| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases New US Nuclear Submarines Hobbled by Billions in Growing Costs, Delays: GAO
The US Navy’s two newest submarine programs have been hampered by growing costs, poor contractor performance and delays in the last year, according to an assessment by congressional auditors. Costs... Congress Orders F-35 Sustainability Audit as Lockheed, Pratt CFOs Defend Program
The U.S. comptroller general, who oversees the Government Accountability Office, would assess sustainability challenges of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and report back to Congress by March 2023 under... Russia Using Kamikaze Drones in Ukraine: TASS
MOSCOW ---- The Russian KUB and Lancet kamikaze drones are intensively employed in combat operations in Ukraine, the state tech corporation Rostec told TASS on Wednesday. "The KUB and Lancet drones... Cambodia Starts Upgrade Project at Naval Base
PHNOM PENH --- Cambodia on Wednesday started an upgrade project in the Ream Naval Base located in the southwestern province of Preah Sihanouk with China's aid, officials said. Cambodian Deputy Prim... US Air Force Launches Development of New F-35 Missile
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts to three companies for the first phase of a new program to develop an air-to-ground stand-in attack weapon that the F-35 jet could use to destro... Northrop Finalizes $2 Billion Contract for GEM Solid Rocket Boosters
MAGNA, Utah --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a multi-year contract valued at more than $2 billion from United Launch Alliance (ULA) for increased production of its 63-inch-diameter Gr... US Approves $120M Ship Maintenance Deal for Taiwan Navy
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of Ship S... GAO Sees ‘Persistent Challenges’ to Faster Fielding of Weapons
Our 20th annual assessment of DOD's weapons acquisitions (which are on our High-Risk List) found that DOD is working to improve how fast it develops and delivers weapon systems. But many weapon progra... US Army Awards $290M Contracts for Ammunition, GP Bomb Bodies
--Sig Sauer Inc., Newington, New Hampshire, was awarded a $157,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of .300 Norma Magnum M1163 ball ammunition and .338 NM armor piercing M1162 cartridg... GE Gas Turbines to Power Spanish Navy’s New F-110 Frigates
EVENDALE, Ohio --- GE Marine is under contract with Navantia to provide five LM2500 marine gas turbines that will power five new Spanish Navy F-110 frigates being built at its Ferrol Shipyard in Spain... Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey Crashes with 5 Aboard
MCAS MIRAMAR, Calif. --- At approximately 1225 Pacific Standard Time an MV-22B Osprey belonging to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) crashed near Glamis, CA. Five Marines were onboard the aircraft, a... Rheinmetall, KMW Set Up JV to Service NATO Vehicles in Baltic States
Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) have established a joint venture in Lithuania for providing comprehensive logistical support for combat vehicles belonging to the Lithuanian armed forces as... Raytheon Unit Demos Optical Data Link Between Two Satellites
CENTENNIAL, COLO --- SEAKR Engineering, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, announced a successful demonstration of optical inter-satellite links between two Defense Advanced Re... RAF Typhoons Support NATO Land Exercise in Romania
Romanian based RAF Typhoons have carried out simulated Close Air Support sorties for a large-scale NATO exercise at the Smardan Training Area in Southern Romania. The week-long multinational NATO e... Chinese Navy Includes Robots, Drones in Amphibious Landings
Academies of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently integrated a large number of unmanned and intelligent equipment including unmanned vehicles, drones and robots into the amphibious land... Lockheed Delivers First Five Sentinel Radars to US Army
SYRACUSE, N.Y. --- On May 26, 2022, the STARE Project Office, U.S. Army Sentinel Product Office received the first five radars of its initial contract with Lockheed Martin. The Sentinel A4 radar is de... Northern Group Defense Ministers Meet in Iceland
The twelve Northern Group nations met in Reykjavik this week (8 June) to discuss the security challenges for Northern Europe following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The ministers of defe... Baltic Premiers Discuss Deterrence, Defense with NATO SecGen
On Wednesday (8 June 2022), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a conference call with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Latvian Prime Minster Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš and Lithua... US, Thailand Sign Information Exchange Agreement
ARLINGTON, Va. --- Kelli L. Seybolt, deputy under secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs and Lt. Gen. Somkiat Sampan, Thailand’s Director-General of Defence Science and Technology Departmen... New Portable Satcoms for Dutch Special Forces
The special operations forces (SOF) of the Commando Corps and the Marine Corps have had 5 Manpacks at their disposal since last week. These are portable military satellite dishes. The difference with ... India Delivers 12 High-Speed Guard Boats to Vietnam
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh handed over 12 High Speed Guard Boats to Vietnam during his visit to Hong Ha Shipyard in Hai Phong on June 09, 2022. The boats have been constructed under the Governme... Swiss Government Completes Break-Up of RUAG Group
BERN --- At the general meeting of RUAG's holding company (BGRB Holding AG) on June 8, 2022, the Confederation, as owner of RUAG, approved the dissolution of BGRB Holding AG. The demerger of RUAG is t... | 