| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Norway Axes NH90 Contract, Will Return Helicopters and Seek $500M Refund
“Regrettably, we have reached the conclusion that no matter how many hours our technicians work, and how many parts we order, it will never make the NH90 capable of to meeting the requirements of the ... China’s Unmanned Ship Completes Initial Sea Trials
China's first domestically developed 200 ton-class unmanned surface vessel, characterized by its capabilities in stealth and far sea operation, has wrapped up its first autonomous sea trial, with anal... ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Acquires MV Werften Shipyard
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) is to take over the shipyard location of MV Werften in Wismar. The employees were informed about this development at a meeting today by the insolvency administrator,... Swiss Shortlist Archer 155mm SP Gun: BAE
The Swiss government has shortlisted BAE Systems’ Archer 155mm mobile howitzer as one of the systems going into the final round of competition for its future artillery system. The Swiss Federal Off... Intense Fighting Continues in Ukraine's Bombed-out Sievierodonetsk
Ukrainian forces were holding their positions in intense street fighting and under day and night shelling in Sievierodonetsk, officials said, as Russia pushes to control the bombed-out city, key to it... Pentagon Sees Growing Ties with Asia As Austin Visits Singapore
As Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III arrives in Singapore he can point to robust and growing outreach efforts to the nations of the Indo-Pacific and will highlight ways the United States can im... All Five Marines on Board Killed in MV-22B Crash
MCAS MIRAMAR, Calif. --- Five Marines with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), have been confirmed deceased following an aviation mishap involving an MV-22B Osprey during a... Croatia Approves Procurement of Hydra Missiles for OH-58 Helicopters
The purchase of Hydra missiles maintains the achieved ability of surface combat action from the air in order to support the combat action of the ground forces, said Banožić At its 124th session hel... Denmark to Install Early Warning Radar on Faroe Islands
Minister of Defense Morten Bødskov and national governor for foreign affairs Jenis av Rana have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the installation of an early warning radar in the Faroe Is... Northrop Wins Contract to Develop Stand-in Attack Weapon
LOS ANGELES --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract, with follow on options, for development of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) missile. The period of performance for the contract i... RAF Typhoons, French Rafale/Mirage Fighters in Joint Interception Exercise
This week, two quick reaction alert Typhoons from RAF Coningsby have conducted a scramble exercise with their French counterparts, where they worked together to intercept, identify and escort a simula... UK MoD Looking for Technologies for Smarter, Cooperative Missiles
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new Themed Competition called “It’s Good for Missiles to Talk.” Run on behalf of the Defence and Science Technology Laboratory (D... Digital Transformation, AI Important to Keep Battlefield Edge: DoD
Defense Department officials discussed the importance of digital transformation and artificial intelligence in enabling warfighters to maintain a battlefield advantage, even as China and Russia develo... Commons Committee Holds Hearings on Military Shipbuilding in Scotland
The Scottish Affairs Committee is holding its first evidence session as part of its Defence in Scotland: Military Shipbuilding inquiry, hearing from the ADS Group, the Society of Maritime Industries a... US Army Ships Thousands of Tons of Equipment for Exercise in Africa
VICENZA, Italy --- Equipment for U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in Africa left the port of Livorno on May 29 aboard the USNS Yuma. This equipment is a small part of the thousands of short tons... SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Egyptian Satellite
CANNES, France --- The NILESAT 301 communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) for the Egyptian operator NILESAT, was successfully la... Lockheed to Upgrade British MLRS, Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile for US Navy
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $32,979,835 modification (P00034) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0077 to recapitalize the Multiple Launch Rocket System into the M270A2 configuratio... Slovakia Has Supplied €154M in Military Aid to Ukraine: Minister
Slovakia has so far supported Ukraine with approx. €154m in military aid. In their today's conversation, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and his Ukrainian counterpart Olexii Reznikov discussed, among ot... NATO, Japanese Ships Train in Mediterranean Sea
MEDITERRANEAN SEA –-- Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) ships conducted joint training exercises with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships in the Mediterranean Sea on June 6. Ital... US Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, LCAC 104
The Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 104, June 9. LCAC 104’s delivery follows the completion of Acceptan... Pentagon Looks at US-South Korea Technology Collaboration
The partnership between the United States and South Korea has grown for more than 70 years now and continues to strengthen every year. One area that the Defense Department emphasizes is in technol... Thales Touts Combat Digital Platform for Collaborative Combat
Thales is consolidating its position in the age of collaborative combat with the Combat Digital Platform, a cybersecure platform designed to support collaborative engagements by land forces in the bat... EDA Launches Project to Improve PNT Testing
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has recently kicked off a new R&T project which aims to improve the testing of military Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) equipment in Europe through enhanced ... How Long Until the eVTOL Aviation Industry Takes Flight?
Small, electrically-powered aircraft could soon transform the aviation market. Many of these highly-automated aircraft can take off and land vertically, and eventually they may not need a pilot to fly... Rheinmetall Exhibits Products and Systems for Digitized Battlefields
Eurosatory 2022, the most important defence show on the European mainland, takes place this year in Paris from 13 to 17 June. Under the motto “Move – Sense – Strike”, Rheinmetall will be on hand, pres... | 