The Venezuelan navy seized two Guyanese fishing vessels on 21 January, exacerbating tensions over the two governments’ dispute over the Essequibo region.

The US Biden administration has threatened sanctions on Myanmar after the country’s armed forces, the Tatmadaw, seized power and detained rulers of the elected civilian...

The fifth of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime multi-mission aircraft (MMA) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2021.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will begin supplying the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with a new version of the Trophy active protection system (APS) for armoured...

UK training simulation company 4GD on 28 January launched two new products designed to provide users with an immersive close- and deep-battle training simulation. The...

Indian state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has completed the licensed production of the last two of 222 Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters ordered...

North Korea has expanded the number of its ballistic missile units and bolstered the status, capabilities, and training of its special forces, South Korea’s Ministry of...

French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly on 29 January announced France’s decision to order 12 Rafale combat aircraft to replace those sold to Greece. Her...

Chinese state-owned television revealed on 30 January that the China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO) Type 15 (also known as ZTQ-15) lightweight battle tank...

The Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and...

The US Army is seeking industry proposals for the development of a new software-defined tactical radio capable of transmitting and receiving voice and data...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on 1 February that it has signed contracts worth a total of more than USD100 million for the supply of Rotem and Harop...

Power management company Eaton has agreed to acquire Cobham Group’s Cobham Mission Systems (CMS) business for USD2.8 billion, expanding its defence portfolio, Eaton...

India’s 2021–22 defence budget climbs mildly in nominal terms to USD65.5 billion, but Janes analysis shows the expenditure is set to decline in real terms by 7%

Myanmar’s armed forces (Tatmadaw) have again seized power in a re-assertion of military rule after five years of troubled parliamentary cohabitation with an elected...

MBDA, supported by the French Army and the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA – the French Procurement Agency) has conducted a campaign of separate live-fire events...

The US Department of Defense (DoD), through the offices of the Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC) Consortium Administrative Organization (CAO), has issued...

United States defence professionals employed with the Pentagon or as contractors face a range of career consequences if they are found to have participated in the 6...

The number of enemy-initiated attacks (EIAs) in Afghanistan continues at a high level, especially in Kabul where US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) have reported an uptick...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed federal legislation extending the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) five years beyond its 5 February...