The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has received back into service the first of its three L3 Technologies RC-135V/W Airseeker (Rivet Joint) intelligence, surveillance, target...

The Australian government announced on 13 July that it will invest AUD87 million (USD60.7 million) towards improving facilities at the Naval Communication Station Harold...

Firefighters continue to battle a massive blaze that engulfed the US Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious warship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as the vessel sat pier-side at...

The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra announced on 13 July that it will procure an additional 8,500 Enhanced F88 (EF88) Austeyr 5.56 mm rifles to supplement the...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Calspan a four-year, USD14.1 million contract to develop full-scale air combat experimentation...

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, France will commemorate Bastille Day on 14 July, albeit without a military parade by ground troops and vehicles on the Champs Elysees....

Risk indicators have started to rise again on UK defence programmes over the past year, according to the latest annual report by the country’s Infrastructure and...

Australia’s Department of Defence has selected an integrated communications system from Rohde & Schwarz for the six ‘evolved’ Cape-class patrol boats it ordered for the...

The Italian Army has received into service its first AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter for pilot training ahead of development and procurement of a new multirole variant.

New Zealand’s coalition government announced on 8 July that it has approved the NZD102.9 million (USD67.5 million) procurement of 43 Thales Australia Bushmaster 4×4...

Chinese state-owned media have released footage showing a new truck-mounted countermeasures system for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

The People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) new 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer (SPH) – believed to have the designation PLC-181 – has also entered...

Germany has outlined the security and defence priorities for the EU presidency it will chair during the second half of the year. Defence Minister Annegret...

Spain is set to receive new Eurofighter combat aircraft to augment its existing fleet and to begin the process of replacing its Boeing EF-18 Hornet fleet.

In early July, peace negotiations began between one of the Anglophone Cameroon separatist groups (led by incarcerated leader Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe) and representatives...

Qatar’s cabinet approved a proposal on 8 July by the country’s Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor, and Social Affairs to increase the local employment...

Airbus Helicopters has formally launched its bid for Australia’s special operations forces (SOF) requirement, with its industrial team announced on 10 July.

The US Department of State has approved a potential USD23.11 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan of 105 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter...