The Royal Thai Army (RTA) is set to begin trials of a new prototype of the locally developed Black Widow Spider wheeled armoured fighting vehicle (AFV).

Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, have begun receiving the US Army’s M1A2C Abrams main battle tank (MBT), also known as the known as the M1A2 System Enhancement Package...

The US Navy (USN) certified the sixth Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on 22 July before turning it over to the ship’s...

Raytheon Australia said on 24 July that it had teamed with Schiebel in formally responding to the Australian government’s tender to procure a tactical unmanned aerial...

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on 23 July introduced voluntary military service in the Bundeswehr. The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on its...

The future role of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) Leonardo C-27J Spartan transport aircraft is being reviewed after two failures by the 10-strong fleet to...

The US-led effort to stand up an elite infantry brigade for Somalia is making more progress than suggested by previously released figures, with US Africa Command...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Merseyside boatbuilder Marine Specialised Technology (MST) a GBP9.9 million (USD12.6 million) contract to build two new...

Amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on 21 July that the Pentagon is prioritising the re-allocation of assets,...

The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) on 23 July awarded indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contracts to four companies for its Skyborg...

South Korea’s Hanwha Defense has rolled out two initial Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for testing by the Australian Army as part of its Land 300 Phase 3...

The US Army has selected BAE Systems to provide technological solutions for the newest variant of the service’s Distributed Common Ground Sensor-Army (DCGS-A)...

Australian shipbuilder Austal has laid the keel for the first of six ‘evolved’ Cape-class patrol boats ordered in May for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), according to a...

India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sent a letter of request (LoR) to the US government for the procurement of six additional Boeing P-8I Neptune long-range maritime...

The United States has changed its policy on the export of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), recategorising some of the most restricted platforms to make them easier to...

Rostec’s Kalashnikov Group has completed state trials of its new Vityaz-MO 9 mm submachine gun (SMG), the company announced on 22 July.

The United States appears to have confirmed an expanded procurement by Qatar of the Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagle combat aircraft, with recent Department of Defense (DoD)...

US President Donald Trump and Congress are headed for a showdown over a USD740.5 billion fiscal year 2021 defence authorisation bill if lawmakers maintain a provision to...

First images have emerged of the underwing pod installation on Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray carrier-borne unmanned aerial refuelling system ahead of the start of flight...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on 23 July the completion of the first exercise of its new Multi-Dimensional Unit, signifying a step closer towards operational...