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Europe

Babcock Started Construction Of Second Type 31 Frigate

February 24, 2023 GDC 0

Babcock has reached another major milestone on the Type 31 program, to deliver five Inspiration Class frigates for the Royal Navy, as it cut steel marking the official start of HMS Active’s build program at Rosyth. […]

Europe

Royal Navy To Receive First Type 31 Frigate In 2025

July 5, 2022 GDC 0

The Royal Navy’s first Type 31 frigate HMS Venturer is scheduled for delivery in 2025, according to the information provided by shipbuilding company Babcock International. The information was revealed as part of a written evidence […]

Europe

Babcock Arrowhead Frigate Wins Polish Navy’s MIECZNIK Program

March 6, 2022 GDC 0

The PGZ MIECZNIK consortium has announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with British industries (Babcock, Thales UK, MBDA UK) and therefore selected the Arrowhead 140 design for the future multipurpose frigates of the […]

Europe

Royal Navy’s First Type 31 Frigate Starts Sea Trial in 2023

February 16, 2022 GDC 0

The Royal Navy’s first Type 31 frigate (Inspiration-class), HMS Venturer will enter the water in 2023, according to navy officials. The Type 31 frigate program is a step in the UK Government’s plan to increase […]

Europe

Babcock completes building new assembly hall for Type 31 Frigate

December 6, 2021 GDC 0

Babcock, the defense, security and aerospace company, has unveiled plans to recruit 500 workers for its Type 31 frigate programme as the build of its new state-of-the-art assembly hall, The Venturer Building is completed at […]

Europe

Royal Navy’s Warships, Submarines and Aircraft Carriers Progressively Ahead of Other European Navies

October 25, 2021 GDC 0

UK’s Royal Navy has achieved some key milestones this year. Not only have HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales set off on their first missions, but two new warship classes are being developed […]

Defense Industry

Thyssenkrupp unveils powerful MEKO A300 class frigate

October 22, 2021 GDC 0

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Europe

Type 31 Inspiration-Class Multi-mission Frigate

October 19, 2021 GDC 0

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C4iSR

Navantia to provide CMS for Polish Navy’s Miecznik frigates

October 10, 2021 GDC 0

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has been shortlisted to develop a combat management system (CMS) proposal that integrates the sensors and weapons system that best suits the requirements of the Polish Navy’s Miecznik frigates. Last month, Navantia was […]

Europe

Babcock cuts steel for Royal Navy’s first type 31 frigate

September 29, 2021 GDC 0

UK-based aerospace, defense and security company Babcock International has held the steel cutting ceremony for the first of the Royal Navy’s five new Type 31 frigates, HMS Venturer. The steel-cutting ceremony for the lead Inspiration-class […]

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  • Turkey says it tested new Tayfun short-range ballistic missile

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  • Sino-India War In Galwan Valley: Chinese Smartphone Manufactures Are the Biggest Losers

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    A full-scale India-China war looks unlikely however the last time India and China engaged in a conventional war was in 1962 over the same Himalayan region where at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed recently, [...]
  • Putin calls the terrorist group Taliban an ally of Russia

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Taliban, a banned group in Russia, are Moscow’s “allies” in fighting terrorism because they are in control of Afghanistan. Taliban Is A Direct Threat To CSTO Allies, [...]
  • Australia To Unveil Final Design Of AUKUS Submarine

    October 5, 2022 0
    On the first anniversary of the AUKUS pact, acting Prime Minister and defense minister Richard Marles revealed that the country is on track to be able to make the announcement about the final design at the beginning [...]
  • Ukraine used autonomous FPV drone for the first time

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    Ukrainian activist and volunteer, Serhii Sternenko, has shared video footage showcasing the use of a new FPV drone equipped with autonomous targeting capabilities. The drone reportedly demonstrated its ability to strike targets without direct operator [...]
Europe

Cyprus National Guard Received Serbian-made Tamnava MLRS.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Purchases 48 New HIMARS Rocket Artillery For Ship-killer Role.

October 4, 2025 0

The Australian Army’s appetite for the M142 HIMARS is proving voracious. With the first two of 42 units arriving in Australia only in March, the country is already eyeing another 48 of these U.S.-built rocket […]

Europe

Serbia Unveils 300km Range Sumadija Rocket Artillery.

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Poland purchases 2,506 FGM-148F Javelin missiles and 253 Javelin Command Launch Units.

September 22, 2025 0

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland of Javelin Missile Systems and related support, a package estimated at $780 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required […]

Europe

Beretta Defence Proposes Next-gen GRAYBURN Rifle for British Armed Forces.

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Europe

Ukraine receives additional 18 Archer 155mm Howitzers from Sweden.

