Some 2,000 British Army troops have been deployed to Liverpool in northwest England to kick off a pilot programme to test the city’s 500,000 inhabitants for Covid-19.

The US government has awarded Boeing a contract worth USD657.2 million to support Qatar’s fleet of F-15QA combat aircraft.

Rheinmetall has unveiled the first of three Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) that will compete in test and evaluation trials with an equal number of Hanwha...

The Philippines is close to a decision on whether to procure 16 Mil Mi-171 twin-engine multipurpose helicopters from Russia to meet a long-standing requirement within...

Nigeria has received a pair of Wing Loong II medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from China, a senior Nigerian Air Force (NAF) official...

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) announced on 8 November that its Maritime Geospatial Warfare Unit recently deployed for the first time a new type of small survey craft...

US President Donald Trump has not yet conceded the election to President-elect Joe Biden but is opting to shake up the Pentagon by firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

The US Navy (USN) is to award a contract to acquire a new aircraft to train multi-engine students for itself, the US Marine Corps (USMC), and US Coast Guard (USCG) in...

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has completed deliveries of the eight KUH-1M Surion utility helicopters configured for medical evacuation (medevac) missions that were...

The first five of 16 Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopters ordered for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in 2019 have arrived at Clark Air Base, north of Manila.

The US Air Force (USAF) has received into service the first Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) helicopters.

A campaign by United States officials to link the deadly explosion of improperly stored ammonium nitrate in the port in Lebanon’s capital Beirut in August to Hizbullah...

After two years of political wrangling – and pressure from Washington, DC – the EU Council agreed on 5 November on the rules to allow third-country entities to...

Saudi Arabia’s Wahaj has received a quality licence from BAE Systems to manufacture a range of consumable parts for the country’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

The Russian embassy in India has confirmed that the Russian state-owned group, United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), is bidding to acquire troubled Indian shipyard...

President-elect Joe Biden, who defeated incumbent Donald Trump in an election held 3 November but not clearly decided until 7 November, has said he will seek arms...

Mercury Systems is “well-positioned” to take advantage of an improving market for acquisitions, according to the top executive of the US-based defence electronics...

The US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) on 6 November awarded Lockheed Martin a USD339.3 million sole source Other Transaction Authority...

Two Belgian companies have been selected by Naval Group and Kership to supply equipment for new mine countermeasures (MCM) mother ships to be built for the navies of...

Canada has been approved to buy the latest medium-range active version of the US Navy’s (USN’s) Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) anti-air missile for its next-generation...