Japan and Saudi Arabia are set to receive quantities of the US Navy's (USN's) new BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) as part of a third full-rate production (FRP)...

US gun sight maker EOTech has agreed to pay up to USD100 million to acquire Intevac's Photonics night-vision technology business, Intevac announced on 3 January.

South Korea has formally approved draft plans to indigenously develop shipborne surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and amphibious attack...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is installing new video systems on their armoured personnel carriers (APCs), the Israeli company Nir-Or, a subsidiary of IMCO Industries,...

Israel has advanced the procurement of both the Lockheed Martin CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters and Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tankers, with the...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to equip its fleet of Airbus A330-200 MultiRole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft with Israeli defensive aids.

South Korea has carried out a steel-cutting ceremony for another KSS-III submarine, a Defense Acquisition Program Administration spokesperson told Janes on 30 December.

Noosphere Venture Partners, a space technology investment firm founded and controlled by Ukrainian entrepreneur Max Polyakov, plans to sell its approximately 50% stake...

Romania's president Klaus Iohannis passed the State Budget for 2022 on 28 December, a week after the Parliament gave its approval.

Turkey's Hisar 0+ medium-altitude air defence missile system successfully engaged a high-speed target drone in its final acceptance test ahead of entering service.

Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering's US subsidiary has secured a contract to build a second Polar Security Cutter (PSC) for the US Coast Guard (USCG).

US legislation signed into law on 27 December directs the Pentagon to transfer all Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II sustainment and acquisition...

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to design and develop a variant of its F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) geared towards the requirements of an unspecified...

NATO has reported a fall in the number of Russian military aircraft that were intercepted by alliance air policing missions in 2021.

The Netherlands has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.

Northrop Grumman has been contracted by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to manufacture and deliver three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) carrier-borne airborne...

South Korea has completed a programme to enhance the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) systems and combat information processing capabilities of its three Gwanggaeto Daewang...

Spain has ordered 36 Airbus H135 helicopters for use by the armed forces and police/civil guard.

Mercury Systems' board of directors has approved a shareholder rights plan, commonly known as a poison pill, to prevent an unwelcome party from gaining control of the...

The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) has signed a PHP28 billion (USD551 million) contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for two new corvettes.