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India reports growth in offsets value but says firms are missing deadlines
Foreign companies have implemented defence offsets in India worth USD6.83 billion in the past 15 years, India's Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt has said in...Full story -
MH-60R positions for potential Nordic maritime helicopter requirements
With nine aircraft already in Danish service, Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky helicopter business is eyeing new opportunities for the US Navy's (USN's) MH-60R ‘Romeo'...Full story -
UK awards contracts for UAS swarm project
Malloy Aeronautics and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) group have been awarded a contract as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Multi-Domain Integrated Swarm...Full story -
PLA's drills intended to show capabilities to invade Taiwan
A series of drills conducted by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently are intended to demonstrate its warfighting capabilities to invade Taiwan.Full story -
PGZ develops new air-defence capabilities
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) plans to develop new short-range air defence (SHORAD) and very short-range air defence (VSHORAD) capabilities. Sebastian Chwałek,...Full story -
China ends unprecedented show of force around Taiwan with enduring repercussions
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) appears to have wound down the series of unprecedented military exercises it was conducting around Taiwan from 4 to 7 August.Full story -
Taiwan reports underplay ‘hundreds' of PLA aircraft in live-fire drills
China says it is dispatching hundreds of combat aircraft to the six live-fire zones around Taiwan. However, Taipei's daily air incursion reports show smaller figures....Full story -
China launches ballistic missiles into waters near Taiwan
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched a barrage of ballistic missiles into waters near Taiwan on 4 August.Full story -
China deploys UAVs near Taiwan, Japan
Japan's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that it spotted Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near Taiwan and Japan's Nansei/Ryuku islands on 4 August.Full story -
UK seeks Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on its website on 1 August that the Department of State had approved a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS)...Full story -
Taiwan faces widespread cyber attacks as tensions rise with China
Taiwan says it has been subject to a series of intensified cyber attacks since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island nation on 2 August.Full story -
Israeli military threatened UNIFIL ship
Israeli aircraft threatened a naval vessel assigned to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon's (UNIFIL's) Maritime Task Force in early June, the latest UN report on the...Full story -
Update: Hanwha announces defence consolidation
Hanwha Aerospace has announced a merger of the Hanwha group's defence businesses as part of plans to become ‘a Korean Lockheed Martin'.Full story -
ITACs co-ordinate first Iraqi airstrikes
US-trained Iraqi Terminal Attack Controllers (ITACs) have successfully directed strikes from Iraqi aircraft for the first time, according to the latest quarterly report...Full story -
US Army conducts Iron Dome flight test
US Army soldiers recently used Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' Iron Dome during a live-fire test against cruise missile threats, the Israel Missile Defense Organization...Full story -
Kasser II MRAP consignment seen in UAE
A production batch of Kasser II mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles was seen when the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) minister of industry and advanced...Full story -
Russia unveils naval doctrine amid Navy Day celebrations
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new naval doctrine on 31 July that offers a glimpse of Russia's global maritime ambitions.Full story -
Rocket Lab launches surveillance satellite for Australian DoD, US NRO
The second of the two surveillance satellites co-developed by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) of the United States and the Australian Department of Defence...Full story -
China conducts largest air breach of median line to date
China conducted its most significant air breach of the median line in the contentious Taiwan Strait on 3 August.Full story -
US-China relations: tensions almost certain to increase following Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
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