Airbus Spain has been named as the national contractor for the New Generation Fighter (NGF) element of the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur...

Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands declared the full operational capability (FOC) of their Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC) headquarters on 7...

Airbus is to offer a Tranche 5 standard of the Eurofighter combat aircraft to replace Germany’s fleet of Panavia Tornados, a company official said on 9 December.

Airbus expects the four partner nations to the Eurodrone unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to award a contract for production early next year.

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said on 9 December that Tokyo has decided to build two more Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyers following its decision to...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 9 December a new initiative to support local companies gain access to international programmes to provide...

As the US Navy (USN) deals with the uncertainty of the future carrier force, the service is focusing on how to create a fully integrated carrier strike force that better...

Aevum has developed an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to deploy rockets for space launch missions every three hours at a price point of just under...

US-based AeroVironment, which builds unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missiles, has agreed to acquire Germany’s Telerob Gesellschaft für...

The US Army wants to outfit its ground combat vehicles with a soft-kill active protection system (SK APS) and plans to select a vendor in early 2022.

A People’s Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF) Y-8Q/KQ-200 anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-capable maritime patrol aircraft recently conducted a live-fire exercise...

The US Army’s new heads-up display, dubbed the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), is under congressional scrutiny and lawmakers are poised to strip USD230...

Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has offered South Korea its Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Suite (NGCV-S) as the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) prepares to...

Mercury Systems has agreed to acquire fellow US defence electronics supplier Physical Optics Corporation (POC), saying the two companies have complementary offerings.

Taiwan’s plan to complete the upgrade of 22 Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) F-16A/B multirole fighter aircraft to the latest F-16V configuration by the end of 2020...

The US Air Force (USAF) is to field interim enhancements to the problematic Remote Vision System (RVS) for its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker-transport aircraft.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has identified four additional Chinese corporations that it claims have links to China’s military. The companies’ inclusion on the...

Research and development officials at US Special Operations Command are looking to industry to help the command develop a slew of advanced intelligence, surveillance,...

Fast rates of growth in the Asia-Pacific region in the past 10 years mean that it will overtake North America as the highest regional defence spender by 2029, according to the latest data from Janes.

US lawmakers are throwing up legislative roadblocks to prevent the outgoing US administration from reducing troop levels in Afghanistan and Germany before...