The US government has approved the sale of a further four Boeing CH-47F Chinook transport helicopters to Australia, the Defense Security and Cooperation Agency (DSCA)...

An Indonesian consortium led by state-owned arms manufacturer PT Pindad launched a prototype of the ‘tank boat’ fire support vessel on 28 April in waters off Banyuwangi,...

The US State Department has approved a potential USD1.65 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Australia of up to 12 weapons-ready MQ-9B medium-altitude, long-endurance...

As US and coalition troops begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan, the fighting between Afghan government forces and the Taliban continues to intensify, with the first...

South Korea has revised its assessment of the distance travelled by the North Korean short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) that were test-launched on 25 March,...

Bahrain is the latest country in the Gulf region to launch a defence offset policy. Known as the BDF Economic Programme, the new policy aims to support economic...

Arnold Defense, in association with Thales, has received formal certification to fire the Thales FZ90 70 mm/2.75 inch unguided Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket (FFAR) from...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is deliberating a plan for the regional group to deploy a military force to Mozambique to help stabilise the northern...

Revenue at Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business jumped 19% to USD7.2 billion in the first quarter of 2021 driven by US Air Force orders for KC-46A tanker...

Aerospace engineers from Indonesia could soon return to South Korea to recommence work on the development of the KF-21 fighter aircraft, Janes understands.

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, conducted a test launch of an unarmed M51 missile from the agency’s missile test site...

The US Army will conduct a series of four test shots with Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) prototype this year.

India’s government-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted the first test-firings of the Israeli-made, imaging infrared (IIR)-guided...

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy (IRGCN) appear to have restarted harassing US vessels in the Gulf after a year-long pause.

Key military training bases in northern Australia are to receive upgrades amounting to AUD747 million (USD578.4 million) to support expanded live exercises and...

AeroVironment will integrate its Switchblade 600 loitering missile system onto US Naval Special Warfare (NSW) combatant craft under a USD26.1 million contract awarded by...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has approved a freeze of BRL1.364 billion (USD250 million) for the defence budget as part of the revised and delayed 2021 federal...

InstantEye Robotics demonstrated its Mk-3 Gen5-D1/D2 (E) Echo palm-sized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the recent US Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE).

UAVOS carried out the test flight of an experimental turbulence detection payload on its HiDRON stratospheric glider on 1 April.

The Babcock-led Team 31 has completed the Whole Ship Critical Design Review (WSCDR) for the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) new Type 31 frigate, paving the way for the start of...