LONDON — Britain could buy only half its target of 138 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, according to sources close to the government’s defence review.

The UK has agreed to buy 48 of the stealth multirole jets by the end of 2025 for £9.1 billion. It is the most expensive weapons system in militar…

MADRID — The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, this morning presided over the signing of the contract for the manufacture of 348 “Dragon” 8X8 Wheeled Combat Vehicles (VCR), with a duration of ten years.

Robles described the contract as “a historic milestone” since “it is essential for the …

MOSCOW — Russian Helicopters holding company (part of the Rostec state corporation) has signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the development of a modern shipborne helicopter.

A signing ceremony was held as part of the International Military-Technical Forum “ARMY-2020”, wh…

BEIJING — A Chinese military spokesperson on Tuesday voiced firm opposition to the trespassing of U.S. reconnaissance aircraft into a no-fly zone, urging the U.S. side to immediately stop such provocations and take concrete steps to safeguard regional peace and stability.

Wu Qian, a spokesperso…

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Manassas, Virginia, is awarded a $191,723,019 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00024-20-C-6117) for the procurement of engineering design development services and associated material and travel, supporting the fleet of Navy submarines and Foreign Militar…

The Swedish Armed Forces has initiated a high readiness action in the south-eastern and southern Baltic Sea, due to the current, extensive military activity in the Baltic Sea region.

These are times of unrest, global security is going through rapid changes and we are witnessing a deteriorated sec…