Since 2012, there has been exponential growth in Islamist militancy in the Sahel. Beginning in northern Mali, attacks have now expanded to central Mali, Burkina Faso,...

The Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) in Western Australia has captured its first images of space, marking “a significant milestone for the Defence space project”,...

The Pentagon has officially begun a new programme to build a Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) to defend the United States against limited nuclear strikes.

Decontamination is the process of making any person, object, or area safe by neutralising, or removing chemical or biological agents on or around it. These operations...

The US Air Force (USAF) has identified 23 units and their respective space missions for a formal transfer to the US Space Force (USSF), the USAF announced on 31 March.

Australian firm DroneShield has released a new version of its wearable RfPatrol unmanned aerial system (UAS) detection device, with the latest system being smaller,...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has received the first two of three Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft – configured for flight inspection missions – ordered from...

The US Army is looking to acquire tethered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to laser-designate ground targets from stand-off distances.

The Royal Netherlands Navy’s (RNLN’s) four De Zeven Provinciën-class air-defence and command frigates (LCFs) are to be refitted with a new 127/64 LW Vulcano 127 mm...

Boeing has terminated an agreement to form two joint ventures (JVs) with Embraer, accusing the Brazilian company of failing to meet the “necessary conditions”.

Seattle-based Stratolaunch is expected to achieve an initial operational capability with its developmental Talon-A hypersonic testbed platform by 2022.

China’s Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group released images on 20 April via its WeChat account showing what appear to be two customised China North Industries...

Companies are offering aircraft ranging from heavy lift, one-tonne payload capacity platforms to smaller, 200 kg payload capacity quadcopters, for the US Air Force’s...

On 15 April, seven vessels were destroyed by a fire in Alifu Dhaalu Atoll on the Maldives’ Mahibadhoo Island. In a press conference later that day, the Commissioner of...

Spain is to take over responsibility for leading NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission, with four Boeing EF-18M Hornet fighters recently arriving at Šiauliai Airbase...

AeroVironment has launched a military version of its Quantix hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Quantix...

As of 20 March, Lebanon had reported 163 Covid-19 cases, most of whom are receiving treatment at the private hospital of the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the...

VOX Space, a subsidiary of Virgin Orbit, has secured a USD35 million launch service contract from the US Space Force’s (USSF’s) Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP)...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 28 April that deliveries of the Cheongung Korean medium-range surface-to-air missile (KM-SAM...