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Elbit Systems Awarded Contract To Produce SkyStriker Kamikaze Drones For Ukraine

December 18, 2023 GDC 0

Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems said on Monday that it was awarded a $95 million contract to supply SkyStriker loitering munitions (LM), better known as kamikaze drones” to Ukraine. The details were given in an […]

Europe

Israeli space-age weapons of Azerbaijani military dismantles Russian-origin Armenian weapons

October 14, 2020 GDC 0

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan, traditional enemies, have been building up their armed forces over the last decade. They fought a bloody war that ended in 1994, in which tens of thousands of people were killed […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Israeli Kamikaze Drones Are Destroying Russian-made Air Defense Systems in Syria

December 4, 2019 GDC 0

Syria’s Pantsir-SM, an upgraded missile defense systems was destroyed by an Israeli SkyStriker expandable drone, military expert Vladislav Shurygin told the Russian newspaper Izvestia. Elbit Systems developed the SkyStriker, a cost-effective loitering munition that is capable […]

  • India purchases locally-made 156 light combat Prachand helicopters

    March 31, 2025 0
    India on Friday announced a $7.3 billion deal to purchase 156 locally made light combat Prachand helicopters for its air force and army, part of its ongoing push to become self-reliant on defense. India’s HAL [...]
  • Israel Delivers First Operational Arrow-3 Missile Defense System to Germany.

    December 4, 2025 0
    System will be stationed at Holzdorf Air Base, about 40 kilometers south of Berlin; base is set to become German military’s largest installation in the east and will serve as a frontline defense point against [...]
  • U.S. Marines Speak Japanese Language During Exercises With JSDF

    July 16, 2021 0
    Okinawa (GDC) – The U.S. Marine Corps have held a drill in Japan with orders given in Japanese for the first time, according to the troops, in a move aimed at enhancing their partnership with the [...]
  • IAI teams up with Thales to supply Royal Navy with sea serpent missiles

    June 6, 2023 0
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  • South Korea’s new KF-21 Boramae fighter jet cleared for active combat.

    May 12, 2026 0
    South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae fighter jet has received final combat suitability approval from the Ministry of National Defense, clearing the indigenous aircraft for operational deployment after more than a decade of development and over 1,600 [...]
  • Egypt’s Arms Purchase Surged By 136 Percent After 30 Rafale Order

    July 24, 2021 0
    Egypt’s military has confirmed it ordered 30 Rafale jets from French defence firm Dassault Aviation to shore up “national security”. Egypt Is The Largest Buyer Of German And French WeaponsDateAugust 5, 2021French Kiss: Egypt Becomes [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

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  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force tells Russia to replace Su-57E’s underperforming N036 “Byelka” radar, avionics and EW suite before any deal with India

  • Middle East

    President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year authoritarian rule has ended

  • Europe

    Doctors Evacute Putin From Meeting, Putin May Have Diagnosed With Abdominal Cancer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Launches the Philippine Navy Corvette ‘BRP Miguel Malvar’

  • Europe

    Russian Aerospace Forces Su-30SM dud crashes in Black Sea

  • Europe

    Turkey transferred six F-16 fighters, twenty TB2 drones and eight T-129 attack helicopters to Azerbaijan

  • Air Platform

    Indian Navy Purchases 26 Rafale M Fighter Jets From Dassault Aviation

  • Air Platform

    British MoD Announced Armed Drone Concept For RAF

  • Americas

    President Trump to lift ban on aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves Missiles Sales To Belgium, Switzerland And Lithuania

  • Air Platform

    China’s Foreign Ministry Refuted Pakistan’s Claim That J-10C Were Used in India-Pakistan War

  • Middle East

    USA, Saudi Arabia signed a trillion-dollar investment and defense agreement

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Israeli Air Force Used ‘Rocks’ Bunker Busters In Gaza To Destroy Hamas Tunnels

  • South Asia

    Japan to sign security pact with Bangladesh.

  • Europe

    Royal Navy Tracks Russian Warships Pass Through Dover Strait

  • Europe

    Vlad admits Russian military is facing desperate situation in occupied territories

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Has Approved Spare Parts For Taiwan’s F-16 Fighter Jet Valued At $385 Million

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy’s ‘carrier killer’ HALO hypersonic missile to rival those of China and Russia.

  • Europe

    Ukraine is Seeking to Gain Control of Russian Oligarch’s Frozen Assets

  • Counter-drone System

    Telekom and Rheinmetall join forces on drone defence shield for cities and infrastructure.

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Arms Export Record High to $5.5 Billion Amid Ukraine War

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian troops shoot down Russian Mi-8 helicopter using RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    AVIC CM-400AKG Air-launched Cruise Missile

  • Americas

    Brazil to purchase Polish Borsuk IFV and Piorun Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thai Army Stryker Fleet to Receive Leonardo’s Battle Management Systems

  • Europe

    US seeks EU allies’ backing for possible China sanctions over Ukraine war

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down the 25th Su-34 Fighter Bomber Of the Russian Air Force In Lyman

  • Europe

    Turkey Hired A Law Firm To Lobby F-35 Programme

  • Infantry Weapons

    PLZ52 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer was displayed on 10th Airshow China

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    CIVMEC starts construction on new submarine rescue facility for RAN

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia pledges $2.7 billion to progress nuclear submarine shipyard build.

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Announced New Consortium to Develop New Sixth-generation Fighter after FCAS Collapsed.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys Swedish Stridsvagn 122 Tanks in Counteroffensive Against Russia

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine’s Ukroboronprom and Germany’s Rheinmetall signs strategic cooperation agreement

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Israel and Singapore Develop High-tech Blue Spear Anti-ship Missile

  • South Asia

    Ayesha Farooq is the first Pakistani top gun female pilot to down an Indian Rafale fighter

  • C4iSR

    Navantia to provide CMS for Polish Navy’s Miecznik frigates

  • Europe

    Russia Stop Using Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Due To Technical Defects

  • Europe

    16 feared dead as plane carrying Russian paratroopers crashes in Russia

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Neptune Cruise Missiles Hit Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Head Quarter

  • Infantry Weapons

    Israel Completes Tests of Upgraded Iron Dome Missile System

  • Africa

    Putin Linked Russian mercenaries (Wagner Group) abandoned Libyan National Army

  • Europe

    Russian Buk Missiles Backfires And Hit Russian Troops Like Boomerang

  • Naval Platforms

    Saab’s Visby-class Corvette: Ultimate Stealth at Sea

  • Central Asia

    Israeli Elbit Systems awarded contract to produce 300km range PULS artillery rocket for Azerbaijan

  • Americas

    Saab Announces Partners For Gripen E Campaign In Canada

  • Europe

    Ukraine launched biggest drone attacks in Moscow

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia’s R-77 Proved A Dud In Kashmir Skirmish and Syria

  • Europe

    Germany’s Rheinmetall opens first joint production facility in Ukraine

  • 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

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