Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Turkey Signs S-400 Contract, Pays Deposit to Russia ISTANBUL --- Turkey has already paid a deposit to Russia for the purchase of the S-400 anti-ballistic missile system despite opposition from its NATO allies, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, u... Germany Suspends Arms Exports to Turkey BERLIN --- Germany has put all major arms exports to Turkey on hold due to the deteriorating human rights situation in the country and increasingly strained ties with its NATO ally, German Foreign Min... F-35C Back at Sea for New Round of Carrier Trials ATLANTIC OCEAN --- The Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) became one of the few ships in the fleet to trap and launch the F-35C Lightning II, Sept. 3. The "Grim Reapers" of ... US Deploys Gray Eagle UAVs to Support Philippines MANILA --- The United States deployed the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to Mindanao for additional surveillance in support of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterterrorism ef... Saab Unveils New Gripen Aggressor DACT Variant Defence and security company Saab presents a new variant of Gripen, Gripen Aggressor. Gripen Aggressor is based on the proven Gripen C-series and is the ultimate platform for the adversary air combat ... Dutch Call on European C-17 Wing for Hurricane Relief PÁPA, Hungary --- The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) launched a humanitarian relief mission to the Caribbean in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. The Strategic Airlift C... Almost 10K US Army Personnel Engaged in Irma Response WASHINGTON --- The Total Army, which includes active duty, Reserve, and Army National Guard personnel, remains involved in or prepared to support state, territory and other federal agencies as part of... ILS Proton Launches Amazonas 5 Satellite International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully delivered the Amazonas 5 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton ... Chinese Scientists Planning Jumbo-Launched Rocket A new solid fuel rocket, launchable from the Yun-20 transport plane is being developed by Chinese scientists, reports China Central Television (CCTV). The Y-20, or Transport-20 is China's first dom... Inmarsat Selects MHI to Launch First Inmarsat-6 Satellite LONDON/TOKTO --- Inmarsat, the world's leading provider of global mobile satellite communication services, has today announced that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been selected as the lau... China ‘to Catch Up’ in Advanced Aero Engines in 20 Years “China plans to catch up with the advanced aero engine producers in 20 years,” said Cao Jianguo, chairman of the Aero Engine Cooperation of China (AECC). Only five countries in the world – the five... US Navy’s Collisions Are Its Own Fault: Here’s Why The greatest feat of seamanship I ever witnessed took place 30 years ago. We were at battle stations aboard a U.S. Navy vessel smack dab in the middle of the Persian Gulf. It was dawn on the bridge of... Australia Begins to Prepare for F-35 Arrival in December 2018 The team charged with bringing home Australia’s F-35A Lightning II in December 2018 has reached a few important milestones. In May, 27 of the first cadre of Australia’s F-35A maintenance crew compl... Rockwell Completes Avionics Upgrade of First French C-130H TOULOUSE, France --- One year after the French Defense Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement) selected Rockwell Collins to modernize 14 French Air Force C-130H Hercules military transpo... Exercise Aurora 2017: Shedding Light On Swedish Defence Thinking The major exercise AURORA 17 begins today and one of the first events will be practising Host Nation Support (HNS) in Gothenburg. The capability to receive and provide support to other nations is an i... Decision-Time Coming for the Littoral Combat Ship Congress is getting ready to decide the fate of the Littoral Combat Ship program. The speedy, high-tech warship designed to operate near shorelines has been plagued with delays, mechanical problems an... Rolls-Royce Reveals Plans for Autonomous Naval Vessel Rolls-Royce has revealed plans for an autonomous, single role, naval vessel with a range of 3500 nautical miles. The vessel concept is capable of operating beyond the horizon for over 100 days, wil... Roster Will Deliver First Batch of Ka-226T Helos to India This Year The first batch of 10 Kamov Ka-226T helicopters stipulated under a contract for 200 such rotorcraft may be supplied to India already this year. Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov earlier said that the cont... Lockheed Wins Additional $8M for F-35 Mission Data Files Lockheed Martin Corp. