New Zealand has announced a major increase in its defence budget for fiscal year 2019–20 to support military recapitalisation efforts.

Northrop Grumman has announced that it delivered the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force...

The British Army is on course to reach its soldier recruitment target for the first time since signing a GBP495 million (USD641.6 million) contract with Capita in 2012...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) chief of staff believes both the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Digital Century Series aircraft acquisition reform effort (DCS) and the RAF’s...

The Pakistan Navy (PN) has commissioned the first of two 2,300 tonnes multirole corvettes ordered from Dutch shipbuilder Damen in 2017.

Amid much ceremony, Turkish Aerospace unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its future Turkish Fighter at the Paris Air Show on 17 June, presenting a fifth-generation design...

Spain has officially joined the Franco-German project to develop a new fighter combat aircraft as part of a wider system-of-systems after it signed an agreement at the...

US-based company Persistent Systems announced on 12 June that it has been awarded a contract to supply its Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking technology (MANET) to...

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) have completed a series of drills in the South China Sea, with the aim of improving...

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is pursuing a range of upgrades to its Legged Locomotion and Movement Adaptation (LLAMA) robot, including an effort to boost speed...

South Korean company Hanwha Defense unveiled a prototype of its AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition...

The first of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime multi-mission aircraft (MMA) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived in the UK on 4 February.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Launch Challenge (DLC), an effort to increase the flexibility and pace of military launch, is down to one...

Chinese media have reported that a prototype laser weapon is being tested by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

BAE Systems held an event in New Delhi on 10 April to boost the scope of its industrial outsourcing across India.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) signed a contract on 12 April with representatives from the South Korean and Indonesian governments to deliver a second...

The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) is expected to release a statement of work, and a subsequent...

Malaysia will look to leverage its expansive palm oil resources to support military procurement, a senior government official has stated.

The US State Department has made a determination to approve a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Taiwan of equipment including General Dynamics M1A2 Abrams main...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has confirmed to Jane’s that it plans to pursue a Japan-led development...