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Air Platform

Airbus Proposed Tranche 5 Eurofighter to Luftwaffe

December 17, 2020 GDC 0

Airbus is to offer a Tranche 5 standard of the Eurofighter combat aircraft to replace Germany’s fleet of Panavia Tornados, a company official said on 9 December. Speaking at the company’s annual TMB, Airbus noted […]

Air Platform

Germany Set to Receive Super Hornet By 2025 and Retire Tornado by 2030

April 24, 2020 GDC 0

While Germany is with France and Spain jointly developing a future combat air system (FCAS), this will not arrive until the 2040s. “Therefore, there must be a bridge solution based on models available on the […]

Air Platform

Luftwaffe Set to Acquire 40 New Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 4 Aircrafts

April 22, 2020 GDC 0

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has told the US government that Berlin has given clearance for the Luftwaffe to acquire 30 Super Hornet and 15 EA-18 Growler aircraft. The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G […]

Europe

NATO Commitment: Germany wants to buy American fighter jet, but…

April 8, 2020 GDC 0

The entrance of West Germany into NATO was the final step in integrating that nation into the defense system of Western Europe. It was also the final nail in the coffin as far as any […]

Europe

Germany Selects Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet to Replace Aging Tornado

October 8, 2019 GDC 0

Since 2017, the German government has been actively looking to replace its aging fleet of Panavia Tornado aircraft to fulfill NATO commitment of strategic Nuclear missions. The Tornado aircraft that entered service in the 1970s […]

  • Biden Administration Sanctions Chinese Comac Jet Ending Chinese Home-grown Commercial Jets Dream

    January 31, 2021 0
    The Trump administration is close to issuing a list of 89 Chinese aerospace and other companies that would be unable to access U.S. technology exports due to their military ties, Reuters reported, a move that could [...]
  • Rohde & Schwarz selected as supplier for Slovak Air Force F-16V aircraft

    August 21, 2021 0
    Thanks to the collaboration between Rohde & Schwarz and Lockheed Martin, the Slovak Air Force has become the next customer to receive F-16 aircraft equipped with Rohde & Schwarz secure communications. Germany-based Rohde & Schwarz [...]
  • Turkish TRMotor To Develop Engines For TF-X Fighters

    September 4, 2021 0
    Turkey’s procurement agency has commissioned a local company to develop critical technologies for an engine that the government hopes will power its first indigenous fighter jet. Turkish TAI Signed An Agreement With Ukrainian FED Company [...]
  • Netherlands Delivers Patriot Missile Defense System To Ukraine

    November 22, 2023 0
    According to a statement published by the Dutch MoD (Ministry of Defense) on October 13, 2023, The Netherlands is supplying additional Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine. The cabinet acknowledges the country’s need to defend [...]
  • President Biden Sanctions Myanmar Military Junta

    February 11, 2021 0
    WASHINGTON (GDC) — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will impose sanctions against those involved in last week’s military coup in Myanmar and demanded that the country immediately return power to that nation’s democratically elected [...]
  • Brazil delivers VBTP-MR Guarani 6×6 APC armored vehicles to the Philippines

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Europe

Ukrainian troops blow up new Russian rocket launcher

May 14, 2025 0

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces have reportedly destroyed one of Russia’s newest multiple launch rocket systems, the 9K57-1 Uragan-1, in a precision drone strike. During a special reconnaissance operation, operators from the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces […]

Infantry Weapons

China using Egypt as military hub to supply ammo, spare parts and artillery to Russia and Africa

April 19, 2025 0

A fleet of Chinese Xi’an Y-20 strategic transport aircraft made an unusual and unannounced visit to Egypt this week. According to the Washington Post, which quoted a “classified leaked US document” dated 17 February, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi planned […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army’s Dhanush artillery gun fails in trial due to counterfeit Chinese bearings supplied by corrupt officials

April 18, 2025 0

India’s homegrown 155mm/45-calibre gun has taken a hit following a row of failed trials for over three months by the Indian Army, according to a top source in the army. “The Dhanush 155mm/45-caliber artillery gun […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army Rejected Locally-made Cheap $300 Krasnopol 155mm Artillery Ammo Due to Poor Quality

April 18, 2025 0

In an internal report to the Ministry of Defense, the Indian Army said funds spent on faulty ammunition between 2014 and 2020 could have been used to buy 100 155-mm medium artillery guns. The Indian […]

Europe

Turkiye, Germany, South Korea and France are seeking to establish a partnership with Poland for ammunition production

March 30, 2025 0

Companies from Türkiye, Germany, South Korea and France are seeking to establish a partnership with Poland for ammunition production, according to Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk. A joint venture, expected to be finalized within […]

Americas

General Dynamics Europe delivered first 155mm artillery barrel to the U.S.

