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  • [ May 19, 2026 ] Textron Systems Awarded Contract to Build Tsunami USV for the US Navy. Americas
  • [ May 19, 2026 ] Turkish Aerospace Industries Launches Development of Carrier-based Jet Trainer. Air Platform
  • [ May 19, 2026 ] From China with Love: Beijing Deploys PLA Spy Waitresses to Observe President Trump and the U.S. Delegates in China. East Asia and Pacific Region
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Middle East

Iran Converted ISO Containers Into Drone Launching Platforms For Houthis, South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries Supplied 2000 Containers To Iran

January 25, 2024 GDC 0

Iranian hardware and intelligence has been assisting the Houthis in Yemen in their targeting of merchant vessels over the past three months with the Houthis demanding Israel end its war in Gaza. Around 35 merchant […]

Middle East

Israeli Mosad Struck Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Factory While Russian Engineers Took Cover in Tehran Hotels

August 19, 2023 GDC 0

The Washington Post report, citing documents leaked to it from the program, said the group of visiting managers and engineers were forced to remain in their lodgings after a strike on a reported Shahed-136 production […]

  • Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS Laser Weapons To US Navy

    September 8, 2022 0
    Lockheed Martin has delivered a 60+ kilowatt-class high-energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS) system to the US Navy. Lockheed Martin Delivers 300KW High Energy Laser To US ArmyDateOctober 11, 2022Should Australia Give China [...]
  • United Arab Emirates Delivers First Batch Of Armored Vehicles To Russia

    November 10, 2024 0
    Recent video footage circulating on Russian social media confirms a new shipment of Streit Group-manufactured armored vehicles delivered to Russian forces. One prominent Russian military blogger, going by the name Voennyi Osvedomitel, said: “Presumably, a [...]
  • Australia will invest $8 billion in upgrading its shipyards for future nuclear submarines.

    September 15, 2025 0
    Australia will spend an initial $8 billion to upgrade its shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government announced on Sunday. Australia To Acquire Nuclear-powered Submarine, Scraps Conventional Submarine ProjectDateSeptember 16, 2021Australia [...]
  • Hensoldt and Indra complete the first Eurofighter ECRS Mk1 radar upgrades

    July 3, 2025 0
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  • Engine Problems: How China Was Coerced Into Buying Su-35 And S-400

    January 11, 2021 0
    China has been developing a domestic turbofan engine since late 1990s, but failed to produce a reliable turbofan engine that could power domestically produced fighters. China developed WS-10 engine and its variants WS-10A/B/C are progressing [...]
  • Greek Army Acquires 1200 M1117 Armored Vehicles From US Army’s EDA

    December 7, 2020 0
    The “green light” for the acquisition of the first 4×4 M1117 Guardian type armored vehicles is expected to turn on soon with the result that Greece is shielded even more but without spending a fortune. Recall [...]
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.

May 11, 2026 0

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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 […]

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces seize Russian modernized T-72B3 tank on the battlefield

  • Europe

    Demoralized Russian Troops Killed Their Commander And Surrendered To Ukrainian Army

  • Air Platform

    Germany plans to purchase 15 additional F-35 stealth jets.

  • Air Platform

    TAI To Embed AI Into Hurjet 270 Simulators

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-35 wins over Gripen, Eurofighter and Rafale in Europe

  • Infantry Weapons

    Textron Systems’ cased-telescoped (CT) weapons and ammunition systems

  • Air Platform

    Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50 Multi-role Combat Aircraft

  • Americas

    Pentagon Unveils Ambitious Program to Design Next-gen Gas Turbine for the Future Hypersonic Aircraft.

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin-Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot PAC3 Successfully Intercepts Tactical Ballistic Missiles

  • Americas

    Saab Awarded A Contract For US Navy’s LCS Sensors Suite

  • C4iSR

    HENSOLDT Developed Multifunctional Jammer Combining AI and AESA

  • Americas

    Boeing delivers 100th P-8A Poseidon to US Navy

  • Europe

    ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Delivers Fourth F125 Frigate To German Navy

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy commissions 26th Virginia-class nuclear submarine.

  • Air Platform

    General Electric F414 and F404 engines are powerful, safe and reliable

  • Europe

    Hellenic Army Plans to Buy 300 M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles From USA

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Bayraktar TB Used Aselsan Electro Optical Pod For The First Time

  • Defense Industry

    BAE Systems annual sales rose to  £23.3 billion amid Ukraine war

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. and Fiji have signed a new security pact as tensions rise in the Pacific

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Defence Strategic Review 2023 Handed To The Albanese Government

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia And UK Signed MoU To Build Frigates For RAN

  • Europe

    Turkish unmanned surface vessel test-fires guided cruise missile

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    RTX (formerly Raytheon) to increase AIM-9X Sidewinder production to 2500 missiles per year

  • Air Platform

    Pratt & Whitney hits a key milestone on the next-generation fighter engine.

  • Land Platform

    India criticized Russian T-90 tanks for poor performance

  • Europe

    World-first, Turkish Akinci drone test fires Cakir cruise missiles

  • Europe

    Azerbaijani Army destroyed Pantsir-S1 of Armenia using Israeli Harop drone

  • Americas

    US Army Completes Third Test of Precision Strike Missile

  • Air Platform

    From Russia with Dud: Meet the Sukhoi Su-30 and Su-35 Fighter Jets

  • Europe

    Australia to send missiles and ammunition to Ukraine worth $70 million

  • South Asia

    New Bangladesh passport fuels speculation over normalization of ties between Bangladesh and Israel

  • Africa

    Turkey Launched Surprise Attacks on Russian Wagner PMC in Libya

  • Europe

    Russia May Use Turkish-made TB2 Drone Attacks As A Pretext For Flase-flag Operation In Ukraine: Report

  • Infantry Weapons

    HJ-12 ATGM: An American FGM-148 Javelin Copycat

  • Air Platform

    French Rafale F4 Order Backlog Stands At 306 Aircraft, Excluding Anticipated 45 Saudi Orders

  • Europe

    Putin’s Oligarch Spy Buddy Mysteriously Dies After Falling From Stairs And Breaking His Neck

  • Africa

    Algeria to receive Su-34 fighter-bomber from Russia.

  • Ballistic Missile

    Turkish Roketsan Unveils Air-to-air and Ground-to-ground Missiles.

  • Europe

    7,684 Armored Vehicles Destroyed In Ukraine War, Desperate Russia Wants To Replenish Armored Vehicles Inventory

  • Europe

    Greece to purchase PULS artillery system from Israel.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Started Using Excalibur Precision Strike Artillery Rounds

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany will receive Israeli top-tier Arrow-3 anti-ballistic system

  • Europe

    Australia sends more drones to Ukraine, sanctions Russian entities

  • Europe

    Anti-semitic rioters stormed the airport in Russia’s Dagestan to stop flights to Israel

  • Americas

    HII awarded contract to build nine new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for U.S. Navy

  • Anti-drone System

    Spain to deliver new air defense and CERVUS anti-drone systems to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Putin tastes his own medicine as Ukraine’s SBU destroyed 40 of Putin’s prized Tu-22M, Tu-95 and A-50 Beriev AWACS

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles left in the dark for two and half years about ADF’s war preparedness

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Video shows Russia deploys 90 years old T-34 tanks to Kuril Island to defend against high-tech Japanese forces

  • Americas

    USS Harry Truman Sustained Damage After Colliding With Merchant Ship

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