The US Navy (USN) has issued Northrop Grumman with a prototype and risk reduction contract for the development of a sense-and-avoid (SAA) capability for the MQ-4C Triton...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the Pentagon for the first time established bi-directional communications between fifth-generation aircraft in flight while also sharing...

The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO [U&W]), Precision Strike Weapons Program Office on 30...

A US launcher asset dating from the late 1960s has been installed on the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Hebrides range off northwest Scotland ahead of the 10-nation ‘At...

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo announced on 7 May that the US Navy (USN) will temporarily deploy the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance...

The Philippine government has released funding worth about PHP12 billion (USD252 million) to support a series of acquisitions under the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

Hanwha Defense has told Janes it plans to offer its K21-105 Light Tank to meet a new requirement within the Indian Army. If selected for the programme Hanwha Defense...

Korea Aerospace Industries’ (KAI’s) dedicated services company Korea Aviation Engineering & Maintenance Service (KAEMS), has signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and...

GM Defense has opened a new factory in Concord, North Carolina, to manufacture the US Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) and unveiled an all-electric version of the...

Key decisions on how the British Army’s new brigade combat teams will fight and be organised are to be made by the autumn, according to the service’s head of strategy.

The crew of US Navy cruiser USS Monterey seized a large shipment of weapons after stopping and searching a dhow in the north of the Arabian Sea on 6-7 May, with the US...

The Russian Navy (VMF) commissioned the Project 885M (Yasen-M-class) nuclear-powered attack/cruise missile submarine (SSN/SSGN) Kazan in Severodvinsk on 7 May, the...

China’s submarine ocean surveillance capabilities are set to increase further as satellite images show that two more Type 927 (Dongjian)-class acoustic surveillance...

Belgian firearms manufacturer FN Herstal unveiled its latest weapon, a belt-fed light machine gun (LMG) known as the Evolys, on 6 May.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) an GBP800 million (USD1.17 billion) contract to upgrade 148 Challenger 2 main battle...

The Malaysian government approved the resumption of production of Maharaja Lela (Gowind)-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) on 5 May...

The United States is deploying additional military aircraft to bolster protection for US and coalition troops making their final withdrawal from Afghanistan as the...

Australia has handed over the second and final Guardian-class patrol boat built for the government of the Solomon Islands.

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 5 May that the platform selected to replace the Australian Army’s Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aerial system...

Chinese state-owed media has revealed that an artillery brigade with the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Xinjiang Military Command has received new...