| Latest Feature Stories French, German Governments to Renew Airbus Management
PARIS --- The French and German governments jointly decided during the summer to replace the entire top management of Airbus, but an official announcement was being held in abeyance first until the Ge... Latest Press Releases Canada Launches Competition to Buy 88 New Fighters
OTTAWA, Ontario --- Acquiring the aircraft that Canada’s military needs to help ensure the safety and security of Canadians, while ensuring economic benefits for Canada, is a top priority for the Gove... Trump Signs $692 Bn FY 2018 Defense Budget, But Exceeds Spending Caps
WASHINGTON --- President Donald J. Trump signed the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act into law during a White House ceremony today. The act calls for $626 billion for the departme... Australia Sells 18 Classic F-18 Hornets to Canada
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, today announced the Government has agreed to the sale of 18 Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 A/B Classic Hornets to the Government of Canada. T... British Troops Face Pay Rise Delays
British troops are facing a delay in their pay rises due to 'government red tape'. They have been waiting to find out whether the 1% cap on military wage increases will be lifted. The announcement ... China Explains Air Patrols “Across Strategic Waterways”
Chinese Air Force bombers and fighters conducted a regular patrol exercise over two strategic channels near Taiwan on Monday in an effort to further strengthen maneuverability and combat capability du... Ariane 5 Orbits 4 New Galileo Satellites
-- The Ariane 5 launcher has just completed its 82nd consecutive successful launch, placing four new European Galileo navigation satellites in orbit -- The success of this mission once again demons... Galileo Launch Brings Navigation Network Close to Completion
Europe has four more Galileo navigation satellites in the sky following their launch on an Ariane 5 rocket. After today’s success, only one more launch remains before the Galileo constellation is comp... Raytheon Wins $302M JSOW Order for Saudi Arabia
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $302,439,830 for modification P00001 to a previously awarded undefinitized contract (N00019-18-C-1002). This modificati... B-1B Bomber Launches 2 LRASM Missiles in Latest Test
POINT MUGU, Calif. --– The U.S. Navy is closer to delivering its new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) after completing another milestone test flight from an Air Force B-1B Lancer Dec. 8 over Point... US Continues Air Strikes to Support Somalian Government
STUTTGART, Germany--- In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against an al-Shabaab vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the early morning ho... Canadian Air Force Details Future Fighter Plans
OTTAWA, Ontario --- Canada recently announced its decision to purchase Australian F-18 aircraft to supplement the current fleet of fighter aircraft. These aircraft are of similar age and design to Can... Eurofighter Begins Production of Kuwaiti Typhoons
With the innovative Captor-E E-Scan radar and several new additions to the weapon system, the aircraft will put the Kuwait Air Force at the front-line of the fighter technology when the aircraft enter... Su-30K Fighter Spotted in Angola
LUANDA --- An Su-30K has been spotted in Angola, confirming deliveries of the aircraft have begun. Two images circulated on social media on December 11, 2017, showing an Su-30K in what appeared to ... HAL Looks for Partners to Make 100 HTT-40 Turboprop Trainers
BENGALURU, India --- Over 80 business partners from India and abroad participated at HAL’s 5th Global Vendors’ Meet held here today. In his inaugural address, Mr T Suvarna Raju, CMD, outlined HAL’s k... Thales Wins $37M U.S. Army Radio Contract
Thales has been awarded a US$37 million contract from the U.S. Army to equip the new rapidly deployable security force assistance brigades (SFAB) with the AN/PRC-148C Improved Multiband Inter-Intra Te... Korea's Apache Unit to Hold 1st Stinger Missile Drill
South Korea's Army said Wednesday its AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters will conduct its first live-fire exercise of Stinger air-to-air guided missiles. Two Apaches will be mobilized, with ... Pentagon Says South Asia Strategy Already Paying off in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON --- Government forces are developing momentum that will mean a very bad fighting season for the Taliban and other enemies of Afghanistan, Air Force Brig. Gen. Lance Bunch told Pentagon repo... Ten Airbus AS565 MBe Panther Helicopters in Service in Mexico
On 6 December, the Mexican Navy received two final AS565 MBe Panther helicopters, completing the order of ten purchased in November 2014. Below, an overview of the qualities of this model, which has b... US Demos Multi-domain, Joint Air and Missile Defense
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The Northrop Grumman Corporation developed Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), the foundation of the U.S. Army IAMD, has successfully demonstra... NATO Trains Kuwaiti Experts in Dealing with CBRN Incidents
A group of 15 experts from Kuwait took part in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) training at the NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Regional Centre in Kuwait City from 3 ... Third Airbus H160 Prototype Gets New Livery
MARIGNANE, France --- The third H160 prototype has received a fresh coat of paint and now features a striking “carbon” livery designed as a nod to the Airbus A350 XWB MSN2 flight-test aircraft. Bo... Singapore Firm to Market Russian Helos in SE Asia
Russian Helicopters Holding, Singapore company Progression Pte. Ltd. and the Russia-Singapore Business Council (RSBC) have signed an agreement on cooperation and joint collaboration with the Centre fo... Oshkosh Exhibits at GDA 2017 in Kuwait
OSHKOSH, Wis. --- Oshkosh Defense will be displaying supreme mobility and transportability with the Oshkosh Defense Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) at the Gulf Defense and Aerospace Exhibition and... Otokar to Exhibit Armored Vehicles at GDA 2017 Show
Otokar, the biggest privately-owned company of Turkish defence industry, participated in Gulf Defense & Aerospace exhibition in Kuwait, between 12th and 14th December. Otokar exhibited its COBRA II 4x... | 