The Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 21 February the completion of the first trials of the naval version of the Iron Dome air-defence system fitted to the...

NATO will adapt its force planning procedures in the short term to “dynamically deter” Russia's deployments of military forces along the allies' eastern flank and...

As part of its fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has approved plans to proceed with the co-development of a Joint New...

Rheinmetall announced the unveiling of the Lynx 120 mechanised fire support vehicle in a press release on 18 February. The company said the vehicle uses a Lynx KF41...

The United Kingdom has firmed up its intent to acquire additional Airbus A400M Atlas airlifters, with the procurement featuring in the latest Defence Equipment Plan...

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 18 February that the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) has...

Metravib Defence aims to develop a new version of its Personal Equipment Add-on for Reactive Localization (PEARL) weapon-mounted acoustic shot detector, Janes has...

European missile house MBDA is expected to complete the final elements of the Storm Shadow SPEAR Capability 4 (Selective Precision Effects At Range Capability 4) missile...

The US State Department has approved the possible Foreign Military Sale of M1A2 SEP main battle tanks (MBTs) and related equipment worth USD6 billion to Poland, the...

BAE Systems Australia has secured a AUD1.5 billion (USD1 billion) contract to extend in-service support for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF's) fleet of Hawk Mk...

China has accused the Australian aircraft involved in a lasing incident on 17 February of being provocative towards People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels.

Singapore has announced a 2022 defence budget of SGD16.36 billion (USD12.16 billion), a nominal increase of SGD1 billion or 6.5% over the allocation in 2021.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) seeks to build on its investments in technologies to expand in the Asia-Pacific, a spokesperson for the company has told Janes.

The Luftwaffe received the first of six Lockheed Martin KC/C-130J Hercules aircraft, with the arrival of aircraft 55 + 01 (tail number 5930) at the Évreux-Fauville Air...

Thailand is to receive a number of Boeing AH-6 light attack and reconnaissance rotorcraft, with a USD103.8 million contract announced by the US Department of Defense...

The US Navy's (USN's) CMV-22B Osprey carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft achieved initial operational capability (IOC) following completion of the type's first...

On 18 February, US President Joe Biden signed into law a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the federal government, including the US Department of Defense, until...

The US Army has received new and renewed interest from allied partner nations in the MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) MD 530 light attack rotorcraft, a service spokesperson...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) should wait for the Bell 525 Relentless so as to field “a next-generation rotorcraft capability” for its New Medium Helicopter (NMH)...

Elbit Systems has unveiled a new variant of the Skylark 3 small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS) that is powered by a new hybrid propulsion system.