Jane's Defense News

France has suspended its military co-operation with Ethiopia due to concerns about the conflict in the northern region of Tigray, AFP cited two official sources with...

The Indian Army (IA) has launched a programme that will see 811 of its licence-built BMP-2/2K ‘Sarath' infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) upgraded with more powerful...

The first of four Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker-transport aircraft ordered by Japan has conducted its first refuelling flight ahead of the planned start of deliveries to...

South Korea and Australia are negotiating an updated accord that will pave the way for deeper defence-industrial engagement between the two countries, Janes has learnt.

US military forces struggled to clear civilians off the runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on 16 August so that it could resume flights, while also...

Ultra Electronics' board of directors has approved Cobham Group's previously disclosed takeover bid for GBP2.6 billion (USD3.6 billion) in cash, moving the two companies...

UAV Propulsion Tech is promoting the Compass Aircraft Europe (CAE) GmbH-Suter TOA288 two-cycle piston engine being used by Martin UAV's newest model of the V-Bat...

The US Navy (USN) is pursuing a science and technology effort intended to yield a new unmanned influence minesweeping payload based on a high-temperature superconducting...

Evacuation flights from Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, got underway on 15 August as Taliban fighters took control of the city.

Lockheed Martin and Orolia Defense & Security will begin integrating mission timing and synchronisation units, capable of transmitting via Military Code (M-Code) signal,...

On 29 July three people were killed when the Paraguayan People's Army (Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo: EPP) rebel movement launched an attack on a military convoy...

A small portable unmanned catamaran survey craft has completed first trials with the UK Royal Navy (RN) as part of the service's Project Hecla initiative.

South Korea plans to boost self-reliance through the implementation of reforms that will provide advantages to local defence firms over foreign bidders.

The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) first Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) has conducted its first-ever replenishment at sea (RAS), according to a 13...

After capturing more than 20 Afghan provincial centres in a little over a week, the Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on 15 August in what appears to have...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) plans to meet its requirement for air-launched long-range anti-ship missile (LRASM) capability through the development of the...

BAE Systems has disclosed development of the APKWS Block Upgrade – a software upgrade to the AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) 70 mm/2.75 in...

UK-based Babcock International Group has agreed to sell its Frazer-Nash Consultancy to fellow engineering company KBR of the United States for GBP293 million (USD405.1...

US Army engineers at the service's Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center are leveraging...

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has carried out a rare demonstration of its anti-surface capabilities in the South China Sea, with the firings of three Exocet missiles.