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  • [ January 8, 2026 ] Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers. Europe
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East Asia and Pacific Region

USS Curtis Wilbur Sails Through Taiwan Straits

February 27, 2021 GDC 0

TAIPEI (GDC) — The Ministry of National Defense (MND) stated Thursday (Feb. 25) that a U.S. Navy ship had sailed through the Taiwan Strait the previous day. The MND issued a press release Thursday at noon stating […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

USS John McCain Passes Through Taiwan Straits

January 1, 2021 GDC 0

Two US warships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the second such mission this month, drawing a protest from Beijing. It happened almost two weeks after a Chinese aircraft carrier group used […]

  • Ukraine destroys Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-air missile in Bakhmut

    June 27, 2023 0
    According to a video published on Facebook, soldiers from the 45th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Army have destroyed a Russian armed forces air-defense system, the Pantsir-S1, which was heading towards Bakhmut. Ukrainian HIMARS destroys Russian [...]
  • Patriot, NASAMS and Iris-T showing 100 percent success rate in Ukraine as Russia using long-range bombers instead of fighter jets to strike Kyiv

    July 7, 2023 0
    Russia recently launched its first major drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv after taking a 12-day hiatus but the Kremlin’s assault didn’t go as planned after officials in the city announced that the country’s [...]
  • Singapore’s ST Engineering Awarded Contract for Falaj 3 OPV for UAE Navy

    November 21, 2021 0
    ST Engineering today announced that its Marine business in Singapore has been awarded a sub-contract by Abu Dhabi Ship Building PJSC (ADSB) for the supply of design, platform equipment and technical assistance for the construction [...]
  • Turkish Stopgap Options For Fighter Jets

    March 3, 2021 0
    It will likely be at least another decade until Turkey can field a fifth-generation warplane. Until then, its options for acquiring a stopgap fighter for its air force are extremely limited. Hellenic Air Force bought [...]
  • RAN, JMSDF, Royal Navy and US Navy Could Soon Face Chinese Type 055 Destroyer

    July 18, 2020 0
    According to some pictures released on the Chinese social media Weibo, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is preparing to deploy a new, heavily armed Type 055 destroyer intended to offer sea attack, air defenses [...]
  • Elbit Systems Awarded $82 Million Contract to Supply Protection Systems and Electro-Optical Sights to the Netherlands

    February 11, 2021 0
    Haifa, Israel (GDC) – Elbit Systems Ltd announced today that it was awarded an approximately $82 million contract from BAE Systems Hägglunds AB (“BAE Systems Hägglunds”) to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (“RNLA”) with Active Protection [...]
Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Indonesian Special Forces completes Operational Integration Test of ASELSAN SARP 12.7mm Remote Weapon Station.

December 26, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type 90B 122mm Rocket Artillery Exploded and Rolled Over Again.

December 25, 2025 0

Some design flaws and poor qualities can only be uncovered in actual combat. That’s what happened in the Thai-Cambodian War. Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm […]

Europe

Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.

December 25, 2025 0

Lithuania has signed a 252 million euro contract with KNDS France for a second batch of 30 CAESAR Mk II 155 mm wheeled howitzers, expanding a program first launched in 2022. The move strengthens long-range […]

Europe

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract to Produce PULS Rocket Artillery for Greece.

December 22, 2025 0

Elbit Systems said on Tuesday that Greece has taken a key step toward acquiring the Israeli company’s PULS rocket artillery system, after the Hellenic Parliament and the Government Council for National Security approved a dedicated […]

  • Americas

    General Dynamics Awarded Contract to Produce Next-Generation Battle Tank Design.

  • C4iSR

    Leonardo delivers new, more powerful AESA radar for British Typhoon fighter jets

  • Europe

    Ukraine killed 3,180 Russian airborne troops in Zaporizhia Oblast

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    UK’s Dragonfire Laser Directed Energy Weapon Started Trials

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Why India and China should be given secondary sanctions?

