The US government announced the imposition of sanctions on Turkey’s defence acquisition organisation on 14 December under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through...

Vietnam has launched a ‘spearheads of industry’ initiative to support the local development of military technologies through investment in one of its biggest defence...

Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) announced on 28 December that it has formally acquired Saudi-based electronics firm Advanced Electronics Company (AEC).

Spain’s EXPAL has revealed its new Dual-EIMOS self-propelled mortar system, with the new evolution of the system focusing on maritime landing operations.

Myanmar’s navy — Tatmadaw Yay — marked its 73rd anniversary on 24 December with the commissioning of its first submarine along with two 63 m anti-submarine ships, a 49 m...

US lawmakers have given the green-light to the army’s effort to develop a ‘mid-range’ missile and have provided the service with USD88.1 million to do so in fiscal year...

Aerojet Rocketdyne and Northrop Grumman have demonstrated large scale scramjet technologies by testing engines with thrust levels exceeding 5,897 kg as part of the US...

The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) at Kamra rolled out on 30 December the final 14 of 26 dual-seat JF-17B Thunder multirole combat aircraft ordered by the Pakistan...

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) received some 2,700 major weapon systems and 52,500 support systems in 2020, Deputy Defence Minister Alexey Krivoruchko told the...

South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem has been selected as prime contractor to develop technologies that would enable the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) to convert its existing...

The Turkish Army is leading the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2021, NATO announced on its website on 30 December. The VJTF...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) aims to implement its new “incentivised” contracting system in the country’s F-X programme to develop a next-generation fighter...

US lawmakers have made it more difficult for the US Air Force (USAF) to retire its Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft.

State-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has revealed that a combined arms brigade of the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Tibet Military...

The second phase in the construction of a new shipyard that will result in the relocation of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s (CSSC’s) Hudong-Zhonghua yard...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) is expected to conduct the first flight test of its baseline surface-launched variant Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile-Extended...

Italian Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini, UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace, and Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist signed a trilateral memorandum of...

The United States has approved the sale of the Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on...

The Indian government has initiated plans to divest an additional 26% stake in state-owned defence company BEML Limited, formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited.

The European Union and China have agreed in principle an accord to facilitate greater levels of EU investment in the Asian country. The treaty includes clauses relevant...