The US Army is considering joining offensive and defensive fires units (field artillery and air-defence artillery) in the same spot or structure so the air-defence units...

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) top officer is not concerned with Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) conventional variant’s gun inaccuracy, an...

BAE Systems will begin welding its first Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) hull in March – a mission command variant – as part of a low-rate initial production (LRIP)...

US lawmakers are seeking additional oversight of the army’s plan to acquire an M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle replacement fleet, as well as associated technology hurdles,...

The United Arab Emirates’ Air Force and Air Defence (UAEAFAD) announced on 19 November that it was in the closing stages of negotiations with Saab for an additional two...

In a proof-of-concept exercise carried out on 28 September, personnel at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina temporarily took over from the Combined Air Operations...

Boeing Defense, in partnership with Saab Dynamics, on 26 September conducted a long-range test firing of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) from the Andøya...

The US Army plans to replace its 5.56 mm M4/M4A1 Carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon with a 6.8 mm Next-Generation Squad Weapon-Rifle (NGSW-R) and Automatic Rifle...

Australian and US armed forces have evaluated an autonomous airborne delivery system capable of distributing medical supplies to forward-deployed units.

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) spaceplane returned to the earth’s surface on 27 October after spending 780 days in space on its...

Turkey, now ejected from the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme, may be poised to make a major change in procurement policy and acquire advanced fighters from Russia. Such a...

Russia’s Kronshtadt Group displayed a new but unnamed medium altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV) at the MAKS 2019 aerospace and defence exhibition...

South African defence company Paramount Group revealed on 17 September that it had received certification from South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial...

Companies in the counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UASs) domain are pursuing advances in radar technology to detect smaller systems at greater ranges.

Since the beginning of 2019 there has been a series of attacks, planned assaults, and the discovery of Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists in coastal West Africa. In Benin, a...

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is terminating its programme to develop a more reliable interceptor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, which was...

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) X-60A GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight research programme recently reached a major milestone by completing its critical design review...