The Philippine Navy (PN) welcomed its second and final José Rizal-class guided-missile frigate, the future BRP Antonio Luna (FF 151), as it traversed Philippine waters...

The US Navy (USN) has begun land-based test flights ahead of sending a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) detachment to the Italian Navy...

India has confirmed plans to sell off additional stakes in three defence firms. The move is line with a new policy to retain a ‘bare minimum’ of interest in state-owned...

A second Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigate on order for the Philippine Navy has arrived home.

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has revealed its preliminary requirements for what it terms the Battlegroup Organic Anti-armour requirement, a...

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed defence industrial co-operation and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) during...

American private equity firms Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital have agreed to acquire US-based Cubic Corporation in a USD2.8 billion deal that will convert...

The US government has approved the sale of the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA missile to Chile to equip two Adelaide-class guided-missile frigates acquired from...

Three personnel onboard a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Soryu-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) were injured after the boat collided with a commercial...

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) should start first full-ship shock trials “in the June timeframe”, Captain John J Cummings, ship commanding officer, said...

The US Navy (USN) has awarded three companies study contracts in support of its T-ARC(X) cable ship replacement programme.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems detailed its Armour Shield KE explosive reactive armour (ERA) solution at the International Armoured Vehicles online conference on 3...

Defeating advanced anti-armour rounds with active protection systems (APSs) would mark a step change in vehicle defences, but such technology must still overcome notable...

Israeli company Elbit Systems has been awarded a USD46 million contract to supply Iveco Defence Vehicles Guarani wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to the army...

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–25) will be pivotal in its efforts to develop the advanced technologies it needs to become a world-class military. Jon Grevatt reports...

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) in Beijing announced that China conducted another ground-based, mid-course missile interception test on 4 February, but provided...

China is continuing to modernise the equipment and enhance the combat capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Xinjiang Military Command.

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) revealed details of two new armour solutions, called the Telford Enhanced Spaced Armour (TESA) and the Telford Enhanced Ceramic...

Israel has upgraded eight Lockheed Martin KC/C-130H Hercules (C-130HI Karnaf [Rhinoceros] in national service) airlifters, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) announced on 7...

The Philippine Navy’s (PN’s) future BRP Antonio Luna guided-missile frigate left the facilities of South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in the...