TAIPEI — In a significant step forward for Taiwan’s indigenous defense industry, the “Brave Eagle” Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) conducted its official inaugural flight Thursday (Oct. 21).

With China stepping up its intimidation of Taiwan by sending its warplanes into the country’s air defense ide…

Airbus Helicopters UK has held U.K. demonstrations with its new H175M medium-lift helicopter, a derivative of the commercial H175 and a type that the company sees as an ideal candidate for the U.K.’s emerging New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement. This project is aimed at replacing the Royal Air F…

NEW YORK / SEOUL — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called on North Korea Wednesday to refrain from further provocative actions and engage in “sustained and substantive dialogues,” after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile from a submarine this week.

“We should not look at this most…

her European counterparts: Forget your lofty ideas about the Continent defending itself and get real.

Kramp-Karrenbauer is doubling down on her dismissal of the idea of European strategic autonomy, which sparked a diplomatic blow-up with French President Emmanuel Macron, and which she sees as far…

The number of fighter jets Japan scrambled to intercept Chinese aircraft approaching its airspace rose sharply over the summer, reversing months of declines, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force launched fighters 187 times between July 1 and Sept. 30, the sec…

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has approved the Defence Forces’ procurement proposal and has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to procure five additional armoured howitzers in 2022.

This is related to the procurement of 155 mm howitzers in 2017. The armoured howitzers were pro…