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Chinese UAVs encircle Taiwan
Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have encircled Taiwan twice in a one-week period.Full story -
Update: Indra delivers deployable air traffic management systems to RAAF
Spanish technology company Indra delivered three deployable air traffic management systems to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) under the Australian Department of...Full story -
US progresses surplus Viper, Venom helicopters for Czech Republic
The US government has progressed the Czech Republic's plan to acquire surplus Bell H-1 helicopters, approving the refurbishment and modernisation of mothballed airframes...Full story -
IMDEX 2023: Singapore to replace corvettes with frigate-sized ships under MRCV programme
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) will soon be equipped with a new class of frigate-sized combatants under a plan to replace the service's six Victory-class corvettes...Full story -
Iraq increasing airborne ISR capacity
The Iraqi military has significantly increased the number of hours its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft are flying, according to the latest...Full story -
UK orders Giraffe radars from Saab
The British Armed Forces will be equipped with new Saab Giraffe 1X radars.Full story -
Turkey debuts prototype TB3 UAV
A prototype of the Baykar Bayraktar TB3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to be used onboard the amphibious docked landing ship TCG Anadolu was displayed to the public for...Full story -
Nigerian Air Force commissions Super Tucano base infrastructure
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) announced on 28 April that it had commissioned the operations support facility for its new A-29 Super Tucano aircraft at NAF Base Kainji.Full story -
Interview: Mervyn Tan, Chief Executive, Defence Science and Technology Agency
With a total land areaof 730 km2, Singapore is the smallest country in South East Asia. However, its military might betray its size as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)...Full story -
Brazilian Air Force details modernisation plans
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) is in an advanced stage of negotiations with Sweden's Saab to acquire four or more new F-39E Gripen fighter jets, the service's President...Full story -
Poland orders iLaunchers and CAMM missiles
The Polish Armament Agency (AA) and MBDA have announced that they have signed a contract for 44 iLaunchers and hundreds of Common Anti-Air Modular Missiles (CAMMs) for...Full story -
GA-ASI secures contract to supply four MQ-9B SeaGuardians to Taiwan
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has secured a contract to provide four MQ-9B SeaGuardian medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles...Full story -
RAAF supports standing up of Triton capability on Guam
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is to receive forward operating base (FOB) equipment for its on-order Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton fleet at the end of 2023. As it...Full story -
Singapore selects Colt's IAR as new section automatic weapon
The Singapore Army has selected American firearms manufacturer Colt's Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940 (IAR6940) as the new section automatic weapon (SAW) to replace...Full story -
PLA's 80th Group Army receives armoured vehicles
Northern Theatre Command (NTC) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has inducted several ground force components including ZBL-09 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs),...Full story -
UK to field APKWS II guided rockets, likely on Apache attack helo
The United Kingdom is set to acquire the BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II laser-guided rocket, likely to equip the British Army Air Corps'...Full story -
US Navy to deploy Arctic navigation, communication, and environmental sensing
The US Navy (USN) will deploy a new Arctic navigation, communication, and environmental sensing system later in 2023, according to Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of naval...Full story -
L3Harris eyes USD1 billion in divestitures
L3Harris Technologies expects to raise about USD1 billion by divesting two or three non-core businesses, according to the head of the US defence contractor.Full story -
US Army awards nearly USD5 billion GMLRS contract
Lockheed Martin won a contract to build Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) for the US Army, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 27 April.Full story -
Thales seizes control of satellite in cyber-security exercise
Thales was able to gain access to and directly control the European Space Agency's (ESA's) OPS-SAT nanosatellite during the Cysat cyber-security exercise held in Paris...Full story