UMS Skeldar announced at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2021) being held in Abu Dhabi from 21 to 25 February that its V-200 vertical take-off...

Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has published a seemingly ambitious list of big-ticket items that it is proposing to acquire for its air force over the next four...

Japan received a second batch of Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on 14 February.

Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a collaboration agreement that brings together the defence industrial organisations of the two countries.

The US Navy (USN) awarded the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding yard a USD2.99 billion cost-plus-incentive-fee contract on 19 February for...

Saudi Arabia is targeting a significant increase of its research and development (R&D) expenditure as procurement processes are being improved and streamlined, said...

The UAE’s Al Jasoor and EARTH, subsidiaries of EDGE Group, are partnering with Raytheon Technologies to integrate the latter’s High Energy Laser (HEL) system onto the...

Turkey’s Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) signed on 18 February six new Research and Development (R&D) projects with various local companies to further boost...

NATO is planning a new cyber defence exercise that will seek to align more closely electronic warfare (EW) and operations in cyberspace, Janes has learned.

After a slowdown of its activities due to security concerns in early 2020 and subsequent pandemic restrictions, the NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) will now expand its size,...

The United States is to help the Socialist Republic of Vietnam set up a pilot training pipeline, based on the former’s Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) programme.

Lockheed Martin UK, the design authority for the UK’s Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP), has expressed concern over the future of the infantry fighting...

Ultra Electronics Maritime Sonar Systems has confirmed a contract award to commence work on the hull-mounted anti-submarine warfare (ASW) sonar system to equip the Royal...

The US Army has retired its Bell TH-67 Creek training helicopter after 28 years of service.

NATO should increase its common fund, or at least modify how it is currently used, to “incentivise” the allies to conduct more deterrence and defence activities to...

Chinese state-owned media has revealed for the first time that four People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers died as a result of the clash with Indian Army (IA) troops...

The US Air Force (USAF) has begun divesting itself of the Rockwell B-1B Lancer strategic bomber aircraft as it prepares for the introduction into service of the Northrop...

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has posted declines in group revenues and profits for 2020, although the company’s defence sales have stayed strong...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is partnering with Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) to develop hypersonic missile systems for the Japan...

The Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has held a meeting with representatives from Dassault Aviation to discuss the possibility of acquiring Rafale multirole fighter...