Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has requested a defence budget of JPY5.48 trillion (USD50 billion) for 2022 amid what Tokyo views as an increasingly intense security...

The Swedish government and Saab have agreed a rebaselined contract for the A 26 Blekinge-class submarine programme amid schedule delays and escalating costs.

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) is considering the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a countermeasure against hypersonic weapons.

North Korea appears to have restarted the reactor at its plutonium-producing 5 MWe Yongbyon Experimental Nuclear Power Plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency...

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned its final 97 m Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), from 21 to 24 September, will hold the final event for its roughly 2.5-year-long Subterranean (SubT) Challenge,...

The US Navy's (USN's) new autonomous technologies strategy seeks to accelerate development and deployment of intelligent platforms, linked through a highly distributed...

India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 27 August that it awarded local company Mahindra Defence Systems Limited an INR13.5 billion (USD184.1 million) contract...

As Washington rushes to complete evacuations from Afghanistan, US air-defence systems reportedly intercepted as many as five rockets fired at Hamid Karzai International...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense's (MoD's) Joint Staff Office (JSO) announced separately on 25 and 26 August that fighters scrambled by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force...

Taiwan has proposed a defence budget increase amid continuing tension with China.

Russian company Kronshtadt has taken the opportunity at the Army 2021 exhibition being held in Kubinka near Moscow on 22–28 August to showcase a full-scale mock-up of...

On 26 August, a suicide attack involving two explosions and small-arms fire occurred in the vicinity of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan's capital...

Brazil's ARES Aeroespacial e Defesa, a local operation of Elbit Systems, is finalising a prototype of its new-generation REMAX (Reparo de Metralhadora Automatizado X)...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking a system integrator to manage the delivery and sustainment of a new intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and...

US President Biden has vowed to continue evacuating at-risk Afghan civilians and US Embassy staff from Afghanistan following the deadly attacks that took place outside...

Shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU) has carried out a first steel-cutting ceremony for two new 90 m offshore patrol vessels that will be operated by the Indonesian...

The US Navy (USN) has completed ship-based Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for its Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) programme.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sold its Britten-Norman Defender AL2 (Defender 4000: D4K) surveillance and utility aircraft back to the manufacturer, after recently...

Russia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed the first contract for a prototype of the Shturm (Project Storm) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) system based on the T-72 main...