| Latest Feature Stories Cost of Unfixable F-35s May Reach $40 Billion
The new F-35 Program Executive Officer, Vice Admiral Mat Winter, said his office is exploring the option of leaving 108 aircraft in their current state because the funds to upgrade them to the fully c... Latest Press Releases Norway Budget Boost Pays for Army GBAD, Coast Guard Ships
The Norwegian government continues to give priority to the defence sector in its annual budget proposal through a NOK 3 billion increase in 2018. It shows the government’s commitment to increase defen... Russia Mulls Boosting Missiles on NATO Border
Russia has warned that it could deploy more high precision missiles to its Kaliningrad enclave, which borders Poland and Lithuania. Moscow has accused the US of illegally propping up its own forces in... Russia Finalizing 2018-2025 State Armaments Program
MOSCOW --- The forthcoming approval of the State Armament Program for 2018-2025 (GPV 2018-2025) is to determine the future of several projects, including the ones intended for Russia`s Navy. The exper... Fincantieri Delivers Last Two OPVs to Bangladesh
TRIESTE, Italy --- Fincantieri today has delivered at its shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia) the last two units part of the supply contract of four Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), to the Bangladesh Coast... Ariane 6 Aims to Lower Cost of European Launch Program
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Increasing competition in the launch industry, particularly from U.S.-based SpaceX, is creating a need for change in the Ariane lineup. While the Ariane 5 currently in service has a... Romania to Produce Piranha 5 Armored Vehicles in Bucharest
BUCHAREST --- The signed documents by the Ministry of Economy and General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) are announcing a new sustainable strategic American-Romanian partnership that is in the... DRS Wins US Army Counter-Drone Contract
ARLINGTON, VA --- Leonardo DRS announced today that it has been awarded a production contract from the U.S. Army, under an urgent operational need, to develop a comprehensive counter-unmanned aerial s... SRC Wins Multiple Awards for Counter-UAV Technology
SYRACUSE, NY --– SRC has been awarded a $12.7M contract to provide the Air Force with Counter-UAS systems to meet an urgent requirement to detect and defeat drones. SRC also received a $10M follow-on ... Pilot Killed in Eurofighter Crash In Spain
A military pilot has died after a fighter jet crashed in south eastern Spain, the country’s Ministry of Defence has said. According to a spokesperson, the plane was returning from a National Day pa... Saturn Assembles 300th SaM146 Engine for Sukhoi SuperJet 100
MOSCOW --- The 300th Russian-French SaM146 current engine for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft has been assembled at UEC – Saturn (operating as part of Rostec's United Engine Corporation) and... Swiss Use Robot to Inspect, Modify Hornet Fighter
An important milestone in the second F / A-18 structural reinforcement program was reached with the first preventive modification implemented on the J-5003 aircraft. This first prototype, carried out ... Third Batch of Iraqi Pilots Complete Training in Aero
On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the third group of Iraqi Air Force pilots has completed their L-159 conversion training. Aero Vodochody currently continues training Iraqi ground personnel and flight in... HMS Albion Prepares for Amphibious Test After Regeneration
The clouds do their best to obscure the harvest moon which casts its bright light on a docked-down HMS Albion as a large LCU Mk10 landing craft returns to 'mother', carrying the naval leaders of tomor... RAF Typhoons Complete Training in Oman
Royal Air Force personnel have been put through testing training over Oman since the beginning of October as 6 Squadron from RAF Lossiemouth conduct exercises with the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). ... Northrop, Raytheon Win Follow-on Swarm Systems Contracts
DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms ... USAF Reorganizes Security at ICBM Bases
WARREN AFB, Wyo. --- Twentieth Air Force’s three missile wings restructured their security forces groups on Oct. 6, and implemented the Missile Security Operating Concept, significantly changing missi... Cyber Command Flexes New Acquisition Muscle
FORT MEADE, Md. --- U.S. Cyber Command has begun executing its new "limited acquisition authority" to speed up the acquisitions process for cyber-specific tools, officials here said. The command aw... US Navy, Chile In Submarine Rescue Exercise
TALCAUHANO, Chile --- Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and the Chilean Navy will conduct CHILEMAR VII, a bilateral exercise designed to demonstrate interoperability between the U.S. submarine rescue syst... Merchant Ship Carries Damaged Destroyer to Japan
WASHINGTON --- U.S. Navy ocean engineering specialists announced that they had completed preparations to transport USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) to Yokosuka, Japan, for repairs, Oct. 11. The speciali... Heckler & Koch Wins German Naval Commando Tender
Heckler & Koch has won the tender to provide the German Special Commando Forces (KSK) and the German Naval Special Commando Forces with the HK416 A7 assault rifle. The new assault rifle is expected to... UOP tells US about Hybrid War Experience
Within the framework of the international arms exhibition AUSA-2017, the State Concern "UkrOboronProm" and the Ukrainian Embassy to the United States held fruitful meetings with representatives of the... Rostec Presented Nuclear-Proof Watch
The Rostec State Corporation presented army watch for the Ratnik combat gear set. The watch has unique characteristics: high impact resistance with a weight of 100 grams maximum, protection against el... US Nuclear Submarine Makes Port Visit in Korea
A guided-missile US nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea Friday for a routine visit, the US Navy announced. The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN-727) arrived at th... EDA Workshop Helps Defence Clusters Access EU Funding
BRUSSELS --- On 10 October, the European Defence Agency (EDA) held a workshop and networking event aimed at facilitating transnational cluster partnerships among European defence stakeholders (industr... Patria Buys Majority Stake in Estonian Military Contractor
Patria has signed an agreement with Mootor Grupp to acquire their share of 60 % of the largest defence maintenance contractor in Estonia - Milrem LCM OÜ. The remaining 40 % belongs to the Estonian com... Terma Upgrades Factory for Full-Rate F-35 Production
15 years ago, Terma entered into the first development contract with U.S. company General Dynamics for the design and development of a gun pod for the F-35 B and C versions. In the meantime, many effo... Naval Group Outlines Ambitions in MENA Region at BIDEC
Naval Group will participate in BIDEC, Bahrain international defence exhibition and conference, which will be held in Bahrain from 16 to 18 October 2017. As a leader in naval defence, Naval Group is w... Saab Exhibits at Seoul ADEX 2017 Show
Defense and security company Saab will exhibit at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhbition (Seoul ADEX 2017), in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 17 to 22 October. Seoul ADEX is a maj... Turkey’s Otokar to Exhibit Armored Vehicles at BIDEC 2017 Show
Otokar, Turkey's largest privately owned defence company, exhibited its own design wheeled armoured vehicles ARMA 6x6, URAL and COBRA at Bahrain International Defence Exhibition and Conference (BIDEC)... | 