Airbus Defence and Space (DS) announced the first ever automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation for an aircraft fitted with a boom system on 17 April.

Hensoldt’s South Korean partner has begun deliveries of defensive aids systems (DAS) for the country’s fleet of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Surion transport and...

The Republic of China Army (RoCA) has begun using the locally developed CM-34 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in training manoeuvres, according to a 16 April press...

On 16 and 17 April, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) suffered noteworthy casualties during an operation targeting Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants in Sulu...

The US Navy (USN) is soon to receive the first Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block 3 testbed aircraft.

The US Air Force (USAF) on 17 April announced that it plans to continue the development of the Long Range Stand-Off (LRSO) weapon system with Raytheon Technologies as...

A Finnish export approval indicates that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has placed an order for the Wahash 8×8 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) developed by the local...

The Pentagon is expecting a three-month slowdown in major acquisition programmes execution, specifically with aviation and shipyards, as the novel coronavirus (Covid-19)...

The Iranian military unveiled two air surveillance radars on 19 April that included a long-range, low frequency station that appears to be a development of an existing...

Texelis of France has resumed general series production at its Limoges facility after a temporary halt was put into place on 16 March because of Covid-19, according to a...

The Pentagon is expecting a three-month slowdown in major acquisition programmes execution, specifically with aviation and shipyards, as the novel coronavirus (Covid-19)...

Hexcel’s net sales and income fell sharply in the first quarter of 2020, as coronavirus caused plant closings and the continued grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX airliner...

Lockheed Martin’s net sales rose 9% to USD15.7 billion in the first quarter of 2020, while its net earnings were virtually unchanged at USD1.7 billion, the US-based...

On 17 April Taiwan’s Lungteh Shipbuilding held a keel-laying ceremony for the third and fourth ‘rapid minelayers’ on order for the Republic of China Navy (RoCN).

The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) ordered 127 mm guns for the four Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command frigates...

The Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) is concentrating on maintaining operational readiness at sea as the service responds to the coronavirus crisis.

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Huon (Gaeta)-class minehunter HMAS Gascoyne is undergoing a refit at the Captain Cook Graving Dock on Sydney’s Garden Island...

Iran announced on 22 April that it had successfully launched a satellite into orbit earlier that day, breaking a run of failures that has plagued a space programme that...

With this week’s certification of the Lower Stage 5 elevators of the Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) system on aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the ship’s...

The Russian Land Force is to receive the newest RKhM-8 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle this year, the Ministry of Defence...