Romania has awarded Raytheon, an RTX business, a USD946 million contract for more Patriot air-defence systems, the company announced in a press release on 3 January. The...

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Anduril Industries USD14.3 million under Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase production of solid...

The Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 7 January that it had placed a contract with Elbit Systems for “heavy air munitions” that it did not identify, to...

A Ukrainian Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft has scored a “historic” success in shooting down multiple Russian cruise missiles during a single...

As part of a landmark defence deal, Australian engineering company Advanced Navigation will equip more than 100 of Rheinmetall's Boxer-based heavy weapon carrier...

North Korea has test-fired a ‘new' hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on 7 January.

Leonardo UK is set to fly a prototype 3 tonne-class rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system (RWUAS) for the UK Royal Navy (RN) in mid-2025, the company confirmed on 7...

The Department of Defense (DoD) published its second investment strategy for the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on 2 January. The OSC was established in December 2022...

France has received the first of a follow-on batch of Airbus H225M Caracal medium-lift helicopters it ordered in 2021.

Established to help speed up innovation and procurement, NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) has, like so much of the defence sector,...

Japan's Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded a contract to acquire new Boeing (Kawasaki) CH-47J/JA helicopters. The new helicopters are...

The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) tested emerging and next-generation electromagnetic (EM) concepts as part of a trial called Spectral Prophet,...

The Netherlands has ordered equipment to replenish a Patriot air and missile defence system donated to Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Raytheon...

Umbra synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery acquired at 2206L on 14 December 2024 shows 26 probable DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)...

Blue Origin launched its first orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, into space for the first time on 16 January. The New Glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force...

Hall & Watts Defence Optics in partnership with ARIS (Applicazioni Rielaborazioni Impianti Speciali) was selected by the Italian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply up...

Lockheed Martin confirmed it had reached AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar milestones for programmes in Japan and Spain on 15 January during the Surface Navy Association (SNA) National...

Brazilian defence firm SIATT – Engenharia, Indústria e Comércio aims to become a key player in the global missile market, the company's CEO, Rogério Salvador, told Janes...

The Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems' AN/SPY-7(V)2 solid-state S-band radar being developed for the Spanish Navy's new F-110 Bonifaz-class frigates has...

The Italian Army has selected the Skynex short- and very-short-range air-defence system from Rheinmetall, the company announced in a press release on 15 January.