The United Arab Emirates' Tawazun announced on 16 November that it had bolstered the funding available to the Strategic Development Fund (SDF) for use in venture capital...

Cuts to spending in the region fell just shy of forecasts, with spending expected to remain flat at USD160 billion in 2022, according to the trusted global agency for open-source defence intelligence

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) announced in a joint press release on 11 November that...

The extensively upgraded Kamov Ka-226T light utility helicopter was unveiled at the Dubai Airshow 2021 being held from 14 to 18 November.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi is set to finalise an agreement with Russia to locally produce 700,000 Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles for the Indian armed...

United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s EDGE Group subsidiary ADASI has unveiled vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)-capable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), QX-5 and QX-6, at the...

Russia has conducted a direct ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test against the retired Cosmos 1408 electronic intelligence (ELINT) low Earth orbit satellite,...

Special operations forces (SOF) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) displayed a new concept, designed to extend the reconnaissance capability of units operating on the...

Rosoboronexport signed contracts for the supply of aviation items totalling USD1.3 billion during the Dubai Airshow 2021, the head of the state corporation Rostec,...

Turkish defence systems company Havelsan is working with Thales Nederland to equip Indonesia's new class of two 90 m offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) with its combat...

Airbus and the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) Tawazun Economic Council signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of an Airbus-owned facility in Abu...

Spain's Markets and Competition Authority has extended an investigation into potential bid-rigging among companies vying for Ministry of Defence (MoD) contracts.

France's financially struggling CNIM Group has begun negotiating the sale of instrumentation subsidiary Bertin Technologies to French private equity firm FCDE, CNIM...

Malloy Aeronautics and W Autonomous Systems have been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to participate in a Heavy Lift Challenge intended to lead to the...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has dispatched Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma to escort the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Anzac-class frigate HMAS...

BAE Systems plans to expand its simulation training portfolio by acquiring Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), the UK-based buyer announced on 11 November.

The US Navy (USN) christened fast-attack submarine New Jersey (SSN 796) on 13 November at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia....

The French Air Force will phase out its two C-160 Gabriel signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft in 2022, three years ahead of schedule.

Egypt's contract with France for a further 30 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft came into force on 15 November.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Calidus has showcased a new ‘light attack' turboprop at the Dubai Airshow 2021, designated the B-350.