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  • [ July 4, 2022 ] Ukraine Sunk Russian Supply Ship Using Danish Supplied Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles Europe
  • [ July 4, 2022 ] Boeing Offers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft To Canadian Multi-mission Aircraft Project Air Platform
  • [ July 4, 2022 ] Thailand Scrambles Fighter Jets After Myanmar Violated Its Airspace East Asia and Pacific Region
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Fincantieri to Build the 3rd Constellation-class Frigate for US Navy

July 3, 2022 GDC 0

The US Navy announced it has exercised the option to have Fincantieri U.S. subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM), build the third Constellation-class guided-missile frigate, USS Chesapeake (FFG-64). The option value stands at approximately 536 million dollars. […]

Americas

Raytheon Awarded $867 Million Contract For SM-3 Block IIA Missiles

June 17, 2022 GDC 0

The SM-3 interceptor is a defensive weapon the U.S. Navy uses to destroy short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The interceptor uses sheer force, rather than an explosive warhead, to destroy targets in space. Its “kill […]

Americas

US Navy christens newest Freedom-variant LCS USS Beloit

May 20, 2022 GDC 0

The US Navy has christened its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), during a ceremony held at Marinette, Wisconsin. LCS 29 is the 15th Freedom-variant LCS and 29th in the […]

Americas

The U.S. Navy Sends 25 EA-18G Growler EW Aircraft to Boneyard

May 16, 2022 GDC 0

The US Navy announced its plans to decommission all non-carrier-based EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.  The choice was revealed in the Department of the Navy budget highlights for the fiscal year 2023. The five squadrons, […]

Americas

President Biden Nominates First Female Officer to Head U.S. Coast Guard

April 8, 2022 GDC 0

The U.S. Coast Guard is set to become the first U.S. military service with a female top officer. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced that it has nominated Coast Guard vice commandant Adm. Linda F. […]

Americas

The U.S. to Boost 2023 Defense Budget, Amid Ukraine Invasion

April 4, 2022 GDC 0

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President Biden Commissions Virginia-class Nuclear Submarine, USS Delaware

April 3, 2022 GDC 0

In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine, saying it would enhance national security, though he made no reference to […]

Americas

Modernized Tomahawk Cruise Missiles to Get Raytheon Guidance Systems

April 1, 2022 GDC 0

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon $40.4 million to integrate new guidance systems with Tomahawk missiles. This modification exercises an option to integrate, produce, qualify, test and field 29 Lot Two low-rate production Maritime Strike Tomahawk […]

Americas

Northrop Grumman to modernize US Navy’s E-6B Mercury Fleet

March 13, 2022 GDC 0

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced it was recently awarded the Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract for the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury platform, a derivative of the commercial Boeing 707 aircraft. The work will be performed at […]

Americas

US Navy’s Columbia-class submarine project moves forward

March 9, 2022 GDC 0

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has revealed that it has delivered to the US Navy the first of two bearing support structures (BSS) for installation in the first Columbia-class submarine currently under construction. The company has […]

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  • US Military Exports To Royal Moroccan Armed Forces

    March 26, 2021 0
    Washington is the main supplier of weapons and military equipment to the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR), and once a year, except in 2020 owing to the pandemic, the US Army’s Africa Corps holds manoeuvres [...]
  • 25 PLAAF Aircraft Fly Through Taiwan’s ADIZ On Monday, Most This Year

    April 14, 2021 0
    Taipei, Taiwan (GDC) — A total of 25 Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday, the most on any single day so far this year, the Ministry of National Defense [...]
  • South Korean KAI Unveils Fifth Generation Combat Aircraft Mockup

    October 15, 2019 0
    KAI KFX Seoul – On the international aerospace exhibition in Seoul, South Korean manufacturer Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) have introduced full-size mockup of next generation combat aircraft. The KFX is the fifth generation fight aircraft [...]
  • China Sends Blowfish A2 Unmanned Helicopters to Indian Border

    November 24, 2020 0
    Chinese self-produced unmanned helicopters were recently equipped to People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command troops at the border with India. The command had ordered smart weapons and customized equipment – from portable oxygen generators [...]
  • Thyssenkrupp Launches Egyptian Navy’s Type 209 Submarine

    October 1, 2020 0
    On September 29, 2020, the fourth 209/1400mod class submarine for the Navy of Arab Republic of Egypt was named and launched at the shipyard of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) in Kiel. Following the very strict [...]
  • Russia confirms death of senior Russian naval officer in Berdyansk

    April 19, 2022 0
    Russian state news agency TASS confirmed on Monday that one of its senior Russian naval officers died in Ukraine. KGB Putin Risks Losing Russia’s Export Markets As Russian Navy And Air Force Completely Failed In [...]
Europe

U.S. Confirmed Delivery Of Two NASAMS Anti-air Missiles and Radars To Ukraine

July 3, 2022 0

The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon […]

Europe

Biden Admin To Provide Sophisticated NASAMS Anti-air System To Ukraine

July 1, 2022 0

US President Joe Biden is set to announce that the US is providing an advanced surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine, as well as additional artillery support, according to a person familiar with the matter, in […]

