| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Syria: Allied Air Strikes Hit 3 Targets, Achieve Stated Goals
PARIS --- Following the intervention of the French armed forces in response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Mrs. Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, and General François Lecointre, ... Germany Near to Ordering First Armed Drone
BERLIN --- Germany is close to finalizing a deal that will see the country buy its first weapons-capable drone aircraft — an Israeli designed model — from European aerospace giant Airbus, according to... F-35 Program Hit by 'Sloppy' Management By Lockheed, Government
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord told reporters Friday the ongoing F-35 production pause points to “sloppiness” by the government and prime contractor Lockheed Martin, adding the department is ha... Pakistan Test-Fires Enhanced Cruise Missile
Pakistan's military says it has conducted a successful test of an enhanced version of the locally-developed Babur cruise missile. In a statement on April 14, the military said the Babur Weapon Syst... Has Airbus Shot Itself In the Foot?
Airbus’ new top sales chief, Eric Schulz, was candid about losing American and Hawaiian airlines wide-body orders, according to a report from Flightglobal from the Airbus annual meeting. In referen... Britain Put Brakes on Eurodrone Program: French Industry
PARIS --- British and French industry were disappointed after their offer to build a technology demonstrator for a combat drone was put on hold, mainly by the U.K., Eric Trappier, chairman of the Gifa... Volga-Dnepr Pulls Out of NATO Airlift Agreements
The Moscow-headquartered transport company, best known for their fleet of mighty AN-124 freighters, have decided to terminate their Ruslan Salis commitment. By quitting the Strategic Airlift Interim S... China Upgrading Carrier Liaoning, Testing Air-Launched Missile
China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy in 2012 and work has since been ongoing to enhance its combat capabilities. The vessel is a ref... US Officials Detail Combat Aviation Priorities at House Hearing
WASHINGTON --- Senior Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force leaders outlined priorities for combat aviation during a House Armed Services Committee hearing here yesterday. Speaking for Navy and Marine C... Boeing Comments Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Engine Issue
We are aware that Rolls-Royce made a financial disclosure today in connection with increased inspections of the Trent 1000 Package C engine. About 25 percent of the 787 Dreamliner fleet is powered ... Indian Firms Launch New 155mm Gun System
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML) have unveiled its latest product viz 155mm 52 Cal Mounted Gun system at a function held at the ongoing DefExpo 2018 in Chennai. It was ... HMS Forth Officially Commissioned into Royal Navy
HMS Forth, the first of the Royal Navy's next-generation of Offshore Patrol ships has been formally commissioned into the Fleet. Held at her home base of Portsmouth, the commissioning ceremony for ... Chinese Z-20 Utility Helicopter in Final Stages of Development
New Images of underdevelopment Chinese 10 ton Z-20 Medium Lift Utility Helicopter suggest that it is in final stages of testing and will soon be ready for operational testing by China's People's Libe... Three Firms Win $592M Pentagon Chipset Contracts
-- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite–quantity, firm-fixed-price contract with a ceiling not to exceed $277,093,609 for proce... Navair Details Additional Spending on Aircraft, Upgrades
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. --- The program executive officer (PEO) overseeing more than half of Naval Aviation's aircraft inventory is putting recent budget increases to good use, dramatically increasing th... Taiwan Advances UAV Testing
TAIPEI --- Taiwan continues to work on unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Testing of the Teng Yun (Cloud Rider) is underway. Flights are occurring near a Taiwanese Air Force base in sparsely populated Tait... Live Fire Exercise Kicks Off Truman Strike Group Deployment
ATLANTIC OCEAN --- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), conducted a live... Indian MoD Confirms Strategic Cooperation with Ukraine
On April 13, in the framework of Defexpo-2018, the meeting between the First Deputy to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleg Hladkovskiy and the Defence Minister o... Indian Team to Inspect Ship-Based Ka-226T Helicopter
CHENNAI --- A delegation from the Indian MoD is to visit Kamov Design Bureau of Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec) in order to participate in the demonstration flight of a light util... Patria to Deliver Bridge-Laying Equipment to Finnish Defence Forces
The Finnish Minister of Defence has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign an agreement on bridge-laying equipment systems with Patria. The Defence Forces will get four new Leopard 2L... Indian, Russian Companies Sign 7 MoUs for Defense Hardware
The third India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was held on the side-lines of DefExpo 2018 at Thiruvidanthai, Kancheepuram district on the East Coast Road near Chennai, today. The Indian del... India’s HAL Partners with Boeing, Mahindra to Push Super Hornet
CHENNAI, India --- Boeing today announced a partnership with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS) for manufacturing the F/A-18 Super Hornet in India for its armed for... Mahindra Teams with ShinMaywa to Market US-2 Amphibious Aircraft
TOKYO / CHENNAI, India --- Mahindra Defence’s Memorandum of Understanding with ShinMaywa Industries Limited, Japan, manufacturer of Amphibious Aircraft US-2 is one of the key events at Defexpo 2018, C... India’s Tata to Consolidate Aerospace and Defence Units
MUMBAI --- Tata Sons today said it is in the process of consolidating its various businesses across aerospace and defence sectors together under a single entity – Tata Aerospace & Defence (Tata A&D). ... Larsen & Toubro Touts Nexter Artillery Systems at India’s Defexpo
CHENNAI, India --- Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Indian multinational engineering conglomerate and Nexter (NS), defense major from France are showcasing their capabilities in artillery systems at the Defexpo... Australian Firm Delivers First Bridging Boats to US Army
Birdon, a family-owned engineering and services business headquartered in Port Macquarie, today handed over the first of 374 Australian-designed Bridge Erection Boats to the US Army under a $325 milli... Dream Chaser Spacecraft on Display for First Time
SPARKS, Nev. --- Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft will be on display for the first time, available for attendees of the 34th annual Space Symposium conference in Colorado Spri... Leonardo Focus on Naval Defense Products at DSA 2018
KUALA LUMPUR --- Visitors to Defence Services Asia 2018 (DSA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be able to visit Leonardo (at stand number H2C, 20426) to find out all about the Company’s latest-generati... | 