US industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies has agreed to acquire American sensor manufacturer FLIR Systems for USD8 billion in cash and stock, the two companies...

Israel has delivered the second of two Iron Dome batteries to the US Army in preparation for the service to train soldiers on how to use the weapon before potentially...

India’s state-owned Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) held a steel cutting ceremony for the first of eight anti-submarine warfare shallow-water craft...

Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gave an interview to Al Mayadeen TV on 27 December in which he claimed that the group was not seeking war with Israel but...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed for two more Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, bringing the Gulf state’s total order to five.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has announced plans to begin mass production of an extended-range version of the domestically developed ASM-3 supersonic,...

The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana: AMI) has received into service the first two Leonardo M-345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET) aircraft, the...

NHIndustries (NHI) has flown the first of 22 new NH90 helicopters for Qatar, with the consortium announcing in late December 2020 that both variants ordered by the Gulf...

The US government has approved the sale of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters to Kuwait for an estimated USD4 billion.

The government of India has established a committee to support exports of military platforms, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi has said.

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...

Israel’s Rafael said its latest-generation Samson 30 mm Integrated Remote Weapon Station (RWS) has entered production for an unidentified export customer.

Hanwha Systems announced on 27 December that it has secured a KRW184.6 billion (USD168.5 million) contract from South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration...

US lawmakers have stripped USD235 million from the army’s proposed Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) procurement offer for this year citing concerns about...

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

The US government has firmed up a directive issued in November that bars US investors from acquiring stocks and securities issued by Chinese firms deemed to be linked to...

United States Cyber Command deployed a team to Estonia in November 2020 as part of a new strategy that emphasises operating outside US networks. The mission, lasting...

In partnership with Korean Air and Bombardier, Raytheon Technologies announced on 22 December that it is formally offering a business jet-based multiple-intelligence...

China is preparing to introduce legislation that will look to protect the interests of investors in the country’s defence sector.

The US Navy and Boeing have disclosed details of testing designed to show that the F/A-18E/F Hornet strikefighter can operate from a short takeoff but arrested recovery...