The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) “second tier” programmes such as the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system will be important to watch in the fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020)...

The first of three Estonian Navy Sandown-class minehunters to be fitted with new mine countermeasures (MCM) sonar and tactical data-handling systems has completed its...

President Donald Trump announced on 1 February that he is formally withdrawing the United States from the 1987 US-Soviet Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

The US Air Force (USAF) said on 29 January that it intends to award General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) a sole source contract for the Multi-Intelligence...

The effect of Covid-19 on defence industrial bases in the Asia-Pacific region has been largely mixed to date, although temporary lockdowns across the region could have...

The Thai government is considering potentially postponing military procurements in response to the expected economic impact of Covid-19, Lieutenant General Kongcheep...

New data from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) shows that the country registered record-high defence export approvals worth INR86.2 billion (USD1.1 billion) in...

Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price has outlined an intention to “strengthen” the country’s defence industrial collaboration policy: the Australian...

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has said that its orderbook remains strong at the end of the first quarter of this year (Q1 2020), boosted by a...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) is currently assessing the full impact of Covid-19 on military procurement and sustainment programmes, a DoD spokesperson told...

Thailand has cut its 2020 defence budget by THB18 billion (USD557 million), with the funds set to be reappropriated by central government in support of a THB1.9 trillion...

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) announced on 27 April that the country was procuring six unmanned systems from local firm Intra Defence...

The Bronco II light attack and surveillance aircraft is being put forward for the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Armed Overwatch programme, it was revealed on 4...

As the United States and India continue to strengthen their defence trade partnership, the spectre of penalties related to the Countering America's Adversaries Through...

The Australian subsidiary of South Korean defence group Hanwha has launched a web portal to help the company engage with local firms.

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed new details about the scope of defence offsets being undertaken through partnerships between foreign original equipment...

Boeing is leveraging its connections through Australia’s industrial collaboration programme – the Australian Industry Capability (AIC) scheme – to support its project to...

Indonesia’s Deputy Defence Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono has indicated that Jakarta may look to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to meet the...

Defence spending plans in a series of the world’s largest defence markets are on course to be derailed in the near-term by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Boeing has confirmed that its AH-64E Apache attack helicopter has been down-selected for a potential programme in Bangladesh.