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $8,461,238 for modification to previously issued delivery order N0001917F0108 placed against basic ordering a... Bangladesh Picks Leonardo AESA Radars for New MPA ROME --- Leonardo has signed a contract with RUAG Aviation, original equipment manufacturer and type certificate holder of the Dornier 228 aircraft, to provide its Seaspray 5000E Active Electronically... Hensoldt Says Its Passive Radar Proves Network Capability LONDON --- The passive radar system newly developed by Hensoldt has proved its capability of being operated in a multi-sensor network – the so-called clustering – in a number of field tests in real sc... New COMINT System Ready to Fly on Watchkeeper UAV QinetiQ’s AS3 communications intelligence (COMINT) system is ready to fly as a payload on Thales’s Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Part of QinetiQ’s ASX family, AS3 is designed specifica... New Counter-Drone System Unveiled at DSEI 2017 DSEI 2017 – LONDON, UK --- Affirming its position as the world leader in electronic countermeasures against Radio Controlled IEDs (RCIEDs), Allen-Vanguard unveiled at DSEI 2017 its new ANCILE electron... Rolls-Royce to Increase Generating Power of US Navy Destroyers There are now over 70 DDG-51 destroyers in service with the US Navy – and thanks to Rolls-Royce, the class will now receive an increase in onboard electrical power. Back in 2013, we supplied the 20... Russian War Games Spark NATO Concerns The NATO secretary general has said that Russia must allow NATO to observe its military exercises near the Baltic states next week in a bid to increase transparency. Jens Stoltenberg said Russia mu... Ukraine, Poland Begin Marketing Joint Upgrade for T-72 Tanks The latest PT-17 tank – T-72 modernization by Ukrainian and Polish specialists – was represented at the international defense industry exhibition MSPO-2017 to demonstrate capabilities of the tank to a... IAI Unveils the Maritime Harop Loitering Munition Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today unveiled the newest member in its Loitering Munitions (LM) family, the Maritime Harop. IAI is the world's pioneer in developing and fielding various types o... Thales Australia Unveils New-Gen Assault Rifle At DSEI 2017, Thales introduces a new generation ambidextrous and NATO interoperable military assault rifle, the F90MBR – Modular Bullpup Rifle, suited to support the modern integrated solider. The F9... US Navy Kicks Off Exercise with South American Subs SAN DIEGO --- Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific (CHSMWP) began phase two of the annual Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative Exercise (DESI-EX), an international exercise held annually... US Navy Launches DDG 119 Destroyer PASCAGOULA, Miss --- The U.S. Navy launched future guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Sept. 8. The process of launching a ship is a mult... At Tailhook Meet, US Navy Makes Case for the ‘Supercarrier' RENO --- Critics of the Navy's aircraft carrier who claim that its time has come and gone - that it's too vulnerable, that it doesn't have a role moving forward - couldn't be more wrong. That's acc... Raytheon Picks Ducommun to Build Naval Strike Missile Fire Control Systems TUCSON, Ariz. --- Raytheon Company has selected Ducommun to build fire control systems for the Naval Strike Missile, or NSM, an advanced weapon that Raytheon is offering for the U.S. Navy's over-the-h... Darpa Looking for Dormant, Self-Awaking Sensors Here’s your task. Build a tiny sensor that detects a signature of infrared (IR) wavelengths characteristic of a hot tailpipe, a wood fire, or perhaps even a human being. Design the sensor so that it c... Safran Exhibits at DSEI 2017 At DSEI 2017, the Defence and Security Equipment International show taking place from September 12 to 15 in London, Safran Electronics & Defense is showcasing its broad range of systems and equipment ... Otokar to Exhibit ARMA 8x8 Armoured Vehicle at DSEI 2017 Otokar, Turkey's largest privately owned defence company, made a strong appearance at DSEI, on September 12-15, 2017 in London. Otokar exhibited its own design armoured vehicle ARMA 8x8 and UCOK turre... Northrop to Provide RF Generation for US Navy’s NEWEG Program BUFFALO, N.Y. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation is providing advanced radio frequency signal generation technology to the U.S. Navy as part of the Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generat... Leonardo Details Exhibits at DSEI Show Leonardo will once again have a major presence at DSEI, which takes place at the ExCel Centre in London from 12 to 15 September (Stand n. S5-110). Having consolidated its companies in the UK, Leonardo... |