Astra Mk 2

Astra vs PL-15: India’s Astra BVRAAM Enters 240 km Class; But Did Downed Chinese PL-15 Quietly Accelerate Leap?

India’s announcement in early 2026 that its indigenous Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) family has undergone a dramatic expansion in engagement envelope has sent ripples across South Asia’s tightly contested aerial warfare landscape. Coming less than a year after a...
Iranian Shahed-139 Drone

US Navy Shoots Down Iranian Drone Near USS Abraham Lincoln as Maritime Standoff With Tehran Enters More Dangerous Phase

The U.S. Navy has shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 unmanned aerial vehicle as it approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), an incident that underscores a calibrated yet unmistakable escalation in the evolving maritime confrontation between Washington and Tehran....
F-15EX Eagle II jets

Boeing Ends Indonesia F-15EX Fighter Deal, Forcing Jakarta to Rethink Its High-End Airpower Strategy in Contested Indo-Pacific

Boeing’s decision to formally terminate its pursuit of selling the F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet to Indonesia marks a defining inflection point in Jakarta’s long-term airpower modernisation trajectory. What was once envisioned as a cornerstone programme to elevate the Indonesian...
ROKAF F-15K

Boeing Secures $2.8 Billion Contract to Transform South Korea’s F-15K Slam Eagles into Near-F-15EX Standard Warplanes

Boeing has been awarded a major contract to lead the long-awaited upgrade of the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (ROKAF) F-15K Slam Eagle fleet, marking a significant step in Seoul’s effort to modernize its air combat capabilities amid a rapidly...
mfc sniper ntp

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Networked Sniper NTP, Linking Multi-Aircraft and Ground Stations in Real Time

Lockheed Martin has completed a multi-aircraft flight demonstration of its new Sniper Networked Targeting Pod (NTP), validating a capability that allows real-time exchange of targeting data between multiple aircraft and ground stations. The company disclosed the milestone in a statement...
Rosoboronexport to Showcase Combat-Proven Russian Weapons at World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh

Rosoboronexport to Showcase Combat-Proven Russian Weapons at World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh

JSC Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms export agency and a key subsidiary of the Rostec State Corporation, is preparing to present a broad array of next-generation and combat-tested defence technologies at the World Defense Show (WDS) 2026, scheduled to take place...
Altay Main Battle Tanks

Turkey Advances Armoured Autonomy with 2026 Delivery of 11 Altay Main Battle Tanks as Indigenous Production Scales Up

Turkey is set to deliver 11 ALTAY Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) to its Land Forces in 2026, a milestone that marks a decisive turning phase in Ankara’s decades-long effort to reduce strategic vulnerabilities arising from reliance on foreign defence suppliers....
F-16V Block 70

Peru Abandoned Gripen for F-16 Block 70 as Political Collapse, Impeachment Fallout, and US Strategic Pressure Reshaped Its Fighter Choice

Peru’s decision to abandon the Saab Gripen E in favour of the Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 represents one of the most consequential fighter procurement reversals in modern Latin American defence history. What began as a technically grounded, cost-conscious modernisation...
Su-57

India Can Breathe Easy: S-400, Su-57 Acquisition Plans Secured; Russia Counters China with Full-Cycle Domestic Microwave Chip Production

The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Denis Pasler, has announced a significant milestone in Russia’s defense technology capabilities: the design and construction of the country’s first factory capable of serial production of microwave microchips across the full technological cycle. According to...
US Navy AIM-174B air-launched missile

US Navy’s AIM-174B Emerges as Counter to China’s PL-15 and PL-17 in Expanding US–China Long-Range Air Battle Over Indo-Pacific

The United States Navy’s public unveiling of the AIM-174B ultra–beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise marked a rare and deliberate disclosure of a capability normally kept shrouded in ambiguity. Far from a routine weapons...
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