Nuclear drop trials of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) have begun, with the first tests announced on 23 November.

US Army officials have homed in on three major areas of focus to drive its development efforts for the newest tranche of the service’s Integrated Tactical Network (ITN)...

The US Army is soliciting industry proposals to develop new cryptographic technologies, designed to ensure secure and compartmentalised communication capabilities in the...

The US Navy (USN) expects its new BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) to achieve full operational capability (FOC) by the end of the current fiscal year (September...

Armasuisse, the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement, has awarded a contract to BAE Systems Hägglunds (BSH) for the life extension of the Swiss Army’s 186...

Taiwan has officially begun construction of the first of a planned eight locally designed and developed diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs) for the Republic of...

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (SCAF) being developed by France, Germany, and Spain took a step forward on 23 November with the...

The Iranian-backed Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) announced on 23 November that it had attacked the Aramco distribution station in the Saudi city of Jeddah...

Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) has been testing combat system equipment and new concepts during its first fully integrated carrier strike group operations...

Chinese state-owned media have released video footage showing a Wing Loong-series medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) apparently being...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) took delivery of USD18 million worth of defence equipment from the United States in a ceremony held on 23 November in Manila.

Janes has today announced an agreement to acquire the defence market analytics business – also known as Global Platforms and Systems (GPS) – from Avascent to support its industry intelligence solutions and enhance the offering it provides to customers.

The United States formally withdrew from the international Open Skies treaty on 22 November, fulfilling the Trump administration’s pledge made in May.

Since the early 1990s, Somalia has been more readily assigned the status of a ‘failed state’ than perhaps any other country. Central government authority ended with the...

Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) has formed a partnership with a Brisbane-based firm to support its proposal to supply the Australian Army with its Lynx KF41 infantry...

Korea Aerospace Industries’ (KAI’s) dedicated services company, Korea Aviation Engineering & Maintenance Service (KAEMS), has launched its new facility in Sacheon, in...

Newport News Shipbuilding has created a single team to fix and install Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) on aircraft carriers USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), which is...

Armasuisse, the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement, on 18 November announced that it has received the second set of proposals for the country's Air2030 Neues...

Only three of 46 piloted Pentagon aircraft met their annual mission capability (MC) goals in a majority of the years between fiscal years (FYs) 2011–19, according to a...

At least 34 civilians were killed on 14 November when unidentified gunmen ambushed a passenger bus as it travelled through a remote area between the towns of Wonbera and...