| Latest Feature Stories Opinion: End the Silence Over Germany’s Defense Industry
Germany is giving itself the luxury of spending several weeks to form a government. Never before have Liberals, Greens, and Conservatives tried to set up a coalition to run the country. What has su... Latest Press Releases Chinese Lessor CDB Closes $7.4Bn Order for 60 Boeing Jets
SEATTLE --- Boeing and CDB Aviation today finalized an order for 42 737 MAX 8s, 10 737 MAX 10s and eight 787-9 Dreamliners. The order, valued at $7.4 billion at current list prices, was announced a... France Announces Sale of Two Corvettes to UAE
PARIS --- The Minister of Armed Forces, Florence Parly, welcomes the intention expressed by the United Arab Emirates during the visit of the President of the Republic to acquire two corvettes GOWIND d... Norway to Store New F-35s In Tents Over Planning Error
Norway has spent billions of dollars on the purchase of US F-35 fighter jets, which is Oslo's largest defense expenditure. However, the Nordic country's pricey war toys will be housed in tents for lac... Embraer Repairing KC-390 Prototype After Flight Test Incident
SAO PAULO --- Embraer SA has stopped flying the first prototype of its new military cargo jet after a stall test last month pushed the aircraft beyond its operating limits, the planemaker said on Wedn... Seoul May Develop Nuclear-Powered Submarine
South Korea may develop its own nuclear-powered submarines or purchase then from the U.S. to better deal with North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) threats. President Moon Jae-in... NATO to Adapt Command Structure, Boost Afghanistan Troop Levels
Defence Ministers agreed today (9 November 2017) to increase the size of NATO’s Resolute Support training mission in Afghanistan from around 13,000 to roughly 16,000 personnel. NATO Secretary General ... EU May Sign New Defence Pact to Boost Common Defense
BERLIN / BRUSSELS --- At least 20 countries in the European Union will sign up to a new defence pact next week, promoted by France and Germany, to fund and develop joint military hardware in a show of... Worldwide Military UAV Market Worth $80 Billion
WASHINGTON, DC --- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry this decade, more than tripling in the next decade, report Teal analysts in ... USAF Leaders Call for Higher, More Stable Budget
WASHINGTON --- The Air Force must have a higher and more stable budget to provide security for the nation, said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Gol... Leonardo Transfers AW101 Technology to Thailand
-- The MoU lays the foundation for the potential purchase of AW101 helicopters in the country for Police, Army, Air Force and Navy. -- UK Government and Leonardo working closely together to increase ... China’s Juneyao Airlines Orders GEnx Engines for its B787 Fleet
BEIJING --- During U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit, Juneyao Airlines, a subsidiary under Juneyao Group, reached an agreement with GE to order GEnx-1B engines to power its 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft.... Three More Nations Join NATO PGM Acquisition Group
On Thursday (9 November 2017), Hungary, the United Kingdom, and Finland joined a long-standing multinational effort to acquire Air-to-Ground Precision Guided Munitions. During a signing ceremony, ... Airbus Completes Initial Firing Tests of H145M Gunship
DONAUWÖRTH, Germany --- Airbus Helicopters has recently completed a ballistic development test of an HForce weapon system on a H145M on Pápa Airbase in Hungary. The tested system included guns (FN... UK May Select Australian Radar for Future Warships
The Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne today welcomed the announcement that the British Government will look at the feasibility of fitting cutting-edge Australian radar on future British ... Thales Unveils On-Demand Surveillance Aircraft
At the Dubai Airshow, Thales and PAL Aerospace are unveiling the Force Multiplier, an aircraft with an endurance of more than 10 flight hours which is specifically designed to provide an operational s... Changes Will Improve Proton's Competitiveness
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- After dominating the commercial launch market for years - along with the Ariane 5 - a confluence of factors has contributed to declining sales of Proton launches. A series of launch... Raytheon, Saab Team to Develop Soldier Weapons
Defence and security company Saab and Raytheon Company are teaming up to cooperate on the development of new weapons systems for infantry forces to meet near-term U.S. and international requirements. ... Ukrainian UAV Makes Maiden Flight
