The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) announced on 2 December that it had conducted the first flight of its shipborne AR-500B vertical take-off and landing...

North Korea displayed its latest mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on 10 October 2020 at the parade in Pyongyang to mark the 75th anniversary of the...

Two of China’s biggest defence industrial enterprises – the China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSC) and the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) – have...

Officials from Indonesia’s defence ministry are in discussions with a consortium led by French shipbuilder Naval Group for a possible order of the Riachuelo (Modified...

Boeing has started production of the ground-based training system (GBTS) it is developing for its US Air Force (USAF) T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer, according to a...

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned a new 4,000-tonne hospital ship on 30 November for service in the South China Sea, state-owned broadcaster...

The US Department of State has approved a potential USD39 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of two MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWSs) for fitment...

The Rolls-Royce MT30 marine gas turbine has been selected to power the Republic of Korea Navy’s (RoKN’s) six FFX III- (also known as Ulsan Batch III)-class...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 2 December that it has signed contracts to acquire three new types of small rotary-wing...

The European Union’s future strategic autonomy must include the development and protection of space assets – including early warning capabilities, advanced satellite...

The European Air Transport Command (EATC) has set itself a timeline of two years to develop concrete proposals to better support its seven participating nations, as well...

France is facing renewed protests over a controversial draft security law which, among other provisions, stipulates that no-one may post, on any platform, videos in...

Italy has begun receiving the first of the 17 Leonardo HH-139B helicopters that it has ordered for combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) duties.

US engineering firm Jacobs has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based PA Consulting for GBP1.4 billion (USD1.8 billion), the two companies announced on 30...

The Gloucester-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) was certified on 17 November as NATO’s first warfighting corps headquarters since the Cold War, the Bundeswehr...

Japan’s aero-engine specialist IHI Corporation sees opportunities to expand in the defence sector despite falling sales to the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD).

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, qualified the Griffon engin poste de commandement (EPC) command post vehicle on 13...

Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced on 1 December that it has signed an NOK820 million (USD92.4 million) follow-on contract to provide additional...

Austrian Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer on 4 November announced plans to reform the national domestic intelligence service, the Office for the Protection of the...

The global customer base for the Airbus A330-200 MultiRole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft is to come together to ease the certification requirements for US receiver...