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  • [ March 25, 2023 ] Slovakia donates first four of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets Air Platform
  • [ March 24, 2023 ] Chinese Navy Signal Jamming Commercial Jets, Including Australia’s Qantas Airways Uncategorized
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The UAE Placed Follow-on Orders Of Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft

January 6, 2021 GDC 0

Saab has received a follow on contract with the United Arab Emirates regarding the sale of two GlobalEye systems, Saab’s advanced airborne surveillance system. The order value is USD 1.018 billion and the contract period […]

Europe

Sweden to Have Operational Patriot Missile Defense Systems by 2025

January 3, 2021 GDC 0

On August 8 2020, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) signed an agreement with the United States to purchase four Patriot Configuration 3+ Modernized Fire Units equipped with AN/MPQ-65 radars and armed with 100 MIM-104E Guided Enhancement Missile-TMB (GEM-T) […]

Europe

Sweden Hikes Defense Spending Amid Russia Tensions

December 22, 2020 GDC 0

Sweden is making the biggest upgrade to its armed forces in more than half a century and debating whether to join NATO in response to a burst of Russian military activity around the Baltic, the […]

Europe

Saab Delivers Upgraded Gotland-class Submarine to Swedish Navy

December 17, 2020 GDC 0

Saab announced today that it has delivered the second submarine of Gotland-class to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) after a Mid-life upgrade. Saab has conducted a Mid-life upgrade of HMS Uppland. Taking all necessary […]

Europe

Saab Awarded Contract for Combat Training Centre Support from Norway

October 27, 2020 GDC 0

Saab has received an order for service and maintenance of the Norwegian Combat Training Centre. The order value is approximately 200 MSEK and the contract is valid between October 2020 and October 2024 with the […]

Air Platform

Swedish Air Force Plans To Retain Gripen C/D Beyond 2030

October 25, 2020 GDC 0

The Swedish Air Force (SwAF) will retain a number of its Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D fighters beyond their current planned 2026 retirement date, solidifying an earlier announced plan to make up an anticipated shortfall […]

Air Platform

Swedish Parliament Approves 181 Pages Defense Bill Extending Gripen And GlobalEye Aircrafts

October 21, 2020 GDC 0

The Swedish defense ministry published a 181-page document on October 14 that outlines a defense bill to be put before the Riksdag (parliament). Having gained cross-party support, the bill is scheduled to become law on […]

Europe

Amid tensions with Russia, Sweden increases defense budget by 40%

October 19, 2020 GDC 0

Sweden will increase military spending by about 40% in the next five years and double the number of people conscripted into its armed forces as it aims to strengthen its defence amid growing tensions with Russia, the government […]

Air Platform

Saab Group formally submitted proposals for Canada’s FFCP Programme

August 1, 2020 GDC 0

Swedish defense giant, Saab has submitted its proposal for the Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) to Canada. The proposal comprises 88 Gripen E fighter aircraft, with a comprehensive support and training package and an industrial […]

Air Platform

Saab starts Gripen E/F production in Brazil

July 9, 2020 GDC 0

Saab’s first aerostructures plant outside of Sweden for the new Gripen E/F fighter, in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, reaches another important milestone with the start of production. Saab Group announced on July 7 that […]

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  • Putinism In Danger: Russian Victory Day Parade During National Tragedy Of Coronavirus

    April 11, 2020 0
    The millions of Russian confined to their apartments and a global pandemic ushering in a period of self-isolation, preparations for the parade have raised concerns in Russia. The millions of Russians are bracing for health [...]
  • Serbia plans to buy Bayraktar TB2 drones

    October 6, 2020 0
    Serbia’s leader said Monday that he plans to purchase Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).  President Aleksandar Vucic praised Bayraktar combat drones, noting that Serbia is very interested in drone systems and will certainly buy more [...]
  • China Reportedly Will Buy More Su-35s to Replace Older Aircrafts: Reports TASS

    March 28, 2020 0
    Moscow is offering to sell more Su-35s fighters to Beijing and Chinese media reports that Beijing may accept the offer. Chinese domestic industry is under stress to fasttrack delivery of aircrafts to the competing forces,–Chinese [...]
  • Ukrainian forces fire artillery strikes at the Russian military’s snow carrier

    April 10, 2022 0
    Ukrainian forces have fired artillery strikes at Russian combat vehicles and a new snow personnel carrier in the Kyiv region. Ukrainian Anti-air Missile Downed Russian Su-34 Bomber In Kharkiv RegionJune 13, 2022Ukraine Shoot Down Russian [...]
  • Germany sends Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

    February 18, 2023 0
    Germany on Wednesday said it has “half a battalion” of Leopard 2 tanks to send to Ukraine, as NATO allies appear to struggle to muster the heavy vehicles pledged to Kyiv. Germany lifts its objection on [...]
  • Indian Tajinder Kumar becomes first RAAF officer

    September 17, 2020 0
    A decade after Tajinder Kumar landed in Australia and took up a job as a washroom cleaner, he is set to become a commissioned officer with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). After spending the [...]
Europe

Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian rocket launchers with precision strike

March 20, 2023 0

The Ukrainian military has released ariel footage showing Ukraine’s artillery destroying Russian Uragan self-propelled multiple rocket launcher systems with precision strikes. According to the Ukraine Weapons Tracker OSINT group, three Russian BM-27 Uragan 9P140 220mm multiple rocket […]

