The US-led mine clearance mission in the Strait of Hormuz is a reminder of the long-overdue reckoning among Western navies. With ageing fleets and uncrewed systems still maturing, the gap between rhetoric and investment is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
The Australian government’s 2026 National Defence Strategy has unveiled a major spending uplift planned for the Royal Australian Air Force, focused on upgrading its air combat and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, as well as upping investment in uncrewed aerial systems.
At DSEI 2025, James Gray, Managing Director and CEO of Raytheon UK (part of RTX), outlines the company’s century-long presence in the UK and its evolving role across defence, aerospace, cyber, and tra...
At SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida, Stu Bradin, President and CEO of the Global SOF Foundation (GSOF), underscored the increasing operational demands placed on special operations forces (SOF) as globa...
United Nations experts are investigating missile strikes near Libya's capital that were fired likely using Chinese-made drones and point to possible involvement by the United …
India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved the acquisition of ten Kamov Ka-31 airborne early warning (AEW) helicopters for the Indian Navy (IN). The deal …
UK naval design firm BMT is planning to present new models of its Wyvern submarine concept at Underwater Defence Technology (UDT) 2019. In addition to …
Following the decision to award VT Halter Marine, a US-based shipbuilder owned by Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering, the deal to design and build a new fleet …
Systel will showcase its next-generation rugged computing solutions at the Sea-Air-Space conference booth #2147 in National Harbor, MD May 6-8, 2019. Systel’s rugged, high-density computing …
A new mission management software programme is delivering one much sought-after military prize – the fusing together of multiple sensor feeds to create a single …
The US Navy (USN) has backed its decision to approve a mid-life refuelling of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75), having previously proposed sending the …
The South Korean government, via the Defense Project Promotion Committee, formally approved plans for future Aegis destroyers and additional submarines during a meeting on 30 …