The Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a EUR2.08 billion (USD2.46 billion) contract with national consortium Tess Defence to build the first tranche of 348...

On 24 August, co-ordinated twin suicide improvised explosive device (IED) attacks took place on the island of Jolo in the Philippines’ Sulu province, killing at least...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has published a notice inviting foreign companies to engage with its project to develop next-generation fighter aircraft.

The Turkish armed forces’ ‘Claw Eagle’ and ‘Claw Tiger’ operations began in June 2020 and are the culmination of a gradual intensification of Turkish air activity...

South African media has reported that the sale of Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles by Denel Dynamics has fallen through after the company failed to raise the required...

An unspecified “safety incident” at Armtec Defense Technologies has forced the business to temporarily halt production at one of its facilities, according to officials...

About a dozen investors have reportedly tabled bids for troubled Indian shipbuilder Reliance Naval and Engineering (RNEL), with interest in the company increasing...

Rostec's Russian Helicopters announced in a press release on 23 August that it has launched production of the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter at the Rostvertol plant...

Russia’s Tu-95MSM prototype, the latest variant of the Russian strategic missile carrying turboprop bomber, flew for the first time on 22 August from the Taganrog...

Batam-based private shipbuilder, PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati, has launched two more PC-40-class patrol boats for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan...

The first Survey Motor Boat (SMB) for the South African Navy (SAN) has been launched, shipbuilder Paramount Maritime told Janes on 25 August.

India’s state-run Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has identified more than 100 defence components and technologies that it wants to source “only” from...

In July 2020, a series of videos was released on social media in Mexico, depicting groups of heavily armed men claiming to belong to the so-called ‘Elite Group’ (Grupo...

The UK’s NP Aerospace has been awarded a GBP3 million (USD3.9 million) contract to demonstrate hybrid electric drive systems on the UK’s Foxhound protected mobility...

The third and fourth Poseidon MRA Mk1 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) destined for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) are in the final stages of production, the Defence...

As he toured Central and Eastern Europe on a week-long trip in August 2020, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sounded a triumphant note. “The tide is turning,...

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is set to add a newly developed fire-from-enclosure (FFE) capability to its inventory of M72 Light Assault Weapon (LAW) variant...

Australian naval shipbuilder Austal, a specialist in aluminium vessels, has reported record annual revenue and profit, with the company stating that Covid-19 had “little...

The US Army has concluded its second ‘successful’ live-fire test of its future missile defence battle command system but is also investigating why a Patriot Advanced...