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Russian Su-30SM fighter jet crashes in Syria
Russian Su-30SM fighter jet crashed off the coast of Syria’s Latakia. Two pilots have died after fighter crashed, the Russian Defence Ministry has said.
On Thursday...
Egyptian troops mobilizing on the Gaza border
The Egypt Defense Portal and Abu Ali Blog have distributed photos showing the accumulation and movement of Egyptian manpower and military equipment on the Gaza border.
The...
Israeli arms sales increased dramatically
Military exports by Israel increased by 40 percent in 2017, bringing in $9.2 billion in contracts, the International Defense Cooperation Directorate at the Defense...
C-130 military aircraft crashes In Georgia
A C-130 military aircraft crashed near the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the Port Wentworth Fire Department said a...
Ukraine receives batch of Javelin anti-tank missiles from the United States
The Ukrainian military received the delivery of Javelin man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles.
The US Department of State has confirmed delivery of Javelin anti-tank missile systems to...
SIPRI: Russia’s military spending fell for the first time since 1998
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that while global military spending rose by 1 percent to $1.74 trillion, Russia's spending fell 20...
Georgia reveals first Javelin anti-tank missile systems
The Georgian Armed Forces have unveiled the first its newly delivered Javelin anti-tank missile systems.
On April 30, 2018, within the framework of the celebration of the 27th...
New Ukrainian transport aircraft become sensation in Turkey
Turkey’s Antalya has hosted the largest regional aviation event the Eurasia Airshow. The Eurasia Airshow, which opened April 25 and closes April 28, attracted commercial...
Germany to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE and Turkey
Social-democratic opposition party Die Linke in Germany parliament urge to arms embargo over Yemen campaign to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates...
NIMR offers it’s highly mobile protected vehicles to Baltic forces
UAE-based armoured vehicle manufacturer NIMRÂ Automotive has demonstrated its Ajban 440AÂ highly mobile protected vehicle in Lithuania fitted with a Kongsberg Protector RWS and Metravib PILAR...
Indian maritime patrol aircraft makes emergency landing in Russia
An Indian Naval Il-38SD maritime patrol aircraft made an emergency hard landing due to nose landing gear malfunction (failed to release)Â at the Zhukovsky airport...
US approves AH-1Z attack helicopter sale to Bahrain
27 April, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced that the US government has approved the sale of twelve AH-1Z attack helicopters to Bahrain for...
Germany and France plans to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen and her French counterpart Florence Parly have appeared at an air show in Berlin to present a...
European companies co-developing new UAV for flight in non-segregated airspace
The first full scale model of the European Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft (MALE RPAS) was unveiled during a ceremony held at the 2018 ILA Berlin Air...
AERO Vodochody, Israel Aerospace Industries sign partnership agreements
The biggest Czech aircraft manufacturer, AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s., and world leader in defense systems technologies, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., signed a partnership agreement...
US concerned about Chinese and Russian long-range precision weapons capabilities
 Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant has expressed concern over the Chinese and Russian military’s growing capabilities.
During Senate hearing Robert Neller said that the development...
Germans show support during largest tactical convoy on German roads
Ralf Rosenecker said he was on his way to a model-building convention when he drove past a convoy of tanks on a German highway...
Russia deploys advanced short-range air defence missile systems in Syria
During a visit of Russian Youtube bloggers at an airbase in Latakia were spotted new Tor-M2 fully-automated surface-to-air missile systems manufactured by Almaz-Antey’s Izhevsk Electromechanical...