Europe

KGB Putin’s $5 Million Kalibr Cruise Missile Hit A Beach Toilet Instead of Military Installation

June 27, 2022 0

Vladimir Putin has faced further humiliation after a $5 million missile strike managed to destroy nothing but a beach toilet. Russian commanders seemed to get their targets confused when the weapons were fired on Odessa, […]

Europe

Russian Buk Missiles Backfires And Hit Russian Troops Like Boomerang

June 27, 2022 0

Dramatic video has captured the moment a Russian surface-to-air missile system fires on itself in a bizarre malfunction. In the footage, the missile can be seen shooting into the sky – before turning mid-air and […]

Europe

Poland To Acquire 500 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) With Domestic Production Facility

June 22, 2022 0

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Europe

US sending latest generation 155mm M777A2 howitzers to Ukraine

June 22, 2022 0

A video broadcasted on The Dead District’s Twitter account shows 155mm howitzers transported by civilian semi-trailer tractors for delivery to the Ukrainian army. Interestingly, this time, the howitzers are the latest-generation M777A2s, not only M777s. […]

  • Africa

    Turkish E-7T AWACS patrolling over central Mediterranean Sea

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Rebuild Soviet-era Tu-160M Bomber, A Sign Russia Does Not Have The Tech To Build PAK DA

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    Myanmar Coup: Ordinary People Joining Karen Rebel To Fight Junta

  • Europe

    Armenia destroyed T-90S tank of Azerbaijani Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Navy drones to move from Guam to Japan

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves Hellenic Navy’s MEKO-class Modernization Equipment

  • Europe

    Mastercard, Visa and American Express Payment Networks Blocked in Russia

  • Cyber

    Hackers Hacked United Aircraft Corporation Website

  • Middle East

    Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia open about diplomatic relationship with Israel

  • Central Asia

    John Bolton warns Taliban may get nuclear weapons from Pakistan

  • Americas

    AM General 155mm 6×6 “Brutus” Howitzer

  • Air Platform

    Dassault CEO Frustrated With Airbus Over FCAS Delays

  • Americas

    US Navy Selects Proven Arleigh Burke Class Design For Future Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China enters semifinals in tank biathlon

  • Naval Platforms

    Lürssen’s OPV80 – Royal Australian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Engine Problems: How China Was Coerced Into Buying Su-35 And S-400

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department 18 CH-53K Helicopters For Israel

  • Europe

    Greece Awarded Contract to Sikorsky to Produce MH-60R ASW Helicopters

  • Africa

    Kenya Ordered 118 Turkish Armored Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force deploys MQ-9 Reaper drone in Estonia

  • Americas

    US Army Awarded A Contract To Buy Carl-Gustaf Shoulder-fired Weapons

  • Europe

    Serbia Plans To Invest More In Its Military

  • Air Platform

    RSAF Receives First Batch Of H225M Long-range Helicopters

  • Air Platform

    U.S. to Replenish Polish MiG-29 Inventory With F-16, If Poland Transfers MiGs to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    French To Seek Compensation From Australian For Cancelled Submarine Project

  • Europe

    Hyundai Rotem favored to land $9 billion K2 tank deal with Poland

  • South Asia

    Saab’s Gripen E is Leading IAF’s latest MMRCA Contest for 110 Fighter Jets

  • C4iSR

    IAI and HHI to Supply Philippine Navy with ALPHA 3D Radar Systems

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Will Supply S-400 To India In December, The Looming CAATSA Sanctions On India

  • Middle East

    Syrian Army’s Mi-24 Crashed in Homs

  • Europe

    The Royal Air Force declared P-8A Poseidon Operational

  • South Asia

    Kashmir is a disputed territory: General Qamar Javed Bajwa

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia readies for multinational exercise Talisman Sabre

  • Air Platform

    Japan’s Coast Guard to Purchase MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAV

  • South Asia

    Contested Sky: Bangladesh Air Guard’s (Thief) Uncertain Future

  • Air Platform

    Airbus to compete in Australian Special Forces Helicopter Under LAND 2097 Programme

  • Europe

    Germany Agrees To Send 50 Gepard Air-defense Tanks to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Bundeswehr Selected HK416A7 Rifles For German Commandos

  • Naval Weapons

    RAN upgrades Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) For HMAS Sydney

  • Europe

    The British MoD Committed On F-35, FCAS, New Frigates And Drones

  • C4iSR

    Saab’s Ceros 200 fire control director

  • Middle East

    Syria war: What did Russia accomplish?

  • Air Platform

    Chinese navalized FC-31 gets into engine trouble

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Firm Converted Manned Helicopter into Unmanned Helicopter

  • Europe

    Russia Losses In Ukraine Invasion Is Significant And Damaging To Russian Army’s Warfighting Capability

  • Infantry Weapons

    Taiwan to develop land-based point defense system

  • Air Platform

    The USAF to upgrade 72 F-16 with APG-83 SABR AESA Radar

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Israeli To Develop Ground-based Laser Beam

  • Naval Platforms

    India’s First Survey Vessel (Large) Launched by GRSE

  • Air Platform

    Milkor Launches UAE-designed UCAV

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