| Latest Feature Stories Is Trident Vulnerable? Doubts About UK’s Future SSBNs
A debate is now raging over BASIC's exposure of the threat emerging technologies present to the future viability of Trident submarines. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) states they do not believe it is a... China’s Military Reforms: Is All Well with the PLA?
The announcement of military reforms has been touted in the official Chinese media as a major transformational change in the history of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). While the transformation its... Latest Press Releases Turkey Approves New Defense Projects Worth $5.9 Billion
ANKARA --- Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said the country’s defense industry executive committee on March 9 approved $5.9 billion in new defense projects, $4.5 billion of which will consist o... Pentagon to Spend $67Bn On Black Programs In 2017
The Pentagon’s “black budget” — the money spent on programs and activities that are unacknowledged in non-classified documents — amounts to around $68 billion in fiscal 2017, according to an Aviation ... Airbus, Boeing February Deliveries and Orders Disappoint
Boeing and Airbus delivered 56 and 46 commercial jets in February 2016, compared to 63 and 46 in the same month last year, respectively. Both Boeing and Airbus have had a slow start this year and had ... N. Korea Fires Two Missiles, US Sends Three B-2 Bombers
SEOUL --- North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea in the latest saber-rattling move amid the ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills, South Korea’s military said Thursd... Iran Tests More Missiles In Attempt to Show Strength
Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has tested ballistic missiles for the second straight day in an attempt to show strength and in defiance of U.S. warnings. The IRGC fired t... Chinese Ships Shadow US Navy Carrier Group In S. China Sea
According to U.S. media, the U.S. has had the USS John S. Stennis, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, as well as the guided-missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Stockdale, plus guided-missile cruis... BAE to Provide Countermeasures for HH-60W CSAR Helicopters
BAE Systems has been selected to provide critical survivability and situational awareness technology for the U.S. Air Force’s HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter. The company will supply its Identificatio... General Dynamics Protest Casts Doubt On Pentagon’s Acquisition Concept
There’s a longstanding joke in the federal acquisition community that any astronaut headed into orbit should worry about relying on a rocket built by the lowest bidder. The joke isn’t all that funny ... Finmeccanica Wins Three ATM Contracts, Including Saudi Air Force
Finmeccanica announced today, during the World ATM Congress ongoing in Madrid (8-10 March), the award of contracts totalling around €120 million. After the recent successes in Italy, Canada and Singap... Pratt-powered Airbus A321 Makes First Flight
TOULOUSE, France --- Pratt & Whitney's PurePower Geared Turbofan engines successfully completed its first test flight on the Airbus A321neo. The PW1135G-JM engine, a 35,000 thrust class engine, for th... US Navy Has $3.3Bn In Unfunded FY17 Procurement Priorities
WASHIGNTON --- The U.S. Navy has outlined $5.1 billion worth of unfunded priorities for lawmakers to consider during the FY17 budget markup process, including approximately $3.3 billion for procuremen... Dassault Aviation2015 Net Up 20% As Sales Grow 13% On Lower Deliveries
SAINT-CLOUD, France --- The Board of Directors, chaired yesterday by Mr. Éric Trappier, closed the 2015 financial statements. These consolidated financial statements were certified by the Statutory Au... Royal Marines’ New Wildcat Helicopter Tested In Norway
The Royal Marines’ ‘flying eyes’ on the battlefield have come through their ‘baptism of ice’ in the Arctic wilds of northern Norway. For the first time, the new Wildcats of the Commando Helicopter ... Bell Says Jet Ranger X Progressing Well
FORT WORTH, Texas --– Bell Helicopter announced continued program performance and outstanding customer response for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. Launched at HELI-EXPO 2014, the program has moved from... Contractor Improves Laser Using Aluminium Composite Crystal
A United States defense contractor has developed a laser amplifier using Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) nanopowder. The new amplifier allows for rapid target engagement, low cost, and a high quantity o... Austria Signs Final Acceptance of Saab’s WAM Air Control System
Defence and security company Saab has announced that Austro Control, the Austrian Air Navigation Service Provider, has formally signed the final acceptance for its nation-wide Wide Area Multilateratio... Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 Expands Area of Activities
AEGEAN SEA -- The German flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) FGS BONN is the first NATO ship to enter the area of activity for a first patrol around the Greek island of Lesbos. Over t... Royal Navy Merlins Return Home After Strong Show In Sicily
814 Naval Air Squadron of Culdrose have returned triumphant from NATO’s largest Anti-Submarine hunting exercise in the Mediterranean. Over 60 Royal Navy personnel from 814 Naval Air Squadron (NAS),... Russia Deploys Orlan-10 UAV Systems In Eastern MD
UAV units of the Eastern MD located in the Sakhalin region received 5 Orlan-10 complexes. Orlan-10 UAVs are capable to operate during 18 hours and perform tasks at the altitude of dozens of meters ... Royal Navy’s HMS Albion Refit Advances, Back to Sea In 2017
Royal Navy amphibious command ship HMS Albion has reached a milestone in her major refit in dry dock in Devonport Docks, Plymouth. It has been five years since HMS Albion was placed into extended r... Australian DoD Extends Unisys IT Contract
Defence is currently undertaking a significant Information and Communications Technology (ICT) transformation program. As the transformation projects currently underway require a focused and sustai... Lockheed Wins PBL Contract to Manage US Navy Tire Inventory
BALTIMORE --- The U.S. Navy has announced a performance based logistics contract with Lockheed Martin to manage aviation tires leading to significant cost savings in inventory, warehousing and logisti... UK Beats Target for Training Ukrainian Armed Forces
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon set the target last summer during his visit to Kyiv in which he met UK trainers and Ukrainian personnel to see demonstrations of infantry and medical skills being prov... UTC Aerospace Wins Larger Role In Boeing 777X Program
CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Boeing has selected UTC Aerospace Systems for three additional systems on the new Boeing 777X large, twin-engine jet. These are in addition to numerous systems on the aircraft awa... Airbus Group Completes Acquisition of Navtech
Airbus Group has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of privately held Navtech. This follows the agreement announced in December 2015 to acquire the company. With Navtech’s comprehensive p... Airbus Plans Large Presence At India Aviation 2016 Show
Airbus will make its presence felt at India Aviation 2016 being organized in Hyderabad from 16-20 March. Visitors to its stand (# 9) in Hall A will find scale models of the A380 (the world’s most spac... | 