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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 […]

  • Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed oil refinery in Samara region

    March 25, 2024 0
    Further east, an overnight drone attack on the Samara region caused a fire at a major oil refinery, the latest in a series of strikes against Russia’s fuel industry. Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Blew Up Russian [...]
  • Pakistan Navy Commission Second Yarmook-class Corvette

    November 16, 2020 0
    The ship is part of a two vessel order with Damen, signed by the Pakistan Ministry of Defence in 2017. Both ships are built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. The first vessel, PNS Yarmook, joined the Pakistan Navy’s [...]
  • Serbia Behind $1.6 Billion PULS Artillery Contract With Israeli Elbit Systems.

    August 20, 2025 0
    The Israeli defense technologies company chose not to disclose Serbia as the European country purchasing Hermes 900 drones, long-range missiles, electronic warfare systems and command and control systems, in a landmark deal reported by Calcalist. [...]
  • UK Signs Security Pact With Sweden and Finland, Amid Russia tensions

    May 12, 2022 0
    The war in Ukraine might not be over any time soon. America’s spy chief Avril Haines has offered a grim outlook on the possible trajectory of Vladimir Putin’s invasion. She says the conflict could escalate [...]
  • International Criminal Court to Prosecute Myanmar’s Top Military Leaders

    December 22, 2024 0
    Nearly five years after Myanmar’s civil war began, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the country’s military regime, Min Aung Hlaing. [...]
  • Mosab Hassan Yousef, Son of Hamas Co-founder and Christian Convert Warns Israel ‘Hamas is More Dangerous Than ISIS’

    October 29, 2023 0
    Son of founding Hamas leader issues stark warning: ‘A lot more dangerous’ than ISIS. Mosab Hassan Yousef, whose father is a founding Hamas leader, joined ‘FOX & Friends’ to discuss his warning surrounding the terrorist [...]
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

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

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

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  • Air Platform

    Swiss Air Force To Practice Highway Takeoff And Landing After Three Decades

  • Europe

    Crimea blasts degraded Russia’s Black Sea aviation fleet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China places highest-ranking military generals under investigation.

  • Europe

    Wagner Group Will Leave Bakhmut On 10th May To ‘Lick Our Wounds’, Yevgeny Prigozhin Announced

  • Air Platform

    South Korea To Buy 20 F-35B For LPX-II Program

  • Air Platform

    Boeing upgrades Apache version 6 with UAV and ship hunting capability

  • Europe

    KNDS Deutschland awarded contract to produce 48 Boxer vehicles for the German Armed Forces.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon’s AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer

  • Europe

    Ukraine blew up 83 of Russia’s BTR-82A armored vehicles in Krynky like tin cans

  • Air Platform

    Russian Su-25 Frogfoot Attack Aircraft Damaged By Ukrainian MANPADS Hit

  • Europe

    Russian Askold Corvette shows massive hull breach after Ukrainian Scalp-EG strike

  • Europe

    Turkish Aselsan secured $320 million new orders

  • Air Platform

    No IFF: Russia shoots down its own Su-35 fighter jet in another humiliation for Putin

  • Middle East

    ThyssenKrupp Delivers First MEKO A-200 Frigate To Egyptian Navy

  • Europe

    More Than 25,000 Demoralized Russian Conscripts Retreated, Deserted In Face Of Fierce Resistance

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar to receive first Su-30SME this year

  • Middle East

    Iran-backed Terrorists Group Claimed Responsibility Of Drone Attacks That Injured 24 U.S. Soldiers In Iraq And Syria

  • Europe

    North Korea Sending 10,000 Troops To Russia As North Korean Soldiers Started To Surrender And Desert In Ukraine

  • Naval Weapons

    Sagem VIGY MM electro-optical fire control system for the 76mm cannon

  • Anti-air Missiles

    MBDA debuts new VSHORAD system at Farnborough Airshow

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received 13 Terradyne Gurkha Special Armoured Ambulances

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Malaysian Navy Successfully Conducts EXOCET Anti-Ship Missile Firings

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Nexter Delivers 105mm Howitzers To Thailand

  • C4iSR

    Australian Super Hornet Fighter Jets Will Receive New Infrared Search And Tracking System

  • Industry

    South Korea regain number one spot in shipbuilding

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Peoples Liberation Army has a big problem, and its systemic corruption from Generals to Privates.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine war: Russia postponed development of prototype Su-75 Checkmate

  • C4iSR

    American P-8A Poseidon Provides Maritime Intelligence To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Colombia To Purchase 16 Rafale Fighter Jets Worth $3.15 Billion

  • Europe

    Turkey deploys T129 attack helicopters to Azerbaijan

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Switzerland Issues Tender For Medium-range Anti-air Missile System

  • Air Platform

    TAI’s Aksungur completes 1,000 flight hours

  • Air Platform

    General Atomics To Integrate SeaSpray AESA Radar On MQ-9B SeaGuardian Drones

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Iran unveils Arman air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM)

  • Central Asia

    Mongolian President Gives Putin History Lesson After Putin’s Historic Claim Of Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Saab offers 12 Gripen E to Philippines worth $1.1 billion

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Announces Revival of AN-178 Transport Aircraft Project

  • Europe

    No rations: Russian troops suffered radiation poison after fishing next to Chernobyl nuclear site

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan vows to strengthen missile defense after North Korea parade missile

  • Air Platform

    Boeing sent two Super Hornets to India for the Indian Navy’s trial

  • Uncategorized

    Babcock Pursuing Export Opportunity of Type 31 Frigate to Indonesia, Poland and Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Red 6 Awarded Contract To Retrofit Augmented Reality Into T-38 Training Jet

  • C4iSR

    Israeli Rafael, Indian BDL Sign MoU To Produce Soft Kill-Hard Kill Decoy System

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India, China Competing for Fighter Jets Superiority

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman Awarded Minuteman ICBM’s Propulsion Contract

  • Air Platform

    Russia tasked Mikoyan Design Bureau to build a basic pilot trainer after disastrous Ukraine invasion

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin delivers 500th ground-based AESA radars

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey’s TAI builds Europe’s 2nd-largest subsonic wind tunnel

  • Europe

    Turkish Defense Industries suffer as France, Germany and America stop supplying spare parts and components to Turkish companies

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Prime Minister Albanese, Here Is The Strategic Plan For Australian Defense Forces (ADF)

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