| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Sikorsky Wins Five-Year, $3.8Bn Contract for H-60 Helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $3,767,831,006 firm-fixed-price foreign military sales (Saudi Arabia) contract for a Black Hawk multi-year production effort to include a... UK Awards £3.7Bn Contract for Type 26 Frigate
The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has announced the signing of a contract worth around £3.7 billion to start building the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigates. Manufacture of the first three of the... Germany Approves Israel Sub Deal Pending Graft Probe
Germany's National Security Council has approved the sale of three advanced submarines to Israel, but with a caveat that the deal will be scrapped should corruption charges be proven in an ongoing inv... China Sends Fighters, Ships to “Warn Off” US Ship
BEIJING --- China resolutely opposed the illegal entry of a U.S. missile destroyer into China's territorial waters off the Xisha Islands, calling it "a serious offence," a military spokesperson said M... Belgium to Buy New Vehicles for Special Forces
The Council of Ministers today approved Minister of Defense Steven Vandeput's proposal to equip the Special Operations Forces (SOF) - Land Forces capability with 199 new armored Light Troop Transport ... China Expects to Overtake West In Future Air Operations with Big Data, AI
The order of air superiority and air operations is undergoing changes, as more emphasis will be placed on information agility instead of fighter jets and pilots with the help of big data and AI, openi... Long March-5 Y2 Launch Failed, China Says
WENCHANG, Hainan --- China's launch of latest heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, was announced unsuccessful. Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off a... HHI Wins $436M for SSN 76 Refit, LPD 29 Long Lead Items
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a $218,102,150 cost-plus-fixed-fee, not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-16-C-2431) for procurement of... Saab Wins Contract to Modify, Upgrade Swedish Corvettes
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the modification and upgrading of the Swedish Marine’s Gävle-class corvettes. The ord... Nuclear Weapons Are Fewer, But Being Modernized: SIPRI
Over the past year, the number of nuclear weapons has decreased but investment in modernizing arsenals has risen, according to a report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institut... Airbus Completes Integration, Is Now United Company
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus SE on 1 July integrated as planned its Group structure with its largest division, Commercial Aircraft. Following a reorganisation announced in September 2016, Airbus wil... Patria Touts Amphibious Capabilities of AMV in Bulgaria
Patria AMV’s capacity to float and surmount water obstacles showcased in Bulgaria. On June 28-29, the Finnish company Patria, providing defense, security and aviation life-cycle support services an... Occar Signs German Boxer Retrofit and Upgrade Contract
On 28th June, the OCCAR Director and the Managing Directors of ARTEC GmbH signed a contract to retrofit the German BOXER fleet to the A2 built-standard. The ceremony took place in Bonn and was att... Sweden and Finland Join UK-Led Response Force
Sir Michael Fallon met his Swedish and Finnish counterparts at a signing event welcoming the two countries to the Joint Expeditionary Force. Sweden and Finland have joined a UK-led high-readiness f... Lockheed Wins $409M for Next-Gen TPC Controls
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $409,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Next Generation Thermal, Power, and Controls (NGT... Pratt Wins $339M for F-35 engine Spare Parts
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $339,645,342 undefinitized modification to a previously awarded low-rate initi... Indian Missile Test Failed Due to Recycled Material
VISAKHAPATNAM, India --- The fourth test of Nirbhay, the long rage sub-sonic cruise missile that is designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), failed on Decemb... Sentient Demos Airborne Optical Radar to European Agencies
MELBOURNE, Australia --- Australian company Sentient has demonstrated its ViDAR airborne optical radar system to European maritime surveillance agencies, with a ViDAR equipped Insitu ScanEagle RPAS de... NSPA Comments Enlargement of Pooled MRTT Fleet
Germany and Norway formally join Netherlands and Luxembourg to operate a pooled fleet of NATO-owned Airbus A330 MRTT tankers. The two countries officially joined the European/NATO program to acquir... US, Japanese Aviators Partner During Teak Jet Exercise
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --- U.S. Air Force personnel with the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, built on existing relationships with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Hamamat... First Global Hawk UAV Completes Depot Maintenance At Robins
ROBINS AFB, Ga. --- A special ribbon-cutting ceremony, signaling the early completion of work on the first RQ-4 Global Hawk at Robins Air Force Base was held on the base flight line June 29. The ar... Rand Looks at Program Characteristics That Contribute to Cost Growth
This report is a companion report to an earlier report, which identified the main characteristics of six recent U.S. Air Force acquisition programs with extreme cost growth. This report evaluates four... Australia Invests In New CBRN Protection Suits
Our military will receive new cutting-edge protection against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats as a result of up to $300 million worth of new equipment announced today by ... New $36M Hangar for Triton AV at Naval Station Mayport
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a nearly $36 million contract June 29, to Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Orlando, Florida, for the constru... Mitsubishi Aircraft Pushes Corporate Parent Into Negative Net Worth
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. fell into a negative net worth of 51 billion yen ($454 million) at the end of March, according to the government's official gazette. Mitsubishi Aircraft,... Boeing Global Services Begins Operations
PLANO, Texas --- Boeing tomorrow will launch its third major business unit when Boeing Global Services begins operating alongside Commercial Airplanes and Defense, Space & Security. This new dedicated... | 