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  • [ April 2, 2026 ] Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container. Americas
  • [ April 2, 2026 ] UK Defense company unveils Baby Raptor and Raptor XL interceptor drones. Europe
  • [ April 2, 2026 ] The Iran war unravels China’s underperforming propaganda-driven military and political purges, which cannot fix the technical problem. East Asia and Pacific Region
  • [ April 2, 2026 ] JMSDF Aegis destroyer Chokai becomes Japan’s first ship capable of firing Tomahawk missile. East Asia and Pacific Region
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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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Air Platform

UK, Italy and Japan agreed to expedite the development of sixth-gen fighter jet

October 27, 2024 GDC 0

The defense ministers of Japan, the U.K. and Italy agreed to accelerate the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet, and announced that a trilateral government organization would be established by the end of this […]

Air Platform

Royal Navy to modernize fifth-generation F-35B fighter jets to Block 4 standard

October 14, 2024 GDC 0

The UK Royal Navy plans to modernize its fleet of fifth-generation F-35B short take-off and vertical landing fighters. This was announced by the UK Minister for Defense Procurement James Cartlidge. Britain’s F-35B fighter jets will […]

Air Platform

UK Begins Manufacturing Sixth-generation Combat Aircraft

August 9, 2024 GDC 0

The United Kingdom’s leading defense industry partners have announced that the main structure for the country’s first crewed combat air demonstrator in a generation is now being manufactured and assembled. According to a press release […]

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  • Fincantieri launches first next-generation OPV for Italian Navy.

    February 23, 2026 0
    The launch ceremony of the next-generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) “Ugolino Vivaldi” was held today at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso. This is the first of four units that Fincantieri is building for the Italian [...]
  • India tests nuclear capable K-4 SLBM

    January 25, 2020 0
    India tested its nuclear capable K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), designed to have a strike range of 3,500 km, for the second time in six days on Friday. The missile test, as the one conducted [...]
  • Australia purchases dozens of autonomous submarines to deter Chinese warships.

    September 22, 2025 0
    Autonomous submarines that Australia has launched into production are likely to relieve operational pressure on the country’s crewed submarines, undertake the most dangerous undersea missions, and present an enemy with greater risk of detection and [...]
  • Japan to purchase Turkish drones and other arms.

    August 26, 2025 0
    Japan and Türkiye will begin detailed talks to boost cooperation in defense technologies, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said on Wednesday between meetings with Turkish officials and makers of drones and other arms. Türkiye says [...]
  • A major fire engulfed Russia’s ELMASH electromechanical plant in Voronezh

    April 22, 2024 0
    A major fire occurred in Voronezh. The preliminary report shows the fire area is about 3000 square meters. The fire quickly engulfed almost the entire production workshop. A Significant Fire Engulfed At Russia’s Rocket Manufacturing [...]
  • Chad receives Chinese-made air defense systems from UAE

    April 28, 2025 0
    Chad has reportedly taken delivery of two Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense systems, supplied by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of ongoing military support initiatives. According to local sources, the systems were purchased by [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

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

March 24, 2026 0

North Korea confirmed that twelve KN-25 600mm multiple rocket launch systems were used during its latest military test drill. The exercise highlights Pyongyang’s continued efforts to expand long-range precision-strike capabilities within its rocket artillery forces. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Cyber breach at China’s National Supercomputer Centre shows brainless Chinese engineer copying the physical appearance of the HIMARS rocket artillery.  

March 20, 2026 0

The National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin appeared to have suffered a massive data leak of 10 Petabytes of internal data, including classified information. About two months ago, we saw a sales announcement on a dark […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

  • Americas

    L3Harris Awarded Contract to Join US Air Forces’s AN/ALQ-172 Countermeasures Program

  • Air Platform

    Egypt Purchases 36 FA-50 Fighter Jets From South Korea

  • Middle East

    Lockheed’s F-35 at the heart of UAE, Israeli Peace Deal

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine destroys Russia’s Nebo-SVU VHF radar which China reverse-engineered and sold as JY-27A anti-stealth radar.

  • Europe

    How corruption in the Kremlin helped Ukraine win the war against the Russian Federation

  • Air Platform

    Chinese PL-17 is the stretched body variant of reverse-engineered Russian R-37M missile.

