Ghana's defence minster sought parliamentary approval for the procurement of six L-39NG aircraft from the Czech company Aero Vodochody on 2 August.

The US Department of State has approved a potential USD750 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Taiwan of 40 155 mm M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) and...

The US State Department has approved a potential USD61.5 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan of up to 44 RIM-116C Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAMs) along...

Japan and Australia have launched two long-term projects to research defence science and technologies.

The final four Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) are going through – or being prepared for – testing and...

The Pakistan Navy (PN) announced on 3 August that China's Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai has launched the third of four Type 054A/P frigates on order for the...

The US Navy (USN) plans to subject the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) combining gear fix to a much greater degree of normal propulsion-plant testing to ensure the new...

Vietnam's Z189 shipyard has given further details of the country's new underwater rescue capabilities, following delivery of the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) dedicated...

Video footage released by Turkmenistan's state-owned media indicates that the country's air force is operating three newly acquired aircraft types: the Leonardo M-346FA...

India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, left the country's southwestern port of Kochi on 4 August to embark on its maiden...

FS Courbet has become the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates to be refitted with MBDA's Sadral ship self-defence missile system.

Israel's ministries of defence and finance reached an agreement together with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on a new annual defence budget for 2022, worth ILS58 billion...

The Polish Armaments Inspectorate (AI) ordered three coastal defence frigates on 27 July from a consortium led by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (Polish Armaments Group, PGZ)...

The United Kingdom and Vietnam are aiming to expand defence industry co-operation as part of a wider effort to strengthen strategic ties.

The incorporation of deployed and proven US Navy (USN) systems will help lower the risk on the development of the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG 62),...

Working to strengthen the United States' relationship with Central and South American countries will be central to stemming off growing Chinese and Russian influence in...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has demonstrated a swarming drone defeat capability using a ‘non-kinetic' Coyote Block 3 variant reusable air vehicle.

US-based L3Harris Technologies has agreed to sell its Electron Devices business to US private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners for USD185 million as part of its...

Amid heightened tensions with neighbouring China, India announced on 2 August that it will send a naval task force on a months-long deployment to Southeast Asia, the...

The Brazilian Army formally approved a plan to further upgrade its Fennec AvEx and AS365K2 Super Pantera helicopters on 30 July. The work will increase the types'...