Janes is delighted to announce the signing of the UK’s Armed Forces Covenant. Reaffirming its dedication to the armed forces community, the trusted global agency for open-source defence intelligence ratified its commitment on 25 November 2021.

The Swedish Armed Forces has made a formal request to procure the Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft on 1 October.

France has contracted Airbus to begin production of the H160M Guépard (Cheetah) helicopter for the country's military, with an award disclosed by the Minister for the...

Iran now has armed versions of its Ababil-3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), it was revealed during an 18 April ceremony held to mark the delivery of three types of...

Airbus Helicopters showcased a mock-up of the H160M that it has developed for the French armed forces’ Joint Light Helicopter (Hélicoptère Interarmées Léger: HIL)...

The Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has handed over 52 armoured vehicles manufactured by PT Pindad to the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional...

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The French Armed Forces Ministry provided elements of the roadmap for its medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during a press briefing...

Leonardo subsidiary PZL-Świdnik revealed details of its offer for the Polish armed forces' multirole medium helicopter requirement in Warsaw on 16 September. Jacek...

France has contracted Airbus to begin production of the H160M Guépard (Cheetah) helicopter for the country's military, with an award disclosed by the Minister for the...

The newly revealed armed Black Hawk for the UAE shows several enhancements, most notably the stub wings fitted with four hardpoints for the carriage of a range of weapons., (Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan via Twitter) The helicopter was officially unveiled on 22 January during an event attended by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan., As seen during its official unveiling, the general configuration of the UAE’s new armed Black Hawk is broadly similar to weaponised Black Hawks in service with other air arms around the world., Lockheed Martin, which owns a 40% stake in AMMROC, recently unveiled its new Armed Black Hawk concept that features all the systems visible on the UAE helicopter., It has not been confirmed whether the AMMROC solution has been developed domestically, or if it is effectively a licence-built version of the Lockheed Martin Armed Black Hawk (the Lockheed Martin solution is fully integrated with the helicopter’s existing flight management system, while it is unclear to what extent AMMROC has done the same)., UAE reveals armed Black Hawk

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia has contracted C-Astral to deliver two Belin-V unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to the Slovenian Armed Forces.

Serbia will invest more money in the Vojska Srbije (Serbian Armed Forces, SAF), President Aleksandar Vučić said on 7 February after attending exercise ‘Vrh Koplja...

Reports from the UN Secretary General to the UN Security Council and the EU’s High Representative to South Sudan, released in February and March respectively, show there...

France has been increasing the number of export contracts in recent months, favouring transfers of equipment promised to the French air force and navy.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) received its first two Altay main battle tanks (MBTs) for testing from domestic manufacturer BMC.

The People's Army of Vietnam has confirmed the operationalisation of an armed unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), and the system is now deployed across several special forces...

Malaysian firm Mildef International Technologies will supply 178 Tarantula 4×4 High Mobility Armoured Vehicles (HMAVs) to the Malaysian Armed Forces, a Mildef official...

The head of US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) expects a flying demonstration for Armed Overwatch candidate aircraft to take place in the coming months.

The Armed Forces of Madagascar (Tafika Malagasy) displayed their new light armoured vehicles during the 26 June military parade in Antananarivo that commemorated the...