Indonesian Navys KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata-331, fired a VL Mica missile during an exercise, state-owned PT PAL Indonesia confirmed today. The test firing was part of Level-III/L3 Combat Task Rehearsal (Glagaspur) exercise, which was held in the northern waters of Bali Island
The United States has committed to send three C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft and four patrol boats to the Philippine Air Force (PAF). "Any equipment/platform that can augment our cargo airlift fleet will be of great help in the transport of personnel and logistics for our focused military operations," PAF spokesperson Col
The Pentagon today announced a $217.6 million contract to General Atomics for the production of MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones for Taiwan
MBDA will provide missiles and launchers worth £1.9 billion to support Polands modernisation and manufacture 22 PILICA+ air defence batteries – making it the largest European short-range air defence acquisition programme in NATO
A delegation from Chinas NORINCO Group visited Argentina on April 26 to reportedly offer Type 15 battle tanks. This was reported by
South Koreas defense ministry said it plans to launch a drone operations command in the second half of this year. The ministry put up a public notice on the enactment of a decree to establish the drone operations command
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) revealed plans to build additional aircraft carriers for its Navy, while third such warship Fujian held propulsion tests. On April 23, China celebrated the 74th founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy
Argentine defense minister Jorge Taiana toured "Itaguaí Construcciones Navales (ICN)" shipyard in Brazils Rio de Janeiro, as it eyes submarines for the Navy. Together with the head of the Argentine Navy Admiral Julio Guardia and authorities from Argentine shipyard TANDANOR, Taiana learnt about the construction process of the "Scorpene" submarine, one of the models that Argentina is considering to recover its submarine capacity
The three-day 10th World Radio Detection and Ranging Expo (World Radar Expo) kicked off on April 13 in Beijing, where top Chinese defense firms displayed their solutions in countering air threats including drones and stealth aircraft. The Ukraine War has shown that drones have become one of the biggest threats in air defense because they are cheap, low-flying, slow and small
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force claims to have developed a new suicide drone that can detonate targets within a range of 450km. The head of the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the IRGC Ground Force, General Ali Kouhestani, told state-controlled