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Americas

Tom Cruise Received US Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award For His Role in Top Gun Movie

December 18, 2024 GDC 0

The world’s most famous fictional Top Gun is now a decorated naval hero. Tom Cruise was awarded the U.S. Navy’s top civilian honor Tuesday for “outstanding contributions to the Navy and the Marine Corps” with […]

Air Platform

Lockheed Martin To Display Top Gun Maverick Movie’s Darkstar Hypersonic Jet In Air Show

October 16, 2022 GDC 0

The real-world mockup of the fictional “Darkstar” hypersonic jet seen in the opening sequence of the movie “Top Gun: Maverick” is on display this weekend at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show, & STEM Expo held at Edwards Air Force […]

  • AI & ML: US Air Force’s B-21 Raider Takes Technology One Step Ahead

    June 4, 2020 0
    The new stealth U.S. Air Force B-21 bomber has taken yet another key technological step toward being ready for war, through integrated computer automation designed to streamline information, improve targeting and offer pilots organized warzone information in [...]
  • Ukraine Claimed That It Killed More Than Dozens High-ranking Russian Army Officers

    March 21, 2022 0
    The Ukrainian Armed Forces have claimed to have killed over a dozen high-ranking officers of the Russian Army in three weeks on the battlefield in Ukraine. At least four Russian generals reported were killed in action in the [...]
  • Myanmar rebels hit junta’s new capital Naypyidaw with Ukrainian-style kamikaze drones

    April 5, 2024 0
    Myanmar’s anti-coup forces have launched an unprecedented drone attack on military targets in Naypyidaw, the remote capital built in secret by a previous military regime. Myanmar Army Deploys Air Defense Radar In Naypyidaw As “Sinophobia” [...]
  • Russia and Iran want a prolonged war in the Middle East as Israeli death toll rises to 2,500

    October 10, 2023 0
    The Israeli military says it launched attacks on more than 200 locations in the Gaza Strip overnight, including the Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City as well as Khan Younis city. The military said the locations [...]
  • Egypt Receives First Five of 21 Su-35 From Russia

    May 5, 2021 0
    Egypt received its first order of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters. On February 25, Russia officially announced that Egypt had received five Sukhoi Su-35 advanced multi-role fighter aircraft, the first of an order of 24. [...]
  • Japan sets to procure more AMRAAMs

    August 31, 2020 0
    Japan will buy another lot of 32 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), with support, for an estimated cost of US$63m, with Raytheon Missile Systems acting as the prime contractor. The State Department has made a determination [...]
Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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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 […]

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Israel has signed a $500 million deal with Rafael for Iron Beam production

  • Europe

    Russian navy’s northern fleets admiral Kuznetsov and admiral Kakhimov are inoperable

  • Europe

    Russia’s astounding number of military hardware losses in Avdiivka will haunt Putin’s forces next year

  • Defense Industry

    Egypt’s Arms Purchase Surged By 136 Percent After 30 Rafale Order

  • Africa

    The U.S. Builds Drone Mega-base In North African Country Niger

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Israeli Army Used White Phosphorus Artillery Munitions To Destroy Hamas Tunnels And Bunkers

  • Air Platform

    Qatar Purchases M-346 Advanced Jet Trainer

  • Uncategorized

    Pakistan First Asian Country Sending Large Quantities Of Artillery Ammunition To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia collaborates with Turkey on UAV-mounted air-to-surface missiles

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy to Start Building Constellation-Class Frigate This Year

  • Europe

    Belarus Delivers Modernized MiG-29UB To Serbia

  • Air Platform

    Indian Navy to Lease Two Sea Guardian Drones From USA

  • Middle East

    President Erdogan Normalizes Ties With Egypt And Saudi Arabia

  • Indian Navy Submarine
    East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Navy Suffers Budget Crisis As It Plans to Expand Operations

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Poland Purchases 200 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile

  • Europe

    Russia’s Largest Tank Manufacturer Halts Tank Production and Repair, Amid Crippling Sanctions

  • Air Platform

    India’s Hindustan Aeronautics And BrahMos Aerospace Directly Supplying Military Components To Russia’s Sukhoi Design Bureau Circumventing Sanctions

  • Europe

    Swiss Voters Give Thumps Up for $6.5 Billion Fighter Jet Procurement Plan

  • Naval Platforms

    Navantia’s S80 Submarine Air Independent Propulsion passes tests

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Wants Naval Access to Thailand’s Isthmus of Kra Canal to Counter Indian Navy

  • Americas

    Defense Secretary Purges Defense Advisory Board

  • Middle East

    Israel intercepts hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Telaviv

  • Europe

    Saab’s A26 is the world’s first fifth-generation stealth attack submarine.

  • Americas

    L3Harris Awarded $345 Million Contact For U.S. Army’s Tactical Radio System

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    CNS Fujian vs USS Ford: here’s why the USS Ford supercarrier is superior to CNS Fujian.

  • Air Platform

    First French-supplied Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets spotted in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Brazil plans to double fighter jets fleet by procuring cutting-edge F-39E Gripen jets

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroyed ten Russian tanks in a single strike

  • Infantry Weapons

    HPV Shell: 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzers For Littoral Combat Mission

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Launches 2021–35 Defense Technology Plan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia to spend $366 million to create naval nuclear safety regulator

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia Confirms MBS Met With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

  • Africa

    Israel, Chad renew diplomatic relations that were severed in 1972

  • Infantry Weapons

    India will test Nirbhay cruise missile with indigenous propulsion system

  • Americas

    Lockheed’s F-16V Block 70 Achieves Networked Targetting Capability with Real-time Sensor Data.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Receives Fighter Jets, plane parts from the U.S.

  • Europe

    Cold war between Putin and his criminal buddy Prigozhin continues to divide Kremlin

  • Uncategorized

    Russia’s Triumphant Su-57E Can’t Find Any Buyer

  • Europe

    Defexpo 2018 – Saab Group Pavillion

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad places bombs on Zaporizhzhia nuclear powerplant, millions of Europeans could die

  • Europe

    Russia’s $300 billion frozen assets in the West must be used to rearm and rebuild Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L)

  • Middle East

    Pakistan warned the IRGC that it cannot fend off the U.S./Israel air strikes using Chinese-made anti-air missiles.  

  • Europe

    Hanwha Defense Delivers K239 Chunmoo Rocket Launchers to Poland

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine destroyed Russia’s S-300 surface-to-air missile in Novoshakhtinsk

  • Europe

    Denmark Delivers Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles To Ukraine, Game Over For Russian Navy

  • Europe

    Turkish TCG Anadolu Completes First Landing And Take-off Exercises

  • Europe

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

  • Middle East

    Iran’s Nuclear Program Severely Damaged by US Bombing, CIA reported citing credible intelligence

  • Middle East

    Israel-Hamas war: Second group of hostages to be freed soon

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