Jane's Defense News

The US State Department has warned of continuing US investment into Chinese companies that it says are linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Three investment teams are confirmed to have tabled bids to acquire South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC), one of country’s most prominent naval...

At least 25 soldiers were killed and 15 others were wounded during an ambush by Islamist militants in the village of Matambalale in Muidumbe district in Mozambique’s...

‘Light tank’ prototypes are beginning to arrive at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a five-month-long soldier assessment that will pit two configurations against each...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has resumed security co-operation with Israel after six months and following the election victory of US President-elect Joe Biden, senior...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 9 December that it will commence indigenous development of an autonomous underwater vehicle...

BAE Systems Electronic Systems in Nashua, New Hampshire, in early December disclosed the award from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control of a USD60 million contract...

The US Navy (USN) DDG-51 Flight IIA guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) has conducted the first operational tests of the Tomahawk Block V cruise missile. A...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 12 December that deliveries of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missiles...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has provisionally declared the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) fit for...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is launching a new Defence Innovation Centre aimed at providing an easy access point for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to develop...

Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot replace human decision-making in military operations, while any “human-out-of-the-loop” arrangement for lethal autonomous weapon...

Advances in supercomputing technology during the past 20 years are one of multiple reasons that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is confident...

Flight tests on the Tactical Combat Training System – Increment II (TCTS II), developed by Collins Aerospace (part of Raytheon Technologies) and Leonardo DRS, will begin...

Chinese broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) revealed in a 9 December report that a new, locally developed exoskeleton system is being used by at least one...

Spanish unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developer aunav announced in early December that it has delivered seven aunav.NEXT explosive ordnance disposal/chemical,...

The US Navy (USN) released its long-delayed 30-year shipbuilding plan on 10 December with a future fleet architecture that echoes the Pentagon plan detailed earlier this...

Peter Felstead, Editor of Janes Defence Weekly provides an overview of the world of defence in 2020

French president Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that the country’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear powered.

Video footage released by state-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) on 8 December suggests that a new lightweight 122 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH)...