Turkish MoD R&D Shows HAYALET 2000 lb Bunker Buster Bombs
Turkish MoD’s R&D department unveiled the NEB-1 and NEB-2 HAYALET 2000 lb steel penetrator type bunker buster bombs during the IDEF25 defence exhibition.
Ammunition News
IDEF25: Towed Version KORKUT 25 C-UAS System Breaks Cover
ASELSAN displayed the KORKUT 130/25 SB towed C-UAS system and renewed KORKUT 120/25 SB using 25 mm airburst at its outdoor booth during the IDEF25 exhibition.
IDEF25: TEBER Guidance Kit for All Sizes of Mk-80 GPBs
ROKETSAN is displaying TEBER-83 and TEBER-84 as the latest additions to the family of laser+GNSS guidance kits for general-purpose bombs at the IDEF25 fair.
ROKETSAN Shares Multi-Purpose Munition Before IDEF25
Before the IDEF25 defence exhibition, ROKETSAN gave a peek into a rather unique looking munition described as being multi-purpose and having high speed.
US Unveils Record $961.6B Defence Budget for FY2026
In its FY2026 plan to oppose China's strategic posture, the Pentagon puts hypersonic missile defence, long-range deterrence, and air dominatio priorities.
US Sells Munitions Guidance Kits and Munitions to Israel
US State Department announced that it decided to sell Munitions Guidance Kits and Munitions Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $510 million.
Asisguard’s Songar UAV Gains Triple Mortar Dropper
Songar armed UAV of Asisguard has been integrated and fire-tested with MKE’s triple mortar round apparatus for 81 mm rounds to allow multiple engagements.
Kalashnikov Launches AK-308M Battle Rifle for Export
Kalashnikov unveiled the AK-308M battle rifle chambered in 7.62x51 ammunition, featuring improvements identical to those on the AK-12M1 service rifle.
President Trump: U.S. Strike Obliterated Iran’s Nuclear Sites
B-2 bombers and submarine-launched missiles targeted Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan in a strike U.S. President Trump hailed as a “spectacular military success.”
French Navy and Army Order 40 mm CT Airburst Ammunition
KNDS Group has been awarded a contract for 25000 40 mm cased telescopic ammunition (CTA) for the RAPIDFire weapon systems and Jaguar 6x6 RECCE vehicles.
STM Scores Second Export Success with Armour-Piercing Kargu
STM expands international sales of its combat-proven rotary-wing loitering munition Kargu for the second time, with its enhanced anti-armour capability.
CATIC Reveals Independent Pylon/Fire Control System
CATIC has unveiled its aircraft-independent weapons pylon with onboard navigation system and fire control system for quick integration of Chinese munitions.
ASELSAN Reveals TOLUN F SDB with Alternative Warhead
ASELSAN announced the new member of the TOLUN small-diameter bomb family as TOLUN F, which is fitted with a fragmentation warhead instead of penetrating.
Assan Group Expands Global Reach with Dynaflow Acquisition
Assan Group has acquired South African defence firm Dynaflow Technologies, gaining access to fuze technologies and expanding its international presence.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO shifts focus from spending targets to deployable capability - Alliance planning is increasingly centred on translating higher defence budgets into deployable forc...
- 09:00 US expands AI-enabled command and control programmes - The US Department of Defense continues accelerating AI-assisted command-and-control initiatives desi...
- 09:00 Europe accelerates missile and ammunition manufacturing - European governments are increasing investment in missile and ammunition production lines to strengt...
- 09:00 China strengthens integrated maritime reconnaissance network - China is expanding integration between satellites, unmanned aircraft, maritime patrol assets and coa...
- 09:00 Japan expands resilient logistics for island defence - Japan is investing in dispersed logistics hubs, hardened storage facilities and rapid reinforcement...
- 09:00 Counter-drone systems evolve toward layered low-cost defence - Military organisations are increasingly combining electronic warfare, interceptor drones, guns and a...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain strategic infrastructure role - Navies are expanding deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeas...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding radar and satellite-based sensor networks designed to maintain c...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly deploying larger constellations of smaller satellites to improve redun...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a strategic procurement metric - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, delivery speed and secure supply...
