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In a remarkable technological feat and a clear demonstration of national resolve, India conducted Mission Shakti, an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test, on March 27, 2019 by successfully engaging an o... Latest Press Releases Japan Recovers Wreckage from Crashed F-35 Fighter, Pilot Missing
TOKYO --- Search and rescue teams found wreckage belonging to a Japanese Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter that disappeared on Tuesday over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan, a military spo... Over 100 Dismissed in Airbus Compliance Crackdown: Report
PARIS --- Airbus dismissed more than 100 people and issued more than 300 warnings for ethics or compliance reasons in 2018, two people familiar with the company data said, as it conducts a wide-rangin... L3 Wins $1Bn to Deliver Electronic Warfare Aircraft to Australia
NEW YORK --- L3 Technologies announced today that it has been awarded a prime contract with an estimated value of more than $1 billion to deliver four aircraft with next-generation airborne electronic... India Supreme Court to Hear Dassault Jet Deal
NEW DELHI --- India’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will hear a request for an investigation into a $8.7 billion fighter jet deal with France’s Dassault Aviation, in a setback for Prime Minister ... US Approves $1.15 Bn SM-3 Missile Sale to Japan
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of up to fifty-six (56) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missiles for an estimated co... Boeing Shareholders Sue Over 737 MAX Crashes, Disclosures (excerpt)
CHICAGO --- Boeing Co’s legal troubles grew on Tuesday as a new lawsuit accused the company of defrauding shareholders by concealing safety deficiencies in its 737 MAX planes before two fatal crashes ... Merlin Crowsnest AEW Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight
PARIS --- Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the Royal Navy’s Crowsnest airborne early warning variant of the AW101 Merlin helicopter, has provided at our request some information about the pro... Washington Warns Cairo on Su-35
The U.S. has begun to warn the Egyptian government over a reported plan to purchase the Su-35 fighter jet. Roll Call reported on April 9, 2019, that the proposed Su-35 buy “has alarmed the Trump ad... FAA's Review of Boeing 737 MAX Goes Global
BEIJING / WASHINGTON --- China, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Ethiopia, Indonesia and at least five other major regulators are expected to join the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s... US Confirms Deployment of USS Wasp, F-35Bs to Philippines
The first deployment of the USS Wasp and F-35B Lightning II fighters to the Philippines for this month’s Balikatan exercise shows the value that the U.S. places on military ties to the island nation, ... Pentagon Again Sounds Alarm: US Losing Competitive Edge in Space
PENTAGON --- Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan has sounded the alarm that the U.S. military "is not moving fast enough to stay ahead" of rivals China and Russia in space. Speaking at the S... Russian MoD Discusses Upgrade of Carrier Kutznetsov
Today the National Centre for State Defence Control in Moscow hosted another teleconference of Defence Ministry chaired by the General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. There were two issues on the agenda. ... Australia Buys Counter-IED Jammers for Afghanistan Military
Defence has engaged Brisbane-based Australian industry supplier, L3-Micreo to manage the production, manufacture and delivery of more than 14,000 additional life-saving SILVERSHIELD units to the Afgha... Pentagon Awards $789M Contract for Mexico Wall
SLSCO Ltd., Galveston, Texas, was awarded a $789,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for border replacement wall construction. Nine bids were solicited with six bids received. Work will be performed... British Minehunters Train with Qatari Navy
HMS Brocklesby – crewed by sailors from Portsmouth’s 2nd Mine Countermeasures Squadron – and HMS Shoreham – from the 1st Squadron, based in Faslane – spent two days working with Gulf state’s navy, mak... GA’s SkyGuardian Ground Station Controls First End-to-End Flight
SAN DIEGO --- The Certifiable Ground Control Station (CGCS) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was used to control the complete flight of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian – including takeo... Switzerland Selects Thales for Image Intelligence System
Drawing on its expertise in the most advanced multi-source data analysis technologies, Thales is optimally positioned to support governments in their fight against constantly evolving threats. Thal... Navy, Marine Corps Explore Emerging Technologies
SAN DIEGO --- In a concerted push to advance and accelerate America's warfighting advantage, nearly 40 different research and engineering organizations from across the Naval Research and Development E... Safran to Develop Mini Space Camera for Norway’s FFI
In February 2019, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt – FFI) entrusted Safran Reosc, subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense and global leader in optics for... US Army Still Chasing Acquisition Reform, Needs Culture Shift
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- A shift in Army culture is necessary to accelerate the fielding of new Army systems and improve industry collaboration, Army acquisition officials recently said. "We have to fu... Harris Wins $243M GPS III Follow-on Contract
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- Harris Corporation has received a $243 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide fully digital navigation signals for the first two GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites –... Boeing, Australian Space Agency Commit to Future Collaboration
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- Boeing and the Australian Space Agency have signed a Statement of Strategic Intent to help advance the agency’s goals to expand Australia’s domestic space industry. By 2... UK MoD Launches £2M Fund to Counter Drones Threat
The MOD has launched a £2m competition for proposals to tackle the future threats of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The competition, run by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), the MOD’s in... Finland to Join EU Project Hybrid Technology for Military Vehicles
Finland will participate in a research cooperation project Hybrid Drive Trains for military purpose (HybriDT), conducted by the European Defence Agency (EDA), which will focus on the suitability of hy... Boeing to Offer Used But Serviceable Aircraft Parts
ATLANTA --- Boeing is expanding its total lifecycle support offerings by managing the entire end-to-end process of its Used Serviceable Material (USM) business. USM provides customers with a convenien... Absence at PLA’s Naval Parade Prevents US from Learning about Chinese Navy
Friends and global counterparts of China's military will not be influenced if US warships do not participate in China's international parade of ships in late April, and the US will lose another opport... USAF Software Group Uses Tools to Predict Parts Failure
ROBINS AFB, Ga. --- Turns out a crystal ball isn’t necessary for seeing the future. Certainly not in the 402nd Software Maintenance Group where modern software tools are enabling units of the group to... Swiss Armed Forces Use RUAG Telephony Solution
BERNE --- RUAG’s specially developed TTEL telephony solution is to be used in the future as part of the key ICT Voice System of the Armed Forces (VSdA) project. This is an autonomous, tactical and ind... Croatia, Hungary Sign MoU on Airspace Policing, Multinational Command
Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő and Croatian Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Damir Krstičević signed a joint airspace policing agreement and a memorandum of understanding on the establishme... Northrop Selected for Maintenance and Logistics by US Navy
HERNDON, Va. --– Northrop Grumman Corporation was selected by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and the Naval Aviation Enterprise, as part of a $12.6 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity ... Australia to Build Defence High-Performance Computing Centre
A Defence High Performance Computing Centre is to be constructed at the Defence Science and Technology site in Edinburgh, South Australia. Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reyno... | 