The Myanmar Navy commissioned its second submarine at an event to mark the service's 74th anniversary on 24 December.

The US Army recently awarded Northrop Grumman with a contract valued at USD1.4 billion over five years to produce its future battle command system.

Production of the Dragón 8×8 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) began at General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS)-Santa Bárbara Sistemas with the cutting of the first...

Australia's Department of Defence (DoD) is set to introduce major procedural reforms in 2022 that will slash up to 12 months off the time it typically takes to sign...

The 11th and final Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) was turned over to the ship's crew on 22 December, US Navy (USN) officials...

Shareholders of UK-based conglomerate CNH Industrial have approved a plan to spin off ground vehicle manufacturer Iveco Group as a separate, publicly held company, CNH...

The Indonesian government has announced that it will not proceed with the acquisition of Sukhoi Su-35 ‘Flanker-E' multirole combat aircraft. It has instead shortlisted...

The Försvarsmakten (Swedish Armed Forces) announced on 17 December that its Patriot air-defence system, designated by Sweden as Luftvärnssystem 103, had reached initial...

The Turkish Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) launched a request for proposals for the acquisition of three follow-on Istanbul-class frigates on 22 December.

The Russian Ministry of Defence leadership met in Moscow on 21 December with the participation of President Vladimir Putin.

Norway's defence materiel agency (Forsvarsmateriell) has contracted Saab Danmark to supply the company's TactiCall Integrated Communications System (ICS) for three...

The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has released further details of its request for information (RFI) to procure at least two remotely...

France has contracted Airbus to begin production of the H160M Guépard (Cheetah) helicopter for the country's military, with an award disclosed by the Minister for the...

On 15 December the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lieutenant General Andres Centino, said that the manned airborne capabilities of the...

The US Air Force Rapid Dragon Program successfully completed its final system-level flight test on 16 December with “a live fire of a current inventory cruise missile...

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has retired the last of its Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters.

The US Navy (USN) has contracted with Raytheon Missiles and Defense for a second buy of new-production Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) anti-air missiles for Foreign Military...

South Korea's Ministry of National Defense has unveiled a new armoured personnel carrier (APC) concept that can better withstand chemical, biological, radiological, and...

The competing interceptor design technologies vying to deliver the US Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) requirement have both...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Martin Defense Group (formerly Navatek) and Northrop Grumman contracts to build full-scale unmanned...