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02 October 2023

Lockheed Martin flies first F-16 for Slovakia

Lockheed Martin flew the first F-16C Block 70 Fighting Falcon multirole combat aircraft for Slovakia...

02 October 2023

Croatia receives first Rafale fighter from France

Croatia received the first of 12 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft from France on 2 October, the Croat...

Air news

02 October 2023

GA-ASI delivers first Protector UAV to UK

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has delivered the first MQ-9B Protector RG1 medium...

28 September 2023

Ukraine conflict: Draganfly tasked with UAV training, systems take on mine clearance duties

Draganfly has been awarded a multi-year contract by Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs to develo...

27 September 2023

Germany funds LUNA NG UAS to replace KZO

The budget committee of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, on 20 September approved a contract ame...

C4ISR news

28 September 2023

Zen Technologies to provide C-UAS and driving simulators to Indian Army

Hyderabad-based Zen Technologies secured two contracts worth INR2.27 billion (USD27.3 million) and I...

26 September 2023

Singapore completes upgrade of F-16 fleet

The Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF's) Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fleet has been upgraded for i...

25 September 2023

Luftwaffe to roll out E-Scan radar across entire Eurofighter fleet

The German Luftwaffe will equip its entire fleet of Eurofighter combat aircraft with electronically ...

Industry news

28 September 2023

Submarine Arkansas reaches ‘pressure hull complete' milestone

Virginia-class attack submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) is now “pressure hull complete” at HII's Newport ...

27 September 2023

US Army awards four contracts for RCV prototypes

The US Army has selected four companies that will build two prototypes each for the service's Roboti...

18 September 2023

TADTE 2023: GEOSAT to manufacture Japanese C-UAV systems in Taiwan

Taiwan's GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology signed a transfer of technology (ToT) agreement with Fortunio...

Land news

02 October 2023

Ukraine conflict: German cartel office approves Rheinmetall-Ukrainian Defence Industry joint venture

The Bundeskartellamt, Germany's Federal Cartel Office, approved Rheinmetall's joint venture with the...

29 September 2023

New Zealand issues RFP to equip Bushmasters with communications systems

The New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for services rela...

29 September 2023

Partner 2023: TRB rolls out Vihor 4×4

Tehnički Remont Bratunac (TRB) from Republika Srpska in Bosnia debuted its new Vihor 4×4 at the Part...

Sea news

02 October 2023

Romania acquires two ex-Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sold two second-hand Royal Navy (RN) Sandown-class minehunters ...

29 September 2023

Greece approves new procurements

The joint chiefs of the Hellenic National Defence Forces General Staff decided on 25 September to in...

29 September 2023

US looking to create single naval approach for Arctic operations

Having been successful in blurring the lines of US naval command responsibilities for Atlantic Ocean...

Security news

21 September 2023

New Zealand develops new maintenance facility

The New Zealand government has started development of a new facility to maintain and sustain militar...

15 September 2023

US DoD pushes for domestic production of critical, rare earths

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is pushing for increased domestic production of lithium and nicke...

13 September 2023

Taiwan outlines requirement for enhanced asymmetric warfare capability

Taiwan's National Defense Report 2023 has highlighted how the country is trying to learn lessons fro...

Weapons news

29 September 2023

Germany and Israel sign joint declaration of intent on Arrow

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, signed a joint de...

28 September 2023

Northrop Grumman awarded US Air Force contract to build Stand-in Attack Weapon

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Northrop Grumman a USD705 million contract to develop and test t...

28 September 2023

Partner 2023: Serbia modernises 2S1 Gvozdika

Serbia's Srboauto has begun modernising the Serbian Army's 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery sys...
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