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05 May 2023

Israeli company training Equatorial Guinea's special forces

Israeli company Sparta Security Solutions is training special forces personnel in Equatorial Guinea....

05 May 2023

Taiwan seeks US technical support for next-generation fighter

Taipei is seeking US technical assistance for its next-generation fighter aircraft project amid the ...

Air news

05 May 2023

Estonia orders long-range loitering munitions from IAI

Estonia has ordered long-range loitering munitions from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the Eston...

05 May 2023

UK begins Protector crew training

The United Kingdom has begun flight crew training on the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (G...

03 May 2023

Iraq increasing airborne ISR capacity

The Iraqi military has significantly increased the number of hours its intelligence, surveillance, a...

C4ISR news

05 May 2023

IMDEX 2023: Rafael unveils Torbuster SP torpedo countermeasure for surface vessels

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and its subsidiary DSIT Solutions have jointly unveiled a surface ve...

05 May 2023

IMDEX 2023: Rheinmetall unveils ‘Total Ship Trainer'

Rheinmetall unveiled its ‘Total Ship Trainer', a networked and integrated training solution, at the ...

05 May 2023

IMDEX 2023: ST Engineering showcases new mast technology

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) displayed its new Autonomast system at the IMDEX...

Industry news

05 May 2023

Australia to procure MASS decoy system for frigates, destroyers

The Australian government has signed a deal with Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) to procure the ...

02 May 2023

Poland orders iLaunchers and CAMM missiles

The Polish Armament Agency (AA) and MBDA have announced that they have signed a contract for 44 iLau...

29 April 2023

L3Harris eyes USD1 billion in divestitures

L3Harris Technologies expects to raise about USD1 billion by divesting two or three non-core busines...

Land news

02 May 2023

PLA's 80th Group Army receives armoured vehicles

Northern Theatre Command (NTC) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has inducted several ground for...

28 April 2023

FAVSA 2023: British Army to develop remote pilot pod for operating UGVs

The British Army's Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) is developing a remote pilot pod (RPP...

28 April 2023

Lithuania plans to procure more Boxer vehicles

The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence (MND) revealed on its website on 24 April that it plans ...

Sea news

05 May 2023

HII sees need to outsource unit and panel work for CVN 80

HII is looking to outsource some construction work for aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80) at its N...

05 May 2023

IMDEX 2023: Singapore to deploy Blue Spear missile on Formidable class

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) will replace the Harpoon surface-to-surface missile (SSM) on it...

05 May 2023

IMDEX 2023: Singapore equips Sentinel class with Italian non-lethal weapon system

The Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN's) Sentinel-class maritime security and response vessels (MSRV...

Security news

19 April 2023

Military clashes in Sudan threaten to become protracted conflict following attempted coup by Rapid Support Forces

Since January 2023, Janes Military Coup Indicator has ranked Sudan among the top three states most l...

06 April 2023

Japan launches funding scheme for defence exports

Japan has said it will launch a new credit facility to support defence exports. The Official Securit...

17 March 2023

DSEI Japan 2023: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries develops new C-UAS and cyber-security capabilities

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new laser system to counter unmanned aerial vehicl...

Weapons news

05 May 2023

Charging down: The rise of air-launched anti-submarine weapons in the Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is one of the most important maritime regions in the world, with seve...

02 May 2023

UK to field APKWS II guided rockets, likely on Apache attack helo

The United Kingdom is set to acquire the BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) I...

29 April 2023

US Army awards nearly USD5 billion GMLRS contract

Lockheed Martin won a contract to build Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) for the US Army...
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