Europe

Sweden And Finland Deliver Additional Ammunitions To Ukraine

March 18, 2023 0

The Swedish government announced on January 20 that Swedish Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Finland’s Minister of Defence Mikko Savola signed a Finnish-Swedish letter of intent that will enable Finland to provide Ukraine with heavy military […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin ramps up production of HIMARS artillery rockets amid high demands from European nations

March 15, 2023 0

Lockheed Martin’s mobile rocket launcher plant in Camden, Arkansas is gearing up to boost production of the HIMARS system after its success on the battlefield in Ukraine drove up demand from other nations, executives said […]

Europe

Ukraine started firing 110km range Vilkha artillery rockets

March 7, 2023 0

Ukraine has used an indigenous guided artillery rocket with greater range than the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) provided by the US and allies, a Ukrainian official revealed. The Vilkha-M can strike a target […]

Europe

Estonia Purchases 12 K9 Thunder Howitzers

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East Asia and Pacific Region

HIMARS: Australian Army Will Grow By Another Artillery Regiment

March 7, 2023 0

For the first time in its history, the Army will have the ability to accurately hit surface targets hundreds of kilometres away with guided missiles. The high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) will be acquired […]

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    Azerbaijani army shot down Armenian Su-25 fighter jet

  • Europe

    Ukraine received more heavy rocket launchers from France

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish TRMotor To Develop Engines For TF-X Fighters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s massive military buildup near Dokhlam

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    LAND 400 Phase 3: Australian Army’s Infantry Fighting Vehicle Project

  • Air Platform

    Here’s Why Indian Air Force Declined Russia’s Offer to Buy 117S Engine and Irbis-E Radar?

  • Industry

    International Arms Trade: Grease Payments by Rosoboronexport and Rostec

  • Naval Platforms

    Israeli and Greek shipyards to co-produce naval corvette

  • Americas

    Saab To Open Two Aerospace Centers If Canada Selects Gripen E

  • Air Platform

    China to expedite delivery of Wing Loong drones to Pakistan

  • Europe

    British Type 31 Frigate Passes Critical Design Phase

  • Europe

    Russian United Ship Building Corporation plans to build two Ivan Gren-class amphibious assault ships

  • Air Platform

    Boeing, MHI Partner on State of the Art Upgrades to Japan’s F-15J fleet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China has a Problem, It Can’t Make Jet Engine and Marine Propulsion

  • Middle East

    Israel Going Ahead With German Submarine Deal

  • Europe

    Iskander missiles were intercepted by Israeli-made Barak-8 air defense, says Armenia

  • Europe

    Germany Trained Ukrainian Soldiers On Gepard Anti-air Weapon System

  • Defense Industry

    Norway Signed Agreement With Germany To Buy Six Type 212CD Submarine

  • Air Platform

    Germany to Send 50 Leopard Tank to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    China ramps up production and export of JF-17 fighters

  • Central Asia

    Turkey Offered Peaceful Resolution Of Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan Conflict

  • Europe

    Sweden to deliver CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

  • Infantry Weapons

    China’s Norinco VN-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IVF)

  • Americas

    Raytheon Awarded Contract to Supply AESA Radar for Canadian CF-18 Fleet

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Su-27 plane crashed during exercises in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Swedish DMA Extends Gripen Maintenance Contract With Saab

  • Air Platform

    Airbus A400M Cleared For Caracals Refuelling

  • Europe

    Russia’s Budget Surplus Wiped Out To Finance Putin’s War In Ukraine

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Trials Australian E-7 Wedgetail As A Replacement For E-3 Sentry AEW&C

  • Infantry Weapons

    Lockheed Martin to Deliver THAAD Missile Defense to Saudi Arabia in 2023

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall to Supply 350 Logistical Vehicles to German Army

  • Europe

    “Ghost of Kyiv”: Ukraine Says It Shot Down Five Russian Fighter Jets Including Su-35

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh DGFI Operates Uyghur-style Secret Detention And Solitary Confinement Facilities In Dhaka

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon’s AIM-7 Sparrow Radar Guided Air-to-Air Missile

  • Naval Platforms

    South Korean Navy’s KDDX Future Destroyer

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Taiwan Purchases MICA And Magic Missiles From France

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Italy To Deliver SAMP/T Anti-air Missiles System To Ukraine Worth €250 Million

  • Middle East

    State Department approves upgrade packages for Kuwaiti Patriot Batteries

  • Naval Platforms

    Turkish STM Engineering and ASFAT to cooperate on MILGEM project for Pakistan Navy’s corvettes

  • Middle East

    Historic first flight from Israel to UAE flies directly over Saudi Arabian airspace

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Rebuild Soviet-era Tu-160M Bomber, A Sign Russia Does Not Have The Tech To Build PAK DA

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Why Australia Should Sign Nuclear Arms Sharing Agreement With the U.S.?

  • Air Platform

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

  • Europe

    Russia’s Trying Fifth-times To Fix Only Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov

  • Air Platform

    Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Demonstrates Fully Automatic Aerial Refueling Capability

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Begins Building New Zealand’s P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s high-tech stealth shortfin Barracuda can dismantle Chinese Jin-class submarine

  • Americas

    The U.S. Navy Sends 25 EA-18G Growler EW Aircraft to Boneyard

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Commissions San Antonio-class LPD, USS Fort Lauderdale

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