BERLIN — Germany is struggling to ramp up defence procurement or even just replace arms and munitions it has supplied to Kyiv, several sources told Reuters eight months after Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged 100 billion euros to bring the military up to speed.

“There is almost no movement at all,…

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia — The Ministry of Defence has submitted a report on the procurement of 36 light combat aircraft (LCA) for the Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to the Ministry of Finance for further action, says Senior Minister of Defence Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

He said the ph…

In a major boost to ‘Make in India’ and domestic aviation manufacturing, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a transport aircraft manufacturing project for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Vadodara, Gujarat on October 30, 2022. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, Minister o…

In our 2016 investigation into the operational capability of the frigate weapon system, we discovered that the frigate weapon did not have the operational capability that the Storting had assumed. The main reasons were maintenance backlogs and challenges with spare parts, ammunition and personnel. T…

Sadly, the Arafura class Offshore Patrol Vessel project SEA 1180 has followed a familiar trajectory: after negative media reports, there have been repeated official assurances that everything is on time and on budget – until suddenly it isn’t.

These situations develop because Defence acts inside …

SEOUL — Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) said Thursday it has won a contract to develop and supply homegrown amphibious attack helicopters for the Marine Corps.

South Korea’s sole aircraft maker unveiled the 438.4 billion-won (US$308.2 million) deal with the Defense Acquisition Program Administ…