The US Army is still planning to meet its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) first unit equipped (FUE) date sometime between July and September but is also...

South Korea is developing a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) based on its 500 km-range Hyeonmu-2B (also spelled Hyunmoo-2B) ballistic missile, with underwater...

India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved on 13 January the procurement of 83 indigenously designed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian Air Force...

State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has delivered the first of nine Bell 412EPI multirole medium helicopters on order for the Indonesian...

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Boeing USD1.7 billion for Lot 6 production of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker-transport aircraft.

India is seeing strong growth in the use of online procurement practices in the defence sector, a senior official in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi has...

Israeli company Elbit Systems announced on 13 January that it has secured a contract to provide Seagull unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to the navy of an undisclosed...

Boeing’s Insitu company has agreed to pay USD25 million to settle allegations it overcharged the US military to supply and operate ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles...

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace announced on 13 January that it will acquire a 30% stake in local firm Satrec Initiative (SI), a specialist in satellite systems for...

The South Korean government has appointed a new minister of the country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). Kang Eun-ho, a former DAPA deputy minister,...

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, has ordered Anafi USA micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Parrot, the agency...

The US Navy (USN) has postponed a decision to possibly transfer Aegis Ashore operations to another military entity during recent budget discussions but discussions...

The US Navy (USN) will delay the large-scale acquisition of unmanned platforms until it has developed reliable and sustainable technology, Admiral Michael Gilday, US...

Qatar has alleged Bahrain is attempting to increase regional tensions by violating its territory, while Bahrain has accused Qatar of doing the same thing by making false...

The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has for the first time released a computer-generated image (CGI) in a promotional video showing a twin-seat...

The Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) of India’s state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over...

NATO’s ‘Cyber Coalition 2020’ exercise, which took place virtually between 16 and 20 November, provided a means of testing the alliance’s capabilities in the domain and...

Throughout the seven months that followed the US/Taliban peace deal of 29 February, there have been repeated accusations by Afghan authorities that the Taliban was not...

Leonardo has delivered to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) suites for integration aboard the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s)...

South Korean company Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia on 12 January, prior to delivering three of the IFVs for...