The government of Singapore announced on 16 February a 2021 defence budget of SGD15.36 billion (USD11.56 billion).

The Australian government on 25 January confirmed a funding commitment of AUD1 billion (USD770 million) “to commence the early development of advanced guided weapons to...

US President Joe Biden’s administration is heading into its first NATO defence ministers’ meeting with the goal of ‘revitalising’ relationships while also preparing to...

UK-based government services provider Serco Group has agreed to purchase American consulting business Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB) for USD295 million to expand its...

NATO declared on 15 February that its fleet of five Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) remotely piloted aircraft systems achieved an initial operational capability,...

State-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released footage showing that the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s (AVIC’s) Flight Automatic Control...

The Qatari Ministry of Defence confirmed it has ordered Leonardo AW169 helicopters on 15 February when it reported that Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid...

Sweden will procure the Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platform to replace its ageing Saab 340 Erieyes, the country’s defence minister...

India’s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has handed over to the Indian Navy (IN) the third of six Kalvari (Scorpène)-class diesel-electric attack submarines...

Turkish companies Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence launched the first prototype of their ULAQ weaponised unmanned surface vehicle (USV) in early February, according to...

Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTI) – a research and development (R&D) entity under the Thai Ministry of Defence (MoD) – has signed an agreement with the Royal...

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) displayed a number of its recently acquired aerial assets during a visit by President Rodrigo Duterte to Clark Air Base, northwest of...

The first group of about 200 US marines has arrived in Darwin as part of the 10th Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D), which will see about 2,200 personnel arrive...

The Federal Protection Service (Federalnaya Sluzhba Okhrany: FSO) traces its history back to the Ninth Directorate of the former Soviet Committee for State Security...

The Indian Army (IA) has leased four Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron TP medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for potential...

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is to receive 12 Aero Vodochody L-39 jet trainer aircraft from the Czech Republic.

Brazil has conducted extreme cold weather testing of the Embraer KC/C-390 Millennium transport aircraft in Alaska.

The two shortlisted contenders for Australia’s AUD18.1–27.1 billion (USD14–21 billion) infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) requirement have delivered a total of six...

US Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff General Charles Brown is pressing the service’s top brass to complete a new overarching battle plan for electromagnetic spectrum...

US army units assessed a new artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled sensor-to-shooter and battlefield situational awareness system by Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense...