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DSEI Japan 2023: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries develops new C-UAS and cyber-security capabilities
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new laser system to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and a manportable version of its cyber-security solution...Full story -
US Air Force seeks USD500 million for hypersonics research
The US Air Force (USAF) requested USD500 million for hypersonic weapons research and development in fiscal year (FY) 2024, the same amount as the previous year.Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: GCAP partners expand co-operation and take steps towards new funding arrangement
Industrial partners on the Global Combat Aircraft Programme (GCAP) are ramping up co-operation on the project to support the start of full development from 2025.Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Kawasaki Heavy Industries unveils high-energy laser C-UAS
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) displayed a prototype of a high-energy laser system it has developed to counter hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the DSEI Japan...Full story -
Parting shot: Manportable Anti-Tank Guided Missile
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed and developed a “third-generation fire-and-forget” missile for special forces and infantry...Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Japan to take delivery of OZZ-5 mine-countermeasures UUV
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is set to deliver its first OZZ-5 mine-countermeasures (MCM) unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to the Japan Maritime...Full story -
Update: Taiwan to upgrade M60A3 main battle tanks
Taiwan has announced plans to upgrade the US-made M60A3 main battle tanks (MBTs) in service with the Republic of China Army (RoCA).Full story -
India clears acquisition of ATAGS, mobility vehicles
India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has approved the procurement of advanced towed artillery gun system (ATAGS), along...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Poland to provide MiG-29s to Ukraine ‘in the coming days', president says
Poland is to transfer four MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum' combat aircraft to Ukraine “in the coming days”, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on 16 March.Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: MC2 Technologies supplies Nerod RF C-UAS to Japan
French company Microwave Characterization Center (MC2) Technologies has been supplying its Nerod RF counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) to the Japanese government...Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Kawasaki unveils ‘Island Defence' anti-ship missile
Japanese company Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has unveiled a model of a new long-range cruise missile at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba.Full story -
Lockheed Martin to upgrade F-35 mission data lab for Australia, Canada, and UK
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted Lockheed Martin to establish full operating capability (FOC) of the Australia Canada United Kingdom Reprogramming...Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Japan plans induction of 250 Type 16 MCVs
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) plans to procure a total of 250 Type 16 Mobile Combat Vehicles (MCVs), Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency...Full story -
Japan to procure Minimi Mk 3 LMGs, G28 E2 snipers
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN) Herstal's Minimi Mk 3 light machine guns (LMGs) and German...Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Kongsberg set to deliver initial JSMs to Japan
Japan is set to take delivery of an initial batch of Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs), manufacturer Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has confirmed to Janes.Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Saab to demonstrate Sirius Compact to Asia-Pacific militaries
Saab is pitching its ‘Sirius Compact' passive electronic warfare (EW) sensor, launched in May 2022, to countries in the Asia-Pacific, a company official told Janes at...Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: IHI develops UUV for mine detection
Japanese heavy-industry manufacturer, IHI Corporation, has developed an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to detect mines. The system has been delivered to the Japan...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: USCG requests slight decrease
The US Coast Guard (USCG) is requesting about USD13.5 billion in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal, compared with the USD13.9 billion enacted in FY 2023,...Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Ghost Robotics to supply Vision 60 UGVs to JSDF
Philadelphia-based Ghost Robotics plans to deliver at least six units of its Vision 60 (V60) quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to the Japanese Self-Defense...Full story -
DSEI Japan 2023: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries unveils Whale USV
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) unveiled an unmanned surface vessel (USV) it has developed, named Whale, at DSEI Japan 2023 being held in Chiba from 15 to 17 March.Full story