Thailand plans to cut its defence budget for 2022 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be the third reduction in military expenditure in consecutive years if...

Airbus Defence and Space (DS) has concluded development of its automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) system for the A330-200 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft.

Japan and Poland have pledged to expand defence co-operation including potential joint work on defence equipment and technologies, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo...

The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is considering the design and development of an amphibious MC-130 aircraft to support operational requirements in the age of...

US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will have candidate platforms for its Armed Overwatch manned aircraft competition, where each fly four demonstration flights...

The Israeli Air Force’s (IAF’s) new Oron intelligence-gathering aircraft will be the first of its kind to integrate data from its advanced radar and...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Commandant General David Berger did not publicly bemoan the prospect of a relatively flat budget over the coming years when he spoke about...

Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 19 May that Sikorsky Australia had been selected by the US Navy (USN) to provide additional support to the Royal...

The Moroccan military appears to have ordered the Ejder Yalçin armoured vehicle made by the Turkish company Nurol Makina and Chad is now a confirmed user of the type,...

Borey (Project 955A)-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) fleet, according to local media reports.

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and Dassault Rafale jets have begun flying joint exercises geared at enhancing fourth- and fifth-generation...

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) Ministry of Defence has awarded Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) an AED3.5 billion (USD953 million) contract to build four Falaj 3...

The US Navy (USN) is on track to deliver its new Constellation-class FFG 62 guided-missile frigate and surface-ship hypersonic-missile capability by the middle part of...

Defence conglomerate Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) announced the restructuring and expansion of its board of directors during an extraordinary general...

The first 42 Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) F-16 multirole fighter aircraft recently upgraded to the latest F-16V standard have entered service with the 4th...

The Biden administration is believed to be pursuing a ‘normalised’ approach to high-profile military sales to Taiwan, similar to the methods applied under former...

A Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagle combat aircraft destined for Qatar suffered a mishap when two US Air Force (USAF) pilots ejected while the aircraft was on the ground...

US company Allison Transmission has confirmed its inclusion in the Indonesian programme to build the Harimau medium tank for the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI).

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr (armed forces chief) General Eberhard Zorn presented a document with the main...

The US Navy (USN) completed a milestone captive-carriage flight of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) Separation Test Vehicle (STV) on...