The European Union’s future strategic autonomy must include the development and protection of space assets – including early warning capabilities, advanced satellite...

The European Air Transport Command (EATC) has set itself a timeline of two years to develop concrete proposals to better support its seven participating nations, as well...

France is facing renewed protests over a controversial draft security law which, among other provisions, stipulates that no-one may post, on any platform, videos in...

Italy has begun receiving the first of the 17 Leonardo HH-139B helicopters that it has ordered for combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) duties.

US engineering firm Jacobs has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based PA Consulting for GBP1.4 billion (USD1.8 billion), the two companies announced on 30...

The Gloucester-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) was certified on 17 November as NATO’s first warfighting corps headquarters since the Cold War, the Bundeswehr...

Japan’s aero-engine specialist IHI Corporation sees opportunities to expand in the defence sector despite falling sales to the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD).

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, qualified the Griffon engin poste de commandement (EPC) command post vehicle on 13...

Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced on 1 December that it has signed an NOK820 million (USD92.4 million) follow-on contract to provide additional...

Austrian Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer on 4 November announced plans to reform the national domestic intelligence service, the Office for the Protection of the...

The global customer base for the Airbus A330-200 MultiRole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft is to come together to ease the certification requirements for US receiver...

The United Kingdom is to support the procurement of an Airbus A330-200 MultiRole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for Qatar, as part of wider cooperation measures...

Driven by burgeoning global requirements for more versatile short-range air-defence (SHORAD) solutions, Diehl Defence is finalising development of a new,...

Eli Hammerman and Davey Gibian joined Janes this autumn to strengthen and support innovative growth for the trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence

British company Silent Sentinel won its first unmanned sector contract to supply a bespoke multi-sensor electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) system for Rheinmetall’s Mission...

The United Kingdom has received an additional batch of Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning fighters, with the arrival of three new aircraft into their Royal Air Force (RAF)...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded USD1.4 billion to support future Foreign Military Sales (FMS) work on the C-130J Hercules through to 30 November 2030.

The China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco) announced on 27 November that its Golden Eagle CR500 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle...

Russia’s Security Council (Sovet Bezopasnosti: SB) was established in 1992, the direct successor of its Soviet counterpart to the Soviet Security Council, although...

MBDA has completed the second and final qualification firing of the Sea Venom/Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) air-launched anti-ship missile, marking a major step towards the...