Local Manufacturing

For decades, Israel’s artillery relied on tracked systems introduced in the 1980s. While dependable, those platforms were manpower-heavy, slower to reposition, and increasingly mismatched...

South Korea has been boosting its domestic manufacturing capabilities with the launch of a new diesel-electric air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarine. Seoul has exposed the...

The Pentagon-developed camera drones are more expensive and less capable than the Chinese-made ones that they were supposed to replace, according to an internal...

Turkey has been building a domestic drone industry, and within a decade, this country has turned from a country relying heavily on foreign-made drones...

Persian Gulf states are enhancing the local development and manufacturing of unmanned systems. The UAE-based Marakeb Technologies and Saudi-based Prince Sultan Defense Studies &...

Russia is developing a wide range of new electronic sights for small arms and machine guns. The state corporate Rostec unveiled the first Russian...

India is one of the fastest-growing markets for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and one of the top UAV importers for military purposes worldwide. Technological...

India has been pursuing the goal of indigenization and self-reliance, applying an additional aspect of the central government's 'Make in India' initiative. India’s Defense Acquisition...

Turkey has been exporting its unmanned ground vehicles. Turkey’s indigenous Remote-Controlled Weapon Platform (UKAP) has been selected to be exported to the Asian market....

South Korea’s arms procurement agency has started issuing a request for proposals for switching the decades-old Mode-4 Identification Friend or Foe, or IFF, system...

The US has set restrictions on China's biggest chipmaker out of concerns about military use of technology.  The US Commerce Department sent a letter to...

A documentary on Turkey's newest armed drone Akinci was released recently. The video documents the development of the unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) by...

The Ukrainian Army has received the locally-made A1-SM Furia flying wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) capable of aerial reconnaissance and adjusting artillery fire. The A1-SM...

A new legislation is expected to turn South Korea into an independent state in military technologies and to help the country prepare for "rapidly...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the 100th advanced combat aircraft F-35 wing delivered by IAI. The F-35 is the...

The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic might influence various social and economical consequences. Among others, it might change the way defense industries operate. During...

IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, compared with just 4% in 2020, according...

The global shortage of semiconductors sees a large number of industries, ranging from consumer electronics to automotive and defense, struggling to secure key components...

As the US is divided over the made-in-China drones ban, a new quadcopter recently unveiled is said to be completely US-made. The Department of the...

Turkey has been leading a policy of manufacturing defense products and parts domestically in order to reduce dependency on imports. To date, the country...

Unmanned aerial vehicles have become an integral part of Turkey's foreign policy, but Turkey's drone industry is facing scrutiny from the international community. Among...

In recent years, Turkey has been developing more and more military platforms manufactured domestically. An unmanned anti-submarine warfare vessel has been designed and developed...