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ANKARA --- There is no harm in Turkey’s missile defense system purchase from Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in response to U.S. top general’s concerns over the issue, adding that the ... US Ship Fires Warning Shots at Iranian Boat
WASHINGTON --- A U.S. coastal patrol ship participating in a coalition exercise in the Persian Gulf fired warning shots today after warning an Iranian naval vessel that was conducting what U.S. Centra... AW159 Wildcat Production to Stay in UK, MoD Says
Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin is pleased to announce that work on the AW159 Wildcat helicopter produced by Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil will continue in the UK. Options had be... 355-Ship Navy Would Cost $102bn Per Year: CBO
In December 2016, the Navy released a new force structure assessment (FSA) that called for a fleet of 355 ships—substantially larger than the current fleet of 275 ships and also larger than the Navy’s... Korean Prosecutors Search KAI Offices Again As Probe Deepens
Prosecutors searched the offices of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Wednesday, as part of the widening probe into various corruption allegations surrounding the defense company. According to the ... Chinese Warships ‘Rattle Western Powers Out of Their Security Dream’
Russian and Chinese warships kicked off the active naval stage of the Maritime Cooperation 2017 drills on July 25 in the Baltic Sea—the heart of Europe, shaking the West’s sense of security. Three ... Lockheed Wins Order for Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, has been awarded an $86,499,999 contract modification (P00002) for long-range anti-ship missile (LRASM) Lot 1 production. The contracto... US Orders 5 Scan Eagle UAV Systems for Afghanistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $19,611,424 for firm-fixed-price delivery order N6833517F0079 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-16-G-0046) in support of th... USAF Probe Into F-35 Oxygen Problems Only Begins Today
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OH. --- The Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson will hunt for answers to determine if on-board oxygen generation equipment on the nation’s newest multi-million doll... RAF Typhoon Scrambles to Monitor Russian Tu-22 Bombers Over Black Sea
A Royal Air Force Typhoon based in Romania has been launched as a response to Russian aircraft operating near NATO airspace over the Black Sea. Operating from the Romanian Mihail Kogalniceanu Air B... Chinese J-10 Fighters Intercept US Navy EP-3 Over East China Sea
China legally intercepted a United States surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea on Sunday, the Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday. The People's Liberation Army Air Force dispatched two J... Bell, PGZ Sign Letter of Intent for UH-1Y Cooperation
WARSAW --- Bell Helicopter and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to cooperate on the UH-1Y. This signing is in addition to the LOI signed for the AH-1Z in 2016 – further e... Chinese, Russian Warships Conduct Gun Firing Exercises in Baltic
Chinese and Russian warships held gun firing exercises in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday as part of the "Joint Sea 2017" naval drills. The ships which were divided into two tactical groups fired their s... French, Italian Ministers Agree on European Union Primacy In Defense
ROME --- The meeting between Defence Ministers Roberta Pinotti and Florence Parly has taken place today in Rome. Common views on European Defence A positive and tangible sign of how Italy and F... More Details on the Restructuring of China’s Armed Forces
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for deepened military reform to build armed forces smaller in number but stronger in structure, stressing the importance of solving structural contradicti... Watchdog Group Spots Another Pentagon Slush Fund
In a federal budget request that has more than the average number of outrageous proposals, hold on to your hat – you're about to be further outraged. Tucked away in the language of the Pentagon spe... Goa Shipyard Hands Over OPV to Sri Lankan Navy
Continuing with its track record of last 4 years, Goa Shipyard Ltd has once again delivered 1st Sri Lankan OPV to Sri Lanka Navy ceremoniously on 22nd July 2017, 86 days ahead of schedule. The cer... Reliance Shipyard Launches Two OPVs for Indian Navy
Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) today launched the first two Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPVs) at their shipyard in Pipavav, Gujarat. The ships are part of a five-ship project bein... China Sets Up Defense Research Agency Modeled on Darpa
China’s military has set up a new department modelled on the Pentagon’s hi-tech research agency to develop state-of-the-art weapons such as stealth aircraft and electromagnetic cannons. The Scie... US Marines Look at ALIS Role in F-35 Deployed Operations
NELLIS AFB, NV. --- More than 250 Marines and 10 F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, began training operations in exercise Red Flag 17-3, the ... Finland, Italy Sign Agreement on Cosmo-SkyMed Satellite
The Finnish and Italian Ministries of Defence have signed a framework agreement on starting cooperation relating to the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar imaging satellite system. The agreement... Airbus Delivers Its 100th A350 Airliner
TOULOUSE --- Airbus has delivered its 100th A350 XWB, just some 30 months after the first delivery of the world’s most modern widebody aircraft in December 2014. The 100th aircraft delivered is an A35... CNR Outlines New Direction for US Naval Research
ARLINGTON, Va. --- Today, at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Rear Adm. David J. Hahn publicly unveiled the new strategic direction—a Framework— for th... US Special Operations Forces Train with Ukrainian Counterparts
ODESSA, Ukraine --- Across southern Ukraine, U.S. special operations forces trained with Ukrainian special operators and conventional U.S. and Ukrainian naval forces during Sea Breeze 2017, July 10-21... BAE Develops Health-Monitoring Sensors for Military Bridging Systems
Engineers based at our site in Telford, Shropshire are testing an integrated Bluetooth and sensing technology which reports the remaining service-life of military bridging systems. The new ‘fatigue... In Turn, Holloman AFB Upgrades to Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper UAVs
HOLLOMAN AFB, N.M. --- The United States Air Force provides day and night support to troops all around the world, and Holloman Air Force Base’s remotely piloted aircraft training mission is at the fo... ALQ-99 Jammer Production Wrapping Up, But Sizable O&M Support Expected
Production of Harris Corp’s ALQ-99 airborne tactical jammer is expected to end in 2018, following the production of 34 units from 2017 through 2018. The ALQ-99 will be superseded by the Next Generati... India Details Private Sector Involvement in Defence Manufacturing
Some of the policy initiatives taken by the Government to ease the entry of private sector in defence manufacturing are as follows: • The parts / components, casting and forgings of defence equipme... 25 Years On, RAN Continues Charting Australian Waters
For 25 years a Navy fixed-wing unit has been a quiet achiever contributing to the maintenance of nautical charts and safe navigation in Australian coastal and territorial waters. The Cairns-based ... Russia Lauds Performance of Chinese NBC Recce Vehicles
Requirements of the Safe Environment international contest are changing for the second year in a row due to the capabilities of Chinese vehicles. Chinese NBC reconnaissance vehicles are faster and mor... Thales Part of New UK Research in Digital Aviation Technology
Thales is a founding member of a consortium of leading aerospace and aviation companies which, with Cranfield University are creating a new £65 million Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre ... Royal Navy Revamps Gibraltar Naval Station
The outpost with arguably the best view in the Navy is to receive a £2m upgrade as Gibraltar's iconic 'Windy Hill' station is partially rebuilt. Sitting high above the Strait of Gibraltar, personne... Leonardo Inaugurates New Airborne Systems Facility in L'Aquila
L’AQUILA --- Today Leonardo officially inaugurated its airborne systems facility in L’Aquila, Italy. L’Aquila, the capital of Italy’s Abruzzo region, is one of the birthplaces of Leonardo’s airborne a... | 