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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, […]

  • RoKAF received fourth and final Global Hawk UAV

    October 20, 2020 0
    The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) has received the fourth and final Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) it ordered from the United States in 2014. [...]
  • China’s HQ-9B Surface-to-air Missile’s Failure in Pakistan and Iran Should Worry the Chinese Communist Party.

    March 2, 2026 2
    Mass destruction in Iranian cities in coordinated airstrikes by the US and Israel has put the spotlight on the failure of Tehran’s air defence system in intercepting incoming projectiles. The U.S. Will Completely Destroy Iran’s [...]
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Awarded Contract To Build New Frigates For JMSDF

    December 12, 2023 0
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  • Cluster Bombs Will Help Ukraine Retake Bakhmut and Shorten Trench Warfare in Donbas Region

    July 8, 2023 0
    On Friday, the Biden administration said it would send cluster munitions—weapons that scatter unexploded bomblets across a wide area, killing and maiming civilians for decades—to Ukraine. Slovakia Donates S-300 Air Defense System to UkraineDateApril 9, [...]
  • Poland discloses details of Bayraktar TB2 deals

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  • Japan’s defense industry faces serious challenges in export markets

    January 27, 2021 0
    According to data from Defense News, it seems to casual observers that Japanese defense companies have been losing their international competitiveness in recent years. Japanese MoD to Team Up with Private Company to Export Military HardwareDateDecember [...]
Europe

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

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

  • C4iSR

    Thales SMART-S 3D Radar

  • Europe

    Global Defense Giants Quietly Making Billions From Ukraine War

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Aerospace Industries opens first Southeast Asian office in Malaysia

  • Europe

    Butchers of Russia: Hundreds are buried in a mass grave in Bucha, near Kyiv

  • Cyber

    Kremlin-backed hackers breached Medibank data after Australian-made Bushmaster vehicles caused defeat for Russia in Avdiivka and Kharkiv

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Launched 9th Type 056 Corvette In 2020

  • Americas

    US House of Representatives approves the transfer of $8 billion in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine signs defense cooperation agreement with Swedish Saab

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    AIM-174B ‘Gunslinger’ Nickname Hinted at by Commander, Naval Air Forces and U.S. Pacific Fleet

  • Air Platform

    Australian Air Force Received First Upgraded C-130J Hercules Aircraft

  • Europe

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

  • Air Platform

    Boeing awarded a contract to supply 24 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Morocco

  • Europe

    Israel shows images of tanks in Gaza as war on Hamas militants deepens

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China sending private military contractors to protect Myanmar’s Junta is a grave concern for Bangladesh, India and Thailand

  • South Asia

    Human Rights Watchdog Urges Bangladesh’s Interim Government to Dissolve the RAB, DGFI, ISPR, DGDP, AFD, and NSI.

  • Americas

    Saab To Open Two Aerospace Centers If Canada Selects Gripen E

  • Europe

    Russia shot down its own S-70 Okhotnik heavy combat drone

  • Infantry Weapons

    Indian Army acquires Israeli Spike LR anti-tank guided missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Type 071 Amphibious Dock Landing Craft Joins Naval Exercises First Time

  • Americas

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

  • Europe

    Russia Executing Their Own Retreating Soldiers Near Avdiivka

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

  • Americas

    General Dynamics Awarded Contract to Produce Next-Generation Battle Tank Design.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    MBDA Awarded Contract To Produce CAMM Missiles For Sweden’s Visby Class Corvettes

  • Europe

    Killer Treats: Russian FSB Foiled An Attempt To Poison 77 Russian Pilots With 20kg Cakes and Whiskey

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Navy accepts 2nd Supply-class Replenishment ship

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Test Fires KN-25 600MM Multiple Rocket Launch System.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Boeing GBU-39 GPS-guided 113kg (250lb) small diameter bomb

  • Europe

    ‘Denazify Ukraine Is A False Narrative’: Putin’s Flirting With NATO Caused 273,000 Russian Deaths And Destroyed Russia Completely In 13 Most Crucial Areas

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Rheinmetall and MBDA to establish a joint venture for naval laser weapon.

  • Europe

    Sweden Deploys Land-based RBS15 Anti-ship Missiles in Gotland

  • Europe

    POS 145 anti-tank missile: Serbian Yugoimport’s answer to American Javelin

  • Air Platform

    Russia could directly supply RD-93MA engine to Pakistan for JF-17 Block III

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s SpetsTekhnoEksport developed MAGURA V5 sea drone capability of hitting warships at 830km range

  • Europe

    German Navy Christens First K130 Batch II Corvette

  • C4iSR

    Aselsan to Deliver AESA for F-16 Fighter Jet by 2022

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Test-fires PCL191 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Near Indian Border

  • Europe

    Satellite images show Russia moved most of its troops and equipment from Finish border to Eastern Ukraine

  • Europe

    Germany confirms their willingness to provide Ukraine with Taurus missile if U.S. delivers ATACMS missile

  • Air Platform

    Russian Glorified Su-35 Failed to Track J-16 and J-10C in a Simulated Air Battle: PLAAF

  • C4iSR

    Aselsan delivers “DragonEye” electro-optic systems

  • Europe

    Russian troops fled from Ukraine frontline, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claims

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force fires AIM-9X missile from MQ-9 Reaper drone

  • Europe

    Cyberattacks on Russia’s Rostec reveal Su-34, Su-35, Su-57 fighter jets export details

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US Air Force to receive new joint strike missiles (JSM) from Kongsberg

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian artic-variant TOR air defense system

  • Middle East

    Operations Epic Fury degraded Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capability by 70 percent, but the stockpile of IRBMs remains intact in a bunker.

  • Middle East

    Israeli Navy’s Sa’ar 6 corvettes used to strike Gaza ground targets

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Awarded Contract to Produce VSHORAD for Romanian Army

  • Middle East

    Turkish Akinci Drone Located Iranian President’s Helicopter

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