| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Pratt Wins $2Bn Deal for F-35 Engines
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded $2,016,115,217 for modification P00004 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm target, co... US Navy Orders Kongsberg NSM Missile for Littoral Combat Ships in $847M Deal
Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $14,856,016 firm-fixed-price contract for Over-the-Horizon Weapon Systems. This contract will manufacture and deliver Over-the-Horizon... Sweden Set to Sign $1 Bn Patriot Missile Deal
STOCKHOLM --- Sweden will close a deal in the next few weeks with U.S. arms maker Raytheon Co to buy the Patriot air defense missile system as it modernizes its armed forces amid heightened tensions w... Canada Extends Babcock Support Contract for Victoria-class Subs
Babcock has secured a $384m (CAD), three-year extension to its existing strategic submarine support contract from the Canadian Department of National Defense for its fleet of four Victoria Class subma... German €900M Plan to Lease Heron TP Drones Raises Questions
The German military is about to achieve its long-held wish to acquire its first weaponized drones – and is on the verge of persuading Angela Merkel's administration to pay for them. Leaks to the Sü... Tata Boeing Aerospace Delivers First AH-64 Apache Fuselage
HYDERABAD, India --- Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited today announced the delivery of the first AH-64 Apache combat helicopter fuselage ahead of schedule from its state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad. ... Canada Publishes Defense Investment Plan for First Time
OTTAWA --- Today, for the first time, our government has published the Defence Investment Plan. As part of our government’s commitment to a higher standard of openness, transparency and accountability... GAO Resolves Disparities in B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Costs
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) incorporated most cost estimating best practices to develop the program cost estimate for the B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP), which seeks to co... China to Host First China-Africa Defense Forum
BEIJING --- A Chinese military spokesperson said Thursday that China will host the first-ever China-Africa forum on defense and security from June 26 to July 10. Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the ... RAAF Connects First F-35 Base to Lockheed’s ALIS Backbone
Australia’s first two F-35A aircraft to be permanently based at RAAF Base Williamtown are on schedule to arrive in December and a substantial body of work is happening behind the scenes to make sure t... Estonia MoD Releases Report on Air Defense of Baltic States
The International Centre for Defence and Security presented the Ministry of Defence with the findings of a study on the possibilities for strengthening the air defence capabilities of the Baltic Repub... Britain’s Royal Navy: Big Ambitions But Small Budget
PORTSMOUTH --- To understand how seafaring Britons, in romantic moments, see their island’s maritime story, it helps to join the tourists taking a cruise around the harbour that was once home to the w... India Flight-Tests Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet Demonstrator
The technology demonstrator flight test of ‘Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)’ propulsion-based missile has been carried out successfully from the Launch Center-III of ITR, Chandipur, Orissa on yesterda... US Army to Purchase 61 Black Hornet Small UAVs
WASHINGTON --- The Army has plans to purchase 61 Black Hornet III small unmanned aerial systems, or SUASs, which are designed to provide reconnaissance support at squad level. By the third quarter ... Harris Wins $130M USAF Contract to Extend Comms Network
ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Harris Corporation a five-year, $130 million ceiling, single-award IDIQ contract to develop and deliver Hand Held Video Data Link (HH-VDL) radios tha... Boeing to Exhibit EA-18G Growler at Finnish AF Show
ARLINGTON, Va. --- Boeing and the U.S. Navy will exhibit the EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft for the first time in Finland. The jets will be on static and flying display during the ... Thales Says Future n Now for Collaborative Combat
Before we realize it, military battles will be fought by a single unified combat machine composed of soldiers, vehicles, and sensors, all operating in complete synergy and in real time. Battlefield de... Sixteen Nations Launch BALTOPS Exercise in Baltic Sea
Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS), the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, takes place in the Baltic Sea from June 1-15, 2018. Air, maritime and ground assets from several NATO ... Littoral Combat Ship 11 (Sioux City) Completes Acceptance Trials
MARINETTE, Wis. --- Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 11, the future USS Sioux City, completed Acceptance Trials in the waters of Lake Michigan. LCS 11 is the sixth Freedom-variant LCS designed and built by ... Elbit’s Canadian Unit to Supply Underwater Sound System to S Korea
HAIFA, Israel --– Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada, GeoSpectrum Technologies Inc. (GTI), was awarded a contract from STX Engine Co., to deliver a full end-... P&W Engine for MQ-25 Stingray Makes First Ground Run
SAN DIEGO --- The Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW815 engine was selected by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to power their proposed solution for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned ae... Rostec Unit to Replace Ukrainian Parts in Russian Helicopters
The Technodinamika holding company, a member of the Rostec State Corporation, develops the first pilot units for Ansat and Ka-226 light civilian helicopters to replace Ukrainian components. As expecte... Aussie Companies Urged to Get Involved in Submarine Program
In another positive sign for local industry, Aussie companies are being invited to supply equipment for the Future Submarine Construction Yard at Osborne in South Australia. The Minister for Defenc... Australia’s Osborne South Shipyard Redevelopment in Full Swing
The redevelopment of the Osborne South Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, a key enabler for the Turnbull Government’s ambitious continuous naval shipbuilding agenda, is in full swing. Minister for Defence... NATO Awards Construction Contract for AGS Base in Sicily
At a ceremony on 29th May 2018, NSPA’s General Manager, Mr. Peter Dohmen, signed the construction contract for the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Civil Works project at Sigonella. Mr. Dohmen e... Canadian Air Force Stands Up 434 Squadron as New OT&E Unit
A ceremony was held at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton, Ontario, today to mark the re-birth of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s famous 434 “Bluenose” Squadron. The squadron is bein... Singapore and India Reaffirm Navy Cooperation
Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong (second from left) and Indian PM Narendra Modi witnessing the exchange of a new Navy Implementing Arrangement between Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen (far right)... Finland to Expand Military’s Powers to Defend Against Drones
The Government submitted today a proposal to Parliament that would add new provisions to the Act on the Defence Forces. As stated in the Government programme, changes in the security environment and n... | 