India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has confirmed a plan to develop and build India’s proposed next-generation fighter aircraft – the Advance Medium...

The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) chief, Admiral Yudo Margono, has written to the country’s defence minister to explain why it...

US-based aviation training provider Draken International has acquired Cobham Group’s Aviation Services UK business, according to Cobham.

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) seeks a mobile phone detection system for its search and rescue (SAR) rotary- and fixed-wing platforms that will allow the CAF to locate...

The French Armed Forces Ministry presented a EUR49.7 billion (USD58.3 billion) draft 2021 defence budget to parliament on 28 September. The budget request would increase...

The Pentagon’s top acquisition executive blames the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker’s fixed-price contract structure for the programme’s ongoing issues.

President Donald Trump has signed into law a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will keep the US government temporarily funded and operating in the absence of annual...

The US State Department has approved the sale to South Korea of additional Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder air-to-air missiles (AAMs) for an estimated USD158.1...

Israeli tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) house SpearUAV has unveiled a hand-launched evolution of its Ninox 40 micro-tactical encapsulated UAS system.

For the first time, US Army leaders have successfully validated the service’s Multi-Domain Task Force as part of joint, large-scale wargames in a major theatre of...

Iceni Labs, a UK-based technology accelerator, has detailed its prototype SafeScan radar: a handheld technology developed by the company to help users detect humans...

Germany’s Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) has launched a new 8×8 armoured fighting vehicle called Genesis. The design is a technology demonstrator intended to...

The Russian military put new equipment through its paces during the ‘Kavkaz (Caucasus) 2020’ international exercise held in the Southern Military District on 21–26...

The United States has approved the potential sale of USD16.23 billion worth of fighter aircraft and ground-based air defence (GBAD) systems for Switzerland’s Air2030...

In a departure from conventional shipbuilding procedures, Bangladesh’s Khulna Shipyard Limited (KSL) has announced a “steel-cutting ceremony” for the navy’s second batch...

India unveiled on 28 September its new policy for military procurement and defence offsets.

Work being done now by the US Navy (USN) is geared toward transitioning unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and unmanned undersea vessels (UUVs) into programmes of record...

United States-based aircraft parts manufacturer Avantus Aerospace has acquired Fastener Innovation Technology (FIT), which is a US firm that makes fasteners for military...

The US Army has greenlit initial production of an Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system, and awarded General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) with a...

The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have reached a tentative agreement over labour costs the United States services incurred in managing non-ready-for-issue (RFI), or...