An Airbus A400M transport/tanker aircraft has conducted a 'wet' air-to-air refuelling (AAR) contact with a helicopter, it was announced by the French Direction Générale...

Since its formation in 2009, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps - Intelligence Organisation (IRGC-IO) has gained increasing dominance over the domestic security sphere...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Polish Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak signed an Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between their two...

Oman’s Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq al-Said passed a decree on 18 August abolishing the country’s offset body, the Public Authority for Privatisation and Partnership (PAPP),...

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has used 4,239 weapons in the last three years during its ‘battle between the wars’ to suppress Iranian and Hizbullah activity, mainly in...

Counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) specialist Fortem Technologies has seen a growing military interest in its systems, the company told Janes, with the US-based firm...

Iran unveiled the upgrade it appears to be implementing for its T-72M1 main battle tanks (MBTs) when Minister of Defence Amir Hatami inaugurated the production line at...

US-based Aero Precision and Kellstrom Defense have merged their operations to form a military aircraft sustainment firm named AllClear, according to a 17 August...

Israel has strongly rejected the notion that its historic peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) includes any reference to lifting restrictions on arms...

The US Air Force (USAF) is seeking information from industry on a possible expendable hypersonic multimission air-breathing demonstrator called ‘Mayhem’, according to a...

The US military is training joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs) who usually operate on land to direct air support from ships and aircraft, US Central Command...

The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has awarded Digital Concepts Engineering Ltd (DCE) a contract to develop a semi-autonomous reconnaissance and survey...

The United Kingdom and Belgium are to collaborate on their General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B unmanned aircraft system (UAS) programmes, with a...

Cameroon has taken delivery of Ukrainian-made Bar’er-V helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) systems, according to Russian and Ukrainian reports.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) deployed combat aircraft to Germany for the first time in its history on 17 August.

The business rescue process to return South Africa’s AHRLAC to the skies is nearing completion, Janes has been told.

Indonesia has announced a strong increase in its annual defence budget despite rising economic challenges related to Covid-19. The government has indicated that the...

Updated public procurement rules in Australia are expected to benefit the domestic defence industrial base through heightened requirements to provide opportunities for...

The US Air Force (USAF) has slated September 2021 for the maiden flight of the first of five engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk...

South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has completed the selection of companies that will be tasked with developing a non-lethal, gliding, graphite-based...