| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Saudi Arabia, British Government Pay Lip Service to Follow-on Typhoon Contract
PARIS --- Saudi Arabia has signed a “Letter of Intent” with the United Kingdom “to finalize discussions for the purchase of 48 Typhoon aircraft,” signaling a possible advance in the decade-old attempt... Turkish Buys 25 Trent-Powered Airbus A350s and 30 Boeing 787-900s
In order to insure the need for wide body aircraft, the Incorporation has decided to purchase 50 firm and 10 optional aircraft, a total of 60 wide body aircraft, of which 6 to be delivered in 2019, 14... CFM Wins $12.5 Billion SpiceJet Engine and Services Deal
GURUGRAM, India --- SpiceJet and CFM International today announced a $12.5 billion U.S. agreement that finalizes the purchase of LEAP-1B engines to power a total of 155 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, along... Qatar Sets Up Holding Company to Develop Its Defense Industry
DOHA --- The Ministry of Defence has established a company named Barzan Holdings that aims to enhance military capabilities and investment in the defence industry. The company would also support re... Russia Test-Fires 'Hypersonic' Missile, But US Sees No Change in Capability
Russia says it has successfully test-fired a "hypersonic" missile, which President Vladimir Putin earlier this month claimed flies 10 times faster than the speed of sound. The Kinzhal (Dagger) miss... Swiss to Vote Again on Fighter Procurement by 2020
Swiss voters will have a say on whether to buy new fighter jets – but not on the type of jet. The Federal Council said on Friday the issue would be put to the nation given the large amount of money in... Russia Starts Implementing Indonesian Contract for Su-35 Fighters
MOSCOW--- Russia has started to implement a contract for the delivery of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to Indonesia, Russian Presidential Aide for Military and Technical Cooperation Vladimir Kozhin said i... Boeing Partially Lifts Veil on Its MQ-25 Stingray
On the tarmac of St. Louis’ historic Lambert Field, the future of aircraft carrier aviation may be taking shape. Phantom Works, Boeing’s shadowy advanced prototyping group, has painted part of the tar... Sweden-Finland Torpedo Cooperation is Up and Running
Cost efficiency regarding maintenance, opportunity for future further development of Torpedo System 47 and exchange of experience utilizing the Anti-Submarine Warfare(ASW)-torpedo. These are some of t... Taiwan to Upgrade IDF Fighters for 'Wild Weasel' Mission
TAIPEI --- Taiwan's Air Force on Friday (March 9) announced new upgrades are in the works for its Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF), including the addition of radar-seeking missiles to enable them to ... Kazakhstan to Buy Additional Su-30SM Fighters
According to a March 6 report by Russian news agency TASS, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to procure additional Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft from Russia. Earlier th... UK Provides Export Financing for Bombardier CSeries Sale to Korea
Baroness Fairhead announces UKEF financing for the sale of C Series aircraft to Korean Airlines, supporting investment and jobs in Northern Ireland. Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State for Trade a... URS Wins $1.07 Billion to Support Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
URS Federal Technical Services Inc., Germantown, Maryland, has been awarded a $961,000,000 estimated ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the remotely piloted aircraft operatio... Arianespace’s Soyuz Launches Four O3b Satellites
Four additional spacecraft for SES’ O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellation were orbited today by a Soyuz launch from French Guiana, supporting a long-time Arianespace customer and unders... Airbus Comments Latest US Army Order for UH-72A Helicopters
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas --- Airbus Helicopters, Inc. received a contract valued at approximately $273 million to deliver 35 additional UH-72A Lakotas for the United States Army. The $273 million contr... Asia and the Middle East Lead Rising Trend In Arms Imports
STOCKHOLM --- Continuing the upward trend that began in the early 2000s, the volume of international transfers of major weapons in 2013-17 was 10 per cent higher than in 2008-12, according to new data... China’s AG600 Amphibious Aircraft Aims for Water Take-Off In H2
The world's largest amphibious aircraft will conduct its maiden flight from water in the second half of the year, its developer announced at the two sessions over the weekend. The AG600, an amphibi... Mattis Sees No Change in Russian Capabilities After Putin’s Speech
WASHINGTON --- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said he sees no change in Russia’s military capability in light of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent speech in which he said Russia has nuclear... F-35B Fighters to Participate in US-UK Joint Drills
A massive U.S. amphibious assault ship carrying F-35B stealth fighter jets will take part in a joint South Korea-U.S. landing exercise early next month for the first time. The decision comes amid c... US Army Developing System “See” Buried Bombs
FORT BELVOIR, Va. --- The Army is developing technology that visually alerts Soldiers to hidden explosives in the ground rather than just providing them an audible notification during use of mine dete... Ballistic Missile Defense Remains Focus of US-Israeli Exercise
TEL AVIV, Israel --- Juniper Cobra is a U.S. European Command bilateral exercise. The exercise is part of a routine training cycle, designed to improve coordination between the U.S. forces and the Isr... Pentagon to Congress: You Can’t Stop Us from Fueling Saudi Arabia’s Yemen War
On February 28, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced Senate Joint Resolution 54, a resolution that seeks to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Ye... EDA to Cooperate with NATO on Emerging Challenges, Cyber
BRUSSELS --- The July 2016 EU-NATO Joint Declaration focused on 7 areas of cooperation and set out 42 actions for implementation. In December 2017, the EU and NATO agreed to an additional 34 new actio... EDA Issues 2017 Annual Report
2017 was a pivotal year for European defence and for the European Defence Agency (EDA). The major initiatives launched in 2016 – the EU Global Strategy, the European Defence Action Plan and the EU-NAT... PM Says Ukraine Seeking NATO Membership Action Plan
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reiterated that Kyiv is seeking a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a formal step toward joining NATO. Poroshenko, in a post on Facebook on March 10, said a MAP... Turkish-Hungarian Defense Ministers Discuss Cooperation
On Thursday, Defence Ministers of the two countries met in Budapest to discuss the strengthening of defence cooperation between Turkey and Hungary. Speaking at a press briefing held in the Ministry... Australian Navy Ship in Mid-East Makes 3D Part to Repair Fault
Embracing new technologies and applying innovative solutions to problems is becoming a regular occurrence onboard HMAS Warramunga. Three dimensional printers are modernising engineering aboard HMA... Spirit AeroSystems Celebrates 10,000th 737 Delivery to Boeing
WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems Inc. today celebrated the 10,000th shipset delivery on the Boeing 737 program. The 10,000th shipset was delivered to Boeing in February. "Delivering fuselages a... Safran Announces the Opening of a Factory in India
BANGALORE, India – During the official visit to India of Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, Safran announced the opening of a factory to manufacture electrical wiring interconnection systems ba... Nexter Exhibits at DIMDEX 2018 Show
DOHA --- Nexter, a company of KNDS, will exhibit its know-how on the KNDS booth and BARZAN pavilion during the 2018 DIMDEX exhibition taking place in Doha from the 12th to the 14th of March 2018. Part... Rosoboronexport to Exhibit at DIMDEX 2018
JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is organizing Russia’s exhibit at the International Maritime Defence Exhibition DIMDEX 2018, which will be held in Doha (Qatar) on March 12-1... BAE Takes Type 31 Frigate Design to DIMDEX Show
Visitors to DIMDEX, the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference, which is being held from 12-14 March in Doha, Qatar, will be able to see BAE Systems’ proposed design for the Type ... Leonardo Focus on Naval Capabilities At Qatar’s Dimdex Show
Having delivered advanced systems to 50 Navies including on 140 different operational platforms, Leonardo is the partner of choice in the maritime surveillance and security domain As one of the... | 