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U.S. Air Force Purchasing Add-on Seeker For Ukraine’s JDAM-ER

August 8, 2024 GDC 0

The US Air Force is buying add-on seekers for its Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) bombs to help the precision-guided munitions take out Russian GPS jammers in Ukraine. A $23,6-million contract was awarded to […]

Air-Launched Weapons

US Air Force to receive new joint strike missiles (JSM) from Kongsberg

August 4, 2024 GDC 0

Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace has announced a contract to deliver Joint Strike Missiles (JSM) to the U.S. Air Force. This marks a significant step in enhancing the offensive capabilities of the USAF, providing them with […]

Americas

NORAD Intercepts Russian and Chinese Bombers Near Alaska

July 25, 2024 GDC 0

On July 24, 2024, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian TU-95 and two Chinese H-6 strategic bombers operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). NORAD fighter […]

Air Platform

Boeing awarded contract to build 15 KC-46A Pegasus tankers for U.S. Air Force

July 20, 2024 GDC 0

Boeing will build an additional 15 KC-46A Pegasus tankers under a Lot 10 contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force valued at $2.3 billion. One hundred fifty-three KC-46A multi-mission aerial refuelers are now on contract […]

Air Platform

U.S. Air Force Completes GE XA100 Sixth-Gen Fighter Jet Engine

July 16, 2024 GDC 0

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Pentagon approves full-rate production of F-35 stealth jets

July 15, 2024 GDC 0

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Americas

U.S. Air Force will upgrade the Pacific Island Micronesian air base

June 29, 2024 GDC 0

The US Air Force plans a $400 million upgrade of a Pacific island airport to allow the operation of military aircraft. An initial planned investment of $96 million is part of the fiscal 2025 budget […]

Americas

US conducts second Minuteman III ICBM test launch in a week

June 7, 2024 GDC 0

According to a statement by Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, the United States has conducted the second test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the US Space Force Vandenberg base in […]

Americas

U.S. Air Force successfully launched unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

June 5, 2024 GDC 0

The United States launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Tuesday morning — the first of two test launches scheduled for this week. The Air Force Global […]

Americas

F-16 Video Shows First-Ever Manned F-16 Versus X-62A AI-piloted Aerial Dogfight

May 22, 2024 GDC 0

AThe U.S. military has said that aerial combat took place between a manned jet and an artificial intelligence-controlled modified F-16 in a groundbreaking test. A heavily modified two-seat F-16D X-62A, which is also known as […]

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  • Taiwan’s New High-tech Attack Submarine Could Wreck Havoc in Taiwan Straits

    December 19, 2020 0
    TAIPEI (GDC) — As Taiwan commences the production of eight new submarines, a warfare expert was cited on December 2 as saying a Chinese invasion fleet would be highly vulnerable to the submersible warships. On [...]
  • Serbia Plans To Buy New Fighter Jets

    December 29, 2021 0
    Croatia announced it will purchase 12 used French Rafale fighter jets for almost a billion EUR. Croatia Buys 12 Used Dassault Rafale F3R FightersDateMay 30, 2021Serbia Plans To Buy Dassault Rafale AircraftDateJanuary 10, 2022Dassault Aviation [...]
  • From Russia with Dud: Meet the Sukhoi Su-30 and Su-35 Fighter Jets

    September 8, 2019 0
    “The [Su-30MKI] fleet is prohibitively expensive equipment and faces problems due to high, premature failure rate of subsystems like engines, radars, missiles, avionics, etc.” Vinod Kumar Narang, a retired Indian Air Force air vice-marshal. A [...]
  • UK delivers 200 Starstreak man-portable missiles to Ukraine after Russia’s mass missile blitz

    January 24, 2024 0
    The UK has previously sent Ukraine Starstreak missiles, which travel at three times the speed of sound. Britain will send some 200 air defence missiles to Ukraine to help protect the war-torn country from Russian [...]
  • Russia’s Verba man-portable air defense system contains Swiss-made seeker components

    March 2, 2024 0
    Russia reportedly integrated Swiss electronic components into its modern Russian Verba (SA-25) shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, better known as man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS). Russia Supplied Verba MANPAD to Hezbollah Violating Arms Trade TreatyDateDecember 11, 2020Raytheon Awarded [...]
  • Russian Technicians Sabotaging MiG-29 Fleet Worldwide, Amid Fears Of Transferring MiGs to Ukraine

    April 8, 2023 0
    Russian mechanics are probably linked to the sabotage of Slovak MiG-29 fighter jets in a bid to stop the country delivering aircraft to Ukraine, said Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď. “They could fly, but that [...]
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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  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Received Record Orders from Domestic and International Customers

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Saab will manufacture Russia’s helicopter and jet killer RBS-70 NG in Ukraine.