March 30, 2025 0

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has announced the delivery of a new 155mm/52-caliber artillery barrel to the United States. In a statement issued Tuesday, GDELS said its Santa Bárbara Sistemas division will deliver the […]

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    Boeing To Deliver 14 Extended-range Chinook Helicopters To Royal Air Force

  • Air Platform

    Brazil’s Embraer Sells 100 Phenom 300E jets to NetJets

  • Middle East

    The Dangers Presented by Russian and Chinese Weapons Sales to Iranian Regime

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    $4.28 Billion Boxer Multipurpose Combat Vehicles Are Partly Effective

  • Americas

    Boeing delivers 100th P-8A Poseidon to US Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Low-cost 155mm Wheeled Artillery System Copying German RCH 155 8×8 Howitzer

  • Defense Industry

    Enhancing Turkey, Ukraine defense co-operation irks Russia

  • Americas

    The US Navy deploys new tactical nukes

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blitz Russian ammunition depots 600km from frontlines

  • Uncategorized

    USS America Amphibious assault ship arrived in Brisbane for Talisman Sabre drills

  • Naval Platforms

    Submarine Design: Tank Plan of a Diesel Electric Submarine

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Conducts The Biggest Maritime Exercises

  • Europe

    British Army To Purchase Extended Range Variant M270 Artillery Rocket

  • Europe

    Desperate time: Russian retrofit air-launched rocket launcher onto UAZ pickup truck

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones blew up Russia’s Slavyansk oil refinery in Krasnodar region

  • Europe

    Russia’s improvised Soviet-era Kontakt-1 ERA drone protection for the T-90M tank will make the tank heavier, slower and easier to destroy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Offers Frigates And Submarines To Modernize Philippines Navy Without the Political Baggage

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Anti-Chinese Sentiment Rises in Myanmar as China Fears $1.5 Billion Myanmar-China Gas Pipeline Sabotage

  • C4iSR

    US donates TPS-77 long-range surveillance radar to Malaysia and Indonesia

  • Europe

    Italian Aircraft Carrier Cleared By Joint Program Office To Operate F-35B

  • Europe

    Sweden moves to fortify strategic Gotland Island, which is a prime target for Putin

  • South Asia

    Madam 30 Percent: Former Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sajeeb Wajed Personally Accumulated $7 Billion From 2009 to 2023, Reports Bangladesh’s ACC Case Filing

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Lockheed Martin showcased Japan’s future

  • Anti-air Missiles

    South Korea completes development of L-SAM missile defense system

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad planned ethnic cleansing in Ukraine, leaked FSB document

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    GBU-57 MOP: The Knockout Punch of The US Air Force

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia relocates S-400 air defense system from Kaliningrad to Moscow to protect government buildings in winter

  • Americas

    Naval Group Delivers Offshore Patrol Boats To Argentina

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Anka UCAV’s Integrated Radar Detects Mines in the Black Sea

  • Europe

    The West misinterpreted Ukraine’s need to strike anywhere inside Russia not allowing Russia to regroup

  • Air Platform

    UK, Italy and Japan agreed to expedite the development of sixth-gen fighter jet

  • Americas

    Russian lawmaker Sergei Mironov floats the idea of annexing Alaska from the U.S.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Offers Spare Parts And Armored Vehicles To Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Saab delivers fifth GlobalEye to the United Arab Emirates

  • Europe

    Putin recruits Iran proxy Houthis to fight in Ukraine, what Houthis received in return should worry Israel

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone struck Russia’s TOS-1A thermobaric artillery

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army Started Training To Operate M113AS4 Uncrewed Armored Vehicles

  • Middle East

    Israel Army Deploys Troops Near Syrian Border To Create Buffer Zone

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Kim Jong Un Inspects Vast Intercontinental Nuclear Missile Vehicle

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force Test Two F-15EX Jets in Northern Edge 21 Exercise

  • C4iSR

    Japan Receives More E-2D Hawkeyes amid AEW restructure

  • Air Platform

    Tempest Partners Detailed Progress On Six-generation Tempest Fighter

  • Air Platform

    Russian air force stops flying over Kherson after losing three Su-34 aircraft

  • Europe

    Elbit Systems Awarded Contract To Produce SkyStriker Kamikaze Drones For Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine Ordered Turkish Ada-class Corvettes

  • Europe

    South Korea develops new truck-mounted 155mm self-propelled howitzer

  • Cyber

    Royal Navy Chief Warns Russia Could Cut Underwater Cables Off To Disrupt Global Communication

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysia Evaluates Offshore Patrol Boats of Damen and SwiftShips

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan develops cutting-edge railgun cannon

  • Europe

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

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