India to spend $415.9 billion on defense between 2025 and 2029,...
India is poised to further expand its defense budget over the next decade to sustain readiness for a potential two-front conflict with regional adversaries...
South Korea performs inaugural ship-to-shore UAV trial with Gray Eagle UAS
US-based uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) specialist General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced on 13 November that its Gray Eagle short takeoff and landing...
US approves South Korea E-7 AEW&C
The US State Department has approved possible sales of the Boeing E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to South Korea under the...
Embraer’s C-390 Millennium: Championing modern-day defense needs
Militaries worldwide are taking notice: the Embraer's C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport aircraft is making its mark on the defense industry. It flies faster, farther...
Japanese Shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Launches First Vessel for the ‘SDF Maritime...
On October 29, Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation launched the first Landing Craft Utility (LCU) on order for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)...
Yakushima Airport Pioneers “Relief Marking” Luminescence Technology for Disaster Countermeasures
On 09 October, the Relief Marking Promotion Association (RMPA) based in Ichinoseki City, Iwata Prefecture announced collaboration with Kagoshima Prefecture in applying its highly...
Japan builds up Joint Strike Missile inventory with fifth order
Norwegian defence prime Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced on 1 November that it has secured another contract from the Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD)...
South Korea steps up Saudi engagement
South Korean defence prime Hanwha Aerospace announced on 6 November that it had demonstrated its latest weapons systems to a high-level delegation from Saudi...
China’s PLA Reshapes to Deliver ‘Intelligentisation’
To achieve a world-class military, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing the three parallel pillars of ‘mechanisation, informatisation and intelligentisation’. The latter gained...
Strength in Numbers a Counter to Terrorism
Multi-lateral cooperation keep strong as regional terrorism persists.
As the war in Ukraine rolls into its third year, strategic competition across the vast maritime expanses...