  • Americas

    The US Has Offered Turkey MIM-104 Patriot Missile Defense System and F-35 If Turkey Deactivates Russian-made S-400

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine’s Ukroboronprom and Germany’s Rheinmetall signs strategic cooperation agreement

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Australian Army Purchases Fractl 2 Portable Laser Weapons

  • Europe

    Ex-Russian Commander Igor Girkin Admits Ukraine Successfully Repelling Putin’s Troops

  • Europe

    Ukraine received M109A6 Paladin 155mm self-propelled howitzers

  • Air Platform

    India Air Force Losing Advanced Rafale Fighter Jets to Pakistani AMRAAM Was Significant Strategic Mistake

  • Europe

    Ukraine Requests More Bushmaster And Hawkei Armored Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Smoky bandit: China’s J-35 fighter jet gushing smokes as it begins trials on aircraft carrier

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UK Donates Hundreds Of AMRAAM Missiles For Ukraine’s NASAMS MK2 Launchers

  • Central Asia

    Turkmenistan becomes as launch customer for Leonardo M-346FA light combat aircraft

  • Middle East

    U.S. Deployed 2500 More Marines in the Middle East as IRGC and Basij on the Brink of Collapse.

  • Anti-ship Missile

    France buys latest version of Exocet missile for naval frigates

  • Air Platform

    Turkey to Display TFX Mockup, Hurjet and Drones in Singapore Air Show

  • Air Platform

    Needs Some Firepower, Have Cash: Get Eurofighter Typhoon

  • Americas

    USS Canberra Commissioning Ceremony Held in Australia

  • Americas

    Former Intelligence Officer Alnur Mussayev Claims KGB Recruited Donald Trump Under Codename ‘Agent Krasnov’, Trump Serving USSR and Russia for 37 Years

  • Europe

    Desperate Russia Sending Prison Inmates To Fight Ukraine, In Return Of Freedom

  • Middle East

    Aselsan Displays Full Spectrum Naval Warfare Capability in Qatar.

  • Europe

    Turkish Defense Industries suffer as France, Germany and America stop supplying spare parts and components to Turkish companies

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Aerospace Industries Set For Big Win In 2024 With Its Supersonic Jets And Drones

  • Air Platform

    President Trump Touts ‘F-55’ Fighter: A Twin-Engined F-35 for the Air Force

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Produced Damning Evidence That PAF Used American AMRAAM to Down Three Rafales, One MiG-29 and One Su-30MKI Fighter Jets

  • Americas

    The USAF Relocates B-52 and B-2 Stealth Bombers from Guam to USA

  • HMAS Toowoomba
    East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy’s warship HMAS Toowoomba heads to strait of hormuz as part of Operation Manitou

  • Europe

    Russia’s Su-25 Fighter Jet Crashed Near Tourist Beach in Latest Humiliation For Putin

  • Americas

    Canada to diversify weapons import and reduce reliance on US weapons

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Kim Jong Un’s 5,000-ton Destroyer Sank in Front of His Eyes

  • Land Platform

    IDF Deploys Jaguar Unmanned Ground Vehicles In Gaza

  • Infantry Weapons

    US Approves Possible Sale of 1,000 TOW Missiles to Saudi Arabia

  • Europe

    South Korea Delivers K600 Rhino Combat Engineering Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Americas

    President Trump Fired African-American and Female Officers From Army, Navy and Air Force

  • Europe

    Russian FSB Inflaming Tensions Between Kosovo And Serbia To Divert NATO’s Attention From Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    Brazil’s Embraer inaugurated Gripen E production line in Brazil

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army Refused to Hand Over Detained Senior Army Officers to Civilian Court to Protect Other Perpetrators.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Rheinmetall Australia to Produce Ammunition for F-35

  • Middle East

    Israeli Super Weapon Iron Dome Anti-air Missile Shot Down Iranian Ballistic Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Navy Started Using 63 Years Old Be-12 Aircraft As Its Air Force Struggles To Fly Soviet-era Su-35 Aircraft

  • Europe

    Russian United Ship Building Corporation plans to build two Ivan Gren-class amphibious assault ships

  • Europe

    Defexpo 2018 – Saab Group Pavillion

  • Air Platform

    Embarrassing Display: Russia’s Su-35 shot down a Su-30SM2

  • Europe

    Ukraine Launches Drone Swarms Over Moscow, Including Putin’s Resident

  • Air Platform

    Saudi Arabia Purchases Four C-27J Maritime Patrol Aircraft.

  • Europe

    U.S. Asks Turkey To Transfer S-400 To Ukraine And Get F-35 And Patriot System

  • Air Platform

    Romania’s Aerostar signs MOU on UAV production with Thales

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