The Russian Navy in the Black Sea was ordered to conduct unscheduled drills early Thursday. The naval training put in motion dozens of warships, military aircraft and armored vehicles, and thousands of marines.

Prince Akishino, son of Emperor of Japan received at his palace in Tokyo Thursday, Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense, who is currently on a several-day official visit to Japan.

Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi and the Malaysian Defense Ministry have signed a $100-million contract for the technical maintenance of Malaysia’s fleet of Su-30MKM fighters (photo), said a spokesman for the Organizing Committee of the LIMA-2013 aerospace exhibition

The United Nations has sent extra armored personnel carriers and ambulances to its mission in the Golan Heights because of the growing fallout from the Syrian war, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Airbus Military and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) have signed an agreement covering the development plan for the NC212i light utility transport aircraft.