Iran's Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics handed over the fourth locally built frigate to the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) at its Bandar Abbas base...

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has announced that a total of 28 Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft entered the island's southwestern...

The US military's pullout from Afghanistan is progressing at a fast pace, with US Central Command (USCENTCOM) announcing on 15 June that it has already completed more...

The US Navy (USN) is accelerating plans to field the Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules in the Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) survivable nuclear communications role,...

South Korea is moving closer to the implementation of a new quota system for industrial collaboration that will prioritise joint production and exports.

The leaders of NATO's member states have referred to China's “stated ambitions and assertive behaviour” as presenting a “systemic challenge” to the rules-based...

Japanese crews have begun training on the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker ahead of the planned commencement of deliveries later in the year.

The quarterly report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran's nuclear programme, dated 31 May, was officially released by the agency on 11 June....

The Palestinian militant group Hamas used the Al-Jalaa Tower in the Gaza Strip for electronic warfare (EW) attacks designed to disrupt the Iron Dome air-defence system,...

The Pakistan government has announced a defence budget of PKR1.37 trillion (USD8.78 billion) for fiscal year (FY) 2021–22. The allocation is a 6.2% increase over the...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) is ramping up efforts to support defence industrial co-operation on major programmes with the aim to boost local capability. The effort reflects growing economic constraints – amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic – and a linked requirement to bolster self-reliance.

US Army leadership is parading before Congress to detail their fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget plans, including a steep reduction to small- and medium-calibre ammunition...

Airbus has hit out over claims that the H175 platform is ‘too Chinese' for the UK's New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement, releasing an image of the first airframe to...

The UK is to sell one of its soon-to-be-retired Boeing E-3D Sentry Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) to the US Navy (USN) as a surrogate trainer for the...

The Philippine government announced on 14 June that it has suspended the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States by another six...

Difficulty sustaining the engine on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is contributing to a higher cost per flying hour than originally...

Additional orders for Boxer armoured vehicles have been indicated by the UK defence procurement minister as he revealed the variant mix of the first batch of 523 Boxers...

Janes, the trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence, recently signed an agreement with Airbus Defense and Space that makes it possible to include Janes databases in Airbus’ Fortion® Massive Intelligence (MI) cloud-based multi-source platform.

France's Texelis and CNIM have teamed to meet a future French Army requirement for a new combat engineer vehicle called Moyen d'Appui au Contact (MAC).

The Brazilian Army is seeking to upgrade its Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 1A5BR main battle tank (MBT) through a competition for local modernisation.