| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Germany Approves Submarine Sale to Israel to Thwart Greens
Opposition by Germany's Alliance 90/Green Party to the sale to Israel of submarines capable of launching nuclear weapons may explain the hurried decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel last Thursd... Russia Delivers Six MiG-29 Fighters to Serbia
Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu took part in handing over six MiG-29 fighters to Serbia as military-technical support provided upon decision of the Pres... First THAAD Battery Set Up in Korea
SEOUL --- The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Sunday it has officially set up the unit charged with operating the advanced missile defense system deployed in the country. A ceremony was held in the s... Airbus Turmoil Overshadows Bid to Rescue CSeries
PARIS --- Airbus’s coup in buying a $6 billion Canadian jetliner project for a dollar stunned investors and took the spotlight off a growing ethics row last week, but internal disarray has raised ques... South Korea Plans Global Hawk Unit
SEOUL --- South Korea's Air Force announced Friday that it will found a key airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unit in December in line with its plan to acquire Global Hawk d... Syrian Democratic Forces Liberate Raqqa
SOUTHWEST ASIA --- The Syrian city of Raqqa has been liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the coalition's Syrian Democratic Forces partners announced today, Combined Joint Task Force Op... US Carrier Group Arrives in Korea
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) with embarked staff of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 staff and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and the guided-missile destroy... F-22s Deploy to Europe for Short Stay
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --- F-22 Raptor aircraft from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia have deployed to Europe for a Flight Training Deployment (FTD) to conduct air train... US Air Force Flies First Combat Sortie with Block 5 MQ-9
The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing successfully completed its first combat mission with the latest version of the MQ-9 Reaper in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, recently. The wing’s remotely p... Pentagon Outlines Defense Modernization Priorities
WASHINGTON --- Getting effective, cutting-edge technologies into the hands of warfighters has often been a slow and laborious process, said Steffanie B. Easter, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army ... US Army Developing Lasers That Pierce Fog, Dust
WASHINGTON --- A lot of people think that high-energy lasers, or HELs, can't penetrate fog, rain and dust, said Thomas Webber. That's just plain wrong. Webber, director the Directed Energy Division... China Aims to Become Global Space Power by 2020
BEIJING --- "China aims to have more than 200 spacecraft in orbit by 2020 with about 30 launches annually, and China will strive to surpass the EU and reach the level of world's space power", said Lei... Azerbaijan, Armenia Plan Defense Budget Increases for 2018
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Both Azerbaijan and Armenia anticipate increases to their respective defense budgets for the coming year. Speaking early this month, Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan stat... Turkish “Kamikaze” Drone Enters Series Production
ISTANBUL --- Turkey's "kamikaze drone" series, a prominent product of the Turkish defense industry, is getting ready to go to the field. İsmail Demir, the Undersecretary of Defense Industry (SSM) a... Royal Navy Christens Second River-Class OPV
A new Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) has been named in Scotland today. The naming continues an association between the Royal Navy and the River Medway which, as home to the Chatham Histori... SpaceX Plans November Launch for Mysterious 'Zuma' Payload
SpaceX is targeting November for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on a mysterious mission codenamed "Zuma" for Northrop Grumman, according to federal filings and company state... First C-130J for French Air Force Rolled Out
Lockheed Martin has rolled the first C-130J-30 military transport plane out of the paint shop for French Air Force. The contracts awarded on 1 December are for USD133.4 million and USD36.6 million,... Leonardo Pitches to Upgrade Bahrain’s M60 Tank
Leonardo unveiled a new M-60 main battle tank (MBT) during the BIDEC defence show held in Bahrain from 16 to 18 October. Leonardo presented both the M60A3 solution, developed for the modernisation ... Australian Navy Faces Missile Gap Despite New Ships
David Axe’s recent War is Boring article on China’s new Type 055-class cruiser focused on its bristling load of vertical-launch missile cells. The Type-055 carries 112 cells (not 122, as Axe states), ... USS Carl Vinson Trains with F-35C Off California
PACIFIC OCEAN --- The Navy's first stealth fighter conducted flight operations Oct. 18, aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the aircraft carrier trained off the coast of Southern California. An F-35... Australia Funds New Capability for P-8A Poseidon
Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, United States Navy (USN) P-8A Poseidon crews assisted Texas and Louisiana Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in search, rescue and reconnaissanc... Rostec Ready to Deliver First Mi-28UB Helicopters
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia --- Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) announces availability of the first batch of training and combat Mi-28UB helicopters for the Ministry o... Russia’s Reactions to US and NATO Reinforcement
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in the process of implementing posture enhancements to increase capabilities on its eastern flank, and the escalation in tensions between Russia and NA... Navantia and General Electric Sign Turbine License Agreement
Navantia and General Electric formalized on 20th. October, the signing of a license agreement by which Navantia is authorized to perform the maintenance, overhaul and repair of the gas turbine type LM... Boeing and MHI Agree to Strengthen Collaboration
TOKYO --- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Boeing have reached an agreement to strengthen collaboration in ways that will enhance their competitiveness. The agreement includes efforts to re... BAE Upgrades C4I Capabilities for 5,000th MRAP Vehicle
BAE Systems, in support of the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Atlantic, has successfully upgraded the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) c... | 