| Latest Feature Stories (Free access) Are Small Carriers the Future Flagship of Mid-Sized Powers?
Until a few years ago, it would barely have occurred to anyone to question the military relevance of aircraft carriers on future battlefields. In recent years, however, many commentators have warned o... Latest Press Releases US to Buy NASAMS Air-Defense Missiles for Ukraine: CNN
The US plans to announce as soon as this week that it has purchased an advanced, medium-to-long range surface-to-air missile defense system for Ukraine, a source familiar with the announcement tells C... Six Mid-Air Emergencies for Boeing 737MAX, Dozens of Groundings in Past Year: Report
Boeing's troubled 737 MAX planes — which have twice crashed, killing 346 people — have experienced at least six mid-air emergencies and dozens of groundings in the year after an extensive probe cleare... UK Cancels Project Mosquito Remote Carrier for Tempest FCAS
Project Mosquito, the future uncrewed Combat Aircraft Technology Demonstration being explored by the Royal Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), will not proceed beyond the design phase. The d... BAE Awarded $12 Billion Contract for ICBM Work
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded a $12,000,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract for Integration Support Contract (ISC) 2.0. The main function of I... Raytheon, Northrop Awarded Hypersonic Defense Contracts
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded other transaction prototype agreement to exercise an option. The value of t... Dutch to Buy Six More F-35s, Four MQ-9 Reaper RPAs
Defense will accelerate the purchase of six additional F-35 fighter aircraft and four unmanned MQ-9 Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft. This additional order was already announced in the Defense Memoran... Congressional Panels Vie for Biggest Boost to Pentagon Budget
The Senate Armed Services Committee released a proposed defense policy bill that would increase defense spending by $45 billion in FY23, which would bring the Pentagon budget up to $817.3 billion for ... US Provides Ukraine with Defense Missiles, Patrol Boats
In the last month, the U.S. pledged more than $1.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine. Some of that assistance is aimed at helping the Ukrainian military better defend their coast and waterways... Pentagon Updates Ukraine Weapon Delivery List
The United States has committed approximately $6.8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $6.1 billion since the beginning o... Turkish Amphibious Assault Ship Begins Acceptance Trials
ISTANBUL --- Sea acceptance tests have started for Turkey’s multi-purpose amphibious assault ship and flagship-to-be, the TCG Anadolu, the head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) said Satur... Navantia Ramps Up Pace on F-110 Frigate After Program Passes CDR
FERROL, Spain --- Navantia, the Navy and the Ministry of Defense have successfully concluded the CDR (Critical Design Review) of the F-110 frigate program, with the culmination of the ship's design fr... Poland Orders Three More Kormoran II Minehunters
“Today, I had the opportunity to sign an agreement on equipping the Navy with three more minehunters. In addition to the one ship which is already in service, more will soon go to the 8th Coastal Defe... Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Nuclear Sub Heads Out for First Sea Trials: Tass
MOSCOW --- The Krasnoyarsk, Russia’s second serial submarine of project 885M, currently under construction at the country’s largest shipyard in Severodvinsk, set out for its first sea trails in the Wh... Taiwan-Made Combat Drone Completes 10-Hour Test Flight Around ADIZ
TAIPEI --- Taiwan's indigenous unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Teng Yun 2 set a record for duration as it circumnavigated the country's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the weekend. ... Argentina Launches Upgrade of its TAM Medium Tanks
The Ministry of Defense and the Argentine Army have signed an agreement with the company IMPSA, for the manufacture and modernization of turrets for a certain number of tanks, within the framework of ... Spain Deploys NASAMS Battery to Latvia
Today, June 26, in response to the need to strengthen the defense capabilities of the Baltic region after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Spanish-supplied ground-to-air anti-aircraft missile NASAMS... China Monitors US Aircraft Flyovers in Taiwan Straits
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) monitored the flyover of a US spy aircraft over the Taiwan Straits on Friday, vowing to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity amid large-s... RBS-70NG Manpads Have Proved Their Worth, Say Czech Military
At the beginning of July, it will be exactly one year since the Strakonice soldiers took over the last part of the delivery of new weapon systems. "The RBS-70NG anti-aircraft missiles have proved to b... Kongsberg to Upgrade Combat System of Norwegian Corvettes
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has been assigned by Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to upgrade the combat system on the Royal Norwegian Navy’s Skjold Class, to contribute to the life extension. The c... EDA Launches Public Consultation on EU Maritime Security
As part of the upcoming revision of the EU’s Maritime Security Strategy (EUMSS, adopted in 2014) and its action plan (2018), the European Commission, together with the European External Action Service... Croatia to Set Up OSINT Center of Excellence
Today, 21 June 2022, the Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted a decision on the establishment of the Center of Excellence for the collection, processing and analysis of data from open sources... | 