Turkey’s Aselsan has completed development and testing of its Atom 40 mm high-velocity air bursting munition (HV ABM) and associated Atom 40 mm fire control unit (FCU),...

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is to field the Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as part of a wider ramp-up of its airborne maritime surveillance...

Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to receive two new specialised vehicles on the chassis of the K-4386 Taifun-VDV 4×4 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP)...

Rheinmetall has launched the rescue model of its Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at the CANSEC exhibition, held in Ottawa on 29 and 30 May, according to a...

The US Navy (USN) intends to cut the number of man-hours it takes to build the current planned fleet of Ford-class ships now slated for construction by about a third by...

Iran launched a Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) in December 2018, the Israeli representative to the UN told the Security Council in a letter released...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA‐ASI) plans to integrate its SkyGuardian and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with L3 WESCAM’s MX-20...

South Korea has completed development of a new 30 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) system based on the chassis of the Hyundai Rotem K808 8 x 8 armoured...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) modified its newly acquired De Havilland Canada UV-18 Twin Otter twin-turboprop light transport aircraft to provide an open...

The French government has reported that orders for defence equipment jumped by 31.4% to EUR9.12 billion (USD10.26 billion) in 2018, an increase on 2017’s EUR6.94...

The US Army wants to field its first hypersonic missile battery by 2023, as well as a battery of Strykers equipped with 50 kW high-energy lasers by 2022, in a bid to...

Saudi Arabia has continued to acquire Soviet-type weapons and equipment that are not known to be used by its own armed forces, according to reports released by the UN...

The US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) mismanaged their backup aircraft and depot maintenance float allowance (DMFA), affecting the readiness of a portion of its...

The Serdar remote weapon station (RWS) developed jointly by Turkey’s Aselsan and Ukraine’s Luch Design Bureau has passed its final trials and is now ready to enter...

Qatar received its first batch of Dassault Rafale combat aircraft on 5 June, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced.

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN’s) new hydrographic and diving support vessel has entered service, according to a statement issued by the government of New Zealand.

Ukraine’s defence industry has developed and begun building several new mortar systems, details of which were briefed at the recent Omega Mortar Systems Conference in...

An armed variant of Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) participated in the NATO ‘Spring Storm’ exercise held in Estonia from 29 April to 17 May.

The US Air Force (USAF) recently performed Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tanker testing with the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and the Lockheed...

Turkish pilots training in the United States to fly the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will have to leave the country by 31 July if Turkey...