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  • [ June 14, 2026 ] Finland’s new Pohjanmaa-class corvette receives advanced composite armor fitted. Europe
  • [ June 14, 2026 ] U.S. Army to Purchase 857 THAAD Interceptors to Boost Indo-Pacific Deterrence. Americas
  • [ June 14, 2026 ] Indian Air Force Looks to Sweden’s Saab to Replace Ageing Su-30MKI Fighter Jets with AI-Enabled Gripen E. Air Platform
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Type 20 Rifle

East Asia and Pacific Region

China Formally Name QBZ191 Rifle As Type 20 Assault Rifle

December 23, 2022 GDC 0

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  • Northrop Grumman Unveils RAAF’s MQ-4C Triton ISR Platform

    October 21, 2023 0
    The first of Australia’s future fleet of autonomous long-range ISR platforms has been officially unveiled at a ceremony in the United States. Northrop Grumman to deliver MQ-4C Triton UAV to RAAF in 2023DateJuly 8, 2020Northrop [...]
  • Elbit Systems Awarded $200 Million Contract to Produce Ammo for Israeli Air Force.

    May 14, 2026 0
    Israel orders $200 million in airborne munitions from Elbit as defense spending accelerates. Latest procurement adds to a series of wartime contracts aimed at reducing reliance on foreign suppliers. Elbit Systems won US Air Force [...]
  • French nuclear-powered submarine fires a cruise missile for the first time

    November 10, 2020 0
    The first French naval cruise missile launch was carried out by the nuclear-powered attack submarine Suffren. On October 20th 2020, the Suffren, the first-in-series of the six nuclear-powered attack submarines in the Barracuda programme, successfully [...]
  • HMS Queen Elizabeth Departs For Training

    May 3, 2020 0
    LONDON (GDC) — Britain’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth departed its Portsmouth base April 29 for training, but only after 800 crews were tested for the new coronavirus, the Royal Navy announced. The 65,000-ton [...]
  • Pakistan Army Deploys Chinese HQ-16A SAM System in Kashmir

    July 18, 2021 0
    In 2016, the Pakistan Army disclosed that it had procured six HQ-16A surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from China for $373 million U.S. in fiscal year 2014-2015. This acquisition appears to be a follow-on from the [...]
  • Emirati State-owned Edge Purchases 30 Percent Stakes in Israeli Thirdeye Systems

    January 30, 2025 0
    Thirdeye Systems, an Israeli military supplier, said it has sold a 30% stake to Emirati state-owned defense conglomerate EDGE for $10 million, in a rare public investment by an Emirati firm in Israel since the [...]
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.

May 17, 2026 0

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  • Europe

    Ukraine’s ATACMS strikes destroyed two Russian duds S-400 surface-to-air missiles, 96L6E radar and command center

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drone Destroyed Russia’s Radar on Black Sea’s Boyko Towers

  • Europe

    U.S. says Russian propaganda and disinformation campaign breaking into pieces as Russia suffered 300,000 casualties

  • South Asia

    China’s CCTV Surveillance Empire at Home and in Nepal Built on American Technologies.

  • Europe

    Huge Blast Hits Russian Oil Refinery In Latest Suspicious Explosion

  • Europe

    Royal Air Force to Use Bio-fuel for Aircrafts by 2050

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $504 Million Contact To Build 12 MH-60R Helicopters For Australian Navy

  • Europe

    Russian ships ‘high activity’ in the channel

  • Defense Industry

    Germany, France, Spain To Sign FCAS Agreement Next Week

  • South Asia

    Saab will offer complete transfer of technology to India at half the cost of Rafale, says Saab India CMD

  • Americas

    Navy officials and shipbuilders have attributed the US shipbuilding issues to long-term and short-term problems

  • Air Platform

    ‘Losses are part of combat’, says Indian air force on downing of jets by Pakistan

  • South Asia

    Maldives purchased Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, amid India tensions

  • Air Platform

    The UK Wants Turkish-styled Drones For Its Military

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia To Buy 36 Rafale And 8 F-15EX Fighter Jets: Report

  • Europe

    Greece Donates BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Anti-ship Missile

    China secretly supplied Iran with $5 billion worth of weapons, including CM-302 anti-ship missiles, which failed to hit the US Navy’s warships.

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves F-16V For Philippines Worth $2.43 Billion

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Kuwaiti Air Force owns the most advanced variant of Eurofighter Typhoon

  • Naval Platforms

    Chinese Type 054X Frigate for PLAN

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar’s junta persecutes doctors who aid opposition

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Singaporean Defense Company ST Engineering Commences Production Of Terrex Armored Fighting Vehicle

  • Air Platform

    Stealth Matter: The USAF F-35A Struck Syrian position protected by S-300 and S-400

  • C4iSR

    Netherlands Purchased Seven Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission Radars

  • Europe

    Ukraine Approves Defense Framework With The UK

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy’s Follow-on Istanbul-Class Frigate Will Receive 16 VLS Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Sends Type 99A Tank To Glawan Valley: Reports

  • Europe

    Finland Purchases M72 MK2 Enhanced Capability Lightweight Anti-Tank Weapons

  • South Asia

    India, China competition leaves Bangladesh military incapable of meeting national security needs

  • Americas

    Colombia To Spend $1 Billion On Fighter Jets Program

  • Europe

    Ukraine Launches New Neptune Anti-ship Cruise Missile

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan seizes heavy weapons from Nagorno-Karabakh separatists

  • Air Platform

    Bangladesh Air Guard (thief) Signs Letter of Intent with Leonardo for Eurofighter Typhoon Jet.

  • Air Platform

    Norway To Purchase Leopard and K2 Tanks Worth $1.8 Billion

  • Europe

    Ukraine handed over T-90M tanks and BTR-82A armored vehicles to British Intelligence agencies

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Attempts to Secure Export Licences For GE Engine For KAAN Fighter Jets Stalled.

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy Conducts Joint Exercises With Egyptian Rafale Fighters

  • Europe

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

  • South Asia

    Amid China tension, IAF ordered 21 mothballed MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi 30s from VKS worth $780 million

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s pioneering drone technology and its growing domestic weapons industry are a “game-changer”

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine destroys Russia’s Nebo-SVU VHF radar which China reverse-engineered and sold as JY-27A anti-stealth radar.

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army General Waker-uz-Zaman, Hasina’s in-law, shut down the army’s overseas shell company bdmilitary.com that lobbied for Norinco and Rosoboronexport

  • Air Platform

    Saab to Deliver Six Gripen E to Brazilian Air Force

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army’s Boxer CRV Infantry Fighting Vehicles Achieved Initial Operational Capability

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Japanese Aegis-equipped destroyer Chokai fires an SM-3 interceptor missile

  • Americas

    US Navy to commission Super Hornet Block III into service

  • Europe

    Ukraine War: Russian Economy Shrinks By 4% In A Single Quarter

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    BAE Systems Delivered Final Two River-class OPV

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