| Latest Feature Stories Reports of Super Hornet’s Demise May Not Be Greatly Exaggerated (Free access)
The defeat of the Super Hornet in Finland sinisterly sounds like another nail in what could be the coffin of Boeing fighter's international career. The end of production of a major aircraft would thus... Latest Press Releases Finland Picks F-35 as Next Fighter to Replace F-18 Hornets
The Government of Finland has 10 December 2021 authorised the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign a procurement contract with the Government of the United States on Finland’s next multi... Australia to Retire NH90 Helicopters, Buy 40 Blackhawks Instead
The [Australian] Government has taken steps to strengthen the Australian Army’s helicopter capability by formally requesting advice from the United States Government on the acquisition of up to 40 UH-... British Carrier Group Returns Home After 7-Month Deployment to Asia
Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth today after her global seven-month maiden operational deployment leading Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21). Sailors, avia... Russia Wraps Up Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile Trials: Military Chief
MOSCOW --- The trials of the Tsirkon seaborne hypersonic missile system are successfully nearing their completion, Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing for foreign mi... Airbus Delivers World’s First Production H160 Helicopter
KOBE, Japan --- Airbus has delivered the first ever H160 to Japanese operator All Nippon Helicopter (ANH), heralding a new chapter for this next generation twin-engine helicopter. With 68 patents, the... Romania Orders Six S-70M Black Hawks from PZL Mielec
MIELEC, Poland --- PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company, has received an order for six new-generation S-70M Black Hawk utility helicopters from Romania’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. This first orde... Russia’s Military Chief Touts Build-Up of Aerospace Force
MOSCOW --- Russia counters potential threats in the aerospace by perfecting the combat potential of its Aerospace Force, Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing for fore... S. Korean Air-Defense Missile Passes Key Performance Test
SEOUL --- South Korea has successfully conducted key performance tests of a homegrown ship-based guided missile ahead of its deployment next year, the state-run defense quality assessment agency and N... HHI Wins $60M to Modify Future LHA8 to Operate F-35B Aircraft
Huntington Ingalls Inc. - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $60,425,462 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action for integration of four Joint Strike Fighter engineering c... Pakistan Cuts Steel on First of Four Chinese Subs
KARACHI --- The steel cutting ceremony of locally built Hangor Class Submarine 5 was held at the Karachi shipyard on Thursday. Chief of the Naval Staff Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi graced the ceremony... GA-ASI Unveils New Mojave UAV for Austere Field Operations
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is unveiling a new Unmanned Aircraft System called Mojave, named for one of the harshest and most austere areas the world, where deadl... Norway Takes Delivery of Final Three F-35s Due in 2021
On Thursday 9 December, three new F-35 fighter jets landed at Ørland main airport, and with that, Norway has received all the six aircraft that were to be delivered in 2021. Director of Defense Mat... France to Receive Year’s Third A330 Tanker Aircraft
The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) is preparing to take delivery in the coming days of the sixth A330-MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) Phoenix multi-role refueling aircraft, at Air Base 125 ... US Transfers Three C-130 Aircraft to Royal Jordanian AF
AMMAN --- Today, the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), and the U.S. Embassy in Jordan celebrated the transfer of three C-130 transport aircraft from USAF to RJAF, in a ceremony ... UK to Deploy 140 Engineering Troops to Support Poland
140 military engineers are deploying to Poland to provide specialist support in response to the pressures from irregular migration at the Belarus border. Specialists from the 32 Engineer Regiment, ... Bell Delivers Two Bell 505 Helicopters to Indonesian Navy
SURABAYA, Indonesia ---- Bell Textron Inc. announced the successful sale and delivery of two Bell 505 helicopters to the Indonesian Navy. The newly acquired helicopters will be utilized as basic helic... Airbus Prepares Legal Response to Complaints Over A350 Paint
TOULOUSE --- In the face of the ongoing mischaracterisation of non-structural surface degradation on its fleet of A350 aircraft by one of its customers, it has become necessary for Airbus to seek an i... Embraer, Brazilian Army to Study Counter-Battery Artillery Radar
CAMPINAS, Brazil --- Embraer and the Department of Science and Technology at the Brazilian Army (DCT) today signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement establishing cooperation in joint studies and analy... Drone Swarms Take Flight in Darpa’s Final Field Experiment
Researchers, roboticists, and technologists deployed swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles to test mission capabilities in the final field experiment (FX-6) of DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled T... US, Norway to Launch Satellites to Improve Polar Comms
LOS ANGELES AFB, Calif. --- A unique partnership with Norway and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command will extend satellite communications for U.S. polar forces and save taxpayers millions of ... Lithuania Signs Contract with Sweden to Buy Munitions
Lithuania is buying ammunition of Carl-Gustaf antitank rifle for the Armed Forces. As part of the ongoing enhancement of Lithuania’s defensive capabilities and investment in the stocks of necessary re... New Zealand MoD Releases New Defense Priorities
Minister of Defence Peeni Henare today announced a new set of Defence Priorities and Principles that will ensure the Defence Force remains in the best position to continue serving New Zealanders as ou... | 