India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired an enhanced version of the rocket used by the Pinaka multiple rocket launcher...

Russia’s newest Sotnik (Centurion) soldier ensemble is to be developed from 2020-23 and in 2025 is set to begin replacing the Ratnik (Warrior) combat outfit, according...

The United Kingdom has received a further four Beechcraft T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft to add to the 10 already operated under the UK Military Flight Training System...

The People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Tibet Military District has received an additional batch of Dongfeng Mengshi CSK181 4×4 armoured vehicles.

The Republic of China Navy (RoCN) has announced that construction work on Taiwan’s first locally designed and developed diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) will begin...

The United States has approved the sale to Taiwan of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SeaGuardian medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE)...

Work has begun in the UK to convert five Boeing 737 airliners into E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning Mk 1 (AEW1) platforms for the Royal Air Force (RAF).

The United States has approved an upgrade of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft for Romania.

The fourth of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime multimission aircraft (MMA) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived in the United Kingdom on 3 November.

The task group that the British Army is contributing to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) will have 300 personnel and new...

The European Union requires a radical top-down overhaul to its approach to defence – including a permanent EU command for operational and defence planning – if it is...

A suspected Islamic State sympathiser carried out a shooting attack in central Vienna, Austria, late on 2 November, leaving at least four people dead. At the time of...

Germany’s Future Combat Mission System (FCMS) consortium has charted the progress being made in developing sensor technology for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).

The Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile: FACh) this year used its fleet of Sikorsky S-70i (MH-60M in Chile service) Black Hawk utility helicopters without...

US engineering firm Belcan has acquired US information technology provider Telesis, which serves defence and intelligence agencies and other government customers, Belcan...

As expected, the US Navy (USN) awarded the Newport News Shipbuilding unit of Huntington-Ingalls Industries (HII) contract modifications on 2 November that shift the...

The Vojska Crne Gore (Armed Forces of Montenegro: VCG) received its first five Oshkosh Defence 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) at the Milan Šaranović barracks...

In early 2018, a small band claiming allegiance to the Islamic State’s Wilayat Khorasan began activities in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state. The group was led by a...

More than 20 small- and medium-sized Chinese private companies put their newest defence products on display for the Tibet Military District of the People’s Liberation...

The crew of Russia’s Project 22800 (Karakurt-class) corvette Odintsovo has tested the Pantsir-M naval anti-aircraft gun-missile (AAGM) system against aerial targets in...