The 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the central policy-making body for the UN drug control system, took place on 12–19 April 2021. The session...

The Australian Antarctic Program announced on 28 June that it would undertake winter data collection to inform “the geotechnical and engineering design, delivery and...

The Singapore Army has commissioned the Lockheed Martin TPQ-53 weapon locating radar (WLR) system to replace its current fleet of X-band (8–12.5 GHz range)...

The Singapore Army has commissioned a new all-terrain self-propelled mortar system based on its in-service 4×4 Belrex Protected Combat Support Vehicle (PCSV), designated...

At least 50 people were killed when a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130H Hercules medium transport aircraft carrying 96 military personnel crashed in the southern...

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has approved the establishment of a new command in Afghanistan that will be tasked with overseeing the few hundred US troops that...

South Korea has for the first time tested a locally developed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from an underwater barge as the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN)...

Israel has stood up a third unit to field the Lockheed Martin F-35I ‘Adir' combat aircraft, the service announced on 1 July.

The United Kingdom has launched the development of a range of ‘smart' missile systems under the Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) programme.

Financial grants worth nearly EUR300 million (USD356 million) for two major flagship capability projects and a host of new, smaller ones will complete the European...

Taiwan is considering a major revision to its Industrial Cooperation Program (ICP) to support the island's effort to enhance defence-industrial capabilities and better...

Marupe-based UAV Factory Europe unveiled its new Penguin B long-endurance, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 29 June.

Defence industry trade unions in India have vowed to fight the government's recent move to illegalise strikes invoked by the workers of the country's largest defence...

The US Navy (USN) has contracted Raytheon to commence low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) electronic warfare/electronic...

The US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), exploiting fiscal year (FY) 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation funds, has awarded Raytheon Missiles &...

Klas Telecom's newest expeditionary variant of its Voyager command, control, communications, computer, cyber, intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance (C5ISR)...

Bell and Sikorsky-Boeing are preparing for the competitive demonstration and risk reduction (CD&RR) phase of the US Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)...

French shipbuilding, support, and services contractor Naval Group has awarded the first long lead contracts for France's next generation of nuclear-powered ballistic...

The EU's European Defence Fund (EDF) was officially launched on 30 June and will soon release its first annual round of calls for proposals (CFP) for 2021, worth a total...

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth returned to the water on 1 July after being lowered out of the dry dock at the Australian Marine Complex in...