The keel was laid on 28 November for the fifth Macaé-class coastal patrol ship for the Brazilian Navy, NPa Miramar (P74), at the state-owned shipyard, Arsenal de Marinha...

Italy is to join Germany and the United Kingdom in fielding the BAE Systems Striker II helmet-mounted display (HMD), with only Spain yet to decide of the four...

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed further defence co-operation with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq on 8 December.

Iran has publicly displayed for the first time a domestically developed twin-engine transport aircraft, dubbed Simorgh (Phoenix).

Northrop Grumman has begun the build of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for France.

German defence company Rheinmetall has signed an agreement with US-headquartered software company Auterion on developing a military operating standard for unmanned...

Slovakia has selected the Embraer KC/C-390 Millennium aircraft as part of a wider effort to recapitalise its fixed-wing military transport capabilities.

The Italian Navy has commissioned its new multi-purpose landing helicopter dock (LHD) Trieste (L 9890) into service.

Airbus has completed retrofits of 18 NHIndustries (NHI) NH90 helicopters for Sweden, the chief stakeholder in the consortium announced on 10 December.

Denmark and Sweden have signed individual contracts totalling USD2.5 billion for new CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) with BAE Systems, according to separate...

HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully undocked guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) on 6 December, which marked the completion of significant...

Virginia-class attack submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) is on pace to launch during the second quarter (Q2) of 2025, according to Jason Ward, vice-president of Virginia-Class...

The investigations on questionable welds at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) unit are now complete and shipbuilders are working with the US Navy (USN) to determine...

US Army leaders with the service's intelligence, electronic warfare (EW), and sensors directorate are working with their counterparts in Australia and the United Kingdom...

A Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Hobart-class destroyer has carried out the service's first firing of the Tomahawk cruise missile.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) V-22 Joint Program Office (JPO) recommended an “operational pause” of Bell-Boeing V-22 flights on 6 December, following a November...

The future Ukrainian Navy crew of the ex-Dutch navy Alkmaar (Tripartite)-class mine countermeasures (MCM) vessel Vlaardingen (M 863) has completed its training programme...

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has signed a partnership agreement with Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE) to supply a new 8×8 amphibious...

India has likely commissioned its first Batch III frigate under the Talwar class, as noted in details provided by the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) in a 6 December...

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed the steps the Biden administration has taken to strengthen the US defence industrial base (DIB) and what is still...