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  • [ June 4, 2026 ] Ukraine’s long-range attack drones destroyed three of Russia’s corvettes stationed in Kronstadt. Europe
  • [ June 4, 2026 ] U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems. Americas
  • [ June 4, 2026 ] Armenia armed its Su-30 fighters with Iranian glide bombs amid reduced CSTO cooperation. Air Platform
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China More Assertive As It Plans To Build Second Naval Base In West Africa

December 25, 2021 GDC 0

Beijing is lobbying the government of Equatorial Guinea to build a “permanent military presence” in the small country, reports The Wall Street Journal. If it goes ahead, the installation would give China its first naval base […]

Africa

Turkish ASFAT Awarded Contract To Supply MEMATT Minesweeper For West Africa

August 4, 2021 GDC 0

Turkish state-owned defense firm ASFAT will export its minesweeping equipment to Burkina Faso, following the vehicles’ sale to Azerbaijan where it is being used to clean its lands of mines left by occupying Armenian forces. […]

  • Australia to Send $33 Million Additional Funds for Ukrainian Defense Against Russia

    February 23, 2024 0
    The Australian government has pledged additional military aid to support Ukraine ahead of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Australia sends 20 more armored vehicles to UkraineDateJuly 6, 2022Australia announces new $100 million military aid [...]
  • The Grand Ambition of Turkish Defense Industries

    May 6, 2020 0
    The fast expansion of Turkey’s defense industry in recent years might be becoming harder to sustain as newly released data show the sector is struggling to reduce its heavy reliance on foreign inputs and expand [...]
  • Bangladesh’s PM Tarique Rahman Reshuffles High-Ranking Army Positions to Dismantle Indian RAW Influence Inside the Bangladesh Army.

    February 27, 2026 0
    There have been major reshuffles in several important high-ranking posts of the Bangladesh Army to dismantle the Indian RAW influence inside the Army. The changes have been made to the top positions at the Army [...]
  • Maritime Aggression: Chinese Carrier Group Conducts Naval Exercise In Taiwan Straits

    April 6, 2021 0
    A Chinese carrier group is exercising near Taiwan and such drills will become regular, China’s navy said late on Monday in a further escalation of tensions near the island that Beijing claims as its sovereign [...]
  • Israeli Sa’ar-class corvettes conduct exercises with US Navy in Red Sea

    August 3, 2022 0
    Naval forces from Israel and the United States began a four-day maritime exercise in the Red Sea on 1 August. Israel Adopts Sa’ar 6 As Maritime Anti-ship DoctrineDateJuly 10, 2021Thyssenkrupp Delivers Last Two Corvettes To [...]
  • Ukraine Captured Russian BRM-1K Reconnaissance Vehicles

    December 16, 2022 0
    According to a video published on the Social Network Telegram on December 9, 2022, Ukrainian soldiers captured a BRM-1K Model 2021, the Russian reconnaissance tracked armored vehicle in service with the Russian army. Ukrainian forces [...]
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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Europe

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 […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

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  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Says Indonesia Still In KFX Programme Despite Rafale And F-15EX Procurement

  • Europe

    Europe’s Next-Gen Battle Tank Project Moves Into Design Phase.

  • Naval Platforms

    JL-3 Missile: The Chinese Military Becomes Nuclear Triad

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Asalsan Named Among the Top 50 Defense Company in the World

  • Uncategorized

    Slovakia Pledged To Transfer 11 MiG-29 Fighter Jets To Ukraine

  • Americas

    BAE Systems awarded $478 million contract to support US Navy’s strategic programs

  • South Asia

    60,000 Rohingya Refugees Entered in Bangladesh in Last Two Months As Inept Bangladesh Army Watches

  • Africa

    Morocco To Buy Sensors From Canada For Its Turkish Drone

  • Europe

    Babcock Started Construction Of Second Type 31 Frigate

  • Air Platform

    Turkey orders additional 57 locally-made T626 Gökbey transport helicopters

  • Air Platform

    U.S. air force tests AI-enabled VISTA X-62A aircraft based on F-16

  • Industry

    Taiwanese Company Joins MIM-104F (PAC3) Supply Chain

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. to Sale Bunker Busting GBU-57 Bombs to Israel

  • Air Platform

    Russia cannot repair and maintain 368 Antonov-manufactured aircraft due to the Ukraine war.

  • Naval Weapons

    Eurotorp MU 90 Impact Torpedo

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia To Indeginously Develop Submarines

  • Air Platform

    Belgium Request To Join Franco-German FCAS Sixth-Gen Fighter Jets Project

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia to Invest $4.3 Billion Shipbuilding Capacity in Henderson Shipyard

  • Air Platform

    Colombia purchases undisclosed number of Gripen E, Peru next in line to purchase Gripen

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US Air Force’s F-35A Drops Two GBU-54 Bombs in First Dual Release Test

  • Naval Weapons

    The Kalibr Cruise Missile

  • Europe

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

  • Land Platform

    Israel, US sign $3.1B deal for transport helicopters, refueling planes

  • Air Platform

    Covid-19 Impacted Delivery Of Kuwaiti Super Hornet

  • Europe

    Heavy fighting continued in Russia’s Belgorod region as Ukrainian forces attempted breakthrough

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems Negotiating With Taiwan To Sale M109A7 Paladin Howitzer

  • Air Platform

    A Pakistani JF-17 fighter jet crashed in Jalalabad suffered fuel pump failure in mid-flight.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US Navy’s Super Hornet adopts StormBreaker Smart Weapons

  • Americas

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

  • Americas

    The US Navy Commissioned It’s Last Virginia-class Block III Submarine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UK to invest $1.3 billion to develop hypersonic weapons

  • Air Platform

    Philippines to receive two T-129 attack helicopters in September

  • Europe

    German-Norwegian Type 212CD submarine programme achieves Critical Design Review milestone

  • Europe

    Russian saboteurs targeting Russian oil refinery to stop Putin’s war in Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s helicopter crash-landed in Rangamati: Report

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany purchases 173 SM‑6 and 577 SM‑2 missiles from the U.S.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Denmark Orders SAMP/T NG Air Defense Missile Systems to Counter Ballistic Threats.

  • C4iSR

    Mitsubishi Electric Landed First Australian Contract To Produce Laser Surveillance For RAAF

  • Europe

    France delivers 1,000 infantry reconnaissance drones to Army.

  • Middle East

    Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard deputy commander General Abbas Nilforoushan killed in Israeli air strikes in Beirut

  • Americas

    Boeing’s Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) Device That Kept the Downed F-15E Navigator Alive.

  • Europe

    Putin ordered his army to prepare for war with the Baltic states

  • Europe

    Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Encircles Crimea with SIGINT Kit

  • Defense Industry

    France Replaces China As The Third Largest Arms Exporter

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian Patriot missile shot down Russian Air Force’s A-50 Early Warning Aircraft

  • Americas

    L3Harris, Elbit Systems Awarded $92 Million Contract For Aviator Imaging Technology

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Taiwan unveils ‘T-Dome’ missile shield modelled on Israel’s Iron Dome.

  • Europe

    Iran Sent Military Trainer To Train Russian Military Officers

  • Americas

    US Army unveils next-gen Bradley fighting vehicle

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Unveils French Army’s NH90 Caïman Special Operations Helicopter Prototype

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