| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Qatar Makes Formal Request for F-35 Jets: Report
WASHINGTON --- Qatar has submitted a formal request to the United States to buy stealthy F-35 fighter jets, three people familiar with the deal said, in a deal that if pursued could strain U.S. ties w... Royal Air Force, Leonardo Demonstrate Swarming Drones Capability
ROME --- Leonardo, working in partnership with the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), have together successfully conducted a live trial of a ‘swarming drones’ capability. During the de... UK to Loan Ukraine £1.25 Bn to Build British-Designed Patrol Boats
A memorandum of intent between the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on cooperation in developing and enhancing the... India Mulls Buying More Rafales or New Fighters After LCA Order
NEW DELHI --- Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria Monday for the first time officially indicated that the decision to buy two more squadrons of Rafale fighter jets is under... Satellite Images Confirm F-16 Fighters in Azerbaijan
Satellite imagery shows at least two F-16 Viper fighter jets, almost certainly belonging to the Turkish Air Force, at Ganja International Airport in Azerbaijan earlier this month. This is the first ha... First French Fremm Air-Defense Frigate Begins Sea Trials
On October 5, 2020, the multi-mission frigate FREMM Alsace went out for her first sea trial. She is the first of two air defence frigates designed for the French Navy as part of the FREMM program. Als... UK Claims 2nd Place in Global Defense Export League
The U.K. won defense orders worth 11 billion pounds ($14.2 billion) in 2019, keeping its place as the world’s largest exporter after the U.S. The year was Britain’s second-best ever, behind a recor... Norway’s Defense Budget Grows 4.1%, Earmarks $808M for More Fighters
The Norwegian government proposes an increase of about NOK 3.5 billion, which gives a defense budget of about NOK 64.5 billion in 2021. This is a real increase of 4.1 per cent from the budget this yea... Luxembourg Armed Forces Take Delivery of A400M Airlifter
GETAFE, Spain --- The Luxembourg Armed Forces have taken delivery of its Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, which was accepted at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and has perfor... US Navy Ends LCS Deployment to Western Pacific
KUALA LUMPUR --- Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) has completed its deployment in the Indo-Pacific region and is now assigned to the U.S Navy’s 3rd Fleet, USNI News has learned. ... USS Ford Reaches 4,492 Electromagnetic ‘Cats and Traps’ Milestone
SAN DIEGO, CA. --- General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that a milestone of 4,492 catapult launches and landing arrestments using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System... Israeli Air Force Details Counter-Drone Operations
Over the last few years, drones, as well as explosive balloons and kites, have developed into a significant threat to Israel's security. To provide an operational solution, the IAF created a unit that... P120C Solid Rocket Motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C Passes Final Test Firing
KOUROU, French Guiana --- The P120C was successfully tested for the third time on October 7, at Europe’s Spaceport solid rocket motor test bench operated by the French Space Agency (CNES). This third ... DOD Acquisition Chief Praises Reform Milestone
The Defense Acquisition System exists to develop a more lethal force, and the Defense Department's acquisition executive is confident an overhaul, years in the making, will yield a decisive and sustai... Pentagon Official Outlines Space Strategy
In June, the Defense Department released its Space Strategy document. That document lays out the department's four-pillar strategy for work that needs to be done in space within the next decade and be... Analysis of Twitter Activity Linked to Azerbaijan–Armenia War
The rapid escalation in the long-running conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which began in late September 2020, has been shadowed by a battle across social media for control of the international... RFA Fort Victoria Supports Carrier Strike Group After Refit
Royal Navy support ship RFA Fort Victoria has been proving her ability to re-supply HMS Queen Elizabeth at sea. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker is part of the current nine-ship Carrier Strike Grou... First US Navy FFG(X) Frigate to Be Named USS Constellation
BALTIMORE --– Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships Oct. 7 while ab... Boeing-Built Space Force Satellite Passes Design Review
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Boeing and the U.S. Space Force successfully completed the first major engineering design review for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ communications satellite. This successf... US Navy’s Crete-Based USS Williams Exercises with Nigerian Navy
GULF OF GUINEA --- The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) conducted an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) demonstration, a fleet maneuver exercise, and an oil platform security and... GA-ASI Wins Seat on Advanced Battle Management System Contract
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration and... U-2 Flying Test Lab Rewrites Software in Flight
BEALE AFB, Calif. --- The U-2 Federal Laboratory successfully leveraged Kubernetes during a local training sortie on a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, ... GKN Aerospace Leading Smart Manufacturing Project
GKN Aerospace is leading the Smart Connected Shop Floor project as part of the UK’s Manufacturing Made Smarter Challenge. UK government and industry are jointly investing to support businesses to impl... | 