The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has stood-up an experimental unit dedicated to developing an operational ‘swarming drones’ capability, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told...

The risk of cyber-attacks against government targets, as well as disinformation campaigns, is on the rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the requirement for...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense's (MoD's) Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has confirmed to Jane’s that it plans to pursue a Japan-led development...

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on 28 January released a pre-solicitation notice – in the form of a draft request for prototype proposal (DRPP) and system...

The Pentagon has restricted gun use on Lot 9 and newer Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) conventional variants to combat-only after...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 3 February to...

Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Kaikkonen, signed a technical agreement to improve the mobility of their armed forces by...

Malaysia is set to convert two PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) CN-235 transports into maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs).

The US Air Force (USAF) is expected to declare an initial operating capability (IOC) with the Raytheon Missile Systems GBU-53/B StormBreaker glide munition on the Boeing...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has procured the Fire Weaver networked sensor-to-shooter fire control system, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced on 3 February.

Deliveries of the first 12 of 26 twin-seat JF-17B Thunder multirole combat aircraft on order for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) are expected to commence “in the near...

The Brazilian Army is finalising a series of studies aimed at improving the VBTP-MSR Guarani 6×6 armoured vehicle.

Five Turkish soldiers and a Turkish civilian were killed as a result of an attack on Turkish reinforcements to Idlib province in northwest Syria, the Turkish Defence...

The US Air Force (USAF) plans to equip its fleet of tanker-transport aircraft with beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications pods so as to serve as command and control...

Raytheon Missile Systems has conducted live firing tests of its Excalibur S semi-active laser (SAL) guided artillery projectile against a moving target.

The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra announced on 5 February that the Australian Army and the wider Australian Defence Force (ADF) will acquire the Rafael...

Lockheed Martin, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) prime contractor, could be required to financially compensate the Pentagon for unmet requirements in...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) inducted a single Mi-171E and two AW109M helicopters on 6 February in a high-profile ceremony in Abuja that was attended by President...

Logistical challenges probably led the United States to withdraw its M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles soon after they were deployed to eastern Syria, a report by...

India’s Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) unveiled a model of a new, third generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at the Defexpo 2020 defence exhibition in Lucknow from...