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Indian Army inducts new mobility vehicles
The Indian Army has inducted first batches of new 4×4 vehicles including the Toyota Hilux Mountain off-Road Vehicles (MRVs) and Mahindra Scorpio light utility vehicles...Full story -
Spain to equip Eurofighters with latest Brimstone 3A missile
The Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire Español: EdAE) is to equip its Eurofighter Typhoon (C 16 in national service) combat aircraft with the latest variant MBDA...Full story -
US approves extended-range AMRAAM sale to Germany
The US government has approved the sale of the extended-range Raytheon AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) to Germany, the Defense Security...Full story -
Bombardier delivers first Global 6000 for Swedish GlobalEye programme
Bombardier has delivered to Sweden the first of two Global 6000 airframes for conversion to the GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) configuration for...Full story -
Platform integration, commonality challenges hinder CJADC2
The Pentagon's ongoing maturation of its Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) capability is being dramatically hindered at the services' level because...Full story -
UK steps up efforts to deliver integrated air and missile defence approach
The UK is stepping up efforts to deliver an integrated air and missile defence approach to protect itself “against attack from the skies, both overseas and at home”,...Full story -
UK to form Global Response Force
The UK is forming a Global Response Force to “get there first”, according to the Defence Command Paper (DCP23) refresh published on 18 July. The force will bring...Full story -
Japan fighter aircraft scrambled 238 times in first quarter
Japanese fighter aircraft conducted 238 scrambles in response to foreign aircraft in the first quarter (Q1) of Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2023 .Full story -
Saudi signs for Akinci UAVs in record deal with Turkey
Saudi Arabia has signed for the Baykar BayraktarAkıncı armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as part of a record-breaking defence procurement deal with Turkey.Full story -
Electoral changes: Iraq's Shi'ite parties are likely heading towards renewed clashes
The Iraqi government, headed by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, a former Islamic Dawa Party member, is supported by the Shia Coordination Framework (SCF), a...Full story -
Parting shot: Blue Spear missile
In his May 2023 interview with Janes, Commander of the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN's) First Flotilla Colonel Ng Kok Yeng Daniel disclosed that the service will...Full story -
RNZAF receives final P-8 Poseidon
New Zealand has received its fourth and final Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.Full story -
Chasing the sky: South Korea advances indigenous missile defence system
South Korea has started to develop and deploy capabilities that are part of its indigenous ballistic missile defence (BMD) architecture known as the Korea Air and...Full story -
Lockheed Martin cuts F-35 delivery estimate for 2023
Lockheed Martin expects to deliver 100–120 F-35s in 2023, down from an earlier projection of 147–153 aircraft because of delays in developing the fighter jet's...Full story -
US CRS notes benefits of possible USCG OPC block buy
A block buy of Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) could save the US Coast Guard (USCG) a significant amount of money, according to the US Congressional Research Service...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian military using UK C-UAV system
The Ukrainian military appears to be fielding a UK-developed counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) system.Full story -
Hungary receives first H225M helos
The first two of 16 Airbus Helicopters H225M multirole rotorcraft were delivered to Hungary on 18 July, the manufacturer announced.Full story -
UK awards study contracts for Merlin service life extension
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed parallel contracts with Lockheed Martin UK and Leonardo Helicopters UK to identify, scope, and mitigate obsolescence issues...Full story -
Hanwha Ocean emerges as preferred bidder to build additional FFX-III frigates
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has emerged as the preferred bidder in a programme to supply the country with two more Chungnam (FFX-III)-class frigates, the...Full story -
UK orders Trophy APS for further testing on Challenger 3 tank
The UK has awarded a GBP20 million (over USD26 million) contract to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for the Trophy active protection system (APS) for testing on the...Full story