Japan and Indonesia have finalised an accord to facilitate defence trade and related defence industrial collaboration.

Eventually, most of US Navy (USN) future air wing could consist of unmanned platforms, said Rear Admiral Gregory Harris, USN Air Warfare Division director, on 30 March...

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) commitment to buying 1,763 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs), the programme of record, is wavering over...

A majority of the military aircraft crashes that have taken place in Taiwan in recent years were the result of pilot error, Taiwan’s state-owned Central News Agency...

The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD2.8 billion Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) contract that includes deliveries into 2024.

Following the Australian government’s commitment in 2020 to advance the development of long-range strike capabilities, BAE Systems Australia announced on 30 March that...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced on 30 March that it has signed a research and prototype production contract with Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) as...

Saab has trialled battle damage repair of its Gripen combat aircraft using 3D-printed parts, the Swedish manufacturer announced on 30 March.

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has established a new electronic warfare (EW) unit at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island to enhance its...

C4ISR specialist Hanwha Systems has announced plans to raise USD1 billion through a new share sale. The company, one of four defence firms under the South Korean Hanwha...

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has published a draft version of new rules governing ‘revenue procurements’: the acquisition of equipment and services that sustain...

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) will begin delivering ‘robotic mules’ to the US Army in April for final testing, according to the company’s US director of business...

The German government on 24 March approved the benchmarks for the federal budget, including the defence budget and funding plan until 2025, the Ministry of Defence (MoD)...

The Israeli and Slovak ministries of defence (MoDs) on 25 March announced the signature of a EUR148 million (USD174.5 million) export agreement the same day for 17...

Boeing is not yet committing its MH-139 Grey Wolf for the UK New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement, telling Janes that it will evaluate this and other international...

The Japan Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) has urged Tokyo to increasingly focus on the development of advanced military...

Chinese state-owned media revealed on 25 March that a new type of amphibious armoured vehicle configured for medical evacuation (medevac) missions has entered service...

Eritrea will withdraw the troops it deployed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region after a rebellion by the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in November 2020, according...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has concluded an agreement with Mitsui E&S Holdings to take over the latter’s ‘naval and governmental ships business’, which...

The British Army is in the process of developing a long-term strategy for the introduction and use of robotic and autonomous systems (RASs): an important part of the...