The United Kingdom has launched a five-year programme to upgrade the British Army’s M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS).

Boeing has secured a USD1.63 billion contract modification to manufacture 11 P-8A maritime multimission aircraft: nine for the US Navy (USN) and two for the Royal...

Bell has described its 525 Relentless has being “an ideal aircraft” for the UK New Medium Helicopter (NMH), telling Janes that it is in constant touch with UK...

Taiwan plans to acquire an undisclosed number of Lockheed Martin Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor missiles from the...

The United Kingdom has stood up its new Space Command, with operations being formally launched on 1 April.

The United Kingdom is acquiring a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under its Second Operating Location...

Pan-European weapons system manufacturer MBDA revealed on 31 March that the company had received orders valued at EUR3.3 billion (USD3.87 billion) in 2020, while...

South Korea enacted legislation on 1 April to spur advancements in national capability to undertake military-technology research and development (R&D).

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) – India’s largest defence public sector undertaking (DPSU) – has recorded a record-high revenue for fiscal year (FY) 2020–21 despite...

US Army soldiers will begin receiving the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) later this year, and to prepare for the fielding the service has awarded...

The US Army demonstrated autonomous resupply capability with various unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the most recent edition of the Army Expeditionary Warrior...

The ballistic missile systems paraded by North Korea in October 2020 and January 2021 have confirmed the country’s “developing capability” to deliver “tactical and...

Further details have emerged on the industrial package being offered to Finland for the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is being led by the UK.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) revealed on 31 March more details about the country’s plans to acquire an additional 36 foreign-made...

Philippine authorities announced on 31 March that many of the Chinese fishing vessels that have been moored for weeks near the disputed Whitsun Reef in the Spratly...

Photographs released by the Turkish Ministry of National Defence (MSB) appear to show it has supplied US-made M60 tanks to the forces that were loyal to Libya’s...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has retired its fleet of Raytheon Sentinel R1 Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) wide-area ground-surveillance aircraft.

Australia will move to manufacture its own missiles and guided weapons under an AUD1 billion (USD750 million) plan to establish a new weapons facility with a strategic...

Taiwan’s newly issued defence policy has outlined a requirement for the island to lean on defence offsets to support its industrial and technology capability...

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