| Latest Feature Stories Australian F-35 Work Promises “Not Realized”: National Auditor
PARIS --- Australian industry benefits from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fall short of what successive governments have claimed, the Australian National Audit Office said in its latest report... Latest Press Releases Iraqi Forces Retake Mosul Airport
WASHINGTON --- Iraqi security forces have taken back Mosul International Airport in Iraq after a couple days of difficult fighting to liberate western Mosul from control of the Islamic State of Iraq a... Commons Committee Challenges MoD’s 10-year Equipment Plan
The risks to the affordability of the 'Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan' are greater than at any point since reporting began in 2012, according to a report from the National Audit Office. Spending o... China Says It Has Won Largest Foreign Drone Order
An undisclosed buyer has placed the largest overseas order for China's home-developed military drones, the Xinhua news agency has reported, in a boost for the Chinese arms industry's efforts to increa... Sweden’s Defense Chief Calls for 15% Budget Boost
Micael Bydén, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, is requesting an additional 6.5 billion SEK to increase the military’s capabilities in the coming years. The government has already appr... China Developing Hypersonic Missiles Against THAAD
BEIJING --- Foreign media reported that China is developing hypersonic weapons with an eye to piercing the missile defense shields of Japan and its East Asian neighbors. Japan's Kyodo News February... Israeli F-35s Train to Operate with F-16I Escort
A unique bond has formed between the “Golden Eagle” and the “Negev” Squadrons: besides flying together, the squadrons are both participating in the Adir (F-35I) integration process. “The effectiveness... Pentagon Details Future Vertical Lift 'Family of Systems'
WASHINGTON --- The future of rotary-wing or vertical lift aircraft across the services is the focus of a Defense Department initiative that seeks to improve the speed, range, refueling and interoperab... Bangladesh Issues Tender for New Multi-Role Fighter
Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Defence Purchases (DGDP) released its tender for eight – with four optional – new-built multi-role combat aircraft for the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF). In December 2... Maiden Anti-Ship Missile Launch by India’s First Scorpene Sub
The Indian Navy, on Thursday, successfully conducted the maiden firing of an anti-ship missile from the first of the indigenously-built Kalvari class submarines, during a test firing in the Arabian Se... Aselsan Begins S-70i Development for Turkish TUHP Program
ANKARA, Turkey --- Sikorsky has transferred to defense electronics firm Aselsan an S-70i Black Hawk helicopter for use as the prototype aircraft for the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program (TUHP). The ... RAAF Declares Final Operational Capability for KC-30A Tankers
The Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, today congratulated Royal Australian Air Force on the achievement of Final Operational Capability (FOC) for the KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transpo... Atlas V Launches Spy Satellite for NRO
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. --- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 March 1 at 9:50 a.m. PST... Qinetiq Orders Four Airbus H125s for Empire Test Pilots’ School
OXFORD --- QinetiQ has signed a deal for four Airbus H125 helicopters as part of its modernisation of the Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS), which it manages alongside the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MO... Marine Corps F-35B to Join US-Korea Joint Exercise
SEOUL --- The U.S. Air Force's F-35B stealth fighter will take part in the ongoing Foal Eagle joint exercise with South Korea to hone its precision strike capabilities, military officials familiar wit... Saab Wins Contract for Advanced ASW Training System
Defence and security company Saab has received an order for delivery of the advanced anti-submarine warfare training system, AUV62-AT. Deliveries will take place during 2017 and 2018. The autonomou... India’s DRDO Comments Latest Missile Defense Test
DRDO conducted the successful launch of the interceptor missile Advanced Area Defence (AAD) at 1015 hrs today from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The endo-atmospheric missile, capable of intercepting inc... Flight Tests Begin of Global Hawk with MS-177 Multi-Spectral Sensor
SAN DIEGO --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun flight testing of the MS-177 sensor payload with a successful inaugural flight on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance autonomous aircr... E-3G AWACS Block 40/45 Pushed Back Two Years
Production of the E-3 AWACS Block 40/45 aircraft, also known as the E-3G, will be delayed by another two years. The delay was announced in the U.S. Director, Operational Test and Evaluation report for... MQ-9 Integrates with F-35 During Red Flag 17-1
This was the first time the MQ-9 and F-35A Lightning II have integrated in a Red Flag. “Specifically for this Red Flag, our desire and objectives were to integrate in combat search and rescue missions... Europe and NATO’s Two-percent Matra
The best route to improved European defence capabilities is to build on the patchwork of co-operation that already exists – with Germany at its centre. At the Munich Security Conference, the discus... US Navy Should Better Choose Shipbuilding Contracts: GAO
Over 80 percent of the Navy’s shipbuilding contracts awarded over the past 10 years were fixed-price incentive (FPI). However, GAO found that half of the six selected contracts it reviewed did not doc... Missile Defense and Defeat: Thoughts for New Policy Review
The National Defense Authorization Act signed into law in 2016 contained a provision mandating a review of missile defeat policy, strategy, and capability, to be completed and submitted to Congress by... LEAP-Powered A321neo Wins Joint EASA / FAA Certification
Following a comprehensive flight test programme, the A321neo powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines has been granted joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) an... USAF Demos Rapid Deployment of Helicopters to Latvia
RIGA, Latvia --- U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, delivered by Air Mobility Command C-5M Super Galaxies, arrived here March 1, 2017 in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Task Force Pho... DoD: No Evidence Found of False Intel Reporting
WASHINGTON --- An investigation found that allegations that U.S. Central Command senior intelligence officials falsified intelligence in the campaign to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria cou... France, Japan Sign New Agreement on Industrial Partnerships
TOKYO --- Airbus welcomes the signature of a new chapter of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in Civil Aeronautical Industry between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan (METI) and ... Heckler & Koch Touts Fourth Assault Rifle Family
Countless ideas, decades of know-how and sophisticated solutions tested and proven under the most rigorous conditions worldwide are the foundation of Heckler & Koch's pioneering weapon technologies. E... Triumph Wins Role on Korea’s KF-X Fighter
BERWYN, Pa. --- Triumph Group, Inc. was selected by Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI), to provide Airframe Mounted Accessory Drives (AMAD) on the new KF-X fighter aircraft. The contract is in sup... Terma Sets Up Joint Venture in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABIi, UAE and Aarhus, Denmark --- The Denmark-based aerospace, defense, and security group Terma and UAE-based Al Maskari Holding have agreed to establish a Joint Venture, named Terma Middle Eas... RUAG to Open New Aerostructures Plant in Hungary
The international technology group RUAG is opening a new site for the production of aerostructures in Eger (Hungary). Over the next years, the company will employ more than 180 members of staff in Ege... | 