Airbus has identified system commonalities and enhancements to be transferred across from its other helicopter types as primary differentiators for its H175M offering to...

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) is showcasing an export variant of the YJ-18 submarine-launched anti-ship cruise missile at Airshow China 2021, which...

The Chadian National Army is in the process of expanding from 35,000 to 60,000 personnel, Defence Minister General Daoud Yahya Brahim told the country's parliament on 24...

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) plans to disclose new information on its next-generation, carrier-based fighter aircraft before the end of 2021.

Germany has signed for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft (MMA), with an initial Foreign Military Sale (FMS) award of USD756.6 million announced on...

An adviser to the Australian government on the cancelled Future Submarine programme has been appointed to support collaboration between Canberra and Washington on the...

Washington's decision to withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan after nearly two decades has hindered the nation's standing with partner nations and allies,...

US defence electronics supplier Mercury Systems plans to expand its offering by acquiring avionics business Avalex Technologies for USD155 million in cash, Mercury...

The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has, for the first time, demonstrated to the public a variant of the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) J-20A...

The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has unveiled an electronic warfare (EW) variant of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) J-16 multirole fighter aircraft...

The EU will soon begin spending its new EUR1.50 billion (USD1.75 billion) military mobility (MM) budget for 2021–27 on civil infrastructure projects that can also be...

Greece has signed an agreement with Naval Group and MBDA to begin negotiations on the acquisition of three Frégate de défense et d'intervention (FDI) multimission...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signed a defence co-operation agreement between their two countries in Paris on 28...

As Airshow China 2021 kicks off, Kelvin Wong, unmanned systems editor at Janes explores the unique flavour of China’s premier national aerospace and defence exhibition series and previews the some of the new systems that will debut at this year’s event.

Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced the delivery of two prototypes of an upgraded variant of its SH-60K multirole naval helicopter to the...

The trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence is proud to become a Silver member of the Esri Partner Network, with the two set to highlight Janes foundational interconnected intelligence within Esri’s ArcGIS system at GEOINT

North Korea launched what appeared to be a short-range missile into the East Sea (also known as Sea of Japan) on 28 September, just over two weeks after the country had...

India has carried out the maiden test firing of its new Akash Prime surface-to-air missile (SAM).

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched the third KSS-III (also known as Dosan Ahn Chang-ho)-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on...

The Indian government has established seven companies to undertake the industrial activities of the 41 defence factories operated by the state-owned Ordnance Factory...