| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Belgian AF Chief, Others Suspended Over ‘Manipulation’ of F-16 Replacement
PARIS --- At least three Belgian generals, including the chief of the air force, and several senior officers were suspended yesterday by Belgian Chief of Defense Marc Compernol as the F-16 scandal con... Russia Opposes Japan Joining US Anti-Missile Shield
The deployment of US missile shield components in Japan directly affects Russia’s national security and regional interests, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference with his Japa... Senior DoD Official Discusses Future of Directed Energy Weapons
WASHINGTON --- As stated in the National Defense Strategy, the United States needs to invest and accelerate the modernization of key capabilities to build a more lethal force. Michael D. Griffin, t... Leonardo Seeks UK Deals to Protect Storied Yeovil Site
Britain was told it must buy more Leonardo SpA helicopters and help fund an export drive to safeguard a factory that rose to global prominence in the 1980s when a tussle over its future almost toppled... BAE Team Wins £160M Deal to Fix Type 45 Destroyers
The Ministry of Defence has announced a £160 million contract with BAE Systems to update the power and propulsion system fitted to the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers. The Power Improvement Project... Sweden Testing Passive Sensors for Air Defense
FMV conducts a demonstration of a so-called passive sensor system. On a screen two points are visible. By rapidly analyzing the combination of signals emitted from the aircraft, it appears that there ... Watchkeeper UAV Fails to Achieve Full Operating Capability
LONDON –-- UK army chiefs have had to put off bringing Watchkeeper fully into service after the troubled tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) failed to obtain a key flight safety certificate in Nove... Rheinmetall Wins Major Australian Ammunition Order
Australia is procuring artillery ammunition from Rheinmetall. Under its “Land 17 Phase 1C.2 Future Artillery Ammunition” project, the Australian Defence Force will soon be taking delivery of various p... Institutional Investors Save Hindustan Aeronautics IPO
CHENNAI, India --- The INR4,200-crore initial public offering of Hindustan Aeronautics just managed to pull through, thanks to institutional investors. As against the issue size of 3.41 crore share... India to Upgrade Russian M-46 Artillery Guns, Extend Range
NEW DELHI --- The M-46 Russian artillery guns being operated by the Indian Army will soon be upgraded from their existing target range of 27 kilometers to 36 kilometers. The upgrade will be done local... BAE Wins US Army Order for Night Vision Goggles, Thermal Weapon Sights
Integrated goggle and weapon sight solution provides superior imagery and target acquisition capability that can greatly increase mission success and survivability. The U.S. Army has placed two ord... Harris Selected for Command and Control Integration Program by Asian Nation
ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- Harris Corporation has been selected as the prime systems integrator to modernize and upgrade an Asian nation’s military communications network, extending the company’s role as the... Double A400M Delivery Marks 20 Years of Occar Involvement
SEVILLE --- Airbus has for the first time formally delivered two A400M new generation airlifters to two different nations in one day. The company handed over the aircraft on 20 March to the European O... France Takes Delivery of Its 14th Airbus A400M
Florence Parly, the Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the delivery of the fourteenth A400M Atlas military transport aircraft for the Air Force on March 16, 2018. The aircraft flew to Orléans-Bric... Bayraktar Delivers 8 More Armed Drones to Turkish Army
The Turkish Army reinforced its air support capability with eight new, locally-developed and produced Bayraktar TB2 armed drones, delivered Thursday by Baykar Makina. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)... Poland Orders Rosomak Command Vehicles
On 9th March in Warsaw, a contract for the delivery of Command Vehicles for the Polish Armed Forces was signed between the Armament Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defence and the Rosomak Joint Stock ... Boeing Delivers First 737 MAX 9
SEATTLE --- Boeing and the Lion Air Group today celebrated the very first 737 MAX 9 to be delivered. The airplane will go into service with Thai Lion Air, where its added capacity will help the airlin... Joint US-Israel Exercise Juniper Cobra 2018 Concludes
TEL AVIV, Israel --- Exercise Juniper Cobra 2018, a joint U.S.-Israel ballistic missile defense exercise, formally concluded March 15 after several weeks of robust training between U.S. and Israeli mi... Continuing Resolutions, Budget Uncertainty Harm Readiness: Pentagon
WASHINGTON --- Service secretaries addressed the challenges of providing taxpayers more defense value for their money, and getting innovation into warfighters’ hands faster during a House Armed Servic... Danish-Led ASIM Project is Ready for Launch from Cape Canaveral
HERLEY, Denmark --- At the private space company SpaceX, the final preparations have been initiated to make the Danish-led space project Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) ready for launch t... Swiss to Break Up RUAG Defense Holding Company
BERN --- Meeting on March 21, 2018, the Federal Council discussed the links between the Confederation and the technology and weapons company RUAG Holding AG. In agreement with RUAG's Board of Director... Thales Part of Team Delivering Royal Navy’s New Frigate
Thales is pleased to be part of the industry team bidding for the Ministry of Defence’s new Type 31e general purpose light frigate programme. As a global leader in naval sensors and systems, Thales... GeoSpectrum Delivered Active Towed Sonar to the Royal Canadian Navy
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia --- GeoSpectrum Technologies (GTI) has delivered the containerized version of TRAPS (Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar) to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and is ready for ship ... Australian DoD Says One SKY ATM System Delivering Jobs
Recruitment is well underway for the pioneering OneSKY project which will see Australia’s skies become even safer with the world’s most advanced air traffic management system technology. Minister f... Ukrainian Army Implements NATO Logistics Standards
Ukrainian army implements NATO logistics standards Ukrainian army implements NATO logistics standards Ukrainian army implements NATO logistics standards Ukrainian army implements NATO logistics standa... Israeli AF Recounts 2007 Attack Mission on Syrian Nuclear Reactor
Declassified: On September 2007, Israel destroyed the nuclear reactor in Dier ez-Zor, Syria as part of an operation named "Silent Tone". The attack, performed by IAF “Ra’am” (F-15I) and “Sufa” (F-16I)... Airbus Signs Long-Term Cooperation MoU with Luxembourg
Airbus and the Luxembourg Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a framework for increased global long-term cooperation in the areas of cybersecurity, space technologi... New Testbed Is Part of Rolls-Royce’s £150M Investment In UK Aerospace
Rolls-Royce today welcomed Business Secretary, Greg Clark to Derby to celebrate the start of work on its new testbed facility. The plans for the testbed were announced in June 2017 as part of a wider ... | 