Canberra announced on 25 January that it will spend AUD1 billion (USD772 million) on acquiring more advanced guided weapons to enhance the combat capabilities of Royal...

Continuing seven years of uninterrupted expansion, global defence spending rose by 1.9% in 2020, according to defence spending data from Janes, the trusted global agency for open-source defence intelligence.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 25 January that Hyundai Rotem has completed development of a command post variant of its...

China aims to reinforce the protection of its rare-earth minerals through a new set of proposed rules issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...

US President Joe Biden plans to seek a five-year extension to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) beyond its 5 February expiration date, his spokesperson...

Istanbul Naval Shipyard has held a ‘welding ceremony’ for the third Milgem-class corvette on order for the Pakistan Navy, the service’s director for general public...

The Dutch Defensie Materieel Organisatie has signed a USD584 million contract with BAE Systems Hägglunds for the upgrade of the Royal Netherlands Army’s (RNLA’s) 122...

Retired US Army general Lloyd Austin III has been confirmed as the 28th Secretary of Defense, marking the first time an African-American will lead the department.

MBDA announced in a press release on 21 January that it has demonstrated the firing of the Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) medium-range missile with target designation...

Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) issued a request for proposal (RFP) for its Cellular Airborne Sensor for Search and Rescue (CASSAR) programme on 8 January.

Airbus has touted a European alignment of effort in the development of a next-generation military medium-lift helicopter as a means of ensuring continued continental...

France is currently negotiating with the United States and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for future upgrades of its 12 MQ-9 Reapers medium-altitude,...

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) efforts to operationalise a rapidly deployable mine-countermeasures (MCM) capability using robotic and autonomous systems under...

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Northrop Grumman USD3.6 billion for continued Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) operations, sustainment, and support.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Elbit Systems UK (ESUK) a GBP102 million (USD139 million) contract for Dismounted Joint Fires Integrators (D-JFIs) for the...

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has confirmed its procurement priorities for the next five years while adding vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial...

The US Navy (USN) is holding ship prime contractor Lockheed Martin responsible for repairs after determining that a propulsion system combining gear-material defect on...

The Indian Army signed an agreement with a local defence industry organisation on 21 January to support the “indigenisation of spare parts”, the Ministry of Defence...

The US Army will evaluate counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) technologies ideal for urban environments during an industry demonstration at Yuma Proving...

Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has laid down the keel for another naval hospital ship.