Year: 2025

China develops next-generation heavy-lift cargo plane

China’s aerospace industry is laying the groundwork for a new generation of strategic transport aircraft designed to expand the People’s…

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NATO Presses Greece to Transfer Mirage 2000 Combat Jets to Ukraine

NATO allies are increasing pressure on Greece to transfer part of its Mirage 2000-5 fighter fleet to Ukraine amid the Russian…

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Japan Trials Rheinmetall, Milrem Unmanned Ground Vehicles

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has begun trials of two European-produced unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to assess their potential across multiple…

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South Korea Develops ‘Giga-Class’ Steel for Future Warships, Uncrewed Vessels

South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean and steelmaker POSCO have agreed to jointly develop giga-class steel strong enough for next-generation naval vessels. Hanwha Ocean…

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FM slams disinformation campaign targeting Turkish defense industry

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan criticized on Saturday the disinformation campaign related to Türkiye’s fifth-generation fighter, Kaan, citing it as discrediting…

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Raytheon Delivers 500th ESSM Block 2 Missile to US

Raytheon has delivered the 500th Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 to the US Navy. ESSM Block 2 is a medium-range interceptor that protects…

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Pentagon unveils $151B SHIELD missile defense program

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has released its final solicitation for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program…

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Expert: China turns tanks into combat systems

At Defence Blog, we asked armored vehicle expert and lead analyst Serhiy Berezutskiy, an analyst at the Ukrainian Strategic Initiative Center,…

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Australian Army Welcomes First Apache Attack Helicopters

The Australian Army has received its first two Boeing AH-64E Apache combat helicopters at RAAF Base Townsville in Queensland. The aircraft were…

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Germany Accepts First P-8A Poseidon From Boeing

Germany has taken delivery of its first of eight P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to replace the navy’s aging P-3C…

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