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  • [ March 31, 2026 ] South Korea delivers the third Cheongung-II (M-SAM) battery to the United Arab Emirates. Anti-air Missiles
  • [ March 31, 2026 ] U.S. approves F-35 stealth jets for Saudi Arabia; the UAE, Morocco, and Indonesia are next in line to get F-35. Air Platform
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VARD Marine Awarded Contract To Design LCT For Bangladesh Navy

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  • US Senate Confirms First African-American Air Force Chief

    June 10, 2020 0
    The vote was a rare moment of unanimity in a deeply divided Senate, where lawmakers in both parties spent the day struggling to craft a response to the civic unrest that General Brown addressed. Mr. [...]
  • Ukrainian kamikaze drone hits second time on upper floor of the same skyscraper it hit last week

    August 1, 2023 0
    A Moscow skyscraper hit by a drone attack last week has seen a second drone smash into an upper floor, according to Russian authorities. Pantsir Failed Again: Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Moscow Building Four Kilometers [...]
  • Japan’s Defense Ministry Asks 8.3% budget increase

    October 1, 2020 0
    Japan’s Defense Ministry is asking for a 8.3% budget increase in 2020, its largest rise in more than two decades, in the face of China’s rapid military modernization and a looming threat from North Korea. [...]
  • U.S. air force tests AI-enabled VISTA X-62A aircraft based on F-16

    April 2, 2023 0
    Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. announced on Monday that the VISTA X-62A recently completed a series of flight tests, where the aircraft was flown entirely by Artificial Intelligence (AI) for incredible 17-plus  hours. [...]
  • 40 RNAF’s F-16 fighter jets could allow Ukraine to retake Crimea faster than anticipated

    January 30, 2023 0
    The decision by Germany, the United States, and others to send main battle tanks to Ukraine has gone further than many thought realistic just months ago. Netherlands to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets as soon [...]
  • Slovenia Donates Soviet-era M-84 Tanks to Ukraine.

    August 28, 2025 0
    According to information published by the German News agency DPA, Slovenia donated M-84 main battle tanks (MBTs) to Ukraine and in exchange Germany could deliver Leopard Main Battle Tank (MBT) or Marder tracked armored IFV [...]
Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Test Fires KN-25 600MM Multiple Rocket Launch System.

March 24, 2026 0

North Korea confirmed that twelve KN-25 600mm multiple rocket launch systems were used during its latest military test drill. The exercise highlights Pyongyang’s continued efforts to expand long-range precision-strike capabilities within its rocket artillery forces. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Cyber breach at China’s National Supercomputer Centre shows brainless Chinese engineer copying the physical appearance of the HIMARS rocket artillery.  

March 20, 2026 0

The National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin appeared to have suffered a massive data leak of 10 Petabytes of internal data, including classified information. About two months ago, we saw a sales announcement on a dark […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea lifts martial law order after parliament voted to defy president

  • Europe

    Turkish HISAR O+ Missile Successfully Completes Test Firing

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UK becomes first country delivering long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    MBDA awarded contract to produce Enforcer Shoulder-launched missiles

  • Air Platform

    Super Hornet Block II can carry Stormbreaker glide bomb

  • Central Asia

    Israeli Elbit Systems awarded contract to produce 300km range PULS artillery rocket for Azerbaijan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Ukraine could be the proxy war between North and South Korea

  • Air Platform

    The Chinese J-20 fighter flew with a domestic engine

  • Africa

    China More Assertive As It Plans To Build Second Naval Base In West Africa

  • Americas

    The U.S. Developing New Microwaves Weapons

  • Europe

    UK To Retire Eurofighter Typhoon, Puma Helo And C-130J Aircraft

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon awarded a contract to upgrade AMRAAM’s software

  • Europe

    Denmark Delivers Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles To Ukraine, Game Over For Russian Navy

  • Europe

    Ever Declining Sales Order & Reputation of Russia’s MiG

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    F-35 Launched Stormbreaker Small Diameter Bombs

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesian Navy Loses Contact With Submarine Near Bali

  • Americas

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

  • Americas

    Ties with Russia not an alternative to US or NATO, says Ankara

  • Air Platform

    India postponed order of another batch of Rafale due to COVID-19

  • Europe

    Saab send Gripen E and GlobalEye to Finland for a lucrative £10 billion Contract

  • Land Platform

    China’s Norinco delivers first batch of VT5 light tanks to Bangladesh

  • Anti-air Missiles

    The trouble with Russia’s S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missiles in the Ukraine war

  • South Asia

    In a hypothetical war between Bangladesh and Myanmar, who could win?

  • Air Platform

    Iraq Ditches Russia’s Su-35, Opt-in For 14 Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force activate first overseas F-35A squadron in England

  • Air Platform

    Philippines Started Negotiating With Sweden To Purchase Gripen Fighter Jets

  • South Asia

    Tarique Siddique, DGDP and Sheikh Hasina embezzled $53 million from the Bangladesh army’s TATA MRAPs contract.

  • Europe

    British Army Tests Lighter Javelin Missile Launch System at Record Range of 4km

  • South Asia

    Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan was misinformed about F-7, poorly trained pilot was to blame for the F-7 crash

  • Air Platform

    Bayraktar Kizilelma UCAV Enters Serial Production

  • Air Platform

    FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance System

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Israeli To Develop Ground-based Laser Beam

  • Americas

    Saab Awarded A Contract For US Navy’s LCS Sensors Suite

  • Middle East

    Syria war: What did Russia accomplish?

  • Europe

    Explosion Rocked At Russian Military’s Airbase In Belarus

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s drone strikes destroyed two of Putin’s oil refineries, reducing 8.8 million tons of refining capacity.

  • Middle East

    Iran Converted ISO Containers Into Drone Launching Platforms For Houthis, South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries Supplied 2000 Containers To Iran

  • Infantry Weapons

    Hanwha Awarded K9 Howitzer Contract For Egyptian Army

  • Air Platform

    Hungary, Sweden Sign Gripen Fighter Jets Deal Before NATO Membership Vote

  • Infantry Weapons

    India fields Swedish-made Carl-Gustaf M4 launcher ditching locally-made Nag Mk-2 ATGM

  • Americas

    President Trump hosts Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for an unprecedented White House lunch, a transaction for 80 F-16V and 400 missiles

  • South Asia

    Indian Prime Minister Modi under fire for bear-hugging ‘children killer’ Putin during Moscow summit

  • Europe

    Russian Army’s warfighting capability more degraded than reported in media

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Major F-35 Contracts Worth $15.5 Billion

  • Americas

    Oshkosh awarded $152 million contracts for JLTVs for NATO allies

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia’s Kh-101 cruise missile crashes mid-air due to propulsion malfunction

  • Air Platform

    Trump Administration Approves $6 Billion Arms Sale to Israel.

  • C4iSR

    Hensoldt and Dronamics will develop unmanned airborne intelligence, Surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance solution.

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad Cancels South Africa Trip Fearing Arrest Warrant From ICC

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian pilots who are trained in F-16 say American F-16 technologically superior than Sukhoi and Mikoyan built jets

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