September 15, 2025 0

Sweden announced on September 11, 2025, its 20th support package to Ukraine, valued at approximately SEK 9.2 billion ($836 million). This package was presented by Defence Minister Pål Jonson and is structured to respond to […]

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    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Three Russian Su-34 Fighter Bombers

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    DW News Exposes Cover Up Of Illegal Torture, Extra-judicial Killings And Disappearance Of Citizens By Bangladeshi DGFI And RAB

  • Air Platform

    Portuguese Super Lynx Helicopter Delivery Delayed To 2021

  • Naval Platforms

    Royal Australian Air Force completed full fleet of Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon

  • Europe

    France launches future aircraft carrier design work

  • Europe

    Turkey develops CIWS for naval platforms

  • Europe

    Ukraine pinned down Russia’s special forces unit in Bakhmut

  • Infantry Weapons

    Exocet MM40 Block III Anti-ship Missiles

  • Europe

    Ukrainian UJ-22 kamikaze drones struck Russian Kh-59 anti-ship missile factory

  • C4iSR

    Turkiye locally develops electro-optical sight system for homegrown drones.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves Sale of Air-to-air Missiles to Saudi Arabia

  • Air Platform

    Malaysia Will Purchase Ex-Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornets After Years Of Corruption And Mismanagement Of Its Air Wing

  • Europe

    Russia uses camouflage to hide their Iskanders from Ukrainian drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Kongsberg To Deliver Three Mk2 NASAMS Canisters Launcher To Australia

  • Air Platform

    Loss of Sukhoi Su-57 in Ukraine war would be death blow to Russia’s collapsing aerospace industry

  • Europe

    Anadolu Shipyard delivers four landing ships to Qatari Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Shipyard awarded contract to produce two evolved Cape-class patrol ships

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Major Humiliation For Putin, Ukraine’s ATACMS Strikes Destroyed Russia’s Newest S-500 Prometey Surface-to-air Missile

  • Naval Platforms

    Russian Navy presents new year’s wishlist, a new aircraft carrier

  • Europe

    Russia’s Elite Airborne Forces Lost More Than 50% Of Its Soldiers In The Ukraine War

  • Naval Platforms

    Type 054A Multi-mission Frigate

  • Air Platform

    Anduril Industries Developed Multipurpose Altius-600 UAV

  • Europe

    Turkey integrates South Korean engine with MBT Altay

  • Europe

    France will deploy troops to Ukraine’s front line to fight Putin’s troops: President Emmanuel Macron

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces captured Russian T-80BVM tanks in Kherson

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India, China are trying to defuse border tensions but behind the scenes China mobilizing troops, armoured vehicles and artillery near Ladakh border

  • Naval Platforms

    Indian Navy Launches Third Arihant Class Submarine

  • Air Platform

    Australian Army Selects Boeing AH-64E Apache Helicopters To Replace Tigers

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Luftwaffe Eurofighters Get Meteor BVRAAM

  • Europe

    Gripen and Eurofighter intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic sea

  • Air Platform

    Russia to deliver twelve Yak-130 trainer to Vietnam

  • Naval Platforms

    Pakistani Shipyard Laid Keel For Third MILGEM Warship

  • Air Platform

    Russian army’s Belarus-made armed drone was shot down in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine blow up Russia’s easy target T-90M Tank using a Swedish AT4 recoilless rifle

  • Infantry Weapons

    SIG SAUER Unveiled 716i TREAD Assault Weapons

  • Europe

    Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Circumventing Western Sanctions For the Russian Federation

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    Time Is Running Out To Rescue Indonesian Submarine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Type 625 Anti-air Gun System

  • Europe

    Multiple MAGURA V5 sea drones exploded in Sevastopol and Kerch in occupied Crimea, and total closure of the Crimea bridge

  • Americas

    U.S. Wants Commitment From Australia that It Would Engage AUKUS Nuclear Submarines If A Conflict With China Breaks Out.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops received hundreds of bomber drones

  • Defense Industry

    Spanish Navantia Shortlisted To Build Three Frigates For Polish Navy

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Slovakia is in discussion with the U.S. to purchase MIM-104 Patriot missile defense system

  • Air Platform

    South Korea buys 20 more KF-21 Boramae fighter jet

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    ‘A real blow for the junta’: Myanmar’s ethnic groups captured 135km long trading zone in unprecedented armed resistance

  • Europe

    U.S. Vows To Expedite NASAMS Delivery To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesian Navy Loses Contact With Submarine Near Bali

  • Air Platform

    Russian Fighter Bombers Running Out Of Service Life, F-16 And Gripen Will Make Putin’s Forces Life Miserable

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