The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) is ramping up efforts to support defence industrial co-operation on major programmes with the aim to boost local capability. The effort reflects growing economic constraints – amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic – and a linked requirement to bolster self-reliance.

US Army leadership is parading before Congress to detail their fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget plans, including a steep reduction to small- and medium-calibre ammunition...

Airbus has hit out over claims that the H175 platform is ‘too Chinese' for the UK's New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement, releasing an image of the first airframe to...

The UK is to sell one of its soon-to-be-retired Boeing E-3D Sentry Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) to the US Navy (USN) as a surrogate trainer for the...

The Philippine government announced on 14 June that it has suspended the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States by another six...

Difficulty sustaining the engine on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is contributing to a higher cost per flying hour than originally...

Additional orders for Boxer armoured vehicles have been indicated by the UK defence procurement minister as he revealed the variant mix of the first batch of 523 Boxers...

Janes, the trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence, recently signed an agreement with Airbus Defense and Space that makes it possible to include Janes databases in Airbus’ Fortion® Massive Intelligence (MI) cloud-based multi-source platform.

France's Texelis and CNIM have teamed to meet a future French Army requirement for a new combat engineer vehicle called Moyen d'Appui au Contact (MAC).

The Brazilian Army is seeking to upgrade its Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 1A5BR main battle tank (MBT) through a competition for local modernisation.

Three Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Antonov An-32B transport aircraft have returned to operational service with the No 2 Heavy Transport Squadron at Katunayake airbase...

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Textron USD12.5 million related to Tunisia's T-6C Texan II programme.

The United States has part transferred support of Afghanistan's fleet of MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) MD 530F Cayuse Warrior light attack and reconnaissance rotorcraft to...

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved funding of INR5 billion (USD68.3 million) to support the growth of indigenous defence technology innovation. The MoD...

Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), France's Naval Group and its Singapore subsidiary Naval Group Far East, have signed an agreement to collaborate...

The multimission “hybrid” capability of the littoral combat ships (LCSs) have made them even more adaptable for Indo-Pacific missions, Captain Tom Ogden, commander,...

The US Navy (USN) has notified Congress of an increase in the programme acquisition unit cost and the average procurement unit cost for the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC)...

The Philippines has revealed more details about its plans to acquire its first-ever diesel-electric attack submarines.

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has practised the deployment of its Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning combat aircraft from austere operating locations.

The US Navy (USN) has received the first of up to 130 Leonardo TH-73A training helicopters that are expected to be contracted over the coming months, the manufacturer...