The huge increase in the sale and transport of waste plastic has created lucrative and varied opportunities for unscrupulous businesses and organised crime groups (OCGs)...

Martin UAV is developing a new version of its V-Bat mini vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will feature increased endurance and...

US-based government services provider PAE has agreed to acquire American intelligence business Metis Solutions for USD92 million in cash, PAE announced on 16 November.

The Brazilian Navy is exploring ways to modernise the Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais) and has unveiled a plan to merge three previous modernisation programmes...

Nexter is joining the field vying to win the US Army’s towed howitzer replacement competition, and is proposing its CAmionÉquipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie (CAESAR)...

Turkey’s Minister of National Defence (MND), Hulusi Akar, faced the country’s Plan and Budget Commission on 12 November to present the case for the ministry’s increased...

DroneShield has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based optical system, DroneOptID, to its DroneSentry counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) suite,...

Janes, the trusted global agency for open-source defence intelligence highlights that of the 11 budgets published in Asia since the onset of the pandemic, only 3 are showing spending decreases.

Austria and Italy are to co-operate on the procurement of military rotorcraft, with both European nations looking to work together to satisfy separate requirements.

On 6 November, the US Department of the Treasury sanctioned Gebran Bassil, head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) – the leading Christian party in Lebanon and close...

Lithuania signed for four Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk transport and utility helicopters on 13 November, the country’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) announced.

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) put its Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft into service on 6 November, making it the first international partner to...

BAE Systems is continuing development of its private-venture Kingfisher gun-launched, multi-purpose carrier round, with plans now taking shape for firing trials with a...

The US Marine Corps has selected L3Harris’ Panther II Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) for satellite communications (satcom) operations, in support of the Marine...

The United States plans to continue and improve military co-operation with Serbia, US ambassador to Belgrade Anthony Godfrey told Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and...

Hanwha Defense has completed deliveries of K9 Thunder 155 mm/52 cal self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) to the South Korean military, according to a 13 November statement by...

The Pakistan Navy (PN) has commissioned the second of two Yarmook-class multirole corvettes ordered from Dutch shipbuilder Damen in 2017.

The US Navy (USN) has contracted AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation to deliver a further 36 TH-73A training helicopters to add to the 32 already ordered.

The US government has issued a directive to prohibit US investments into Chinese firms that are deemed to be owned or controlled by China’s military, the People’s...

Qatari pilots will soon be training at Italy’s International Flight Training School (IFTS), following an agreement between the Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...