missile

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L)

  • Europe

    Sanctions-hit Russia Seeks Aircraft, Automotive, Train Parts And U.S. Dollars From India And Turkey

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    U.S. will withheld F-16 sale until Turkey approves NATO bid for Sweden and Finland  

  • Europe

    Bayraktar TB2 could play a key role if a war break over Crimea, says Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Human rights groups accuse Bangladesh army of covering up sexual assault

  • Air Platform

    Finish Air Force quietly drops Nazi swastika from its emblem

  • Infantry Weapons

    Pakistan Army inducts HQ-9/P air-defense system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Unveil Final Design Of AUKUS Submarine

  • Central Asia

    Three Brothers 2021: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan start joint military exercises

  • Europe

    Retreating Putin’s Soldiers Stole Raccoons, Wolves, Peacocks, Llama and Donkey From Kherson Zoo

  • Africa

    Two Pantsir ADS Caught Fire In Lightning Strike

  • C4iSR

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

  • Air Platform

    Canada to Join British-led Global Air Combat Program Sixth-generation Fighter Jet Consortium

  • Europe

    Russian-origin submarines fitted with Switzerland, French and German auxiliary power are in maintenance jeopardy as Russia is unable to source spare parts

  • Africa

    Morocco Ordered 30 Ceasar Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Uncategorized

    China To Develop ASW Variant Z-20 Helicopter

  • Africa

    Kenya Bought 118 Armored Vehicle From Turkey

  • Europe

    Putin’s Inner Circle Unese About Faltering Ukraine War, Plans To Remove Him From Power

  • Europe

    Belarusian Forces Will Soon Join Ukraine Invasion, Says President Alexander Lukashenko

  • Americas

    U.S. Army Ordered 480 HIMARS Launchers And Multiple Variant Of Rockets

  • Cruise Missiles

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

  • Middle East

    U.S. Sending Carrier Strike Group Near Israel And Will Supply Ammunitions

  • Air Platform

    RTAF Denies Report Of F-35 Purchase, Opt In For Gripen E/F

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Iran announces development of new hypersonic glide vehicle

  • C4iSR

    Saab Successfully Conducted Flight Test Of Fourth GlobalEye AEW&C

  • Europe

    Swedish Coast Guard orders 14 high-speed boats from Boomeranger Boats

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Female Pilots Became The First Pilot To Score Air-to-air Kill Against Houthis

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s MiG-31 Fighter Jet Crashed Near Lipetsk Region.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany purchases Rheinmetall’s Skyranger 30 short-range air defense system

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russian R-77 air-to-air missile malfunctioned and missed its target in Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli IAI Ramps Up Missile Interceptors Production.

  • Air Platform

    Slovakia Considers Sending MiG-29 to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Estonia Latest Country To Buy HIMARS Artillery Rockets

  • Air Platform

    Philippines to purchase three new C-130J transport aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Fired Missiles In Response To North Korean Missile Launches

  • Europe

    Russian Ka-52 helicopter blew up their own MT-LB tracked armored vehicle

  • Naval Platforms

    Sikorsky S-70 Naval Hawk Specialized Maritime Helicopter

  • Air Platform

    Philippines Air Force Purchases Second Batch of Korean FA-50 Fighter Jets

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia admits Pantsir missile and gun system does not detect drones

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