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PARIS --- The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program continues to fall further behind its development schedule because new deficiencies are being discovered faster than previous ones can be fixed, the Pent... Latest Press Releases Boeing Wins Additional $6.5Bn As Missile Defense Agency Doubles GMD Spending
The Boeing Co., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $6,560,000,000 undefinitized modification (P00438) to a previously awarded contract (HQ0147-12-C-0004) for the extension of the Ground-based Midcours... ‘Unaffordable’ UK MoD Equipment Plan Is Up to £21 Bn Short, Says NAO
The Ministry of Defence’s (the Department’s) ten-year Equipment Plan is not affordable and does not provide a realistic forecast of the costs the Department will have to meet over the next 10 years bu... Lockheed Wins $943M to Develop Two Naval Laser Weapons
Lockheed Martin Aculight Corp., Bothell, Washington, is being awarded a $150,022,901 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for Surface Navy Laser Weapon System Increment 1, High Energy Laser and Integrated... Latest Test of US Missile Interceptor Fails
WASHINGTON --- An American interceptor missile missed its target in a test off the Hawaiian coast on Wednesday, Defense Department officials said, renewing concerns of how the United States will defen... UK MoD Submits New Annual Equipment Plan to Parliament
I am pleased to lay before Parliament this year’s financial summary of the Defence Equipment Plan. This is the sixth consecutive annual publication of the equipment plan summary, and demonstrates MOD’... Trump Calls for Ending Budget Sequester, Bolstering Defense
WASHINGTON --- The United States faces myriad dangers from rogue regimes and global competitors, and the nation must have a strong defense to discourage these rivals and forge a world of peace, Presid... India’s Defense Budget Up 8%, But Falls In terms of GDP Share
NEW DELHI --- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday presented the Union Budget on the floor of the Parliament. The budget for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was estimated at Rs 2.95 lakh crore, whi... Royal Navy Facing "Desperate Shortage" of Ships
Tasking a minehunter with intercepting two Russian submarines and a support ship shows a "desperate shortage" of appropriate escort vessels, a former head of the Royal Navy has said. Labour peer Ad... China Concerned by Easier US Arms Sales to India
The Donald Trump administration is considering relaxing arms sales restrictions, including reviewing export policies on unmanned weapon systems, in order to regain dominance in the market, in an initi... Planned Franco-German Next-Gen Fighter Is Remote Prospect
It would be Europe’s biggest defence project for the next decades: Germany and France want to collaborate on the development of a new fighter jet. They even have the intention to bring in additional E... First Airbus A321 Long Range Makes Maiden Flight
The first A321LR (Long Range) has taken off on its maiden flight from Hamburg Germany at 11:06 hrs local time, commencing its flight test programme. The aircraft, MSN7877, is powered by CFM Internatio... Ukraine Says New Cruise Missile Passes Initial Test
The first flying tests of the new Ukrainian ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM), which can accurately hit ground and naval targets, are carried out successfully. Flight characteristics and operation... Russian MoD Details Equipment Deliveries in 2017
Today, the National Centre for State Defence Control of the Russian Federation, under the leadership of the Defence Minister, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, has hosted the Military Acceptance Day ... Raytheon Wins Additional $105M for Griffin Missile Production
Raytheon Missiles Systems, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $105,220,215 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity modification (P00002) to previously awarded c... Raytheon Details $2.3Bn Patriot Modernization Contract
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company is enhancing the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System under a $235 million modernization task order from the U.S. Army. Raytheon's Patriot is a missile defen... General Dynamics to Supply Improved Ribbon Bridge to Sweden
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany --- General Dynamics European Land Systems has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the production and delivery of its Improved Ribbon B... BAE to Prepare USS America for F-35 Operations
BAE Systems has received two U.S. Navy contracts totalling $54.8 million to modernize the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71). Bot... Lockheed Wins $81M to Modernize E-6B Airborne Launch System
HILL AFB, Utah --- The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin an $81 million Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) contract to provide a design and functional prototype to replace t... Space-X Falcon 9 Successfully Orbits GovSat-1 Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida --- The GovSat-1 spacecraft was successfully launched into space today on board a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 04:25 PM EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ... F-35s to Receive Auto-GCAS Five Years Early
