| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases CDB Aviation Orders 30 Boeing 737 MAX 8
DUBLIN --- Boeing and CDB Aviation Lease Finance (CDB Aviation) announced an order today for 30 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The order, valued at $3.3 billion at current list prices, was previously unidentifi... Japan’s Largest Warship Heading to South China Sea
One of Japan’s largest warship is set to conduct three months of operations in the South China Sea, according to a Monday report by Reuters. The 24,000-ton JS Izumo (DDH-183) will depart in May from i... Turkey Seeks Russian Loan to Buy S-400 Systems
MOSCOW --- Turkey has announced its wish to obtain Russia’s loan to buy weapons, including S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) air defense missile systems, Rostec state corporation CEO Sergey C... Bulgaria Receives Offers for New Fighter Aircraft
In the procedure for obtaining a new type of fighter, today, March 13, 2017, at the Ministry of Defence, the proposals received from participants were opened from: Portugal, with a logistics package f... China Installs New OTH Radar In Mongolia
While protesting the deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea -- calling it a threat to its national security -- Chinese state media has reported that China has installed another ... Sweden Boosts Defence Spending This Year
The Swedish Armed Forces will receive an additional SEK 500 million this year to help boost Sweden's defence, the government and three opposition parties announced Monday - a decision welcomed by Swed... Typhoon Continues Brimstone Weapon Integration Flight Trials
A further series of flight trials of Eurofighter Typhoon with the low-collateral, high precision MBDA Brimstone air-to-surface weapon have been successfully completed at BAE Systems’ site in Warton, L... Surprise Replacement of Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar
Shri Arun Jaitley took over additional charge as Defence Minister, here today. On his arrival at the Ministry of Defence in South Block, Shri Jaitley was received by Minister of State for Defence Dr. ... US Postpones Sending CV-22 Squadron to Japan Until FY2020
The U.S. Department of Defense announced an adjustment to the arrival of the initial three CV-22 Osprey aircraft to be based at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Originally announced to arrive in the fourth qua... Four Years On, F-35 SLLP Modifications Finally Completed
Men and women of the 570th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, completed the last F-35 aircraft scheduled to receive a forward wing root rib modification under the Group 1 Stru... Unit Cost of CH-53K Helicopter Nears $122 Million
The Marine Corps’ new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter is on track to surpass the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter in unit cost, a lawmaker said this month. The still-in-development King Stalli... Denmark Preparing Response to Boeing Fighter Suit
HELSINKI --- Denmark’s Office of Attorney General is expected to unveil a formal legal defense position in April or May in response to a lawsuit filed by Boeing that essentially questions the fairness... Russia to Re-Equip Three Airborne Battalions with BMD-4M
MOSCOW --- Russia’s Airborne Force will receive three battalion sets of BMD-4M airborne assault vehicles and more than 60 BTR-MDM Rakushka armored personnel carriers, Airborne Force Deputy Commander f... TKMS Chosen to Support South African Navy Upgrades
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, a leading global system provider for submarines and naval surface vessels, has been chosen for a collaboration in the South African maritime sector. Denel, a global sup... Australia’s First Aegis Destroyer Completes Sea Trials
ADELAIDE, Australia --- A team of Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians, working with the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance team comprised of the Department of Defence, Raytheon Australia, Nava... Lockheed Upgrades Flying Intelligence Testbed
DENVER --- Lockheed Martin's manned airborne testbed, the Airborne Multi-INT Lab (AML), has been enhanced to expedite its ability to deliver decision-quality intelligence. The AML is utilized to exper... CAE Expands to New Facility in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates --- CAE today announced that its Defence and Security business unit has expanded its operations in the United Arab Emirates by moving to new facilities in Abu Dhabi. ... Trump Budget Plan Set to Spark Another Battle with Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump this week will unveil a budget expected to massively increase military spending while slashing other federal programs. The proposal, set to be released Thursday, will of... Australia Sees Chinese Navy Training Close to Home
BEIJING --- "Chinese warships have carried out naval drills in Australia's maritime backyard for the third time in three years," said an article titled "Chinese naval ships close to Australia? 'Get us... RAN Test New Minehunter Capabilities
HMAS Huon has tested a critical piece of mine countermeasures equipment and practiced helicopter operations as part of Exercise OCEAN EXPLORER. Over a two-week period, the mine hunter tested her Ty... Filling in the Many Blanks at Trump’s Pentagon
Here we are, two months into the Trump Administration—that’s approaching 5 percent of his first term—and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis remains the only Trump-tapped Pentagon poobah. He’s the lone co... To Take Raqqa, US Must Better Support Kurds
SANAA, Syria –-- During a trip last week to Iraq and Syria with Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel, he and his subordinate commanders argued that arming Syrian Kurdish forces is vital to routing ... Israeli Executive Pleads Guilty to Defrauding FMF Program
A former executive of an Israel-based defense contractor pleaded guilty for his role in multiple schemes to defraud a multi-billion dollar United States foreign aid program, the Department of Justic... NATO Says 2016 Defense Expenditure Grew 3.8%
NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies on a regular basis and presents aggregates and subsets of this information. Each Allied country’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated f... NATO Sec-Gen’s Annual Report Shows Alliance is Adapting
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg published his annual report today (Monday 13 March), showing how in 2016 the Alliance, “took further steps to keep our almost one billion citizens safe.” The... | 