The Bangladesh Ministry of Defence has issued tenders for the procurement of naval utility helicopters and amphibious vessels for the Bangladesh Navy (BN).

The Colombian shipyard Cotecmar is scheduled in January 2022 to start construction of a new Light River Support Patrol (PAF-L) for the Colombian Navy (Armada Nacional de...

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) conducted a home port shift from Mayport, Florida, and arrived on 13 December at its new home port at Naval...

US-based space company Rocket Lab has agreed to buy satellite solar cell manufacturer SolAero Holdings for USD80 million in cash, adding another piece to its...

The Philippines Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released funding to support the procurement of two new corvettes for the Philippine Navy (PN).

A UK parliamentary committee has warned that the Royal Navy (RN) will carry “significant risk” for the next decade because of delays to major procurements and the poor...

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is poised to host its first live-fire test of its Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) prototype that integrates key components of...

Counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) specialist Operational Solutions Ltd (OSL) has received an investment of GBP8 million (USD10.6 million) from Reading-based...

The Peruvian Congress recently approved a USD48.2 billion national budget for 2022, with USD1.83 billion allocated to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Nigerian company Proforce publicly unveiled its new Viper armoured vehicle for the first time on 6 December during the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Conference at...

Janes, the trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence is delighted to announce it is partnering with the T-Rex Facility, St. Louis MO to host its inaugural Janes Intara Data Integration Day on December 15, 2021. In the first event of its kind, invited participants from the geospatial community will gather at T-REX to test and develop with Janes foundational open-source defense intelligence.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on 11 December that 110 attack boats had been delivered to its naval wing in a ceremony attended by its...

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is to provide the Cessna C408 SkyCourier twin-turboprop to Foreign Military Sale (FMS) customers as part of a wider light transport...

US naval engine builder Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has expanded its offering by acquiring UK-based Welin Lambie Ltd, which designs and manufactures crane-like davits...

Since late October Janes has identified a significant increase in anomalous Russian military activity across the Ukrainian border area of operations, defined as being...

Aircraft parts supplier TriMas Aerospace, a division of US industrial conglomerate TriMas Corporation, has expanded its fastener portfolio by acquiring Canada's TFI...

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has commissioned 118 new ships and small craft as well as an AW139 helicopter.

Four original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) confirmed to Janes in mid-December their attendance at a recent UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) industry day for the New Medium...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has developed a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Mojave that can operate without typical airport runways or...

The defence forces of the Bahamas, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago have recently received new foreign naval platforms to improve patrols and interdiction capabilities...