| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases US Air Force Says it Has Made Jet Fuel from Carbon Dioxide
ARLINGTON, Va. --- What if you could access fuel from anywhere on the planet, at any time, no tanker required? The Air Force thinks it’s possible with ground-breaking carbon transformation technology.... After China, Vietnam Builds on Disputed Pearson Reef in Spratlys
Vietnam appears to be doing new construction and land-filling on a remote reef it occupies in the disputed South China Sea, commercial satellite imagery shows. The feature in question is Pearson Re... Next-Generation Air Dominance Fighter is Top Priority for US Air Force
The Next-Generation Air Dominance Fighter is Air Combat Command’s top priority, because without it, the Air Force can’t provide the control of the air the whole military depends on to operate, Air Com... Russia Slams German Minister’s Statements on Nuclear Deterrence
MOSCOW --- The German military attache in Moscow was summoned to Russia’s Defense Ministry where he was handed a note and told that statements by German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on ... NATO Chief Visits Helsinki, Leaves Door Open for Finnish Membership
Military alliance NATO's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, began a two-day official visit to Finland on Monday along with the North Atlantic Council, which consists of NATO ambassadors. The occa... What Options for the US Air Force’s Future Fighter Force?
ARLINGTON, VA --- The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new Research Study, The Future Fighter Force Our Nation Requires: Building a Bridge, by Heather Penney, Senior R... After Sweden, US Demos Fast HIMARS Deployment in Latvia
On Monday, October 25, the landing exercise of the US Special Operations Forces aircraft MC-130J Commando II took place at Spilve Airport in Riga, demonstrating the rapid delivery and deployment of t... GA-EMS, Boeing to Develop Laser Weapon Prototype for US. Army
SAN DIEGO --- A General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing team has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300kW-cl... GD, Epirus Team to Enhance Next-Gen Ground Combat Vehicle
WASHINGTON --- General Dynamics Land Systems announced today a Strategic Teaming Agreement with Epirus, Inc., a high-growth technology company developing directed energy systems that enable unpreceden... Pratt Wins Order to Power Up to 150 Additional Airbus A320neo
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. --– Pratt & Whitney announced today that Spirit Airlines (“Spirit”) has selected GTF engines to power its latest order of 100 firm and 50 option Airbus A320neo family aircraft, wi... US Army Moves Thousands of Vehicles Across the Alps in Three Weeks
LEGHORN ARMY DEPOT, Italy --– In line with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade commander’s number one priority to regionally align the brigade’s four battalions and prepare for future Army Prepositio... US Marines Test ‘Backpackable’ EW Package on Drone in Coral Sea
Marines aboard the USS New Orleans have launched a portable, electronic-warfare system on drones for the first time at sea, according to the Marine Corps. A backpackable electronic attack module, o... Japanese, US Navies in Joint Patrol in South China Sea
BAY OF BENGAL --- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184) and U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 are conducting bilateral operations in the South China... US Army Cuts Modernization and Readiness to Save Force Structure: Report
This paper is part of U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022. The U.S. Army’s force structure remains steady even though its budget declined by $3.6 billion dollars. The Army does this by cutting modernizati... Breakdown of Cost of Crashed MQ-9A Predator Unmanned Aircraft
PARIS --- In response to our query, the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command has provided a breakdown of how it calculated the cost of the MQ-9A Predator that was written off after if “departed the runwa... Portuguese Frigate Sails Home After Mid-Life Upgrade in Netherlands
The NRP Bartolomeu Dias returned today, October 25, to the Lisbon Naval Base, after carrying out the Half-Life Modernization Program planned in the Netherlands, to update operational capacities in thi... Australian Army Drone Fleet Passes Audit
The Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) recently audited Army’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, and the fleet passed with flying colours. DASA’s Squadron Leader Malcolm Walker, an ex... UAE Accounted for Most Finnish Arms Exports in 2020: Report
Finland granted permits totalling 139.3 million euros in March 2020 for the export of military vehicle parts to the United Arab Emirates. The deal accounts for almost all of Finland's total arms expor... Seven Nations Complete “Blue Flag” Air-Defense Exercise in Israel
In 2013, the Israeli Air Force held the first-ever "Blue Flag" exercise - an Israeli international exercise that includes just three participating nations: the United States, Greece, and Italy. This... US Air Force Upgrades Test Facilities for Hypersonic Weapon Testing
HOLLOMAN AFB, N.M. --- Since July 2021, the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., successfully stopped two sleds traveling over 5,000-feet per second on a monorail as part of the Hyper... Royal Navy Replaces Frigate’s Search Radar in Bahrain
Engineers supporting Royal Navy operations in the Gulf completed a first – replacing HMS Montrose’s principal radar in theatre, without sending her 7,500 miles home to Plymouth. ARTISAN -- Advanced... China Announces Training for Port Demolition Operations
In the first of its kind in China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted an underwater explosion test which simulated an attack on a hostile high-piled wharf. The test gathe... India Invites Foreign Firms to Exhibit in Asia’s Largest Defence Exhibition
In a major outreach to the friendly foreign countries as also to the defence manufacturing industries of the world, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh chaired the Ambassadors’ Round Table for DefExpo 20... | 