Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) revealed on 25 August that it has ordered an additional 21 CM-34 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to add to the 284...

Rostec’s Kalashnikov Group unveiled the prototype of its new Spetsialnoye Korpusnoye Kolesnoye Shassi-568 (SKKSh-568) wheeled chassis for surface-to-air missile (SAM)...

The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) released the first imagery from the new Ofek 16 satellite on 25 August.

Russia’s Almaz-Antey Corporation unveiled the new 51P6E2 10×10 mobile surface-to-air missile launch platform for the 98R6E Abakan non-strategic ballistic missile defence...

Argentine state aircraft factory FAdeA has resumed its IA-100B basic trainer programme with the signing on 24 August of an agreement with the Financial Aid Institute of...

The Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a EUR2.08 billion (USD2.46 billion) contract with national consortium Tess Defence to build the first tranche of 348...

On 24 August, co-ordinated twin suicide improvised explosive device (IED) attacks took place on the island of Jolo in the Philippines’ Sulu province, killing at least...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has published a notice inviting foreign companies to engage with its project to develop next-generation fighter aircraft.

The Turkish armed forces’ ‘Claw Eagle’ and ‘Claw Tiger’ operations began in June 2020 and are the culmination of a gradual intensification of Turkish air activity...

South African media has reported that the sale of Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles by Denel Dynamics has fallen through after the company failed to raise the required...

An unspecified “safety incident” at Armtec Defense Technologies has forced the business to temporarily halt production at one of its facilities, according to officials...

About a dozen investors have reportedly tabled bids for troubled Indian shipbuilder Reliance Naval and Engineering (RNEL), with interest in the company increasing...

Rostec's Russian Helicopters announced in a press release on 23 August that it has launched production of the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter at the Rostvertol plant...

Russia’s Tu-95MSM prototype, the latest variant of the Russian strategic missile carrying turboprop bomber, flew for the first time on 22 August from the Taganrog...

Batam-based private shipbuilder, PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati, has launched two more PC-40-class patrol boats for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan...

The first Survey Motor Boat (SMB) for the South African Navy (SAN) has been launched, shipbuilder Paramount Maritime told Janes on 25 August.

India’s state-run Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has identified more than 100 defence components and technologies that it wants to source “only” from...

In July 2020, a series of videos was released on social media in Mexico, depicting groups of heavily armed men claiming to belong to the so-called ‘Elite Group’ (Grupo...

The UK’s NP Aerospace has been awarded a GBP3 million (USD3.9 million) contract to demonstrate hybrid electric drive systems on the UK’s Foxhound protected mobility...