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  • [ May 29, 2026 ] Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers. Europe
  • [ May 29, 2026 ] Italy and ITPS Canada establish the first private fleet of Leonardo M-346 fighter trainers in North America. Air Platform
  • [ May 29, 2026 ] Sweden donates 16 Gripen C/D and opens the door to 150 more for Ukraine. Air Platform
  • [ May 29, 2026 ] Rebuilding the US weapons stockpile may take two years post-Iran war. Air-Launched Weapons
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Europe

Ukrainian F-16 Pilots Learned How to Unlearn Soviet-Era Tactics and Relearn Western Flying Mindset at the British Academy.

May 8, 2026 GDC 0

In front of a British Royal Air Force hangar, Business Insider watched as a tight formation of Grob Tutor training aircraft flew overhead, the whir of their propellers growing louder as they passed. Dozens of […]

Europe

The Iran War Exposed British Armed Forces’ Operational Weaknesses and Readiness Problems.

April 19, 2026 GDC 0

The Iran war has left Britain’s armed forces exposed, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his promises to invest in defense, after years of warnings from military bosses about the U.K.’s […]

Europe

Welfare payments chewed the defence budget. ‘Corrosive complacency’ towards British national security, Lord Robertson says.

April 16, 2026 GDC 0

The UK’s security is “in peril” and Sir Keir Starmer’s government has shown “corrosive complacency” towards defence, a former Nato secretary general has said. Lord George Robertson, the ex-Labour defence secretary who wrote the government’s […]

Air Platform

Boeing, Saab, and BAE Systems have teamed up to offer T-7A RedHawk to Royal Air Force.

November 22, 2025 GDC 0

Boeing, Saab, and BAE Systems have teamed up to offer a next-generation pilot training system aimed at preparing Royal Air Force pilots for the era of advanced combat aircraft. Under the UK’s 2025 Strategic Defence […]

Air Platform

Boeing proposes T-7A Red Hawk next-gen trainer for Royal Air Force.

October 20, 2025 GDC 0

Boeing is promoting its T-7A Red Hawk as a contender to replace the Royal Air Force’s ageing Hawk T1 and T2 aircraft, according to Flight Global. The move aligns with the UK Ministry of Defence’s […]

Air Platform

Boeing, Saab to collaborate with BAE Systems to offer T-7A RedHawk for Royal Air Force

July 31, 2025 GDC 0

A potential collaboration between Boeing, Saab, and BAE Systems is taking shape as the United Kingdom begins the search for a replacement for its aging Hawk T1 and T2 jet trainers. According to Reuters, the […]

C4iSR

Royal Air Force Inducts StormShroud Electronic Warfare Drone

May 7, 2025 GDC 0

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Air-Launched Weapons

UK Carried Out Successful Test Launch of SPEAR Missile

December 15, 2024 GDC 0

The U.K. has successfully tested a new cruise missile, London said on Sunday, as Western militaries push for defense investment and Russia, China and North Korea funnel resources into their weapons development programs. The “cutting-edge […]

Air Platform

BAE Systems Stops Eurofighter Typhoon Production As International And Domestic Orders Dried Up

November 16, 2024 GDC 0

Production of UK-made Typhoon jets has “essentially stopped” amid fears the Royal Air Force will buy US-made aircraft instead. A BAE Systems plant near Preston was until recently assembling the jets for Qatar following a […]

C4iSR

Royal Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail AWACS Received Paint Scheme

November 1, 2024 GDC 0

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  • IAF will place firm order of 83 Tejas Mk1A jets by end of 2020

    October 15, 2020 0
    Hindustan Aeronautics Limited reportedly expects the order for 83 Tejas Mark 1A variant jets by Indian Air Force (IAF) to be confirmed before the end of this year. Following months of talks, HAL and IAF [...]
  • Kingsberg Awarded Contract To Supply Naval Strike Missile (NSM) To Royal Australian Navy

    July 8, 2022 0
    Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed an initial contract valued at $48 million with the Commonwealth of Australia for Naval Strike Missile (NSM) capability. The order income is booked in second quarter 2022. Norwegian [...]
  • Saab Launches New Autonomous Ocean Core for Naval Vessels

    November 10, 2024 0
    Swedish defense giant Saab has unveiled the “Autonomous Ocean Core,” its latest control system for military and civilian naval platforms. Saab to develop large uncrewed undersea vehicle for Swedish Navy.DateSeptember 7, 2025Elbit Systems Awarded Contract [...]
  • Turkey plans to build fifth-gen KAAN fighter jets by 2030 if Germany doesn’t sell Eurofighters

    November 29, 2023 0
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  • 20 Chinese Tech Firms Are Backed By Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

    June 25, 2020 0
    Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies, China Mobile Communications Group and Hikvision Visual Technology face US sanctions after a finding by the Trump administration that they are owned or controlled by China’s military, Reuters reported. Defense [...]
  • Poland Purchases 116 Second-hand M1 Abrams Tanks From U.S. Inventory

