Istanbul shipyard Dearsan has held a keel-laying ceremony for two 50 m missile attack craft (MAC) for the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces (QENF).

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has fielded an unspecified number of Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) vehicles to its first new air-defence unit, the service...

Finnish investigators say they have found a kilometres-long “dragging track” suspected to have been from the anchor of Eagle S, a Cook Island-flagged tanker that sailed...

The Turkish Aerospace (TA) Hürkus-II advanced turboprop trainer aircraft made its maiden flight on 30 December.

The Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) has taken delivery of its first two Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Light Armed Helicopters (LAHs).

Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV) has been contracted by the Italian Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Directorate of Land Armaments (Direzione Armamenti Terrestri: DAT) to...

Austria has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to procure 12 Leonardo M-346FA (Fighter Attack) light strike combat and advanced trainer aircraft.

The Brazilian operation of Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV) is to launch the development of the ambulance and command post variants of the VBTP-MSR Guarani 6×6 amphibious...

An undisclosed customer has ordered two Embraer C-390 Millennium transports, the company announced on 27 December.

As part of a landmark defence deal, Australian engineering company Advanced Navigation will equip more than 100 of Rheinmetall's Boxer-based heavy weapon carrier...

Italy has signed for up to 24 new Eurofighter Typhoons (designated F-2000 in national service) to replace early model aircraft that are due for retirement.

Jakarta has secured a slew of offset arrangements in its contract for two multirole offshore patrol ships (Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura: PPA) with Italian...

The UK's Royal Artillery Trials and Development Unit (RATDU) and 7th Air Defence Group in Wales have successfully tested a radio frequency directed energy weapon (RFDEW)...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged in a 22 December statement the investigation into the shoot-down of an F/A-18 over the Red Sea by a US Navy (USN)...

The US Coast Guard's (USCG's) efforts to bolster its icebreaking fleets reached key milestones in December 2024, as the US Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

The US Department of Defense (DoD) ordered 145 additional Lockheed Martin F-35s for USD11.7 billion, signing for Lot 18 of the aircraft's production, according to a 20...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes on 20 December there are no plans to cancel the Morpheus project design to deliver a modernised army communication and...

Brazilian privately owned ammunition specialist Mac Jee Defesa will close 2024 having exported approximately 35,000 general-purpose bombs to about eight countries.

Iraq's airspace has been frequently violated since the US military's withdrawal at the end of 2011 due to its almost complete lack of air defences.

Infrared (IR) detector manufacturer SemiConductor Devices (SCD) has seen a significant increase in European demand for its products in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine...