| Latest Feature Stories Italian Work on F-35 Program Falls Further
PARIS --- The roll-out of the first Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) “B” variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is an apt time to look back, and compare what Italy was pro... Airbus Turns Up the Pressure in A400M Talks
PARIS --- Talks between Airbus and the partner nations of the A400M program seem to have moved into a new, more adversarial phase since an inconclusive March 30 meeting in Madrid during which neither ... Latest Press Releases Latest Missile Test Shows China Can Respond to Aircraft Carriers, THAAD
China's successful test of a new type of guided missile in the Bohai Sea killed two birds with one stone, experts told the Global Times, as the launch shows China can attack both aircraft carriers and... TAI to Begin Work on Future TF-X Fighter with British Partners
ISTANBUL --- The general director of Turkish Aerospace Industries on Monday said his firm would soon be ready to work with U.K. counterparts on Turkey’s domestic fighter jet project. Speaking to An... Thailand Purchases Chinese Submarine
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) on Monday signed a contract with a Chinese company to procure a S26T diesel-electric submarine, a move experts believe will promote China's export of conventional submarines.... US to Arm Syrian Kurds Over Turkish Objections
WASHINGTON --- A Pentagon official today offered reassurances to Turkey following President Donald J. Trump's authorization yesterday for the Defense Department to equip Kurdish elements in Syria figh... Australia Unveils A$34.6 bn Defense Budget
The Turnbull Government’s first priority continues to be the safety and security of Australia and its people. The 2017–18 Budget provides funding to deliver: --on our ongoing commitments to Defe... Fincantieri Lays Keel of First Multi-mission OPV
TRIESTE --- The keel laying ceremony of the Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship (PPA) took place today at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). The PPA, first of seven units, will be delive... India’s IndiGo Orders 50 ATR-72s, Aims for Regional Market
TOULOUSE, France --- ATR is pleased to announce that it has signed a term sheet with India’s largest airline by market share, IndiGo, for the sale of 50 ATR 72-600 aircraft, with the flexibility to re... Pentagon Studying Force Size in Afghanistan, Dunford Says
JERUSALEM --- No decisions on whether to increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan have been made yet, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters in Israel today. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunf... PLA Rocket Force Test-Fires New-Type Missile Weapons
BEIJING --- The Rocket Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army(PLA) recently conducted an operational test for its new-type missile weapons in waters of the Bohai Sea and achieved the expected r... US Air Force Accelerating Hypersonics Development
WASHINGTON --- The Air Force has always been about speed. Less than one month after the Air Force became its own service 70 years ago in September 1947, Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to f... Airbus Achieves Automatic Air-to-Air Refuelling Contact
MADRID --- Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated automatic air-to-air refuelling (AAR) contacts with a fighter aircraft from a tanker’s refuelling boom – the first time in the world t... Pentagon Increases Military Intel Request for FY 2017
The Department of Defense released today the revised Military Intelligence Program (MIP) top line budget request for Fiscal Year 2017 that was disclosed to the public on Feb. 9, 2016. The $16.8 billi... Harris Wins $90M European Tactical Radio Contracts
ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- Harris Corporation has received contracts valued at a total of $90 million from a European nation for tactical radios as part of the country’s communications readiness program. The... Northrop Delivers First G/ATOR Production Radar to USMC
BALTIMORE --– Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first low rate initial production (LRIP) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system to the U.S. Marine Corps. Members of the G... Air Assault Unit Adds Perspective to Network Modernization Event
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. --- Just four months after the last Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (2/101 Air Assault) returned home from an advise and assist mission in Iraq, t... CRS Reviews Options and Costs of US Navy Shipbuilding Plans
The current and planned size and composition of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans have been oversight matters for the cong... Turkey’s FNSS Unveils PARS III and Kaplan-30 Armored Vehicles
The PARS tactical wheeled armoured vehicle family of FNSS will make an appearance at IDEF 2017 with its third-generation members. The PARS III 8x8 and PARS III 6x6 will be showcased to visitors for th... AeroVironment Unveils Palm-Sized Surveillance Drone
Drone-maker AeroVironment Inc. unveiled a small four-rotor surveillance helicopter on Tuesday that can be carried in a small pouch and launched from the palm of a hand. The smaller size and simplic... Protesters Deploy Tank Against German-Turkish Arms Deal
Peace protesters brought a (decommissioned) tank to Rheinmetall's annual general meeting in Berlin. The German weapons manufacturer wants to avoid controls on arms exports by building tank factories i... Leonardo First to Signs Up with RAF's New Rapid Capability Office
ISTANBUL --- Leonardo has announced, at the IDEF exhibition in İstanbul, Turkey on the 9th May, that it has signed up as the first company to partner with the UK Royal Air Force’s newly-established Ra... Airbus Awards 5-Year UH-72A Logistics Support Contract
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas --- Texas-based Safran Electronics & Defense, Avionics USA, LLC. will provide Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) services to Airbus Helicopters Inc. for the U.S. Army fleet of UH-... Pentagon Launches Missile Defense, Nuclear Posture Reviews
Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following: Today, Secretary Jim Mattis directed the commencement of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review to identify ways to strengthen missil... LM2500 Marine Gas Turbines Power Japanese Destroyer
EVENDALE, OH. –-- GE's Marine Solutions reports that the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Izumo-class helicopter-carrying destroyer. The new JS Kaga (DDH 184) is power... Saab Exhibits at IMDEX Asia 2017
Defence and security company Saab will exhibit at the IMDEX Asia 2017 international martime defence exhibition and conference, at the Changi Exhibition Centre, Singapore, from 16 to 18 May. Please vis... FNSS Showcases Its Future AFV Range at IDEF
Continuing to expand its product family with innovative products, FNSS is launching new vehicles and displaying the latest situation with its new platforms at IDEF 2017. Visitors of FNSS’ stand will a... | 