Jane's Defense News

BAE Systems unveiled the T-650 all-electric heavy lift unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at the 2021 DSEI exhibition held from 14 to 17 September in London.

South Korea plans to develop and start operating a new space launch vehicle by 2024 from its Naro Space Center in Goheung County, the Ministry of National Defense (MND)...

Leaders from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia detailed a new security partnership on 15 September called AUKUS, for which the first initiative will be to...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has demonstrated a swarming drone defeat capability using a ‘non-kinetic' Coyote Block 3 variant reusable air vehicle.

The Indonesian Air Force's (TNI-AU's) fleet of CH-4B medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has formally received military airworthiness...

Iraq is in the process of acquiring various military systems from several countries, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Turkey, to enhance its capabilities...

The US Navy (USN) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) on 26 August announced that it had conducted a ground test of the second-stage solid rocket motor (SRM) booster in...

A bipartisan group of 13 US House members is urging the US Department of Defense (DoD) to support Lockheed Martin's proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.

The US Air Force (USAF) used Boeing C-17A Globemaster III and Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules platforms instead of its Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy airlifter for its...

The US Army is continuing to refine its Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) prototypes in anticipation of delivering 18 platforms to soldiers in 2023 for testing....

Kazakhstan has signed for two Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft, becoming the type's first export customer since 2005.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Marlborough Communications Limited (MCL) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) a contract for four unmanned ground vehicles...

The Indian Navy (IN) has awarded public-sector company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) a contract for the supply of a locally developed system designed to detect,...

The US Army's Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System (ARES) aircraft made its maiden flight in late August, prime contractor L3Harris announced.

Latvia signed a contract with Patria on 30 August for more than 200 6×6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) under a joint development programme with Finland, the Finnish...

The Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) received its fifth Airbus A330 MultiRole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft on 31 August.

Partner nations France, Germany, and Spain have agreed development of the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) element of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de...

Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced on 1 September that it has secured a contract worth about USD80 million to supply a “comprehensive naval...

The first batch of five indigenously developed Akinci medium-altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces at...

Pakistan has outlined a commitment to ensure that all major defence procurements are supported through technology transfers from suppliers.