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Saab Awarded Contract To Modernise Sweden’s Coastal Anti-ship Missile Capability

  • Middle East

    Done Deal: The long road to Arab-Israeli peace agreement

  • Air Platform

    Badass F-15EX: U.S. Air Force wants 72 of them

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Italy, France Develop Next-gen SAMP/T Anti-air Missiles

  • Air Platform

    China’s J-20 and J-35A Fighter Jets Are Far From Stealth Jets

  • Cyber

    Chinese Spy Risks His Life to Defect to Australia

  • Europe

    Russia Losing Aircraft and Helicopters Faster Than It Can Replenish, UK Intelligence Report

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force’s First Female Captain Lacie Hester Received Silver Star Award

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Delivered 500th F-35 to the USAF

  • Europe

    Russia’s Putin says ready for dialogue with Trump

  • Land Platform

    Taiwan to receive M1A2T Main Battle Tank

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic purchases 24 F-35 stealth jets worth $6.5 billion

  • Europe

    Germany Delivers 24 Gepard Anti-air System To Ukraine

  • Africa

    Russia delivered six MiG-29BM to Libyan Nation Army (LNA)

  • Europe

    Poland’s president meets Lockheed’s CEO to seek investment in weapons production

  • Americas

    BlackSky Gen-3 Satellite Offers Higher-resolution Images for ISR Capability.

  • Naval Platforms

    Turkish STM Lays Keel Of Pakistan Navy’s First MILGEM-Class Corvette

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

  • Industry

    Saudi Arabia To Invest $20 Billion In Domestic Defense Industry

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received Turkish Firtana 155mm Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Air Force Selects Northrop Grumman to Develop a New Advanced Stand-in Attack Weapon

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine’s HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Russia’s Upgraded Buk Surface-to-air Missile

  • Middle East

    France, Israel And Cyprus Conduct Noble Dina Exercises

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    55 Chinese submariners feared dead after a type 093 submarine ran into hook and anchor trap

  • Europe

    Germany awarded a contract to acquire Damen MKS 180 Frigates

  • Americas

    Pentagon picks defense-technology firm Kratos to develop hypersonic flight-testing vehicle

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship caught fire

  • Europe

    Talks Underway To Replace Vladimir Putin As Russian President

  • Air Platform

    Northrop Grumman to deliver MQ-4C Triton UAV to RAAF in 2023

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. State Department Approves 30 HIMARS Rocket Artillery For Australia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class Submarines Declared Product of Concern

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Cheaply Built Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Destroying Russia’s Mult-billion Warships And Naval Infrastructure

  • Ballistic Missile

    Rocketsan Test Fires Tayfun Short-range Ballistic Missile

  • Europe

    Russia’s vital supply route paralyzed in river dam collapse

  • Air Platform

    AVIC-Antonov Xi’an Y-20 Medium Lift Aircraft: A Reverse Engineered AN-77 Transport Aircraft

  • Africa

    Algeria Receives Chinese Ground-based LDK-190 Electronic Warfare System

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Why Do F-22 Raptor and F-35 Illuminate Targets Without Adversary Seeing the Source of Illumination?

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Offers Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 5 For Panavia Tornado Replacement Programme

  • Air Platform

    Anti-Putin partisan shot down Russian Su-27 fighter jet over Belgorod

  • Europe

    German Eurofighter Chases Down Russia’s Su-30SM Jets Over Baltic Sea, Wider European Conflict Real Possibility

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Germany Purchases Meteor BVRAAM For Its F-35 Stealth Jets.

  • Europe

    British Challenger Tanks Fighting Russian Troops in Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Digital Arsenals : US Army Deployed Stryker Mounted EW System In Europe

  • Americas

    L3Harris Proposed to Increase EA-37B Electronic Attack Aircraft

  • C4iSR

    Exposed! Sukhoi Su-57’s X-band N036 Byelka And N036L L Band Radars Are Not What You Think?

  • Middle East

    UAE, Israeli Air Force to Conduct Joint Training Exercises

  • Air Platform

    Australia Purchases 12 More MH-60R ASW Helicopters For RAN

  • Infantry Weapons

    HQ-9 Long-Range Air Defense Missile System

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