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Thales Australia awarded $160 million contract to build more Bushmasters after donating 90 to Ukraine

May 19, 2023 GDC 0

The federal government has announced a $160 million dollar contract for Bendigo defence manufacturer Thales Australia to build another order of Bushmaster protected vehicles for the Australian Army.  The contract, for the manufacture of 78 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia To Build Eight Minesweepers And Hydrographic Ships

January 27, 2021 GDC 0

The ability to successfully locate and then destroy enemy mines at sea is an important role and requirement of all modern navies. To enable it to achieve its mine countermeasures functions the Royal Australian Navy […]

  • Nigerian Navy Takes Delivery Of FBP 72 Patrol Boats

    January 1, 2021 0
    According to a Tweet by DefenseNigeria, the Nigerian Navy took delivery of more FPB 72 coastal patrol boats designed and produced by the French Company OCEA. In December 2019, the French company has announced a [...]
  • Western Analyst Worried China Learned Containerized Drone Swarms Against Taiwanese Military Bases

    June 9, 2025 0
    The targets were Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers and command-and-control aircraft, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Ukraine Plans To Buy 24 More Bayraktar TB2 Drones, Says Valery ZaluzhnyDateSeptember 13, 2021Ukraine To Nationalize Jet Engine [...]
  • South Korea, Peru Signed Multi-domain Security Agreement

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  • Ukraine started negotiating with France to purchase Rafale fighter jets.

    October 31, 2025 0
    President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is actively negotiating with France over a possible acquisition of Dassault Rafale fighter jets. France Offers Rafale Jets To Ukraine As MiG-29 ReplacementDateApril 2, 2021Ukraine Purchases 150 Gripen E/F and [...]
  • Kim Jong Un to visit Moscow to sign reciprocal deal for North Korea receives spy satellites and Russia receives Hwasal-2 cruise and KN-23 ballistic missiles

    November 27, 2024 0
    South Korea’s defense chief Shin Won-sik said on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could visit Russia soon. North Korea Fires Two Ballistic MissilesDateMarch 25, 2021North Korea started mass producing KN-24 ballistic missiles [...]
  • Raytheon Awarded $500 Million Contract For Norwegian F-35 Stealth Jets

    December 12, 2022 0
    Norway’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters will receive advanced medium-range AMRAAM-D air-to-air missiles. The Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)DateSeptember 19, 2019Raytheon awarded a contract to upgrade AMRAAM’s softwareDateSeptember 14, 2020The Best Air-to-air [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Negotiating With The U.S. For Patriot Missile Defense System And F-16 Fighter Jets

  • Defense Industry

    Australian Sailors Embed Aboard To Learn About Submarine Tenders For AUKUS Submarines

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, Japan Sign Historic Defense Pact

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Joins the Competition with Australia and South Korea to Buy U.S.-made Nuclear-powered Submarine.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thai Army Secured Disputed Temple, Barricade Cambodian Access

  • Air Platform

    Malaysia plans to purchase KF-21 Boramae fighter jets to retire Su-30MKM fighters.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Wagner Mercenary Delivers Pantsir-S1 Short-range Missiles to Hezbollah Terrorists Group in Lebanon

  • Europe

    Putin Claimed He Could Strike UK With A Missile To Kill Boris Johnson

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Starts Series Production Of KF-21 Fighter Jets

  • C4iSR

    The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD): An Antidote to S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler)

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Building Up Maritime Capability to Counter China

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Unveils Deck-based KF-21N Fighter Jet

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Tehran activates S-400 missile system, but Israeli F-35I Adir already breached S-400 in Syria

  • Americas

    Lockheed’s Patriot missile’s success in the Ukraine war silenced most critics of the system

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli-made Barak-8 missile saved India’s skin

  • Air Platform

    UK MoD signs £65 million contract for Protector UAS

  • Air Platform

    RTAF Denies Report Of F-35 Purchase, Opt In For Gripen E/F

  • Middle East

    Lebanon to hold historic border talks with Israel

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce NLAW For Finnish Army

  • Air Platform

    Inept Russian Ground Crew Rammed Fuel Truck Into Su-25 Fighter Jets

  • Central Asia

    Armenia Urges Russian Military Deployment On Azerbaijan Border

  • C4iSR

    US Army Demonstrates Remotely Controlled EW Sensors

  • C4iSR

    Su-57’s AESA Radar Is Yet to Pass Debugging Phase, Says Tikhomirov-NIIP Director General Yuri Bely

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone destroyed Russia’s only Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft.

  • Middle East

    UK And Qatar Signs Defense Cooperation Agreement

  • Europe

    Serbia ditches Russian arms, signs deal with Israel to purchase PULS artillery and Hermes 900 drones from Israel

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Dept Approves 12 F-16V Block 70 Aircraft to Jordan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar unveils locally developed MMT-40 light tanks

  • Europe

    Russian Major General Vladimir Zavadsky was killed by a landmine placed by his own side.

  • Air Platform

    Russian Untrained Pilots Crashing Aircraft To Ground

  • Air Platform

    Antonov wants joint production deal with Boeing for T-7A and 737 passenger aircraft

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s HMS Portland Receives Major Refit

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Bombed Hamas Headquarters in Qatar’s Capital Doha.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Patriot, NASAMS and Iris-T showing 100 percent success rate in Ukraine as Russia using long-range bombers instead of fighter jets to strike Kyiv

  • Europe

    Ukraine to receive M1 Abrams tanks from the U.S. as soon as this fall

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army Deploys M1A2 Abrams SEP V3 Tanks

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia to Buy JASSM-ER and NSM Missiles Worth $2.6 Billion

  • Europe

    Serbian Army Tests Modernized T-72MS Tanks

  • Europe

    Lürssen Group Started Construction of K130 Braunschweig-class Corvette

  • C4iSR

    Brutal Truth About S-300 and S-400, Israeli SEAD Mission Works!

  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan bans wearing Burqa in public

  • Europe

    Polish PGZ to Deliver Transporter Vehicles For Patriot Missile Systems

  • Americas

    US Navy’s Columbia-class submarine project moves forward

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Corruption In The Defense Sectors Of Southeast Asia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon’s AIM-9X infrared-guided Sidewinder air-to-air missile

  • Europe

    Ukraine To Purchase Iron Dome Anti-artillery System And Spike Missiles From Israel

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Delivers Seventh Mogami-class Frigate to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

  • Europe

    Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier Cavour ready for F-35 integration

  • Europe

    Russia lost average of 540 soldiers per day since Ukrainian counteroffensive accelerate

  • Europe

    The Main Reason Soviet Union Collapsed, The Same Reason Putin’s Russia Will Collapse

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