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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 […]

  • Facebook’s parent company Meta bans Russian state media outlets for spreading disinformation and propaganda

    September 19, 2024 0
    Meta threat reports indicate Russia has been the leading source of covert influence campaigns disrupted at the social networking giant’s platform. Meta said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the [...]
  • 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 [...]
  • Saab delivers composite mast for Finish navy’s Pohjanmaa-class corvettes

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  • Bell Helicopter Started Manufacturing AH1-Z Helicopter For Bahrain

    May 30, 2021 0
    The American aircraft manufacturer Bell has announced that it has started assembling the first AH-1Z combat helicopters for the benefit of the Bahrain Air Force. Bell Delivers 12 AH-1Z Viper to BahrainDateOctober 28, 2021Nigeria cleared [...]
  • Greece Donates 40 BMP-1 Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles To Ukraine

    October 11, 2022 0
    According to information published by the “Greek Reporter” on September 16, 2022, Greece will donate 40 BMP-1 tracked armored IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) from its military inventory and will receive in exchange 40 Marder tracked armored IFVs from Germany. [...]
  • 25 Percent of Russian Businesses Declared Bankruptcy Due to High Inflation, High Interest Rates and No Export Customers

    February 2, 2025 0
    Hit by a triple whammy of soaring loans, plummeting sales, and evaporating state support, many small-and medium-sized companies (SMEs) are teetering on the verge of disaster. Inflation Killing Russian Economy And Manufacturing IndustriesDateFebruary 23, 2025Russian [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Purchases Fourth MQ-4C Triton Surveillance Drones

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Australia Completed First Flight Of Royal Wingman UCAV

  • Middle East

    Israeli drones hit near nuclear site in Iran

  • Europe

    In a rare admission, Russia confirms that its military is losing a minimum of 250 soldiers per day

  • Air Platform

    Rostec Releases More Photos of Light Combat Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Serbia, India, Egypt, Croatia, Indonesia, Qatar and Greece Received Dassault Rafale F3R Standard With The Full Complement of Modern Avionics, Sensors, AESA And Meteor BVRAAM, UAE Receives F4 Standard

  • South Asia

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

  • Middle East

    Naval Group delivers the first Gowind corvette to the United Arab Emirates

  • Americas

    Raytheon Awarded $867 Million Contract For SM-3 Block IIA Missiles

  • Naval Platforms

    Textron Systems armed unmanned surface vehicle (USV) or sea drones for ocean attack

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Surrender Fully Operational Tanks and Defect to Ukrainian Side For $10,000

  • Civil Aviation

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Digital Tower For Lithuania

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Navy’s Fifth Scorpene-class Submarine Starts Sea Trials

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China deploys HQ-9 and HQ-16 SAM in Galwan Valley

  • Americas

    US Air Force debuts virtual command and control platform

  • Europe

    Airbus pursuing Luftwaffe’s maritime P-3C patrol aircraft replacement programme

  • Europe

    U.S. Considers Sending Saab-developed Deadly GLSDB With 150KM Range To Ukraine

  • Infantry Weapons

    Russia Unable To Deliver Second Batch Of S-400 SAM To India, Amid Crippling Western Sanctions

  • Central Asia

    Anti-Taliban Resistance NRF Captured Four More Districts

  • Americas

    BAE Systems awarded contract to produce jam-resistance GPS

  • Europe

    Video shows Russian morons driving T-72B tanks onto land mines and exploding tanks

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saudi Arabia to Locally Produce Components for U.S. THAAD Missile System

  • Europe

    German Leopard and British Challenger tanks smash through Russian trenches in Bakhmut

  • Uncategorized

    USS America Amphibious assault ship arrived in Brisbane for Talisman Sabre drills

  • Air Platform

    KAI to produce first KF-X prototype by April 2021

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi Su-57 is the only fighter jet equipped with Soviet-era DIRCM

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan Completes Type 12 Land-based Anti-ship Missile Trials.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Ukraine War: Myanmar Remains the Last True Friend of Russia in Southeast Asia

  • Air Platform

    Russian Warship Fired at German Maritime Helicopter in NATO Lake

  • Air Platform

    Naming of Su-57: Sukhoi thought Su-57 could bring luck to the design bureau

  • Europe

    Germany is now Europe’s top defense spender, reported SIPRI

  • Central Asia

    Weak Russia: Azerbaijan says it will continue the Nagorno-Karabakh offensive until Armenian military surrender

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA Deutschland increasing production capacity and developing new capabilities

  • Africa

    Putin’s Ambition: Russia Built A Naval Base In Sudan

  • Air Platform

    In-depth Look At Turkish First Supersonic “Hürjet /Hürjet 270/Hurkus-C” Advanced jet Trainer And Light Attack Aircraft

  • Americas

    Boeing Awarded Contract For Two New P-8 MPA For RAF And Nine P-8 For USN

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russian Modernized Su-34M Fighter Jet In Chernihiv

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia called off Su-35 negotiation with Russia

  • Middle East

    Israeli Iron Dome Shoots Down Iranian-made Drone Fired From Gaza

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine destroys so called invincible S-400 surface-to-air missile battery

  • Air Platform

    Hellenic Navy Received S-70B Helicopters

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down two Su-25 fighter jets and one Ka-52 helicopter using RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Air Platform

    Why Doesn’t Sukhoi Name Fighters With Block Upgrades?

  • Europe

    Germany sends 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

  • Naval Platforms

    The Philippine Navy’s José Rizal-class frigate

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi, Yakovlev and Mikoyan Design Bureau Ran Into Supply Chain Disruption Due to Sanctions

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    East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Awarded Contract to Build Six Cape-class Patrol Boats for Royal Australian Navy

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin starts F-16 production for foreign sales in South Carolina

  • Europe

    Royal Navy Commissioned HMS Spey Into Service

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Tehran sent a mega arms purchase proposal to Beijing, fearing further air strikes by the IDF

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