The prototype of the new tactical UAV Horlytsya, developed by UOP State Enterprise Antonov, performed its first flight. "Today, the first flight tests of the operational-tactical UAV Horlytsya, pro... GE Wins $643M for F-15 Fighter Engines
General Electric, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a $643,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity undefinitized contract action to provide F110-GE-129 install engines, spare engines, moderni... Lockheed Paid $34M to Integrate SDB-II Bomb on F-35
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $34,622,661 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for weapons capabilities technology maturation and risk reduction... S. Korea’s KAI In Talks to Sell Jets to Nine Countries
SEOUL --- Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), the country's sole aircraft manufacturer, said Friday it is in talks with nine countries to export its trainer aircraft. The company exported a total... Marine Corps' F-35 Study to Focus On Long-Term Sustainment
The Marine Corps' external study on F-35 sustainment will focus on long-term maintenance and spare parts inventory, according to a service official. Lt. Gen. Steven Rudder, deputy commandant for av... Airbus Signs In Orbit Demonstration Contract with ESA
PARIS --- Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for an in-orbit demonstrator within the frame of ESA's Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (AR... F-35A Airframe Completes Third Life Testing At BAE Facility
A full-scale durability test airframe of the F-35A aircraft has successfully completed its third life testing, equivalent to 24,000 hours of 'flying', in our unique testing facility at BAE Systems’ si... Military Aviation Chiefs Urge Budget Certainty
WASHINGTON --- Top aviation military officials from the four services addressed Congress today on aviation readiness, all underscoring the urgent need for predictable budgets. Army Maj. Gen. Willia... US Army Scouts Latest Drone Technology at Thunderdrone
YBOR CITY, Fla. --- Enter the unassuming brick building in historic Ybor City, Florida, and there's the buzz of drones in the air and sound of robots on the ground. There's an autonomous drone that... US Army Tests Infra-Theater Airlifting Combat Helicopters
POWIDZ, Poland --- The 10th Combat Aviation Brigade's 1-501st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, currently serving in support of Atlantic Resolve, conducted aircraft-loading operations for eight Apaches... Congress Debates Whether Pentagon Should ‘Buy American’
Six months after President Trump ordered the Pentagon to prioritize American-made products in its vast supply chain, powerful members of his own party are pushing in the opposite direction. In a mo... RAF Continues to Strike a Retreating Daesh
Daesh terrorists are in rapid retreat as the RAF continues to strike them in both Iraq and Syria. Already in November UK aircraft have struck Daesh command posts in Al Qaim, supporting the Iraqi Se... Edwards Prepares to Test Stealth Bomber
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. --- Last November, a B-2 Spirit entered the Benefield Anechoic Facility for the first time. Photos released by the Air Force this week show the stealth bomber being backed into the... ‘Checkered Flag’ Exercise Tests Joint Air Warfare
TYNDALL AFB, Fla. --- “Checkered Flags” are large-scale, aerial exercises that combines fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft to enhance airmen capabilities, while providing training to rapidly respon... US Navy Begin Modernizing Norfolk Naval Shipyard
NORFOLK --- With more than 20 years of research, planning, designing, construction and certification, the new Controlled Industrial Facility (CIF) onboard Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) is not only a n... Australia Begin Upgrading Stirling Naval Base
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne and Senator for Western Australia Slade Brockman today welcomed the commencement of the $367 million redevelopment of Western Australian naval base H... India’s Bharat Dynamics Turnover Jumps 17%
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a ‘Miniratna’ category–1 Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU), has achieved a record turnover of Rs 4,886.62 crore for the financial year 2016-17, registering a grow... Russia’s Pacific Fleet Receives Six Upgraded Ka-29 Helicopters
Today, six new Ka-29 modernized ship-based combat transport helicopters which underwent scheduled repair at JSC Kumertauskoe aviation manufacturing facility arrived to Nikolaevka naval air base of the... | 
