TOKYO — Japan’s Ministry of Defense, under a new administration, on Wednesday proposed the eighth consecutive hike and its largest-ever defense budget, about $52 billion.

The budget request for fiscal year 2021, about 5.49 trillion yen, is a 3.3% increase over the 5.32 trillion yen, or about $5…

Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Pentagon’s contracts management agency reached an informal agreement that the company will provide about $71 million in services for the F-35 jet program as compensation for delivering aircraft parts that weren’t ready for installation.

The Defense Contract Managemen…

On September 21, 2020, the French Army’s Technical Section (STAT) performed boarding trials with a prototype Griffon Multi-Role Armored Vehicle (VBMR) aboard the Amphibious Helicopter Carrier (PHA) Mistral.

These are the first tests of this type aboard a PHA.

The VBMR Griffon prototype boarded…

The integrated structure for maintaining land equipment in operational condition (SIMMT) awarded Nexter a second in-service support (ISS) contract for the CAESAR self-propelled howitzer.

This contract follows on from the initial contract, which for the past seven years has provided full support …