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United Arab Emirates To Buy 120 Bayraktar TB2 Drones And Munitions From Turkey Worth $2 Billion

September 13, 2022 GDC 0

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UAE Plans to Buy CATIC L-15 Light Combat Aircraft

February 27, 2022 GDC 0

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Israel’s Mossad spy chief visits UAE for security talks

February 23, 2022 GDC 0

Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE National Security Adviser, received Yossi Cohen, Head of Israel’s foreign intelligence service (Mossad) who was on a visit to the UAE. The Mossad chief’s visit marks the first […]

US State Dept Approves Weapons Sale To UAE, Saudi Arabia And Jordan

February 5, 2022 GDC 0

State Department has approved Washington’s latest raft of proposed weapons sales to the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) preliminarily approved for deals – if they are not blocked […]

UAE To Buy South Korean M-SAM Worth $3.5 Billion

January 18, 2022 GDC 0

South Korean President Moon Jae-in reached a preliminary agreement to sell surface-to-air missiles to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during a visit to the country on Sunday. After meeting Emirati Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin […]

UAE Withdraws Lockheed’s F-35 Deal With The U.S.

January 8, 2022 GDC 0

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s recent cancellation of its plan to buy 50 Lockheed F-35 fighter jets worth $23 billion from the United States showed that the close trading partnership between the UAE and China […]

France Offers Additional Rafale Fighter Jets to India

December 18, 2021 GDC 0

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UAE suspends talks with US over purchase of F-35 fighter jets

December 16, 2021 GDC 0

Abu Dhabi halts $23bn deal after concerns about restrictions from Washington on use of Chinese telecommunication equipment which the U.S. suspect spywares are embedded into the Huawei 5G devices. The United Arab Emirates has informed […]

UAE Buys 80 French Rafale F4 Jet For Its Air Force

December 6, 2021 GDC 0

In the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Sheikh Mohammed ben Zayed Al Nahyane, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Vice-Commander of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates […]

UAE Demonstrates Saab GlobalEye’s Advanced EW Capability

December 1, 2021 GDC 0

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Turkey Trials Bayraktar TB3 Drone Aboard TCG Anadolu Carrier

November 21, 2024 0

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Australia to send missiles and ammunition to Ukraine worth $70 million

March 1, 2022 0

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Australia will send around $70 million to fund military equipment, including ammunition and missiles, and other support to Ukraine to help its fight against Russia, reported nine news. Australia [...]
Failed Intimidation Tactics, Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhound Crashes Near Finish Border

April 12, 2022 0

A MiG-31 Foxhound fighter jet flying during routine training exercises crashed near the Finnish border in the Leningrad region of northwestern Russia on Friday, but the pilots were safely ejected. and no injuries were reported. [...]
Egyptian Navy takes delivery of Aster-30 Missiles and Vulcano Munitions for FREMM frigates

June 2, 2021 0

The Egyptian Navy has reportedly taken delivery of ASTER-30 vertically launched surface-to-air missiles and Vulcano precision-guided, gun-launched munitions to equip them on the service’s FREMM Bergamini-class frigates. Cairo bought two frigates built by Italian company [...]
DARPA Awards General Atomics ‘LongShot’ Drone Demo Contract

February 17, 2021 0

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) “LongShot” program that aims to develop an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that can fire multiple air-to-air weapons. Pentagon’s LongShot Air-launched [...]
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has launched a large-scale attack involving rockets and drones on Israel.

August 25, 2024 0

Israel’s military launched air raids across southern Lebanon and Hezbollah carried out a large drone and rocket attack. Hezbollah Terrorist Group Fired Rockets At Israel From Southern LebanonDateOctober 11, 2023Israeli Defense Forces Started Ground Operations [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]