| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Boeing Set to Cut Dreamliner Output, Jobs As Demand Plunges
Boeing Co. is poised to cut 787 Dreamliner output by about half and announce workforce reductions when it reports first-quarter earnings next week, said people familiar with the plans. Details of t... Russia Plans 10 More Test Launches of Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile
MOSCOW --- Russia will carry out about 10 more launches of its newest hypersonic missile, Tsirkon, as part of state trials, a source in Russia’s defense industry told TASS. "Prior to the completion... Canada Extends Ban on Arms Sales to NATO Ally Turkey
OTTAWA --- Canada's ban on new arms exports to Turkey has been extended indefinitely, Global Affairs confirmed today. The Liberal government imposed a suspension on the approval of export permits l... Thailand Postpones Purchase of Chinese Subs Due to COVID-19 Budget Cuts
Forced to make substantial military budget cuts, Bangkok is moving to suspend a number of arms deals, including the Royal Thai Navy’s (RTN) anticipated procurement of two additional S26T submarines fr... British, Dutch and French Deploy Naval Ships to Assist Caribbean Populations
PARIS --- France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have decided to join efforts in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis currently affecting their overseas territories. In order to help relief local ... Azerbaijan Looking for Advanced Russian Fighters
As part of military-technical cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation, a group of specialists of the Air Force of Azerbaijan visited the enterprises of the military-i... US Navy Takes Delivery of Final Block II Super Hornet
PATUXTENT RIVER, Md.--- Since 2005, F/A-18 Super Hornet Block II aircraft have been rolling off Boeing’s production line and serving as the U.S. Navy’s multi-mission capable workhorse. The service too... The Coming Battle Over Military Drone Use in the UK
The use of armed drones by the UK and in particular, the US, grew rapidly in the early 2000s as the ability to carry out remote strikes and targeted killings, with no risk to one’s own forces, was inc... US Navy Awards $165M Order for AARGM Anti-Radar Missile
LOS ANGELES --- The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation $165 million for Lot 9 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) in March. Assets will... CRS Reviews Alternatives for Boeing KC-46A Program
On February 24, 2011, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced the Boeing Company as the winner of a competition to build 179 new KC-46Aaerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, a contract valued a... More on Russia’s Marketing Push for Boomerang IFV
Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has begun promoting the newest Boomerang universal combat platform developed and manufactured by the Military Industrial Company (VPK) in for... US Air Force Details $6.4Bn Contingency Support Contract
TYNDALL AFB, Fla. --– The Air Force recently awarded an eight-year, $6.4 billion contingency support contract to eight firms. The Air Force Contract Augmentation Program, or AFCAP, is a rapid respo... L3Harris Wins $500M Contract for Anti-Jam Satellite Modem
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year, $500 million ceiling, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) c... Lockheed Wins $147M for Mk 41 Vertical Launching Systems
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, was awarded a $147,639,775 undefinitized contract action modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-20-C-5310 for the procureme... US Approves $150M Logistic Support Package for UAE
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sales Order (FMSO) II to provide funds for blanket order requisitions to the United Arab Emirates (UA... S. Korea, US Hold Combined Air Exercises in Apparent Warning to N. Korea
South Korea and the United States have been holding combined air exercises this week, military officials here said Thursday. According to the officials, the air forces of South Korea and the US For... Saab Signs DFWES Support Contract with British Army
Saab has signed a three-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence for the provision of support and services to the Direct Fire Weapon Effects Simulator (DFWES) capability. The contract valued at 3... Royal Navy’s Caribbean Task Group Meets for Hurricane Season
The Royal Navy’s Caribbean task group has joined forces in Montserrat for the first time as it prepares for the impending hurricane season. Helicopter carrier/support ship RFA Argus linked up with ... USS Gerald R. Ford Awarded Flight Deck Certification
SAN DIEGO, CA. --- General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that successful USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Flight Deck Certification (FDC) has been completed with the support of t... Ex-Finnish Defense Chief Violated Revolving Door Agreement But Escapes Fine
On 23 April 2020, the Ministry of Defense completed a report on whether the former commander of the Defense Forces, General Jarmo Lindberg, violated the quarantine agreement entered into with the Mini... US Army Futures and Concepts Center Evaluates New Force Structure
WASHINGTON --- The Army is designing a new calibrated force structure to bolster capabilities at the brigade level and above, catered to meet regional mission requirements. The Army Futures and Con... China Drops Over 1,000 Paratroopers in Exercises
More than a thousand paratroopers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently held fully armed parachute jump exercises, a type of mission experts said on Thursday can enable larg... Royal Navy Minehunters Maintain Gulf Mission Amid Lockdown
Despite the near-total global lockdown, Royal Navy minehunters continue to patrol the Gulf to keep trade flowing. Alongside frigates HMS Montrose – based long term in Bahrain under the Navy’s growi... T408 Engine Integration Tests Continue on CH-47
FORT EUSTIS, Va. --- A team from Boeing, GE Aviation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center completed another successful ground test in late March, further... CRS Report Updates Status of US Navy FFG[X] Frigate Program
The FFG(X) program is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG(X) in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.... Overview of Department of Defense Counter-UAV Initiatives
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones,have proliferated rapidly and are available to nation states and to nonstate actors and individuals. These systems could provide U.S. adversarie... US Air Force Completes New Skyborg Test Bed Flight Tests
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. --- The Emerging Technology Combined Test Force successfully completed flight tests on its newest autonomous aircraft test bed last month at Edwards Air Force Base, California. ... New EDA Project to Improve Resilience of Cold Weather Operations
BRUSSELS --- EDA’s Steering Board has green-lit the launch of a new research project aimed at studying ways and means of improving the operational outfit and equipment of Armed Forces operating in ext... Denel Restructuring Moving Ahead
The COVID-19 pandemic cast global markets into a period of uncertainty as it moved across the globe in early 2020. The impact of the virus is just beginning to be felt on manufacturers as containmen... | 