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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, […]

  • Thanks to Turkish F-16, only four fighters remained in service with Armenia

    October 3, 2020 0
    Armenia has only four fighters left. Turkish F-16 has successfully destroyed Russian-made Su-25 and MiG-25 of Armenia. According to Azerbaijani news, at least four F-16 fighters have been transferred to Azerbaijan from Turkey to date. [...]
  • Serbia nearing a deal with Dassault Aviation to purchase Rafale fighter jets worth $3.4 billion

    August 30, 2024 0
    The Rafale fighter jet is set to gain another customer as France and its aerospace company, Dassault Aviation, are nearing an agreement with Serbia to sell between 10 to 12 of the omnirole fighter jets, [...]
  • More Than 25,000 Demoralized Russian Conscripts Retreated, Deserted In Face Of Fierce Resistance

    March 27, 2022 0
    Shattered Russian troops are retreating — and some are deserting — in the face of fierce resistance by Ukrainian soldiers. Russian army is in total disarray near Kyiv, Russia shift focus on DonbasDateMarch 29, 2022Russia [...]
  • Pakistan Navy Commission Second Yarmook-class Corvette

    November 16, 2020 0
    The ship is part of a two vessel order with Damen, signed by the Pakistan Ministry of Defence in 2017. Both ships are built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. The first vessel, PNS Yarmook, joined the Pakistan Navy’s [...]
  • Trump touts weapon sales to NATO for Ukraine and threatens Russia with 100% tariffs

    July 15, 2025 0
    President Trump on Monday threatened to punish Russia with heavy tariffs on countries that trade with Moscow if the Kremlin fails to reach a ceasefire deal with Ukraine by September, while promising Kyiv billions of [...]
  • Russia’s PAK DA Is No Match to American B-21 Stealth Bombers

    September 26, 2020 0
    Russia has reportedly begun construction of its next-generation PAK DA bomber as part of an apparent strategic effort to usher in a new era of bombing technology. Moscow hopes to get ahead of the U.S. Air [...]
Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

May 6, 2026 0

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia signed landmark treaty with the UK for nuclear-powered attack submarines

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Negotiating with France to Buy 48 Rafale Fighters

  • Industry

    Rostec Will Unite Sukhoi and Mikoyan Design Bureau To Avoid Bankruptcy

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    M-61A1 20mm Gatling gun

  • Air Platform

    Russian Air Defense Systems Have Drone Headache

  • Europe

    Russian man blew up military freight train heading to Ukraine in another sabotage

  • Europe

    Elbit Systems to supply tank ammunition to NATO country

  • Americas

    Fincantieri Delivers 21st LCS to the U.S. Navy

  • Uncategorized

    U.S State Department Approves Sale Of Rocket Launchers Ammunitions To Finland

  • Europe

    Poland To Buy South Korean AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • Europe

    Sweden, India agree to strengthen cooperation on defence sector

  • Air Platform

    Boeing UCAV For Royal Australian Air Force

  • Middle East

    The Iran war exposed Chinese clandestine involvement in Iran’s nuclear and missile projects. 300 Chinese ZTE and Huawei experts are dead in Iran.

  • Defense Industry

    Thales To Hire 12,000 Staff Amid Backlog Of Multi-billion Work Orders

  • Europe

    NATO Confirmed Ukraine’s Bid To Join The Transatlantic Military Alliance

  • Europe

    Ukraine killed 3,180 Russian airborne troops in Zaporizhia Oblast

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy Deploys Response Group To Eastern Mediterranean To Support Israeli Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean FA-50 established as dominant LCA of choice by beating out HAL Tejas and Leonardo M-346FA

  • Middle East

    Israeli F-16 destroyed Iranian BAVAR-373 AKA S-300PMU2 SAM in Syria

  • Central Asia

    Pakistan deploys JF-17 fighter jets to Azerbaijan for combat exercises.

  • Air Platform

    Aero Vodochody F/A-259 Light Attack Aircraft

  • Naval Platforms

    French nuclear-powered submarine fires a cruise missile for the first time

  • Europe

    ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Delivers Fourth F125 Frigate To German Navy

  • Anti-drone System

    Ukraine sends 201 military experts to counter Iranian drones in the Middle East.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia Purchases Advanced Anti-radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM)

  • Europe

    Russia’s tank factories go into overdrive to make up for catastrophic Russian losses in Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA Deutschland increasing production capacity and developing new capabilities

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy to launch first Istanbul-class (MILGEM project) frigate this year

  • Air Platform

    Germany Denies Blocking Eurofighter Typhoon Sale To Turkiye

  • Defense Industry

    Finland, Sweden Jointly Procure Armed Vehicles

  • Europe

    Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia Backflipped on Fighter Jets Transfer to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy.

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Christens Virginia-class Attack Submarine USS New Jersey (SSN 796)

  • Americas

    Dynetics Beats Out Iron Dome For $237M U.S. Army’s Missile Defense Contract

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Aselsan Inks $50.7 Million Export Deal With Morocco For Koral-EW

  • Europe

    Germany transfers 18 more RCH 155mm howitzers to Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract For Combat Training Solutions Of Polish Army

  • C4iSR

    Elbit Systems Awarded $600 Million Contract To Produce Active Protection And EOTS For Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • Infantry Weapons

    Indian Army Rejected Locally-made Cheap $300 Krasnopol 155mm Artillery Ammo Due to Poor Quality

  • Air Platform

    Swiss Air Force To Practice Highway Takeoff And Landing After Three Decades

  • Americas

    Donald Trump Vulnerable to Vladimir Putin’s Blackmail Due to Trump’s Sex Tape in Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow

  • Uncategorized

    Raytheon Awarded $985 Million Contact To Develop Hypersonic Attack Missile For U.S. Air Force

  • Air Platform

    China Copies Another Feature Of F-22, This Time 2D TVC

  • Europe

    Norway Invites Four Contenders For Frigate Competition

  • Europe

    Serbia Plans To Invest More In Its Military

  • Americas

    Canada to join President Trump’s Iron Dome missile shield programme

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin To Develop A New Variant Of F-35 For Unspecified Customer

  • Americas

    American lawmakers urge U.S. to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Bangladesh Air Guard (thief) Signs Letter of Intent with Leonardo for Eurofighter Typhoon Jet.

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia orders 18 more Rafale fighter jets worth $2.3 billion

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