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Sri Lanka Purchases Beechcraft King Air 360ER Aircraft

March 3, 2022 GDC 0

Textron Aviation will deliver new commercial Beechcraft King Air 360ER aircraft to Sri Lanka. A contract valued nearly $11.5 million was awarded to the company for these aircraft. Work will be performed in Wichita, Kansas, […]

Defense Industry

Israeli IAI returns Sri Lankan Kfir fighters to service, provision for future upgrades

July 2, 2021 GDC 0

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is to return to service Sri Lanka’s fleet of Kfir combat aircraft, at the same time as laying the foundations for future upgrades with a USD50 million effort to enhance the […]

  • No IFF: Russia shoots down its own Mohajer-6 drone over Crimea

    June 10, 2023 0
    On Tuesday, Russia’s state media said that Russian troops intercepted a drone over the Crimean Peninsula, claiming it was Ukraine-launched unmanned aircraft. The lack of identification of friend-or-foe, networking and datalink were three reasons the [...]
  • Morocco Normalize Diplomatic Relations with Israel

    December 11, 2020 0
    Morocco has become the latest Arab League country to agree to normalise relations with Israel in a deal brokered with US help. As part of the deal, the US has agreed to recognise Morocco’s claim [...]
  • Lack of helicopters and vehicles, China’s type 075 LHD won’t be deployable until next decade

    September 7, 2020 0
    As the Chinese navy speeds ahead with completion of the final piece in its modernized warship portfolio, experts say it will be years before the Type 075 amphibious helicopter landing craft is operating at full capacity. The [...]
  • Thailand bid to make defense tech industry self-reliant

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  • Japan commissioned first Soryu-class Submarine equipped with lithium-ion batteries

    March 6, 2020 0
    The Japanese Maritime Self-defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned diesel-electric attack submarine JS Oryu, its first submarine equipped with lithium-ion batteries, in a ceremony held on 5 March in Hyogo Prefecture in west-central Japan. Learned GDC quoting [...]
  • BAE Systems Awarded Contract To Deliver Amphibious Vehicles For U.S. Marines

    June 7, 2022 0
    The US Marine Corps has awarded an $89.5 million contract to defense manufacturer BAE Systems to supply 14 advanced amphibious combat vehicles (ACVs). BAE Systems Awarded $169 Million For Additional Amphibious Combat VehiclesDateAugust 12, 2023BAE Systems Awarded [...]
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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  • Europe

    Lithuania purchases 100 CV90 armored fighting vehicles.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Captured T-90S Bhishma Tanks Originally Produced For The Indian Army

  • Air Platform

    World First Grenade Launching Drone Tested in Australia

  • Defense Industry

    Fincantieri Signed Agreement With Italy To Build Two Next-generation Submarine

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft: Too Late, Too Little and Too Expense

  • Defense Industry

    Indonesia To Sign A Deal With France To Buy 36 Rafale Fighters

  • Americas

    US Army Awarded A Contract To Buy Carl-Gustaf Shoulder-fired Weapons

  • Americas

    Secretary Antony Blinken advocating for Ukraine to be allowed to use American weapons to strike inside Russia

  • C4iSR

    China purposely kept a backdoor in Huawei systems and the Beidou-3 satellite constellation for navigation trap.

  • Middle East

    Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Rafael’s Iron Dome Manufacturing Facility in Northern Israel

  • Air Platform

    Türkiye’s 1st domestic Atak-2 heavy-class attack helicopter starts engine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Turkey Unveils Most Powerful 2,000 Pound Non-nuclear Bomb

  • Defense Industry

    Malaysia Released Tender for Lead-In Light Fighter/Trainer Aircraft

  • South Asia

    Lockheed Martin to begin supplying F-16 wings from Hyderabad plant in 2020

  • Americas

    US Army Unveils $185.9 Billion Capital Expenditure Budget Plan for 2025

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Chinese Kh-31/YJ-91 anti-radiation missile

  • Europe

    Pilot dies in MiG-29 fighter jet crash in Russia -RIA

  • Air Platform

    Slovenia procures C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft

  • Europe

    Russia pulling out troops from Ukraine in humiliating retreat to save Kursk region

  • Europe

    A high-ranking Russian officer shot dead in Moscow

  • C4iSR

    Thales launches compact AESA radar for light combat aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 launches ground strikes on Russian targets

  • Air Platform

    Transactional Trump: Bangladesh Air Guard Could Receive American Jets, Bangladesh Will Never Receive Eurofighter Or Rafale For Poor Human Rights Record

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The U.S. State Department Approves Javelin For Australia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet Carried Out First Flight

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA’s Meteor – The Most Advanced Beyond-visual-range Air-to-Air Missile in the World

  • Europe

    Denmark Delivers 20 Leopard 1 Tanks To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Why Dassault Rafale is a Versatile Aircraft and formidable foe?

  • Europe

    Russia’s total servicemen deaths account for 300,810 after Avdiivka offensives

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher.

  • Air Platform

    Italy will deliver Storm Shadow stealth cruise missiles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Australia announces new $100 million military aid package for Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    India and China deploy drones in Galwan Valley near Ladakh

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    GBU-72: The U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Drops Enormous Bunker Buster Bomb

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. State Dept Approves 36 F-15EX To Indonesian Government

  • Middle East

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

  • Americas

    Naval Group Launches Third OPV 87 For Argentine Navy

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Special Operations Command Practices Highway Landing For The First Time In Latvia

  • Air Platform

    German Air Force to upgrade Eurofighter Typhoon with new Captor-E AESA radar

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Civil War In Myanmar: Peoples Defense Force Is The Biggest Threat For Tatmadaw

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s first indigenous LPD starts sea trials

  • Europe

    Turkish President Erdogan Backs Sweden’s NATO Bid

  • Europe

    Turkiye Offers LHD-230 Drone Carrier for Export with Amphibious Assault and UAV Operations.

  • Europe

    British MoD To Compensate For Damages Caused By RAF Typhoon’s Sonic Boom

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Royal Thai Air Force Purchases Israeli Barak MX Missile Defense System.

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall Awarded Contract to Supply 120mm Gun Turrets For CV90 Armored Vehicles.

  • Central Asia

    Russia withdraws failed peacekeeping mission from Nagorno-Karabakh

  • Americas

    U.S. imposed sanctions on Indian shipping companies for involvement in the “Arctic LNG-2” project by Russia’s NOVATEK

  • Europe

    Why Russia Didn’t Help CSTO Member Armenia In Nagorno-karabakh Conflict?

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