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The F-35 enterprise recently approved a strategy to accelerate the implementation of anti-collision software five-years earlier than originally planned. The Automatic Ground Coll... Bell Boeing to Modify Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys
PHILADELPHIA --- The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey team is embarking on a modification effort with the U.S. Marine Corps that will improve readiness and reliability of the fleet of tiltrotor aircraft. Th... Airbus H145M Fires Laser-Guided Rockets During Weapons Trials
DONAUWÖRTH, Germany --- The successful capability enhancement for the H145M continues. In the first weeks of December 2017, Airbus Helicopters demonstrated the ability to fire laser guided rockets (FZ... US Army Aviation Looks to Develop New Capabilities
In the future, Army aviation systems will need to operate in an anti-access and area denial (A2AD) contested airspace against adversaries that have advanced capabilities that constrain freedom of mane... Arianespace Says Satellites Delivered to Orbit Despite Jan 25 Glitch
KOUROU --- SES and Yahsat have confirmed that both satellites (SES-14 and Al Yah 3) have been acquired and are operating in orbit nominally, despite a trajectory deviation experienced during VA241 lau... Boeing 2017 Net Earnings Jump 67% As Revenue Grows 1%
CHICAGO --- The Boeing Company reported fourth-quarter revenue of $25.4 billion with GAAP earnings per share of $5.18 and core earnings per share (non-GAAP)* of $4.80 reflecting record deliveries and ... Australian Air Warfare Destroyer No Longer ‘Project of Concern’
The Air Warfare Destroyer project has been removed from the Projects of Concern list following continuing improvements in shipbuilding performance. This major milestone is a result of the implement... Dutch Order Safran INS for Walrus Submarine Upgrade
BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France --- Following an international bidding process, Safran’s integrated inertial navigation system (including Sigma 40 inertial navigation units and the associated computers) ... Finland to Order MLRS Practice Rockets
The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command received a mandate, on 29.1.2018, from Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö to conclude a contract with the United States government to procure training muniti... India’s Light Combat Helicopter Flies with HAL-Developed AFCS
BENGALURU --- Giving further thrust to the ‘Make in India’ initiative, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited carried out the first flight of Light Combat Helicopter (Technology Demonstrator-2) with its own de... Pentagon Says Secure Networks Achieve Full Operational Capability
FORT MEADE, Md. --- The U.S. Cyber Command component responsible for securing, operating and defending the Defense Department’s complex infrastructure of roughly 15,000 networks with 3 million users h... Study: How the French Air Force Adapted In Afghanistan
The conceptual debate around military adaptation, launched in the 1980s by the work of Barry Posen and Williamson Murray, found new relevance with the engagement of Allied forces in Afghanistan in a c... US Air Force B-52 Bombers Return Home from UK
RAF FAIRFORD, England --- Approximately 300 Airmen, four B-52H Stratofortress aircraft and support equipment assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, returned home from the... 2017 Was A Banner Year for the Launch Industry
Forecast International has just released its 2017 launch vehicle year in review. The 12-page document provides a broad overview of the 90 launches conducted in 2017. In 2017, 27 different launch ve... EU to Support Development of Military Equipment
The EU might spend money on defence for the first time ever. MEPs are discussing proposals to support EU countries developing and acquiring military equipment together. Deeper defence integration... Ukraine Opens Mi-8/Mi-17 Support Center in Bangladesh
"Ukraine has strengthened its positions and expanded possibilities for repairing military equipment of Soviet production on the markets of third countries", – this is how representatives of the State ... L3 Delivers First HC-130J to the U.S. Coast Guard
NEW YORK --- L3 Technologies announced today that it has delivered the first production HC-130J aircraft integrated with a next-generation Minotaur Mission System Suite (MSS+) to the U.S. Coast Guard ... BAE Signs MoUs for Belgian Innovation Centers
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), the University of Manchester and TWI have signed agreements with BAE Systems in support of proposals to develop two National ... TAI Exibits at Singapore Air Show
Between February 6-11, 2018 Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will attend Singapore Airshow, one of the most important Asian fairs. TAI, which is ambitious in Asian market, will demonstrate all its p... Bombardier Presents at Singapore Air Show
MONTREAL --- Bombardier Commercial Aircraft will be displaying a Philippine Airlines dual-class 86-seat Q400 regional turboprop, as well as an airBaltic CS300 aircraft at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, w... | 