The Australian government has said it has not ruled out the possibility of equipping the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with weapons. This is...

Vanuatu has commissioned the landing craft that it received under assistance from Canberra, Australia's Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston confirmed in a...

The UK's Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry, Maria Eagle, announced a GBP176 million (USD227 million) deal with Thales for “a significant number” of...

Rolls-Royce has told Janes that it is progressing with the design of the engine demonstrator for the ‘sixth-generation' fighter of the Global Combat Air Programme...

The Republic of Angola has received the first of three Airbus C295 aircraft it ordered in April 2022.

The Netherlands has signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) with the United States for the procurement of Lockheed Martin AGM-158B Joint Air-To-Surface Stand-off...

The Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) announced on its website on 24 July that it had received its first domestically produced KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV)...

The US Navy (USN) and Japan purchased nine newbuild Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, according to US Department of Defense (DoD)...

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded the fifth tranche of study contracts related to the Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) programme.

US Department of Defense (DoD) officials and their Japanese counterparts have agreed to establish a series of new, bilateral working groups to address challenges in...

The Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), Germany's Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and...

Intermarine and Leonardo have been awarded a contract by the Italian Directorate of Naval Armaments for the supply of new-generation mine-countermeasures vessels (MCMVs)...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) plans to procure several unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) from German company Quantum-Systems and Australian company Sypaq...

As Thailand moves towards a decision on acquiring new fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin is highlighting the capabilities and longevity of the F-16V (Viper) Block 70/72...

The US government has approved the sale to Belgium of the RTX GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) IIs (now known more commonly as StormBreaker) for its fleet of Lockheed...

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has carried out its first near-simultaneous firing of the RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) from two separate frigates.

The Ukrainian government has contracted Rheinmetall to build an ammunition factory in Ukraine, the German company announced in a press release on 24 July. Valuing the...

Evolve Dynamics, a United Kingdom-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer, has progressed with new developments to its Sky Mantis 2 UAS.

Portuguese company EID has secured a contract to provide the entire C4I (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence) solution for the Portuguese Navy's...

Hanwha Aerospace has told Janes that it wants its indigenous jet engine, destined for the Republic of Korea's (RoK's) KF-21 fighter, to have the same dimensions as...