North Korea has test-fired a ‘new' hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on 7 January.

Leonardo UK is set to fly a prototype 3 tonne-class rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system (RWUAS) for the UK Royal Navy (RN) in mid-2025, the company confirmed on 7...

The Department of Defense (DoD) published its second investment strategy for the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on 2 January. The OSC was established in December 2022...

France has received the first of a follow-on batch of Airbus H225M Caracal medium-lift helicopters it ordered in 2021.

Established to help speed up innovation and procurement, NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) has, like so much of the defence sector,...

Japan's Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded a contract to acquire new Boeing (Kawasaki) CH-47J/JA helicopters. The new helicopters are...

The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) tested emerging and next-generation electromagnetic (EM) concepts as part of a trial called Spectral Prophet,...

The Netherlands has ordered equipment to replenish a Patriot air and missile defence system donated to Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Raytheon...

Umbra synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery acquired at 2206L on 14 December 2024 shows 26 probable DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)...

Blue Origin launched its first orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, into space for the first time on 16 January. The New Glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force...

Hall & Watts Defence Optics in partnership with ARIS (Applicazioni Rielaborazioni Impianti Speciali) was selected by the Italian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply up...

Lockheed Martin confirmed it had reached AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar milestones for programmes in Japan and Spain on 15 January during the Surface Navy Association (SNA) National...

Brazilian defence firm SIATT – Engenharia, Indústria e Comércio aims to become a key player in the global missile market, the company's CEO, Rogério Salvador, told Janes...

The Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems' AN/SPY-7(V)2 solid-state S-band radar being developed for the Spanish Navy's new F-110 Bonifaz-class frigates has...

The Italian Army has selected the Skynex short- and very-short-range air-defence system from Rheinmetall, the company announced in a press release on 15 January.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) announced the completion of two of its long-running projects on 15 and 16 January, when it commissioned the intelligence ship...

Lockheed Martin has delivered a radar for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's (JMSDF's) future Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEVs).

Royal Norwegian Air Force (RoNAF) Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets based in Poland were scrambled as part of a wider response to a...

South Korea's domestically developed Marine Attack Helicopter (MAH) completed its first flight test in December 2024, the country's Defense Acquisition Program...

Norwegian company Nammo has signed a contract to deliver its 25 mm Armour Piercing Explosive (APEX) round to Australia, the company announced in a recent press release.