Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 19 May that Sikorsky Australia had been selected by the US Navy (USN) to provide additional support to the Royal...

The Moroccan military appears to have ordered the Ejder Yalçin armoured vehicle made by the Turkish company Nurol Makina and Chad is now a confirmed user of the type,...

Borey (Project 955A)-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) fleet, according to local media reports.

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and Dassault Rafale jets have begun flying joint exercises geared at enhancing fourth- and fifth-generation...

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) Ministry of Defence has awarded Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) an AED3.5 billion (USD953 million) contract to build four Falaj 3...

The US Navy (USN) is on track to deliver its new Constellation-class FFG 62 guided-missile frigate and surface-ship hypersonic-missile capability by the middle part of...

Defence conglomerate Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) announced the restructuring and expansion of its board of directors during an extraordinary general...

The first 42 Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) F-16 multirole fighter aircraft recently upgraded to the latest F-16V standard have entered service with the 4th...

The Biden administration is believed to be pursuing a ‘normalised’ approach to high-profile military sales to Taiwan, similar to the methods applied under former...

A Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagle combat aircraft destined for Qatar suffered a mishap when two US Air Force (USAF) pilots ejected while the aircraft was on the ground...

US company Allison Transmission has confirmed its inclusion in the Indonesian programme to build the Harimau medium tank for the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI).

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr (armed forces chief) General Eberhard Zorn presented a document with the main...

The US Navy (USN) completed a milestone captive-carriage flight of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) Separation Test Vehicle (STV) on...

Three US industry groups are recommending that the Biden administration form ‘collaboration forums’ in Kabul and Washington to improve co-ordination with contractors...

NATO’s ‘Steadfast Cobalt 2021’ Communications and Information System (CIS) exercise took place in a virtual environment due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to senior...

Chinese state-owned media indicated on 18 May that an artillery company under the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Xinjiang Military Command has been...

An in-house development by Heckler & Koch (H&K) of a new self-loading .22 Rimfire calibre variant of the standard British Army SA-80 (L85A2) assault rifle, normally...

British Army chiefs aim to deploy their first new Ranger battalion on operations in East Africa next year.

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has stood up the new Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Air Wing, it was announced on 17 May.

Two of China’s largest defence industrial enterprises – the China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco Group) and the China Electronics Technology Group (CETC) –...