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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, […]

  • Thailand Purchases 12 Gripen E/F 4.5 Generation Fighter Jets

    June 5, 2025 0
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  • Canada to purchase Australian-made over-the-horizon radar JORN system, ditching American Raytheon

    March 19, 2025 0
    AIDN welcomes the $A6.6 billion deal for Canada to buy the proven Australian developed long range Over The Horizon radar system, opening up supply chain opportunities. Lockheed Martin Awarded A Contract To Deliver AN/TPS77 Long-Range [...]
  • Taiwan started mass producing TC-2 short-range air defense system

    August 25, 2024 0
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  • Germany Set to Receive Super Hornet By 2025 and Retire Tornado by 2030

    April 24, 2020 0
    While Germany is with France and Spain jointly developing a future combat air system (FCAS), this will not arrive until the 2040s. “Therefore, there must be a bridge solution based on models available on the [...]
  • Indian and Chinese Military Commanders Held Meetings To Defuse Border Tensions

    June 8, 2020 0
    DELHI (GDC) — Indian and Chinese military commanders met Saturday to try to resolve a bitter standoff along their disputed frontier high in the Himalayas where thousands of troops on both sides are facing off. [...]
  • Ukrainian FPV drones set fire at a Russian warehouse, destroying billions of spare parts for high-value military vehicles

    March 11, 2024 0
    Moscow lost billions of dollars worth of military equipment and spare parts after a single Ukrainian drone targeted a warehouse where high-value vehicles were being stored in preparation for an upcoming offensive, according to reports. [...]
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 […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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  • Europe

    Ukraine’s ATACMS strike destroyed Russia’s S-400 air defense system again in Crimea

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Su-35, Su-34 And Two Mi-8 Helicopters Using American-made NASAMS Anti-air Missiles

  • Naval Platforms

    Lürssen’s OPV80 – Royal Australian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)

  • Air Platform

    India’s Tejas Fighter Jet Crashed For The First Time, Pilot Ejected

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone attack destroyed major combat refuelling hub in Crimea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    How Does Chinese HQ-16 SAM Compare to Western Modern Anti-Air System?

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Warthog Started Destroying Iran’s Naval Capability.

  • Naval Platforms

    PLAN’s Type 055 Destroyer

  • Europe

    Navantia’s AIP successfully performs factory acceptance tests

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroy Russian Voronezh-DM early warning radar

  • Defense Industry

    Spanish Navantia Shortlisted To Build Three Frigates For Polish Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

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

  • Middle East

    Pakistan Was Pressured To Recognize Israel By MBS: Imran Khan

  • Europe

    Russia shot down its own Orlan-10 drones

  • Americas

    Dictator in Chief Donald Trump Wants Chinese-style Military Parade in Washington DC

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia slaps sanctions on Myanmar military ruler and Iranian military officials

  • Europe

    British-supplied Brimstone Missiles Forced Russians To Retreat From Frontline

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Trapped In Chinese, Indian and Russian Debt, Heading Towards Sri Lanka Style Bankruptcy

  • Middle East

    UAE, France $18 Billion Rafale Deal Explained!

  • Europe

    Russia Can’t Hold Out for Another Year: Ukraine Spy Chief Kyrylo Budanov

  • Americas

    The U.S. to Boost 2023 Defense Budget, Amid Ukraine Invasion

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Saudi Arabia and UAE’s Obsession With Anti-air System Driven By Anti-Iran Anxiety

  • Europe

    Leonardo Company’s Proteus Unmanned Helicopter Completes First Flight.

  • Europe

    Royal Marines selected the SIG SAUER MCX rifle for the commando force

  • Europe

    Damen Shipbuilding Group secured a US$6.7 billion deal to build MKS 180 Frigate for the German Navy

  • C4iSR

    Moldova to get VERA-NG passive tracking system

  • Air Platform

    General Atomics to Develop AI Sensors for Prototype Drone

  • Defense Industry

    India, A Booming Defense Market for USA, France and Israel

  • C4iSR

    Russian troops find Ukraine’s Sentinel radar mockup

  • Europe

    Russia sent 70 years old T-54 tanks to Ukraine

  • Uncategorized

    Rheinmetall sends more Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army undergoes a major reshuffle just a year after the organisation had reshuffled key positions.

  • Europe

    Russia’s Corvette “Provorny”, which is under construction, caught fire in St. Petersburg

  • Air Platform

    Yak-130 vs M-346: Why M-346 is an iPhone and Yak-130 is a Nokia 1100?

  • Europe

    Turkish TAI To Produce Thermoplastics For Boeing Defense

  • Europe

    Ukraine handed over T-90M tanks and BTR-82A armored vehicles to British Intelligence agencies

  • Europe

    Casualties of S-400 Deal: Turkish Albayraklar Defence seized operations

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Chairman Tarique Rahman: The Original Graft King And Drug Lord Announced his Return To Politics After Surrendering His Bangladeshi Passport

  • Land Platform

    Greek EODH Built New Armored Vehicles

  • Americas

    U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Wants Ukraine-like Environment to Test Drone Warfare.

  • Europe

    Russian politician admits on state TV that Russia has no socks, shorts, doctors, or intelligence

  • Europe

    No IFF: Russian investigators confirmed Pantsir-S1 missile downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243

  • Europe

    Here’s Why So Many Russian Tanks Blew Up By Anti-tank Mines

  • Europe

    Russia’s Yuan Trading Come To Halt After China Restricts Currency Supplies

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Industries Completes Initial Sea Trials of 21st Virginia-class Submarine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Elbit Systems Awarded $200 Million Contact For Laser Guidance Kit

  • Air Platform

    Netherlands received its first MQ-9A Reaper drones

  • Air Platform

    China Developed Armed Reconnaissance CH-6 UCAV

  • Europe

    Western special forces on the ground assisting Ukrainian forces, leaked intelligence documents

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Chinese CH-AS-X-13 Is The Largest Air-launched Missile

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