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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 […]

  • Northrop Grumman Developed AI Powered Command And Control Systems

    March 4, 2021 0
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  • Swedish DMA Extends Gripen Maintenance Contract With Saab

    April 3, 2021 0
    Saab and the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) have today extended a contract to provide support and maintenance services for Gripen. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 1.6 billion for the period from 1 [...]
  • Damen Shipyard Launches New LST 100 for Nigerian Navy

    November 24, 2021 0
    The new, 100-metre LST 100 for the Nigerian Navy has been launched at Albwardy Damen, Sharjah, UAE a few months ago. On completion the 100-metre, roll-on-roll-off landing ship will have the capacity to accommodate a [...]
  • Peruvian Air Force Short-list Rafale F4, Saab Gripen And F-16V Block 70 For 24 Fighter Jets Requirements

    October 8, 2024 0
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  • European Union To Sanction Iran As It Kills 160 Student Protesters

    November 1, 2022 0
    Iran’s Foreign Ministry says statements from German officials about imposing potential sanctions against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps are irresponsible and not constructive. Heightened risk to the West is that radical IRGC General Ahmad Vahidi is [...]
  • Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission Sued Ten Former Top Military Generals and Air Guard Chief

    July 28, 2025 0
    Bangladesh faces significant corruption challenges across various sectors, impacting daily life and economic development. Despite having anti-corruption legislation, enforcement is often weak, and corruption is deeply ingrained in society. This pervasive corruption affects everything from [...]
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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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

  • Europe

    Israeli’s defense technology is playing a key role in Greece’s military modernization.

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia prepares Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine: report

  • Middle East

    Turkiye and Egypt signed agreement to coproduce Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV)

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS struck Russian base killing 300 soldiers waiting for speech from commander

  • Infantry Weapons

    U.S. State Department approves $660 million hellfire missiles to Israel

  • Air Platform

    Biden Administration Set To Approve 50 F-15 Fighter Jet Sale To Israel Worth $18 Billion

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Taiwan arm its F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo fighter jets with Hsing Feng III anti-ship missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Army Conducts Military Operations Inside Bangladesh as Arakan Army Built Training Camp in Cox Bazar

  • Europe

    North Korea sent additional 1500 troops to Russia totalling 3000 troops

  • Europe

    Saab Gripen Exits from Swiss Air 2030 Program

  • Europe

    “Ghost of Kyiv”: Ukraine Says It Shot Down Five Russian Fighter Jets Including Su-35

  • Air Platform

    Saab Group formally submitted proposals for Canada’s FFCP Programme

  • C4iSR

    France’s MERIO develops drone-based laser targeting system.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    25 PLAAF Aircraft Fly Through Taiwan’s ADIZ On Monday, Most This Year

  • Air Platform

    Royal Air Force To Acquire 40 Eurofighter ECRS Mk2 Aircraft

  • Middle East

    Israeli Defense Forces announced that it will destroy Iran’s pre-war ballistic and nuclear capability.

  • South Asia

    Indian Defense Ministry approves purchase of 100 ASTRA BVRAAM and upgrade of MiG-29 aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan, Philippines sign new defence pacts amid tensions with China.

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo to Deliver 17 HH-139B Helicopters to Italian Air Force

  • Europe

    Baykar Unveils 1000km Range MIZRAK Loitering Munition.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Saab Gripen Fires New AIM-9X Air-to-Ground Sidewinder Missile

  • Europe

    Biden Admin Sends More Ammo For HIMARS Rocket Artillery To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Wants Naval Access to Thailand’s Isthmus of Kra Canal to Counter Indian Navy

  • Europe

    South Korea’s DAPA to Develop Naval L-SAM Program for KDDX Destroyer

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan confirms plan to buy 10 C-130J airlifters.

  • Air Platform

    KAI unveils new MUM-T drone at ADEX 2021

  • Africa

    Turkish ASFAT Awarded Contract To Supply MEMATT Minesweeper For West Africa

  • Europe

    Iran Sent Military Trainer To Train Russian Military Officers

  • Europe

    Russian pro-invasion bloggers criticize Putin for not providing military leadership

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s AVIC Executive Jailed for Taking Bribes

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy deploys Reis class submarine TCG Piri Reis in Bosphorus Strait

  • Europe

    Danish company OMT unveils the 01 family of combat vessels and patrol boats.

  • Europe

    Russia Lost Almost 6,000 Troops In Harsh Winter As Dead Bodies Piling Up In Bakhmut

  • Middle East

    Satellite imagery shows before and aftermath of US strikes on Iran’s key nuclear sites

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation to accelerate Rafale production amid high market demands

  • Europe

    Putin’s salary is $110,568 annually, but he wears $8,820 Brioni Italian suit while sending pensioners to fight his war at $48.50 weekly

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad places bombs on Zaporizhzhia nuclear powerplant, millions of Europeans could die

  • Middle East

    Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Strikes in Aleppo For The First Time

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia donates second Guardian-class OPV to Tonga

  • Middle East

    Thyssenkrupp Delivers Last Two Corvettes To The Israeli Navy

  • Americas

    Two Ukrainian pilots are in the U.S. for training assessment on F-16 fighter jets

  • Europe

    Turkiye unveils long-range K2 kamikaze drone.

  • Land Platform

    Hawkei PMV armor vehicle to enter full-rate production

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Norinco SH-15 or PCL-181 Howitzer’s Unstable Platform Causing Accuracy Problem For 155mm Shells

  • C4iSR

    Sanctions buster: Russia imported guidance kits from American Honeywell, Advanced Navigation and German iMAR Navigation

  • South Asia

    How Indian and Pakistan’s air force compared to each other?

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russian-launched North Korean KN-23 (Hwasong-11) missiles explode mid-air

  • Infantry Weapons

    Pakistan Successfully Tests Shaheen 1A Ballistic Missiles

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS blew up Russia’s Ka-52 helicopters ammunition depot

  • Europe

    France delivers Akeron MP anti-tank guided missiles to Ukraine

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