Israel and the Czech Republic signed a government-to-government agreement covering the delivery of four Rafael SPYDER air-defence systems on 5 October.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has requested funds to replace its two King Air 350i aircraft that crashed earlier in the year, according to the proposed federal budget...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's (NIMASA's) Director-General Bashir Jamoh stated on 16 September that costs incurred by piracy in the Gulf of...

At the International Cybersecurity Forum (Forum International de Cybersécurité: FIC) in Lille on 7 July 2021, French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly...

Information and data-sharing networks have changed the landscape of defence operations. Great-power actors have been investing in technology that enables high-speed...

The Saudi Arabian National Guard's (SANG's) new helicopter training facility in Dirab, southwest of Riyadh, needs remedial work to bring it up to standard, according to...

BAE Systems has demonstrated its AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) 70mm/2.75 inch laser-guided rocket system in a surface-to-air...

The United Kingdom's defence estate is too large, costs too much, and attempts to reform and downsize it have been woefully inadequate, according to the parliamentary...

US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has publicly thrown her support behind the service's six modernisation priorities. However, she said that an ongoing analysis could...

Teledyne FLIR launched its new Ion M640x tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) on 11 October at the Association of the United States Army's (AUSA's) annual convention.

The US Army is running a series of training and experimentation events for using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify targets, in an effort to drastically reduce...

The US Army is re-organising its manoeuvre units to focus on the division level as its main deployable asset, and will trial a new structure for the 1st Cavalry Division...

DroneShield's DroneGun MKIII handheld counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) system has undergone an evaluation at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona to...

InVeris Training Solutions (formerly Meggitt Training Systems) revealed its immersive Virtual Reality – Decisions and Tactics (VR-DT ) system for de-escalation training...

Airbus and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have lauded the success of the most recent flight trials of its Zephyr unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), saying that the...

UVision has unveiled a new Multi-Canister Launcher (MCL), adapted for launching all types of the company's Hero series of loitering munitions from a single platform,...

A report on the Western Sahara released by the UN Secretary General on 8 October confirmed that Western Saharan rebels have been carrying out attacks against Moroccan...

US Army officials are continuing to study viable options for replacing its fleet of M1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs), with the goal of providing their findings and...

The Spanish cabinet has set a defence budget for 2022 of EUR10.15 billion (USD11.75 billion): 7.8% higher than the current year's EUR9.4 billion.

The programme to upgrade 51 Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000H multirole fighters to 2000-5 standard is delayed by nearly three years, Janes has learned.