Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Northrop Wins US Navy EW Contract Potentially Worth $1.16Bn Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Mission Systems Sector, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, was awarded a $100,798,804 fixed-price-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract for follow-on production of Surf... Pentagon Policy Chief Outlines Changes to US Military Forces in Europe The Defense Department continues to prioritize implementation of the National Defense Strategy, including building a more lethal force and strengthening alliances, DOD's acting undersecretary of defen... Both Shortlisted Bidders in Bulgarian Combat Vehicle Tender Exceed Budget The price offers of the two companies - General Dynamics (General Dynamics) and Patria (Patria) - admitted to the next stage in the procedure for the implementation of the project for combat armored v... Pentagon’s New ICBM May Cost $111 Billion The Pentagon’s next generation intercontinental ballistic missile program could cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $110.6 billion, according to internal Defense Department estimates, adding to a wave of b... Controversy Over Bidding Process in Korean KDDX Destroyer Project Controversy has been heating up over the South Korean Navy's next-generation destroyers as a series of legal issues in the bidding process continued to pop up, industry sources said Saturday. In mi... India Flight-Tests SMART Supersonic Torpedo Launcher The Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) has been successfully flight tested today, 5th Oct 2020, at 1145 hrs from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. All the mission objecti... BAE’s Chief Executive Calls for Investment in Defense As we all continue to manage the impact of the pandemic, our Chief Executive, Charles Woodburn, has written in the Telegraph newspaper about the role that the defence and security industry can play in... GD Details $1.2Bn Contract for Stryker SHORADS Vehicle STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. –-- General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $1.219 billion contract to produce, test and deliver Interim Maneuver Short-Range A... BAE Submits Offer for Slovak Radar Tender Ambassador Baker today at the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic submitted an offer in response to the July tender for the provision of a multifunctional 3D radar system. If successful in t... Israeli Navy Prepares for Arrival of New Corvettes ABOARD INS LAHAV --- After a coronavirus-related delay, Israel's navy is preparing for the long-awaited arrival of its next generation of missile boats — giving it a powerful new tool to defend its st... S. Korean Navy Tests Sub-Launched Cruise Missile New footage of d Hyunmoo-3 cruise missile being launched from what appears to be a Son Won Il-class (Type 214) submarine. The submarine-launched variant of the Hyunmoo-3 is designated as Haeseong-3... A400M Aircraft for Luxembourg Nears Delivery BRUSSELS --- About a year and a half after the official start of the production process and about six months after the first test flight, the first Airbus A400M “Atlas” is almost ready to take off for... Pentagon Releases Irregular Warfare Annex to National Defense Strategy The Defense Department released the unclassified portion of the Irregular Warfare Annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy today. This unclassified summary of the IW Annex allows the department ... US Navy Transfers Expeditionary Sea Base Ship to Crete SOUDA BAY, Greece --- The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), shifted its homeport from Norfolk, Va., to Souda Bay, Greece, effective 1, Oct., 2020. Hershel ‘Woody’ William... Boeing to Build Loyal Wingman Drone in Australia if Ordered BRISBANE, Australia --- Queensland is poised to take another bold step in aerospace and advanced manufacturing with an historic opportunity to be the final production home for unmanned defence aircraf... Australian Army Begins to Train on Boxer Armored Vehicle The Australian Army has commenced training on the new Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) which are being delivered under the Government’s LAND 400 Phase 2 program. The 211 new Boxer 8x8... UK MoD Funds Glasgow Uni Project for Self-Eating Rocket Engine A ‘self-eating’ rocket engine which aims to put small payloads into orbit by burning its own structure as propellant has won financial support from the UK Government. The Defence & Security Accele... Argentine Navy Welcomes Launch of Second French-Built OPV The multipurpose ocean patrol vessel ARA “Piedrabuena” was launched yesterday at the Kership Shipyard in the town of Concarneau (France). It is the second in a series of four multipurpose ocean patrol... Destroyer Sets New US Navy Record with 215 Days at Sea ROTA, Spain --- The Arleigh Burkeclass guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) arrived in Rota, Spain, Oct. 3, drawing to an end a record-breaking period of underway endurance. As mooring lines ... Elbit USA Wins $35M to Support US Navy V-22 Aircraft HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, was awarded an approximately $35 million five-year firm-fixed-priced contract by the U.S. ... German Deployable Control and Reporting Centre in Lithuania The Italian Air Force Detachment conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states are joined by approx. 90 German soldiers with command and control equipment. Personnel of the German Depl... US, Morocco Sign Ten-Year Defense Cooperation Agreement Morocco and the United States renewed the alliance between the two nations as a foundation stone for peace in Africa. Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs N... |