| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Canada Plans Interim Buy of 18 Super Hornets, with 2019 Delivery
The Trudeau government has begun talks with Washington about the sole-source purchase of up to 18 Super Hornet jet fighters. The measure, intended as a stopgap solution to ease pressure on the air ... Friction As Germany Refuses Turkish Access to ISR Imagery
BERLIN --- Germany has ruled out giving Turkey unfiltered access to imagery gathered by Tornado fighter jets operating out of Incirlik air base in southern Turkey as part of the broader fight against ... Lockheed Makes New MEADS Offer to Poland
WARSAW --- MEADS International (MI) presented an updated offer for Poland’s medium-range air defense (Wisła) program this week to the Ministry of National Defense. The presentation follows a year of a... After Latest Report, UK MoD Cuts Ties to National Audit Office
Whitehall is axing ties with a key independent watchdog just days after it revealed the Ministry of Defence would need to find almost £6bn worth of extra saving to achieve its 10-year equipment plan. ... B-2 Spirits Complete Three-Week Guam Deployment
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- Three B-2 Spirits recently returned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, following a three-week deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam, where they conducted joint, integrated opera... Lockheed Wins $345M for Further THAAD Work
Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, California, is being awarded a $345,580,000 modification (P00031) for an existing sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ0147-12-D-0001) for... After Trump, Lockheed Finesses Japan on F-35 Prices
TOKYO --- Tokyo has secured cost cuts on support equipment for its next batch of six U.S. F-35 stealth fighter aircraft of around $100 million, according to sources and Japanese budget papers, on top ... Czech Army to Buy 20 Additional Pandur-II Armored Vehicles
PRAGUE --- The Czech Defence Ministry will pay almost 800 million crowns more for a supply of 20 new Pandur armoured personnel carriers than originally planned, its spokesman Jan Pejsek told CTK on Th... Belarus Gifts Allow Serbia to Reduce Reliance on Russia
In an interesting twist to the long-expected Serbian acquisition of a batch of MiG-29 combat aircraft and Russian-designed missile systems, Serbia’s defense minister, Zoran Djordjevic, has announced t... Israel Prepares to Offer David’s Sling SAM to Poland
The jointly developed Israeli/US missile defense system has passed another round of trials and is being cleared by both governments to be presented to potential foreign buyers, such as Poland. The ... CFM Wins $2 Bn Order for F108 Engine Spare Parts
CFM International Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded an estimated $1,969,320,231 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, requirements contract for F108 replenishment spare parts. This wa... Boeing Wins $983M Contract for US Air Force Engineering Support
Boeing Aerospace - Operations, Defense, Space & Security, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $983,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering support services. ... US Army Orders System to Counter Small UAVs
Syracuse Research Corp., North Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $65,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for development, production, integration, delivery, deployment, and sustainment of up to 15 se... Chinese Aircraft Carrier Program to Advance in 2017
The progress of China’s aircraft carrier program continues to move forward into the new year after achieving a number of milestones in 2016. In November 2016, the Soviet-era Liaoning, Beijing’s onl... US to Deploy F-16 Fighters to S. Korea This Month
The United States plans to deploy 12 F-16 fighter planes to South Korea this month, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces Command said Wednesday, Washington's first deployment of military assets since the inaug... After 3 Years, Lockheed to Give Up F-35 Maintenance at Luke AFB
LUKE AFB, Ariz. --- Airmen from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit integrated with the Lockheed Martin maintainers to begin performing maintenance for the F-35 Lightning II beginning in Jan., eventual... Swedish Navy: Recovering ASW Capabilities Is Slow Process
After the formal order of development and production of a new lightweight torpedo system by FMV, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, in May 2016, the progress has rapidly been gaining momentu... Report on Effects of Indirect-Fire Artillery Weapons
Artillery systems have played a critical role in modern warfare. Estimates place the total number of casualties inflicted by artillery during the conflicts of the 20th century at between 50 and 80 per... GAO Faults USAF, Army for Mismanaging UAV Pilot Workforces
The Air Force and the Army have not fully applied four of the five key principles for effective strategic human capital planning for managing pilots of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that are important... BAE, Sea Box to Compete for Australian Munitions Carrier Deal
Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced BAE Systems Australia and Sea Box International would compete to develop prototype ammunition load carriers. Both BAE Sys... Rostec Says Latest Comms System In 'Invisible' to EW
Rostec has supplied a large consignment of machinery comprising R-430 radio relay system to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The equipment supports the establishment of protected networking... Baltic Fleet Pilots Working Up on Su-30SM Fighters
Pilots of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation at the Chernyakhovsk (Kaliningrad region) started operating Su-30SM newest multipurpose fighters. The aviation hardware was introduced in December 2016. Fl... BAE Wins $51M Contract for USS Roosevelt Maintenance
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $51.3 million contract for the maintenance and modernization of the USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroy... HMS Albion Readies for Sea After Major Refit
The Royal Navy’s amphibious command ship HMS Albion has embarked her crew marking a major milestone in the ship’s multi-million pound capability upgrade in Plymouth. Almost 350 Royal Navy sailors a... After Combat Vehicles, US Army Fits CROWS to Humvees
FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. --- "Riding shotgun" in the Army Reserve is moving to the backseat and gunners could be better off because of it. Traditionally, the gunner sits in the vehicle's turret during co... Airbus Makes Single-piece Composite Centre Wing Box
Underscoring its role as an innovation leader, Airbus has created the first-ever single-piece composite centre wing box – representing an important evolution of this vital structural component that pr... IAI Device Hardens GPS Systems Against Jamming
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling ADA - an advanced system that protects avionic systems from GPS jamming. ADA has already been integrated into several systems and platforms operating bot... LCS 4 Completes Maintenance in Singapore, Heads to Sea
CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore --- Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) headed out to sea from Changi Naval Base in Singapore, Jan. 31, after completing an in-port maintenance availability. Whil... RusHelos Produce First Ka-52 Alligator in 2017
MOSCOW --- A Russian Helicopters subsidiary – Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company, which is part of State Corporation Rostec, has produced this year’s first Ka-52 Alligator - a reconnaissance and comba... Raytheon, USAF Developing New Signal Processor for AMRAAM
TUCSON, Ariz. --- Raytheon Company and the U.S. Air Force are developing a new signal processor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile under the Form Fit Function Refresh program, or F3R. Th... Australia’s DST Group Issues Annual Report
DST Group has released its Annual Review for 2015-16, capturing the highlights and achievements for the last financial year. The Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) has released its Annual R... Denel to Highlight its Capabilities at IDEX 2017
Expectations of rapid growth in defence spending in countries in the Middle East offer platforms for Denel’s participation in the region’s top defence exhibition next month. Zwelakhe Ntshepe, the A... | 