  • C4iSR

    Deconstructing Russian-made FCR and Search Radar of S-500, S-400 and S-300 SAM

  • Americas

    Analysis: Time Has Come For America To Revise ITAR Regulation

  • Americas

    Russia bans Ecuadorian ‘banana’ after Ecuador agrees to transfer Russian-made arms to Ukraine via the U.S.

  • Europe

    Russian Ammunition Depot In Belgorod Catches Fire

  • South Asia

    BJP Leader Warns India Not To Buy S-400: Subramanian Swamy

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian drones flew over Russia’s MoD building’s rooftop Pantsir-SM-SV that failed to shoot it down, another humiliation for Putin

  • Americas

    The U.S. Air Force to procure 80 Boeing F-15X

  • C4iSR

    Iran Unveils New Air Defense Systems

  • C4iSR

    Netherlands to Bolster NH90, Apache, Chinook Self-Protection Systems

  • Land Platform

    Russia to display T-90MS tank in Abu Dhabi despite heavy tank losses in Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Tarique Siddique, DGDP and Sheikh Hasina embezzled $76.4 million from the Bangladesh army’s black hawk helicopter contract.

  • Air Platform

    New Gripen E is now flying with a more trapezoid to carry four RBS-15 and more bombs

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Royal Thai Navy Parades Chinese-built FK-3 Surface-to-air Missile

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli Navy Test Fires Barak MX Anti-air Missiles

  • South Asia

    Jailed Bangladesh Army General Mujibur Rahman Accumulated $41 Million in Wealth From Extortion and Corruption, Purchased Two Apartments in New York: Reports

  • Air Platform

    Airbus CEO criticizes German Bundestag for export ban on Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia

  • C4iSR

    Xian developed two prototype KJ-600 AEW aircraft for PLA Navy

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan signed a contract with undisclosed country to sale JF-17 Block III.

  • Industry

    Ukrainian Defense Industry Capabilities

  • Middle East

    Turkish drone maker Baykar signs largest ever sales agreement with Saudi Arabia

  • Europe

    Russia lost its first Chinese-made all-terrain vehicles in Ukraine

  • Industry

    Belgium Defense Industry, Defense Export and Import

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia to Receive First Rafale Aircraft in 2026

  • Europe

    Saab’s MSHORAD System Successfully Demonstrated with Live Firing

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Aselsan posts over $1 billion in turnover in 9 months

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman unveiled a new concept for submarine-launched AARGM-ER anti-radiation missile

  • Defense Industry

    Iraq Plans To Buy Bayraktar TB2, T-129 And Koral EW From Turkey

  • Air Platform

    Brazil Started Serial Production of Gripen E Under Technology Transfer

  • Europe

    Ukraine Used Bayraktar TB2 Drone To Strike In Donbass

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic Plans To Buy 24 F-35A Stealth Jets

  • Europe

    Russian Troops Vandalized and Looted Kherson City as Troops Prepare to Leave Kherson

  • Europe

    U.S. quietly delivered ammunition and long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 has shot down Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet using AMRAAM missile

  • Americas

    USS Gerald R. Ford Completes Shock Tests

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Ukrainian startup develops lightweight drone-killer laser system.

  • Europe

    Iran Delivers First Batch of Body Armor And Helmets To Russia

  • Americas

    US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon Test Fires Harpoon Missiles

  • Americas

    US Army Selected Northrop Short Range Air Defense System Selected as Command and Control systems

  • Air Platform

    Israel to Ask U.S. for Arms to Offset UAE F-35 Sale: Report

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia funds additional $399 million for the development of MQ-28A Ghost Bat

  • Americas

    US Navy to commission Super Hornet Block III into service

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine To Nationalize Jet Engine Producer Motor Sich From Chinese Skyrizon

  • Infantry Weapons

    Elbit Systems ATMOS Self Propelled Howitzer

  • Air Platform

    Sweden’s proposal on the Gripen sale to Thailand included significant technology transfer

  • Air Platform

    RAAF’s F-35 Will Start Diversion Training Over Canberra

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