• Advertise
  • Premium Member Login
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Global Defense Corp

THE MOST TECHNICAL AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON DEFENSE AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES.

  • Home
  • Advisory
  • Russia’s Losses
  • Global
    • The Americas
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • Middle East
    • Africa
    • East Asia and Pacific Region
    • Central Asia
  • Defense Insight
    • Weapons
      • Air-Launched Weapons
      • Naval Weapons
      • Infantry Weapons
      • Direct-energy Weapons
      • Loitering Munitions
    • Platforms
      • Air Platform
      • UCAV Platform
      • UAS Platform
      • Land Platform
      • UGV Platform
      • Naval Platform
      • USV Platform
    • C4iSR
    • Cyber
  • Industry
    • Civil Aviation
    • Defense Industry
  • Inside GDC
    • Who We Are
    • What We Do
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Premium Member Login
    • Contact Us
News Ticker
  • [ February 12, 2026 ] The U.S. Has Offered Bangladesh Mega Arms Deal Including Super Hornet Block III, MQ-9 Reaper, Apache Helicopter, NASAMS Missile, HIMARS and TPY-4 Radar. Air Platform
  • [ February 12, 2026 ] Sudan’s Army Destroyed Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense system. Africa
  • [ February 12, 2026 ] General Atomics Gambit 6 introduces air-to-ground combat capabilities. Americas
  • [ February 12, 2026 ] Osborne Shipyard Started Upgrading Australia’s Hobart-class Destroyers. East Asia and Pacific Region
HomeROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

Air Platform

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

April 8, 2024 GDC 0

New Zealand’s first C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft has conducted its initial flight test in the US. The demonstration saw the vehicle fly for 246 minutes over Georgia and Alabama. It achieved a range […]

Air Platform

New Zealand Received Its Final P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

July 26, 2023 GDC 0

New Zealand has inducted its fourth and final Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea. This aircraft comes under the country’s “once in a generation investment” in […]

Air Platform

Boeing Delivers P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft To New Zealand

December 10, 2022 GDC 0

“As a maritime nation, delivery of the P-8A will ensure New Zealand maintains a patrol and response capability that will protect and support law enforcement in our Exclusive Economic Zone and Southern Ocean,” said Sarah […]

Air Platform

New Zealand Plans To Buy 28 Secondhand F-16C/D to Replace Skyhawk

September 7, 2020 GDC 0

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is planning to buy fighter jet, according New Zealand Defense Forces whitepaper. Anything New Zeland is planning to buy would need to be able to integrate with Australia. In […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

New Zealand to buy five C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft

June 7, 2020 GDC 0

WELLINGTON (GDC) — New Zealand’s military said on Friday it will buy five Super Hercules transport aircraft from Lockheed Martin for US$1 billion learned GDC citing Defense News. The planes will replace the military’s existing […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Boeing Defense received contracts to build P-8As Poseidon for South Korea and New Zealand

April 3, 2020 GDC 0

The US DoD awarded Boeing a $1.5 billion production contract for the next 18 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The contract includes eight aircraft for the U.S. Navy, six aircraft for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) and four aircraft […]

  • Germany-based Rohde & Schwarz Awarded Avionics Contract For T-7A Red Hawk

    August 31, 2021 0
    Germany-based defence electronics group Rohde & Schwarz has been selected to deliver radio technology for integration on the US Air Force’s T-7A Red Hawk fleet. Boeing Rolls Off First Production Variant T-7A Red Hawk TrainerDateMay [...]
  • Turkish Aerospace delivers three new armed UCAV to the Turkish Navy

    April 3, 2022 0
    You need to be logged in to view this content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us
  • RSK MIG and Sukhoi are in Crisis: Russian Offers Fighter Jet In Exchange of Palm Oil and Rubber

    November 30, 2019 0
    The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) of Russia has offered Malaysia an exchange deal featuring old fighter aircraft for new MiG-29M2 marketed as MiG-35 aircraft announced by Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamad Sabu in Malaysian Parliament. Read [...]
  • Austal USA has launched the first Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel for the US Navy.

