| Latest Feature Stories (Updated 2): The F-35 Insulation Failure: Status and Review
PARIS --- Close scrutiny of the events surrounding the flight ban on 15 F-35A fighters belong to the US Air Force (13 aircraft) and the Royal Norwegian Air Force (2 aircraft) shows that the service to... Latest Press Releases DCNS Awarded First Australian Submarine Design Contract
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP and the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne today announced the next significant step in the building of Australia’s Futur... Eight French Rafale Carrier Fighters Strike ISIS Targets
ABOARD CHARLES DE GAULLE, At Sea --- French fighter jets took off from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on Friday for an operation against the Islamic State group in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosu... Airbus Announces New Round of Restructuring
AMSTERDAM --- Airbus Group further integrates by merging its Group structure with its largest division Airbus Commercial Aircraft into a new entity. Last night, the Board of Directors of Airbus Gro... Lockheed Wins Combat System Contract for Future Australian Submarine
The Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne and the Minister for Defence Industry, The Hon Christopher Pyne MP today announced that Lockheed Martin Australia has been selected as the prefer... Germany May Decide This Autumn On Smaller Transport Planes
BERLIN --- German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen hopes to make a decision this autumn about whether to acquire a smaller military transport plane to cover a gap in capabilities once the Transal... Swiss Air Force Grounds Helicopters After Fatal Crash
Two pilots died when a Swiss military helicopter crashed in the Alps on Wednesday, prompting the air force to ground its fleet of Super Pumas while it investigates what caused the accident. Another... Northrop to Build Additional MQ-8C Fire Scouts for US Navy
SAN DIEGO --- Northrop Grumman Corporation is set to build 10 additional MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters for the U. S. Navy, giving maritime commanders persistent, real-time intelligence, survei... Portugal Comments F-16 Delivery to Romania
Portugal handed the first six F-16 Romania, at a ceremony held on 28 September at the Air Base No.5 (BA 5) in Monte Real. These aircraft are the first of 12 sold by the government in 2013, and the ... HHI Wins $400M Contract for Submarine Repairs and First Order
Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News (HII-NNS), Norfolk, Virginia, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform repair efforts for in-service nuclear-powered s... SAIC Wins $383M Order for Mk 48 Torpedo Upgrade Parts
Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Virginia, is being awarded a $30,847,527 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive, and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of MK 48 Mod 7 ... Orbital Wins $29M Order for Supersonic Targets
Orbital Sciences Corp., Chandler, Arizona, is being awarded a $28,712,100 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of seven full-rate production Lot 10 GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Tar... Lockheed Wins $41M Order for F-35 Simulators, Spare Packages
-- Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $24,378,036 for modification P00003 under a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-16-C-0004) for procurement of t... Single F-35B Engine Now Costs $21M
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $21,000,000 for modification P00009 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentiv... Pentagon Orders ScanEagle UAVs for Tunisia
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $9,802,042 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0069 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) to procure launch and reco... Northrop Wins LAIRCM Order for German Government Global 5000
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has been awarded a $27,956,839 firm-fixed-price and cost type contract for integration and installation of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermea... RAF Typhoons to Train in Korea As Well As Japan
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, has announced the deployment of Royal Air Force aircraft and personnel for an international Exercise programme across the Asia-Pacific re... Czech Gripens Deploy for Iceland Air Police with AMRAAMs
On Thursday, September 29, shortly after half past eleven, the first three JAS-39 Gripen fighters took off from their home base, 21st Tactical Air Force Base in Caslav, on their way to Iceland, follow... Royal Navy’s Type 45 Ships Exceeded Expectations, But Number Is Inadequate
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- All the Type 45 destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy are now in service and the project has been concluded. No more ships of this class will be ordered for the Royal Navy. Alth... Yak-152 Basic Trainer Makes First Flight
The maiden flight of the Yak-152 initial training aircraft took place at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant on September 29, 2016. The Yak-152 aircraft has been developed by the Yakovlev Desig... UK Powers Up Albania Defence Partnership
UK is building a stronger relationship with Albania by working side-by-side on NATO exercises and beyond, the Defence Secretary has said. During a two-day visit to the capital Tirana and the mounta... US Navy Claims Record SM-6 Anti-Air Intercept But Hides Range
WASHINGTON --- The Navy successfully completed the longest-range Anti-Air Warfare intercept in Navy history at the Point Mugu Test Range in California, Sept. 22. During the Naval Integrated Fire Co... US Army Awards $409M FMTV Contract to Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, Wis. --- The U.S. Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC a $409 million contract to produce 1,661 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) trucks and 31 trailers, under Order Year 7 of the cur... Australian Destroyer Hobart Completes Builder Sea Trials
Builder Sea Trials for the first destroyer Hobart are complete following several days at sea off the coast of South Australia last week. Significant progress has been made on the project to reach ... Denel Says Young Engineers Produce Breakthrough Weapon
The challenge given to the three young engineers to redesign an infantry soldier’s most trusted ally, the machine gun, making it lighter and easier to handle without compromising its firepower and rel... Royal Navy Says New Carrier Shipshape and Almost Ready
The first of Britain's new aircraft carriers is less than six months away from her sea trials. HMS Queen Elizabeth is nearing completion at Rosyth, north of Edinburgh. Despite recent problems with ... Third EDA-Supported R&T Project Awarded EU Funding
BRUSSELS --- A dual-use R&T project aimed at developing advanced lightweight impact resistant materials, proposed by a Portuguese consortium and supported by the European Defence Agency (EDA), has bee... NATO Agency Reports on China’s Cyber Activities
A new NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence analysis gives a comprehensive overview of Chinese cyber structures and developments. “China and Cyber: Attitudes, Strategies, Organisation” l... Safran In Exclusive Talks to Sell Morpho Unit to Advent
PARIS --- Following an extensive review of the different strategic options to ensure the development of its identity and security activities, Safran (Euronext Paris: SAF) announces having received fro... Bell to Exhibit Latest Tiltrotor Proposals At AUSA Show
FORT WORTH, Texas --- Bell Helicopter announced its show plans for the 2016 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington D.C., October 3-5. The company wi... | 