Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases China Says Exercise Near Taiwan is to ‘Prepare for Military Struggle’ The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly held military drills featuring warplanes near the island of Taiwan on Friday, and such drills, having taken place at least four times since the tr... Finland Reverses Human Rights Policy on Military Exports to Yemen Some of the government ministers who spoke out loudest against exports of military equipment to Middle East countries involved in conflicts have now changed their minds & issued unusually long permiss... US Defense Contractors Keep Most Plants Running Despite Outbreak The Pentagon’s contractors have largely avoided widespread closings or “major impacts” so far from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a running tally compiled by its contracts management office. ... US Approves $157M Harpoon and Torpedo Package for India WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of ten (10) AGM-84L Harpoon Block II air launched missiles and relate... US Approves $675M F-35 Support Package for S. Korea WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea for follow-on support and services for its F-35 aircraft, engines, weap... Lockheed Wins U-2S Tech Refresh Contract PALMDALE, Calif. -– Lockheed Martin Skunk Works continues to evolve the U-2 Dragon Lady to support future battlespace needs under a recent contract award from the U.S. Air Force valued at $50 million.... New Perspective on Boeing and Airbus Competition With Boeing showing a probable near-term loss, plants closing, and the FAA still sitting tight with its order on grounding the 737 MAX, the common belief of many investors is that Boeing is in real to... Chinese Navy Pats Itself on the Back for ‘Great Job’ in Virus Control A Chinese naval flotilla led by an aircraft carrier reportedly sailed through the Miyako Strait and headed toward the Pacific Ocean, prompting Chinese military experts to say on Sunday that the fleet ... China Delivers VT-4 Tanks, Self-Propelled Artillery to Nigeria BEIJING --- The first batch of 17 military vehicles consisting of VT-4 main battle tanks (MBT), ST-1 wheeled tank destroyer and two types of self-propelled howitzers bought by the Nigerian Army (NA) f... US Approves Sale of Excalibur PGM to Netherlands WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of one hundred ninety-nine (199) Excalibur Increment IB M98... Luxembourg’s Airbus A400M Makes Its Maiden Flight SEVILLE, Spain --- The Airbus A400M new-generation airlifter ordered by the Luxembourg Armed Forces has made its maiden flight, marking a key milestone towards its delivery. The aircraft, known as MSN... USMI Wins $108M SOCOM Order for Combatant Craft, Assault United States Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi, was awarded a $108,000,000 maximum indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity delivery order contract (H92405-20-D-0002) with a five-year ordering period... Boeing Wins $55M for SLAM-ER Missile Redesign The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $55,000,000 firm-fixed-price modification (P00008) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-17-C-1057). This modification ... Pentagon Tackles ‘Foreign Coronavirus Disinformation’ Under the rubric of "not wasting a good crisis," Russia, China and others are using the coronavirus pandemic to spread disinformation to further their goals, Pentagon officials said. The Defense De... GAO: DoD Needs to Improve Cyber Hygiene The Department of Defense (DOD) has not fully implemented three of its key initiatives and practices aimed at improving cyber hygiene. Carnegie-Mellon University defines cyber hygiene as a set of prac... USS Ford Naval Aviators Prepare for Deployment ATLANTIC OCEAN --- The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) concluded its first-ever Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) carrier qualifications (CQ) for Naval aviators while underway in the Atlan... China Says Fire on First Amphibious Ship Caused No Major Damage China's first Type 075 amphibious assault ship reportedly caught on fire on Saturday at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Although thick smoke was seen on the ship, sources in the know said th... CMV-22 Demos Capabilities During Cross-Country Ferry Flight PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The recent cross-country flight of the Navy’s new CMV-22B Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) variant of the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was not only a milestone for the program, but... Elbit Wins $20M to Upgrade Hermes 900 UAVs in Latin America HAIFA, Israel --– Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded two contracts valued at a total of approximately $20 million from Latin American customers to upgrade the capabilities of their... Rosoboronexport Sells BK-10 Assault Boats in Sub-Saharan Africa Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has begun to carry out its first export contract recently signed with a foreign customer from Sub-Saharan Africa for the supply of Project 02... Lithuania Uses NATO Agency to Buy Spares from Germany LUXEMBOURG --- The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) continues offering the best support to NATO nations amid the global COVID-19 crisis. On 10 April 2020, NSPA delivered to Lithuania an esse... Lockheed Wins $15M for F-35 Hydraulic Generation System Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $14,883,723 modification (P00031) to a previously-awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract N00019-18-C-1048 to procure depot component repair cap... US Army Selects Anniston Depot to Prepare AMPVs for Delivery DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. --- Today, the Army announced the selection of Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) as the de-processing site for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program. The AMPV has proven thr... Two Companies Win Contracts to Design Sub-Orbital Rocket EDWARDS AFB, Calif. --- The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded ABL Space Systems, and Invocon, Inc. separate agreements under the Aerospike Rocket Integration and Sub-orbital Experiment (ARISE)... Australian DoD Issues RFI for Military Sea Boats Defence has issued a request for information (RFI) on AusTender to gain an appreciation of Australian industry capabilities to design, manufacture and sustain military sea boats. Capability Acquisi... China's Latest Aircraft Wind Tunnel Completes Major Test China's wind tunnel project remains in development which is expected to reshape the country's future warplanes, and hit another milestone after running a main compressor test, project developers said ... |