    September 5, 2025 0
    Austal USA has launched the company’s first landing craft utility (LCU) vessel built for the US Navy at its ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. Indonesian PT Tesco to build LCU for Indonesian NavyDateApril 16, [...]
  • US Secretary of Navy Unveils Name of Two Future Aircraft Carrier

    January 23, 2025 0
    The future USS William J. Clinton honors President William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America, serving two terms from 1993 to 2001.  The future USS George W. Bush honors President George [...]
  • German Air Force (Luftwaffe) reportedly will procure combination of Super Hornet, EA-18 Growler and Typhoon to replace Tornado jets

    March 28, 2020 0
    London, UK — Growing criticism by German Aerospace Employees Union, German involvement to Franco-German future combat aircraft program and NATO commitment may lead to a decision that the Luftwaffe will reportedly buy up to 90 [...]
Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

You need to be logged in to view this content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us

Europe

Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

February 7, 2026 0

You need to be logged in to view this content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us

Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

  • Naval Platforms

    US Navy’s underwater drone Orca will play offensive role

  • Naval Platforms

    Thales Group to Modernize Indonesian Frigate with Radars, Missiles

  • Industry

    France will Revive India’s Kaveri Engine Program If India Orders 36 More Rafale

  • Europe

    US Army Deploys HIMARS Near Crimea

  • Europe

    China sides with Russia as it welcomes Putin’s puppet Lukashenko in Beijing

  • Americas

    US Announces Nearly $1 Billion in New Military Aid for Ukraine

  • Air Platform

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

  • Europe

    Russia Responsible For Missile Attacks In Poland

  • Air Platform

    Airbus A330 MRTT Completes Automated Refuelling Trials

  • Central Asia

    Taliban Shipping Captured Arms to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, A Banned Terrorist Group In Kashmir, India

  • AUV Platform

    Ukraine’s new invisible suicide submersible set to be unleashed on Russian navy

  • Americas

    Biden Administration Approves $735 Million Arms Sale To Israel

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Repeat Incursions By PLA Air Force Into Taiwanese Airspace

  • AUV Platform

    Japan orders HII REMUS 300 uncrewed undersea vehicles

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Israeli Defense Forces Received First Operational Iron Beam Laser Weapon System.

  • C4iSR

    The Talon HATE Pod Air-to-air, Air-to-ground and Satellite Data Links

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Royal Malaysian Air Force Shortlists Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale for MRCA Requirements

  • Air Platform

    India Sets To Acquire Predator-B MALE UAV

  • Middle East

    Thyssenkrupp Launches Egyptian Navy’s Type 209 Submarine

  • Air Platform

    Greece to Receive 18 Rafale Fighters in 2021

  • Air Platform

    Airbus VSR700 prototype performs first autonomous free flight

  • Defense Industry

    Dassault CEO Urged European Autonomy on Weapons Production Amid Trump Administration’s Isolationism

  • Middle East

    Why is the US Army removing military assets from Saudi Kingdom?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan vows to strengthen missile defense after North Korea parade missile

  • Infantry Weapons

    Hamas Using Chinese-made A200 Rockets With 120km Range To Attack Israel

  • Middle East

    Hamas Tunnels: High-tech Israeli Armed Forces Face The Biggest Challenge

  • Middle East

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese Spy Ship Spotted Near Taiwan During Missile Tests

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army’s Major General Ziaul Ahsan: The Butcher Of Bangladesh

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded $536 Million Contract To Upgrade German Navy’s Brandenburg-Class Frigate

  • Americas

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

  • Europe

    Germany prepares $2.95 billion lethal aid package for Ukraine, including tanks, IRIS-T, armored vehicles and howitzers

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russian army’s 16 tanks, 14 armored vehicles, Buk and TOR missiles in a day

  • Air Platform

    Poland considers Boeing F-15EX fighter jets for air superiority role.

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Puts T-7A Red Hawk into Vigorous Testing

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, UK and USA Formally Sign Agreement On Nuclear Submarine

  • Europe

    NATO member Denmark has pledged its “entire artillery” stocks to Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Germany to deliver long-range Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missiles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russian media called BMP-2 and BMP-3 IFVs are a death trap for troops

  • Air Platform

    Eurofighter Typhoon shows some crazy maneuver

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia donates second Guardian-class OPV to Tonga

  • Defense Industry

    Rheinmetall awarded contract to produce 40mm grenade launcher ammo for Germany

  • Europe

    Russia Detained Director General Of Shipyard For Stealing $606,300 Repair Funds Of Admiral Kuznetsov

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean DAPA Delivers Cheongung SAM System to RoKAF

  • Americas

    The US Navy Is Developing Robot Submarine

  • Europe

    President Erdogan Visits Nagorno-Karabakh To Sign Defense Pact With Azerbaijan

  • Air Platform

    The USAF To Upgrade MQ-9A Reaper UCAV

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin to Participate RAAF’s Next-gen Air Battle Management Systems Evaluation Stages

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Produce Nine CH-53K King Stallion Heavy Lift Helicopters

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Turkish Defense Industries Manufactures Smart Bomb HGK-82 Kit

  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • Premium Member Login
  • Contact Us

Copyright © Global Defense Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Translate »
error: Content is protected !!