| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Poland Expects Big F-35 Discount As US Approves $6.5 Bn Sale
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland of thirty-two (32) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft with support for an estimated co... Babcock Wins Royal Navy £1.25 Bn Order for Type 31 Frigate
The race to design and build a new generation of Royal Navy frigates has been won by a consortium led by Babcock. The firm has been named preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for five Type 31 ... UK Launches Competition for New £6 Bn Skynet 6 Satellite Net
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has made his first keynote speech today, announcing the first step towards upgrading the UK’s military satellite communications system, SKYNET. Speaking at the DSEi co... Thailand First Export Buyer of Improved Chinese LPD
BEIJING --- China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and the Royal Thai Navy held the signing ceremony of the shipbuilding agreement on exporting Type 071E landing platform dock (LPD) in Beijing... New German Defense Minister Urges More Money for Military
The German defense budget is set to increase by almost €2 billion. But it's still not enough, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has warned. Key projects "may be endangered" without more funds for the armed f... KC-46 Tanker Barred from Carrying Cargo and Pax After New Flaw Found
WASHINGTON --- In a move that could have major impacts on the already-delayed tanker program, the U.S. Air Force has indefinitely barred the KC-46 from carrying cargo and passengers, Defense News has ... UK MoD to Pay £100M to Test Performance of Protector UAV
The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth approximately £100 million to test the performance of the UK’s ground-breaking Protector aircraft. The world-class Protector will be the first re... Second AEW Aircraft Enters Indian Air Force Service
NEW DELHI --- Providing a major boost to surveillance capability along the western border, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has formally inducted the second Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircra... MBDA Developing New SPEAR-EW Electronic Warfare Weapon
The compact size of the SPEAR family allows four weapons to be carried internally in each of the two internal weapons bayS of the F-35, or three per station on the Eurofighter Typhoon. MBDA has bee... Airbus to Study Ultra-High-Resolution Satellites for UK MoD
LONDON --- Airbus has won a design study from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to develop the technologies for a cluster of ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR... HMS Argyll Takes Part in Autonomous Tech Trials
An autonomous boat worked alongside a Royal Navy warship, transmitting imagery from the vessel to the ship for the first time during a series of demonstrations. Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll used its ... UK Chooses Leonardo/Thales Protection Suite for Shadow ISTAR Fleet
LONDON --- The UK Ministry of Defence has contracted Leonardo and Thales, under a single source procurement, to deliver an integrated UK Defensive Aids System (DAS). The procurement will equip the... Leonardo to Support RAF Future Counter Drone Program
The Ministry of Defence has selected Leonardo to support a multi-million-pound research & development (R&D) programme to better understand counter drone technology. Building on previous R&D underta... US Army Eyes More Lethal Stryker Force
FORT BENNING, Ga. --- The Army is pressing ahead vigorously with efforts to make its Stryker Brigade Combat Teams more deadly and otherwise ready to take on large, modern adversaries on the battlefiel... Sweden’s FMV Comments Gripen E Delivery to Brazil
Brazil will be the sixth country to fly the Gripen and recently Saab handed over the first Gripen E to the Brazilian Minister of Defense. Brazil has ordered 36 Gripen E-aircraft and recently got it... ELTA Demonstrates Advanced Autonomous Ground Combat Vehicle
ELTA Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), successfully demonstrated its autonomous Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) to the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and other visiting VIP army dign... DRDO Tests India’s Latest Man-Portable Anti-Tank Missile
In a major boost for Indian Army, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully flight tested indigenously developed low weight, fire and forget Man-Portable Antitank Guided ... Rheinmetall Achieves 20-kW Radiant Flux with Laser Source
Rheinmetall has reached a new milestone with its innovative laser technology. The laser team at Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH has now attained an optical power of 20 kilowatts cw with a laser techno... BAE Systems Delivers New CV90 Mortar Variant to Swedish Army
BAE Systems has completed the first full rate production delivery of the CV90 Mjölner Mortar System to the Swedish FMV (Defence Materiel Administration), introducing a new capability to the fleet of C... Up in Arms: Warring Over Europe's Arms Export Regime
Together, the EU’s member-states are second only to the US in the volume of arms they export.1 But EU arms export policy is poorly co-ordinated. The divergence is weakening Europe’s ability to achieve... Norway Orders External Review of Frigate Salvage Operation
The Storting has asked the government to facilitate an external and independent investigation of the salvage operation following the accident with KNM Helge Ingstad. After a bidding round, it has ... US Marines Simulate Airfield Seizure to Set Up FARP
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa --- U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit executed a simulated airfield seizure from ships of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group to Ie Shima Training Facility in order... Boeing, US Air Force Sign MoU for Sustainment of C-17 Fleet
ROBINS AFB, Ga. --- The C-17 System Program Office and The Boeing Company signed a memorandum of understanding for the sustainment of the C-17 aircraft, Aug. 21 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, once... GD Introduces New Autonomous Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
LONDON, England -- General Dynamics Mission Systems today released the new Bluefin-12 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle at Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2019. This new v... Archer SP Gun Becomes Platform-Independent
On the initiative and with the support of FMV, BAE Systems and MAN / RMMV, in a strategic partnership, have developed a flexible design for the Archer artillery system. The new version allows Archer t... S. Korea’s Hanwha Shows Off Its Weapons at London Expo
Hanwha Group’s defense affiliates are taking part in one of Europe’s largest defense exhibitions in London through Friday to bolster their presence in the European market. According to Hanwha Group... BAE Acquires Prismatic, Maker of Solar-Powered HALE UAV
We have reached an agreement to acquire British SME, Prismatic Ltd, as the companies work to further develop the UAV technology. The move forms part of BAE Systems’ strategy to develop breakthrough... | 