Fears are growing as protests in Myanmar (also known as Burma) continue to grow following the seizing of power by the country’s powerful military on 1 February. Demonstrators are staging… Continue reading "Tensions in Myanmar Build as Protestors Gather in Streets and Fighting in East Leads to Thousands of Refugees Fleeing Military Offensives"
Northrop Grumman and UK-based Ultra Group have been conducting trials to test the possibility of adding an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability to Northrop’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. The experiment… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman Aim to Add Anti-Submarine Capability to their MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV"
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced that they are, for the first time, slated to officially attend the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). IAI will have… Continue reading "For First Time Ever Israel Aerospace is Displaying at UAE’s IDEX Arms Fair"
Elbit Systems new HattoriX fire support system has recently completed a series of demonstrations for eight Western European countries. Operational with the Israeli Defense Force since 2019, HattoriX is a… Continue reading "HattoriX Next Generation Target Acquisition System Demonstrated to Multiple European Militaries"
Fighting has once again erupted in eastern Myanmar (also known as Burma) close to the Thai border between the army (locally called the ‘Tatmadaw’) and the Karen ethnic minority. The… Continue reading "BREAKING: Thousands of Refugees Fleeing Army Offensive in Myanmar"
The Indian Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted the first launch of its next generation Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system; the Akash-NG. The test firing occurred at the… Continue reading "India Conducts Successful Tests of Akash-NG Surface to Air Missile"
Elbit Systems UK Ltd. has been awarded a £100 million ($137 million) contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to provide the British Armed Forces with their future target acquisition… Continue reading "Elbit Win £100 Million Contract to Supply Target Acquisition System to British Armed Forces"
Sikorsky (now a division of Lockheed Martin) and Boeing have revealed details on their entry for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition. The new aircraft, named Defiant-X,… Continue reading "Sikorsky/Boeing Reveal Proposed Blackhawk Replacement – the Defiant X"
In what has been described as “a sophisticated attack” pirates operating in the Gulf of Guinea assaulted a container ship on Saturday January 23. The attack saw the death of… Continue reading "Crewman Killed and 15 Kidnapped as Pirates off Nigeria Step up Violence"
Myanmar (also known as Burma) has ordered Pantsir S-1 combined gun/missile anti-aircraft systems and Orlan-10E UAVs from Russia. The deal was agreed during a visit by Russia’s Minister of Defense,… Continue reading "Myanmar Orders Pantsir Anti-Air Weapons and Orlan UAVs from Russia"