    August 2, 2022 0
    On Friday, July 15, 2022, the Polish defense minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced the purchase of 116 second-hand M1 Abrams main battle tanks from the United States to strengthen its armed forces following the invasion of Ukraine by [...]
Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

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.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

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

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  • Americas

    North Korean Fake Companies Subcontracted To US Tech Giants To Fund Kim Jong-un’s Missile Program

  • Europe

    U.S. To Deliver 250 M1117 Armored Vehicles and 1100 Phoenix Ghost Kamikaze Drones To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia’s $300 billion frozen assets in the West must be used to rearm and rebuild Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Australia To Buy 29 AH-64E Apache Guardian Helicopters

  • Anti-air Missiles

    South Korea To Develop High Altitude Interceptor Missile For KM-SAM

  • Middle East

    Saudi Navy Received Second Avante 2200 Class Corvette

  • South Asia

    British Government Launched Corruption Probe into Bangladeshi-origin British MP Tulip Siddiq’s Alleged Involvement in Rooppur Nuclear Powerplant and Arms Dealing with Russia

  • Europe

    Kazakhstan Suspends Arms Exports Amid Sanctions On Russia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Czech Crowdfunding ‘Gift for Putin’ Donates 15 Viktor Anti-air System To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Super Hercules Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight Test

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Japan confirms fielding of new 400km range ASM-3A air-to-surface missile

  • Naval Platforms

    Japan retrofit Izumo-class helicopter carriers to support F-35B operations

  • Europe

    Russia Could Use Nuclear Weapons, Says Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary

  • Air Platform

    President Trump agrees to sale F-35 stealth jets to India in a multi-billion deal

  • Cruise Missiles

    India test fires 1500 kilometers range missile from the Eastern coast

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippine Army Plans To Purchase Additional BrahMos Cruise Missile

  • Europe

    MiG-35 (MiG-29M2) multi-role fighter jet completes factory trials

  • Europe

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

  • South Asia

    United Nations finds former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina authorised killing of 1,400 people in bid to stay in power

  • Defense Industry

    Japan Wants To Export Lethal Weapons, What Can You Buy From Japan?

  • Europe

    Russia Responsible For Missile Attacks In Poland

  • C4iSR

    U.S. and Israeli ‘Operation Epic Fury’ Shattered Illusions of China’s Beidou-3 And Huawei’s 5G Communist Technology Based on Plagiarism in Iran.

  • Americas

    Amid China and Russia tensions, US considering nuclear tests after 28 years hiatus

  • Air Platform

    AERO Vodochy To Deliver Four L-39N Advanced Jet Trainer To Czech Air Force

  • Central Asia

    Israel sent almost 100 cargo flights loaded with weapons to Azerbaijan

  • South Asia

    Indian CAG Blast Hindustan Aeronautics For Cost Blowout of Su-30MKI

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Deployed Devastating Thermobaric Munitions In FPV Drones And Wipes Out Russian Target

  • Europe

    North Korea Sends More Ammo and Artillery To Russia

  • Europe

    Moldova enforced European Union sanctions on Russia

  • Europe

    Aselsan SHARP Dual Remote Weapons Station

  • Naval Platforms

    State Department Approves Mark VI Patrol Boats for Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia Loses 127 Tanks, 239 APVs and 161 Artillery Systems in a Week

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon awarded a contract to upgrade AMRAAM’s software

  • Europe

    French attack submarine Suffren begins sea trials:Report

  • Air Platform

    France Deploys Rafale Fighter Jets in UAE to Protect Its Airspace.

  • Europe

    Greece To Purchase American Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) Frigates

  • Europe

    Ukraine to receive M1 Abrams tanks from the U.S. as soon as this fall

  • Europe

    Canada donates 20,000 155mm artillery rounds to Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Russian-made Anti-air Missiles Failure in Iran Sent Shockwave in India, China, Egypt, Algeria, Belarus and Myanmar

  • Air Platform

    Hindustan Aeronautics will take 24 months to restart Su-30MKI production for 12 aircraft on order

  • Europe

    Chinese peace plan is deception tactics to supply drones and ammo to Russia

  • Air Platform

    Denmark, the Netherlands and U.S. spearhead creation of the future Ukrainian air force

  • Europe

    Royal Navy unveils new testbed ship XV Patrick Blackett

  • Europe

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

  • Air Platform

    Slovakia donates first four of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Desperate Russia signed an agreement with Iran to purchase ammunition with the headline saying ‘In the name of Allah’

  • Europe

    Poland Received 24 K9 Self-propelled Howitzers From South Korea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia abandons Su-35 purchase plan, seeks greater military cooperation with France to procure Rafale Jet, Scorpene-class submarine and Gowind-class Corvette

  • Americas

    Austal USA Breaks Ground On The New Steel Manufacturing Line

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