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  • [ April 15, 2026 ] Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower. Europe
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] Royal Australian Navy formally established the Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit to Operate Ghost Shark XL-UUV, Bluebottle USV, and Speartooth LUUV. AUV Platform
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] Pakistan warned the IRGC that it cannot fend off the U.S./Israel air strikes using Chinese-made anti-air missiles.   Middle East
  • [ April 15, 2026 ] CIA used AI and Ghost Murmur, a long-range ‘quantum magnetometry’, to detect the downed American pilot’s heartbeat during a combat rescue mission in Iran. Americas
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General Dynamics Proposes Bullup Rifles for US Army’s NGSW Program

November 15, 2019 GDC 0

General Dynamics has been the most tight-lipped about its submission for US Army’s NGSW Program but it has now been confirmed that GD-OTS proposed the General Dynamics RM277 variant for the requirement of the US Army’s Next […]

Infantry Weapons

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

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The US Army short lists SIG SAUER for Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW)

November 14, 2019 GDC 0

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  • Russia Lost 93% Arms Export Orders Due To Poor Performance Of Its Military Hardware In Ukraine War

    December 8, 2024 0
    Exports of Russian weapons will have dropped by 93 percent in three years by the end of 2024, a defense policy expert has found. The country’s arms exports have been falling since its President Vladimir [...]
  • Bad Timing: Israeli Police Arrested Military Contractors For Supplying Kamikaze Harop Drones To China

    March 3, 2021 0
    The arrests come at a bad time for Israel, with the US increasingly hawkish on China and the fourth early elections in two years to be held for the Israeli premiership at the end of [...]
  • The Raytheon Awarded $1 Billion Contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne

    April 11, 2020 0
    Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a subsidiary of Raytheon has reached a US$1 billion, five-year strategic agreement to purchase propulsion systems from Aerojet Rocketdyne for Standard Missiles family. Aerojet Rocketdyne provides propulsion systems spanning Raytheon’s Standard [...]
  • Ukraine Destroyed Two Giatsint-S Howitzers And Captured Five Howitzers With Ammo From Fleeing Russians

    October 14, 2022 0
    Ukrainian 44th Separate Artillery Brigade destroyed the Russian 2S5 self-propelled artillery system in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled gunsDateAugust 3, 2023Ukrainian Soldiers blow up and destroy Russian artillery systemDateAugust 19, 2022Ukrainian [...]
  • Loss of Sukhoi Su-57 in Ukraine war would be death blow to Russia’s collapsing aerospace industry

    January 17, 2023 0
    Russia is avoiding flying its advanced combat jets over Ukraine for fear of the wreckage from a crash giving away the plane’s secrets, an expert told Global Defense Corp. Ukraine War: Hyped Up Su-75 Checkmate [...]
  • Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Blew Up Russian Oil Refinery

    June 1, 2023 0
    A Russian oil refinery erupted in flames following a suspected Ukrainian drone attack. Ukrainian kamikaze drone destroyed Russian Oil refinery 130 km from Putin’s palaceDateJune 15, 2023Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s oil refineries in Krasnodar [...]
Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. 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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Germany purchases 20 tranche 5 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.

  • Middle East

    Russian Su-35 is no match for Turkish F-16s supported by Peace Eagle AEW&C says Chinese defense expert

  • Air Platform

    Malaysia Will Purchase Ex-Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornets After Years Of Corruption And Mismanagement Of Its Air Wing

  • Europe

    Desperate Russia Sent Indian T-90S Bhishma Tanks To Ukraine, India’s Proxy War Against Ukraine

  • Europe

    NATO deploys Turkish Navy’s amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu (L400) in the Baltic Sea.

  • Air Platform

    Japan to arm its F-35 with heavy hitter stealth NSM, LRASM and JASSM

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down Russian Ka-52 helicopter using Swedish-made RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Americas

    Why doesn’t the U.S. Army buy the Swedish CV90 after ditching the M10 Booker vehicle?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems Ready To Provide Nuclear Submarines To Australia Under AUKUS Agreement

  • Air Platform

    Kazakhstan Ditches Chinese Drones for Turkish Bayraktar TB2

  • C4iSR

    Gripen E, EA-18 Growler And F-35: Why Are They Premium SEAD Platform?

  • C4iSR

    India and China deploy drones in Galwan Valley near Ladakh

  • Cruise Missiles

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

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye to export attack helicopters to Germany and drones to USA

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 fitted with advanced electronic warfare suite

  • Air Platform

    Russia shot down its own Ka-52 attack helicopters

  • Air Platform

    RSAF’s A330 MRTT Gains Full Operational Capability

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    L3Harris Unveils Red and Green Wolf Miniature Cruise Missiles.

  • Europe

    Hungarian Gripen Intercepted Serbian Civilian Aircraft

  • Americas

    Leonardo Awarded Contract To Supply Presidential Helicopter For Colombia

  • C4iSR

    Saab will open research facility in Hungary

  • Industry

    ASC And CSIRO To Pioneer Additive Manufacturing Using Supersonic Cold Spray

  • Air Platform

    India Canceled 48 Mi-17 Choppers Deal with Russia, Amid Poor Performance in Ukraine War

  • Air-Launched Weapons

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

  • Defense Industry

    India has received 26 Rafale aircraft till date, report

  • Europe

    Production at one of Russia’s largest oil refineries halted due to Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blitz

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesian warship drive off Chinese vessels from its EEZ

  • Air Platform

    Assessing Light Combat Aircraft Options for Malaysia

  • Land Platform

    Russian Fictitious T-95 Main Battle Tank that never produced

  • Middle East

    The U.S. is weighing ground operations on Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub and has bombed Bandar Abbas Airbase in the ongoing war.

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian forces blow up Russia’s counter-battery radar

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed delivers 55 Legion IRST Pod to Taiwan.

  • Industry

    One Belt, One Road (OBOR), Plus Grease Payments: Chinese Arms Sales in Asia and Africa In The Name of Development

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh army officer arrested for alleged involvement in public unrest, militant training, and receiving instruction from the Indian RAW.

  • C4iSR

    The Western Radar and EW are increasingly leveraging Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology to meet stringent high-performance criteria

  • Europe

    Ukraine’e Tochka-U missile hit Russian apartment building in Belgorod

  • Americas

    U.S. Army’s New GhostEye MR Radar Defeated Cruise Missiles, RTX Reports

  • Europe

    Putin Suffers Devastating Blow As Ukraine Killed Two Top Ranking Airborne Commanders

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan Upgrades 42 F-16A/B To F-16V Standard

  • Europe

    Romania cancelled Gowind-class corvettes project with Naval Group

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany purchases 173 SM‑6 and 577 SM‑2 missiles from the U.S.

  • Europe

    German Startup to Deliver Hypersonic Missile for Bundeswehr in 2029.

  • Europe

    S-400 Failed: Ukraine’s ATACMS with M39 munition destroyed Russia’s S-400 SAM in Luhansk Oblast

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Rheinmetall awarded contract to deliver Skyranger 30 short-range air defense systems for the Royal Danish Army

  • Europe

    Sweden And Finland Deliver Additional Ammunitions To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Turkey deposits payment for 40 new F-16V Block 70 fighter jets

  • Europe

    Leaked video shows Chinese army officers working as military advisers for Russia and former Chinese soldiers working as mercenaries to fight Putin’s war in Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Turkey upgrades its F-16 Fighting Falcon with Asalsan’s cutting-edge AESA radar

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $7.6 Billion Contract For 129 F-35 Stealth Jets

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops received hundreds of bomber drones

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