The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is requesting about USD1.733 billion in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) to improve its strategic missile defence system, including...

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) requested USD292.8 million to integrate its Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) system, meant to report...

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) USD212.8 billion budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2022 would be USD8.8 billion more than the USD204 billion in funding provided in FY 2021...

When the Biden administration released its fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) budget request on 28 May, absent were the Department of Defense’s projected spending forecast for...

The US Army’s fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) budget will be slashed by USD3.6 billion over this year’s discretionary spending levels if the Pentagon gets its way. This...

Pentagon officials are escalating investments in procurement and continued development of its family of handheld and manpack radio systems, setting aside USD803 million...

Hypersonic speed strike weapons remain a top development priority in the Pentagon’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget. The department requested USD3.8 billion for several...

US Army leaders have decided to cancel the service’s Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) programme, as part of a slate of service divestitures across its entire...

US Army officials are eyeing significant investment upticks in its tactical-level command, control, communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) revealed on 26 May that it is to enter negotiations with Embraer to review the total number of KC-390 Millennium multimission transport...

Sharp criticism was levelled at the Australia, Japan, and the United States by Chinese Ministry of National Defence (MND) spokesperson Senior Colonel Tan Kefei at the...

The Republic of China Navy (RoCN) has announced that it recently completed trials and evaluations of the new medium-range Hai Chien II (‘Sea Sword II') air-defence...

South Korea and the Philippines have continued co-operation talks aimed at meeting the Philippine Navy's (PN's) future submarine requirements.

Babcock NZ has issued a request for information (RFI) on behalf of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for the replacement of its rigid-hull inflatable boats (RHIBs).

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced on 25May that it has received an order for two REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) from the US Navy (USN). The...

UK-based company Cook Defence Systems announced on 27 May that it will provide its TR40 tracks for Rheinmetall's Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) should the...

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has begun taking delivery of the CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters it ordered in November 2016, with the first example already...

Three Tupolev Tu-22M3 ‘Backfire' bombers landed at Humaymim airbase in Syria for the first time on 25 May, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on the same...

The United Kingdom is collaborating with South African defence procurement agency Armscor to help facilitate the disposal of UK military equipment to potential customers...

The two Leonardo AW159 Lynx Wildcat anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-capable helicopters in service with the Philippines Navy (PN) “are flying and mission-capable”, PN chief...