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Naval Platforms

Boeing trials ski jump launches of Super Hornet for Indian Navy

August 22, 2020 GDC 0

In an effort to win a contract from Indian Navy, Boeing has been flying an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet off a ground-based ski jump at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. This is part of a demonstration […]

Industry

Boeing wants to certify Super Hornet for ski-jump operations

February 14, 2020 GDC 0

The Boeing wants to test and certify F/A-18 Super Hornet for ski-jump operations during the first quarter of 2020 before it can make a pitch for the Indian Navy. The Indian Navy has elected to […]

  • LIG Nex1 Signs $145M Contract To Supply Maritime Radars To South Korean Military

    June 1, 2021 0
    South Korean defense firm, LIG Nex1 Co., signed a 64 billion won ($145.2 million) contract to supply maritime surveillance radars which will be deployed along the country’s sea coast starting next year. South Korean LIG Nex1 Unveils Sea [...]
  • Russian Su-24 fighter bomber crashed due to metal fatigue

    September 15, 2023 0
    A Russian attack aircraft crashed Tuesday evening in the southern Volgograd region, killing two pilots. Some Russian media reported the Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft crashed in the Kalachevsky district, 5 kilometers from the Lozhki, during [...]
  • U.S. State Department Approved Foreign Military Sale Of $150 Million Hellfire Missiles For Netherlands

    June 14, 2024 0
    The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced last week that the U.S. State Department approved the sale of Hellfire air-to-ground missiles to the Netherlands. The potential $150 million deal, with Lockheed Martin Missile as its sole [...]
  • In-depth Look At Saab 340 Erieye AEW&C

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  • BAE Systems Awarded Contract To Produce CV90 combat vehicles

    December 9, 2024 0
    BAE Systems has won a new $2.5 billion contract to build more CV90 combat vehicles for Denmark and Sweden, the company announced Friday. Denmark has ordered 115 new CV9035 MkIIICs, and Sweden is acquiring 50 new [...]
  • Eurofighter Typhoon Fires Storm Shadow Cruise Missile First Time

    March 22, 2021 0
    The Eurofighter Typhoon has launched an MBDA Storm Shadow for the first time on operations, with the announcement on 15 March that the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) had used the cruise missile against the [...]
Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

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 […]

  • Europe

    Putin’s ally Ramzan Kadyrov started a new mercenary group to compete with the Wagner group

  • Middle East

    Bangladesh and Israel’s trade and security cooperation is growing despite not having formal ties

  • Anti-air Missiles

    German-built IRIS-T SLM Anti-air Missiles Intercept Rate Is 100 Percent, Ukrainian MoD

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan To Boost South China Sea Deployment

  • Europe

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

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    East Asia and Pacific Region

    Korean Navy Commissions Fourth Daegu-class FFX Batch II Frigate

  • Europe

    Poland buys 24 Turkish drones in first for NATO

  • Land Platform

    India Finalizing Deal To Purchase American Armored Vehicles And Tanks Ditching Russian Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    In Trans-pacific First, U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Arrived in Williamtown Australia For Exercises

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Unveils Chaiseri Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

  • Europe

    Serbia Unveils New Armored Vehicle Fitted With Russian 57mm Combat Module

  • C4iSR

    Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Air & Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) Network

  • Europe

    Russian Warship Fired Warning Shots At Royal Navy’s HMS Defender

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, and Md Harun Ar Rashid should face the International Criminal Court for the massacre of students

  • Americas

    US Navy to commission Super Hornet Block III into service

  • Europe

    Germany sends more ammunitions to Ukraine worth $700 million 

  • Air-Launched Weapons

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

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s HMS Portland Receives Major Refit

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force’s Rafale Jets Will be Delivered On Time: France

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye will use flagship indigenous TF35000 engine on its KAAN fighter jet.

  • Europe

    Turkish-made P235 MPA Joins Dynamic Manta NATO Drill

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The JMSDF Has Commissioned First Maya-class Destroyer

  • Africa

    South African company Milkor Unveils Vanguard Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)

  • Air Platform

    India Sets To Acquire Predator-B MALE UAV

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Patriot PAC-3 Missiles Shot Down All Hypersonic Kinzhal and Zirkon Missiles On Weekend Attacks

  • Africa

    Algerian Air Force To Receive Four C-130J Hercules Strategic Airlift Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Developed Sukil-200 Drones And Hrim Smart Ground Attack Munitions

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Pentagon approved AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles and F-16 upgrade packages for Pakistan.

  • Cruise Missiles

    Australia’s StrikeMaster conducts successful Naval Strike Missile test firing in Norway

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard (Thief) Orders Leonardo’s Kronos Surveillance Radar.

  • C4iSR

    Turkey develops and deploys acoustic deceptor and jammer

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Ramp-up LRASM Missile Production.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    UK to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The PLAN Declares Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate Operational

  • Europe

    Ukraine signs French security pact after similar agreement with Germany

  • Cyber

    Kremlin-backed hackers breached Medibank data after Australian-made Bushmaster vehicles caused defeat for Russia in Avdiivka and Kharkiv

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Proving Russian Propaganda About Hypersonic Missile Wrong

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy’s HMS Diamond arrives in Gibraltar with series of ‘kill marks’ on flanks

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Soldiers Praised Australian Bushmaster Armored Vehicles

  • C4iSR

    AN/ALQ-254 Viper Shield Next-generation EW System For F-16V

  • Air Platform

    Azerbaijan Grounded JF-17 Fighter Jets, Demands Turkish Missile, Avionics and Prospective TF35000 Engine in JF-17 Jet.

  • Europe

    Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin To Step Down Due To Rumoured Parkinson’s Disease

  • Air Platform

    India’s HAL Tejas Light Fighter Jet Plagued With Safety Issues, Quality Issues, Delays and Cost Overrun

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Denmark to purchase Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as a replacement for Harpoon missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Defense Awarded $7 Billion Contract To Build Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles for Australian Army

  • Air Platform

    Chinese J-10 is not as good as its Western counterpart, Indonesia has not finalized any deal, Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin confirmed.

  • Cruise Missiles

    Russian Kh-55 cruise missile headed for Ukraine using Polish airspace to avoid Ukrainian IRIS-T and Patriot missiles

  • Europe

    Turkish defense firm HAVELSAN to cooperate with TAI for homegrown TFX fighter jet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia called off Su-35 negotiation with Russia

  • Cruise Missiles

    Senior Ukrainian officials meet Raytheon officials for the delivery of Tomahawk cruise missiles.

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