China’s Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) – a subsidiary of the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) – has signed a deal with the provincial...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) released the fifth edition of its catalogue to promote military exports on 7 May. The DoD said that the Australian Defence...

Rheinmetall unveiled its new HX3 tactical truck during an online press event on 6 May. The vehicle presented was a 10×10, but the HX3 will also be available in 4×4, 6×6,...

The US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis (CVN 74) arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division on 6 May to...

European defence ministers meeting in Brussels on 6 May discussed ideas for strengthening the EU’s external security reach, topped by a debate over whether and how to...

The US Army has awarded FLIR Systems a USD15.4 million contract to procure Black Hornet 3 palm-sized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to a company statement.

Pentagon leadership is still sorting through a host of issues tied to withdrawing US military forces from Afghanistan by 11 September, including how to provide future...

Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact “everything” in the defence domain, but its application to logistics, object-motion recognition, and rapid data-crunching should...

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly updated the defence committee of the chamber of deputies, the lower house of France’s parliament, on the Loi de Programmation...

Russia, considered a pioneer in the development of manned aircraft, has turned to the development and deployment of advanced unmanned aerial systems (UASs). Moscow is...

Boeing has confirmed that its anticipated sale of additional Boeing P-8I Neptune maritime multimission aircraft (MMA) to India will be accompanied by an offset...

South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has launched the fifth of eight Daegu (FFX-II)-class guided-missile frigates on order for the Republic of...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has begun receiving aircraft for its second squadron of French-made Dassault Rafale multirole fighters.

Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) is contesting the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) intention to sole-source a USD980 million contract to Sikorsky for HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is updating rules related to military technology intellectual property (IP) to enable local institutions...

US Army leaders are telling lawmakers that if the service incurs a deep funding cut in 2022 over this year’s USD176.6 billion spending level, then there will be...

Australian shipbuilder Austal is progressing plans to acquire a strategic shipyard in the Philippines that the government in Manila wants to be a key asset in the...

Iraq’s Russian-made Su-25 ground-attack aircraft and Chinese-made CH-4 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are currently grounded owing to a lack of spare parts, according...

The Russian Navy’s Amur-class repair ship PM-138 was photographed in Port Sudan on 2 May, continuing a series of recent visits after Khartoum reportedly halted work on a...

The Integrated Remote Sensing for the Arctic (IRSA) Development Group (IDG) plans to demonstrate its capability for the first time from 18–25 August, consortium...