| Latest Feature Stories A NATO Summit in Donald Trump's Parallel Universe
The United States did not break from NATO, but President Donald Trump sent wildly conflicting messages at the Brussels summit. The uncertainty over the future of the alliance still remains, says DW's ... Latest Press Releases NATO Summit Overshadowed by Renewed Defense Spending Spat
BRUSSELS --- Sharp divisions over who should pay for Europe's defense have overshadowed the opening of the NATO summit in Brussels, after U.S. President Donald Trump accused European allies of taking ... Slovak Cabinet Approves F-16V Purchase for €1.6 Billion
Protection and sovereignty of Slovak airspace and close air support to land forces will be delivered by US F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets. This follows from todayʼs decision by the Slovak Security Coun... UK Wants Leading Role In Next-Gen Fighter
LONDON --- Britain wants to maintain a leadership position in fighter jet technology and will not take a subsidiary role to France and Germany as they move ahead on developing a next-generation warpla... Luxembourg MPs Approve Financing for Lone Airbus A400M
Luxembourg will get its Airbus A400M military plane, which it will share with Belgium, in spring 2020. Parliament has passed a law that allows the government to finance the operational costs of an ... BAE Wins 12-Month UK Contract to Work on FCAS
PARIS --- Britain’s Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a 12-month, single-source contract to continue work on a Future Combat Air System, even as the previous Anglo-French project of the same... NATO Allies Agree to Joint Procurement of Land and Naval Weapons
Under the leadership of Belgium, the Defence Ministers of 16 Allies¹ and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia² signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Multinational Cooperation for the Prov... Airbus Faces A330 Delivery Delays Amid HNA Group Woes
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus faces a logjam of undelivered A330 jets worth well over $1 billion for airlines affiliated to China’s debt-laden HNA Group following a stand-off over late payments, accordi... BAE Howitzer Production Flawed as Army Readies $1.3 Billion Buy (excerpt)
BAE Systems Plc’s manufacture of the U.S. Army’s new howitzer is hobbled by poor welding, supply chain problems and delivery delays even as the service nears a $1.3 billion decision on full production... Mali Receives Four Super Tucano Light Attack Aircraft
BAMAKO --- Mali has taken delivery of its A-29 Super Tucanos from manufacturer Embraer. On July 11, 2018, new images of Mali's four A-29 Super Tucanos emerged online, confirming that they had arriv... Elbit Says New Hermes 900 UAV Can Operate in Civilian Airspace
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems commences global marketing of the Hermes 900 StarLiner, a powerful and trend setting Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that features ... Airbus Demos First Auto Refueling Contact with Large Aircraft
MADRID --- Airbus Defence and Space has followed its earlier achievement in demonstrating Automatic Air-to-Air (A3R) refuelling of a fighter with another world-first – the same operation performed wit... Boeing Wins Order for Four MH-47H Chinook Helicopters
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $131,142,877 modification (P00003) to contract W91215-16-G-0001 for the procurement of four MH-47G Block II aircraft. Work will be performe... SkyGuardian Completes First Trans-Atlantic Flight of a MALE UAV
A new Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) destined for RAF service is now past half way on its historic flight across the Atlantic, from the USA to the UK. The UK is the lead customer for the next-g... Israeli Patriot Downs Syrian UAV
The IAF intercepted a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that infiltrated Israel’s territory from Syria using a “Yahalom” (Patriot) weapon system battery. Combatants from the Air Defense Division detected ... Dutch PM Rutte Pledges More Cash for Defence
Mark Rutte said that the Netherlands should spend more money on defence, at the start of a NATO meeting in Brussels. By 2024, NATO allies should spend 2% of its GDP on defence, something that the ... Ukraine Aims for Full Interoperability with NATO by 2020
According to Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine appreciates the valuable support of the Alliance to our reforms in the defence and security sector according to NATO standards. “Achieving NATO standards and ... Poland Developing Its Defense Capabilities: Minister
Matters that will be discussed among the heads of governments and heads of state concern the increase of defense capabilities of the North Atlantic Alliance – said today Mariusz Błaszczak Minister of ... S. Korea, U.S. to Discuss Sharing Defense Costs
SEOUL --- South Korea said Thursday its negotiators will meet with U.S. officials next week in a bid to narrow differences over the sharing of the cost of maintaining American troops on the peninsula.... Israel Marks Decade of F-16I Sufa Operations
A decade has passed since the 201st (“One”) Squadron’s reestablishment as a squadron operating “Sufa” (F-16I) aircraft. The squadron, which was the last to integrate “Sufa” aircraft in the IAF, is at ... BAE Update on Electronic Warfare Activities
From the beginning of WWII to now, we've acquired more than 60 years of experience in EW to become the world leader in this technology. Electronic Warfare (EW) has played a critical role in protect... Experimental Spaceplane Completes Engine Test Series
DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane (XSP) advances toward its goal for rapid turnaround and on-demand launch with the completion of a test series that put the spaceplane’s AR-22 Experimental Spaceplane Ma... Multinational Division HQ North Established in Latvia
According to agreement between Denmark, Latvia and Estonia, the Multinational Division Headquarters North will be established in Camp Ādaži. The Multinational Division Headquarters North will be taske... Second MC-21 Aircraft Adopts New Colors for Flight Tests
On July 11, 2018, the second MC-21-300 test aircraft flew painted in a new colour. The flight lasting 3 hours 7 minutes was performed at the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Irku... S. Korea Has No Plans for Arms Reduction, for Now: Defense Chief
South Korea has no plans to discuss arms reduction with North Korea until the country has made progress on denuclearization, Seoul’s defense minister said Thursday, placing priority on building trust ... Admirals Meet in Naples Ahead of Huge Exercise in Norway
Last week, Norway's Chief of Defence visited the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Italy. There he met with Admiral James Foggo, chief of NATO's exercise Trident Juncture in Norway this autumn. ... Israel to Launch Moon Rocket from Cape Canaveral
YEHUD, Israel --- At a historic press conference today at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)'s Space division in Yehud, Israel, nonprofit SpaceIL and IAI announced a lunar mission to launch from Cape C... Satellite Fuel Tank Sets New Record for 3-D Printed Space Parts
DENVER --- Lockheed Martin has embraced a 3-D printed titanium dome for satellite fuel tanks so big you can't even put your arms around it. The 46-inch- (1.16-meter-) diameter vessel completed final r... US Aerospace Industry Grew in 2017, Expects Even Better 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Aerospace Industries Association released its 2018 Facts & Figures report today, detailing positive growth in the aerospace and defense industry for 2017. “2017 was a very st... CAAS, EASA and Airbus Team to Advance Safety of Urban UAVs
MARIGNANE, France --- The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Airbus have agreed to collaborate in the development of safety standards and regu... Turkish Aerospace Reveals A New Logo, Shortens Name
Turkish Aerospace, which maintains position as a leader in the Aerospace industry of Turkey, is getting a fresh look with the new logo and identity. Our company, which from the very first day of its e... HTS to Become RUAG Space Germany
Today, the aerospace supplier Hoch Technologie Systems (HTS) was renamed RUAG Space Germany. Representatives of the German Aerospace Centre and the Saxon Ministry for Economic Affairs were in attendan... Leonardo at Farnborough Airshow 2018
From 16-22 July, Leonardo is taking part in the Farnborough International Airshow, the main exhibition in the sector as well as the most eagerly awaited event by Aerospace, Defence and Security compan... Airbus Details Farnborough Airshow Exhibit
TOULOUSE --- Airbus SE will present a broad portfolio of innovative products and services at the Farnborough International Airshow 2018 that meet the aerospace industry’s requirements for today and to... | 