| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases US Clears $985M Sale of TOW Missiles and F-16 Weapons to Morocco
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Morocco of various TOW-2A missiles for an estimated cost of $776 million. The Defense Securi... US House Panel Wants Boeing to Allow Employee Interviews on 737 MAX Crashes
WASHINGTON --- Congress on Thursday asked Boeing Co’s chief executive to make several employees available for interviews as part of a congressional probe into the design, development and certification... Fear of China Drives Secret Pentagon Space Program
The Trump Administration recently held a highly classified meeting for cabinet-level officials to discuss the growing danger Russia and China pose to U.S. space systems. The participants were told tha... US Clears $391M of Military Aid for Ukraine
The United States is moving ahead with millions of dollars in aid for Ukraine's military, money that had until now been held up by the White House. White House officials Thursday confirmed the rele... China Confirms Wing Loong UAV Dale to Serbia
China's strategic partnership with Serbia is soaring to new heights with recent news that the central Balkan country signed a deal to purchase nine Wing Loong drones, officially known as the Chengdu P... Russian MoD Says Won’t Deploy IRBMs or SRBMs
On September 11, 2019, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with the "Euro News" channel: “Russia, in the conditions of the termination of the INF Treaty, is deploying missi... Royal Navy Details Type 31 Frigate Design, Plans
The Arrowhead 140 by a consortium led by defence firm Babcock was today selected by Whitehall as the design it wants for the five general purpose frigates to take their place in the Royal Navy’s line ... Iveco to Develop New Medium Multirole Protected Vehicles for Dutch Forces
BOLZANO, Italy --- Iveco Defence Vehicles announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Dutch Ministry of Defence to provide 1275 medium multirole protected vehicles denominated “12kN”. ... Leonardo Hands Over First Italian-Assembled F-35A to Dutch MoD
The first F-35 (009), which will be based in the Netherlands from this fall, was officially presented today in Cameri, Italy. There, the Italian company Leonardo is building the new fighter plane for ... Norway Takes Delivery of Three Additional F-35A Fighters
On Thursday, September 12 at 18:55 local time three additional F-35 fighter jets landed at Ørland air base. The planes took off from the aircraft factory at Fort Worth, Texas, in the morning, Norwe... Asia Seen As Largest Market for Light Military Helicopters
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Data generated by Forecast International through its innovative Platinum Forecast System 4.0 indicate that several planned new-start acquisition programs will kick-start demand in t... Russia to Modernize Indian Navy’s Delhi-class Frigates
The contract for modernisation of “Air Defence Complex Kashmir and Radar Fregat MAE” on P-15 (Delhi Class) of ships was signed between the Ministry of Defence, India and JSC Rosoboronexport, Russian F... Finnish Defence Forces to Procure New All-Terrain Trucks
Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces, on 12th of September 2019, to procure all-terrain trucks from Scania Suomi Oy and Veho Oy Ab. The procurement supports the Def... First Stryker Vehicles Delivered to Thai Army
BANGKOK --- Senior leaders with U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the Royal Thai Army (RTA) joined together for a Stryker handover ceremony Sept. 12, 2019 at the RTA Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand. D... US Army Orders $185M Worth of Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles
Raytheon Lockheed Martin Javelin JV, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded an $185,601,502 firm-fixed-price contract for the Javelin Weapon System full rate production, All Up Rounds, Command Launch Unit retro... E-2D Hawkeye with Aerial Refueling Joins Squadron
NORFOLK, Virginia --- An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye capable of aerial refueling landed at Naval Station Norfolk Sept. 9, officially marking the arrival of this upgraded aircraft to the fleet. “This ... US Marine Corps to Procure and Operate Own MQ-9A Fleet
SAN DIEGO --- Over the last year, the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) blazed a trail of firsts and was awarded the 2018 Marine Corps Aviation Association Un... QinetiQ Launches Next-Gen Transonic Banshee Aerial Target
QinetiQ has announced today the launch of the Next-Generation Banshee, “Banshee NG”, the target that replicates fast flying jets and missiles, enabling test and evaluation and live fire training exerc... US Army to Pay $440M for Two Pedestrian and Vehicle Barriers
BFBC LLC, Bozeman, Montana, was awarded a $440,000,000 modification (P00005) to contract W912PL-19-C-0014 for replacement of El Centro and Yuma vehicle and pedestrian barrier. Work will be perfor... MoD Awards New £177M Deal to Support UK Military Boats
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed a new £177 million deal to support thousands of boats used by the UK’s Armed Forces, safeguarding more than 100 jobs. The Boats In-Service Support (BISS) ag... US Navy EOD Unit Tests Unmanned Vehicles, Anti-Mine Systems in Arctic
ADAK, Alaska --- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One (EODMU-1) successfully tested its ability to operate unmanned underwater vehicles and conduct expeditionary mine countermeasures in very sh... US Air Force Releases 2019 Artificial Intelligence Strategy
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Air Force released the Artificial Intelligence Strategy Sept. 12, highlighting the importance of artificial intelligence capabilities to 21st century missions. The strategy p... First Norwegian Aircrew Completes Poseidon Training in US
JACKSONVILLE, Florida --- Aircrew from the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) graduated from Patrol Squadron (VP) Thirty’s Category 2 school Sept. 11, becoming the first crew to transition from the P-3... HMS Queen Elizabeth Makes First Visit to Canada
The UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this morning in an historic first visit. The 65,000-tonne warship, the biggest ever built for the Royal Navy, will... Denel Delivers 100th Modular AFV Turret to Malaysia
Denel is delivering the 100th modular turret for armoured vehicles used by the Malaysian armed forces in terms of a multi-million rand export contract. “This is an historic and significant achievem... China's Beidou Has 39 Satellites in Orbit; Construction to be Completed Next Year
"China will complete the comprehensive construction of the BeiDou global system as scheduled in 2020," said Yang Changfeng, chief designer of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), at the 8th Annua... Leonardo Announces Sales of Over 600 Man-Portable Laser Designators
LONDON --- At the DSEI 2019 exhibition in London (10-13 September), Leonardo has announced that it has sold over 600 units of its Type 163 Laser Target Designator (LTD) to 16 customers including Italy... Rolls-Royce Produces 50th MT30 Naval Gas Turbine
The 50th MT30 gas turbine has come off the Rolls-Royce build line in preparation for despatch to Japan. The MT30 is the world’s most powerful in-service marine gas turbine and gives operators effic... US Aerospace Industries Issue Annual Workforce Report
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The American aerospace and defense (A&D) industry continues to drive the U.S. economy and support high-paying jobs, but the industry must redouble hiring and recruiting efforts to m... RAAF Recounts Long and Painful Road to C-130J Operations
When Australia announced its purchase of the C-130J Hercules in December 1995, few could imagine the challenges that would be faced bringing the aircraft into service. Previous C-130 variants had b... | 