From FARA to Air Defence: MSI Adapts XM915 for C-UAS/RAM
MSI Defence has unveiled the LW20G short-range air defence system utilising General Dynamics’ XM915 compact 20x102 mm Gatling gun at DSEI UK 2025 exhibition.
C-RAM News
Land
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Weapon / Missile
KORKUT 141/35 SPAAG for UAE Performs Firing Tests
ASELSAN stated that KORKUT 141/35 SPAAG mounted on Calidus 8x8 Wahash armoured vehicle performed its firing tests alongside the command/radar vehicles in 2024.
Land
Expo and Air Show
IDEX 2025: KORKUT Integration on Wahash 8x8 AFV
UAE-based Calidus displayed the Wahash 8x8 armoured fighting vehicle with ASELSAN’s KORKUT 35 mm air defence system in the IDEX 2025 exhibition.
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
ASELSAN Develops C-RAM Capability for KORKUT SPAAG
In its 2023 Activity Report, ASELSAN has revealed that it is working on C-RAM capability for KORKUT 35 mm SPAAG.
Sensors
ASELSAN’s SURALP Weapon Locating Radar Spotted on Duty
ASELSAN's SURALP (STR) Weapon Locating Radar was spotted during Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Land Forces Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu’s visit to Şırnak.
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
IAI Presented the Multi-Sensor System Green Lotus
IAI has unveiled its latest multi-mission, multi-sensor tactical system: GREEN LOTUS (ELI-2139) to provide counter-rocket, artillery and mortar defence.
Air
Weapon / Missile
The US left Kabul Airport as the last stop in Afghanistan
The US ended its presence in Afghanistan after 20 years of ruling the country as it left the Kabul International airport as last stop.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
