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Israeli IAI acquires HELA Systems to consolidate Indian market.

Deepak BoraJuly 19, 2023July 20, 2023

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft with ELTA Systems’ multi-mission airborne reconnaissance and surveillance system (MARS2 ELI-3150). Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) has acquired an Indian maintenance, repair and overhaul...

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US delivers first-ever DPICM cluster munitions to Ukraine.

EditorJuly 18, 2023July 18, 2023

Official News dated, July 7, 2023. The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced a $800 million security aid package for Ukraine, which includes dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) being...

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US Navy Contracts Boeing to Build Airborne Anti-Submarine Systems.

EditorJuly 18, 2023July 18, 2023

An artistic rendering of a High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability. Boeing Illustration. Boeing has received a $12-million production contract for the High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Weapon Capability...

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Israeli Navy conducts test launch of IAIs’ Gabriel 5 weapon system.

EditorJuly 18, 2023July 18, 2023

September 22, 2022. The Israeli Navy has test-launched Gabriel 5 anti-ship missile developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). As informed, the test launch was performed from Israeli Navy’s new...

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Babcock to Provide Operational Assistance for UK Armored Vehicles Sent to Ukraine.

ION correspondentJuly 18, 2023July 18, 2023

Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Volodymyr Havrylov and Babcock CEO David Lockwood shake hands on the agreement that will see Babcock provide operational support to Ukraine. Source: Babcock. Babcock has...

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US Army Guard Special Forces Practice Counterinsurgency in West Virginia.

ION correspondentJuly 18, 2023July 18, 2023

Members of multiple US special operations units and allied partners during counterinsurgency training in West Virginia. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jake SeaWolf/West Virginia National Guard. The US Army National Guard...

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Sweden partners with Thales for a special SMART-L long-range radar.

ION correspondentJuly 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Sweden has contracted Thales to deliver its SMART-L Multi-Mission Fixed (MM/F) long-range radar for integrated air and missile defense. A next-generation Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, the SMART-L...

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Nepali Gurkhas joining Russia’s Wagner Group amid lack of recruitment opportunities in Indian Army. Report.

Deepak BoraJuly 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Gurkha police officers patrol near the entrance of the Shangri-La Hotel, the venue for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s annual defense and security...

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US forces thwart apparent Iranian attack on tankers in Gulf of Oman.

Deepak BoraJuly 16, 2023July 16, 2023

Screenshot of video captured of an Iranian naval vessel firing multiple long bursts of rounds from small arms and crew-served weapons during an attempt to unlawfully seize the commercial...

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Australia claims contract deal to export 100 Boxer 8×8 vehicles to Germany.

EditorJuly 16, 2023July 16, 2023

An Australian Army Rheinmetall Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle on display during Exercise Chong Ju at Puckapunyal training area, Victoria, on 16 May 2018. The Australia government has agreed to...