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20 Chinese Tech Firms Are Backed By Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

June 25, 2020 GDC 0

Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies, China Mobile Communications Group and Hikvision Visual Technology face US sanctions after a finding by the Trump administration that they are owned or controlled by China’s military, Reuters reported. Defense […]

Turkish President Erdogan Submits Sweden’s NATO Bid To Parliament For Ratification

October 24, 2023 0

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday submitted a bill approving Sweden’s NATO membership bid to parliament for ratification, his office said, a move welcomed by Stockholm as it clears the way for it to join [...]
Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands together will donate 85 F-16 Fighting Falcon

March 7, 2024 0

Norway has become the third European nation after Denmark and the Netherlands to pledge to provide Ukraine with 24 F-16 fighter jets. “We are planning to donate Norwegian F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, and will [...]
Biden Administration Pauses Precision Guided Munitions Sale To Saudi Arabia

March 10, 2021 0

The Biden administration has paused indefinitely two precision guided munition sales to Saudi Arabia, worth as much as $760 million, as part of a new policy aimed at curtailing violence in Yemen, learned GDC citing [...]
German Air Force to upgrade Eurofighter Typhoon with new Captor-E AESA radar

June 19, 2020 0

Germany joined program with Spain that will see its newer Eurofighters equipped with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars. Today ??Bundestag approved procurement of 110 #Eurofighter #ESCAN radars for @team_luftwaffe. Decision secures capability growth of [...]
Ukraine’s $500 FPV drone destroyed Russia’s $4.3 million T-90MS main battle tank

September 12, 2023 0

Russia spent almost 10 years developing the modernised T-90MS tank. And Ukrainian FPV drones destroyed the combat vehicle in a few minutes. The Russian industry is trying to increase the pace of production of modernized [...]
KC-46A Pegasus Tankers Certified To Refuel 97% Joint Force’s Aircraft

June 15, 2022 0

In the last 12 months, the KC-46A Pegasus tanker demonstrated growing operational capacity at a swift pace, despite restrictions and deficiencies. The first KC-46A constructed for Japan recently refueled another KC-46ADateAugust 18, 2021Boeing awarded contract [...]

Canada to replace US-made M777 howitzers with new 155mm howitzers

March 24, 2025 0

The Indirect Fires Modernisation (IFM) program includes the planned acquisition of 80 to 98 self-propelled 155mm howitzers to replace the 33 US-made M777 towed systems currently in service. A request for information has been issued […]

Royal Marines selected the SIG SAUER MCX rifle for the commando force

March 17, 2025 0

The Royal Marines have confirmed the selection of the SIG SAUER MCX rifle as part of an ongoing effort to modernize their elite UK Commando Force. The MCX will be issued in both 300BLK and […]

Romania purchased South Korean K9 Howitzers Worth $715 million

March 12, 2025 0

Hyung-Kyu Kim reports in The Korea Economic Daily that a significant development in South Korea’s defense industry is underway as Hanwha Aerospace Co., a major player in aerospace and defense systems, is poised to secure […]

China Unveils Low-cost 155mm Wheeled Artillery System Copying German RCH 155 8×8 Howitzer

March 5, 2025 0

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Serbian Army Undergoing Training on New NORA B-52 Self-propelled Howitzers

February 26, 2025 0

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Northrop Grumman to produce Hydra-70 illuminating flares for US Army

February 18, 2025 0

Northrop Grumman has received a contract to produce illuminating flares for the US Army’s Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions’ (TAGM) unguided Hydra-70 Rocket programme. The five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract was awarded by General Dynamics […]