| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases EU Budget Plan Earmarks €16 Billion for Space Programs in 2021-27
BRUSSELS --- For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing to devote €16 billion to help maintain and further enhance the EU's leadership in space. Space technology, data ... F-35 Defects Must Be Fixed Before Full-Rate Production: GAO
The Defense Department office that oversees the F-35 program was criticized by a government watchdog for its plans to delay fixing critical deficiencies on the fighter until after a decision to start ... Indonesia Plans to Buy 5 New Hercules, Two A400Ms: Minister
JAKARTA --- The government plans to procure five new Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transportation aircraft to modernize its aging fleet. "[We are] not [buying] many of them; five aircraft are en... Northrop Wins $153M for One E-2D Hawkeye for Japan
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Military Aircraft Systems, Melbourne, Florida, is being awarded a $153,240,394 modification (P00056) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive (firm-target) contrac... Operation Roundup in Syria Continues to Target ISIS Terrorists
WASHINGTON --- In Syria, Operation Roundup is in its 36th day of targeting and destroying remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Army Col. Thomas Veale, Combined Joint Task Force Operation I... China Sees Unmanned Vessel Swarms Altering Naval Combat
A Guangdong company has tested 56 unmanned boats and is working with the military to develop a "shark swarm" for sea battles and military patrols. The unmanned drone-like vessels were tested in for... US Air Force Deploys B-1Bs to UK to Support Baltic Exercise
RAF FAIRFORD, England --- Two B-1B Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, took part in missions supporting Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) June 4, 2018. The supersonic and Cold War-era B-1s... Russia to Deploy Pantsyr-S1 Air-Defense Battalion to Crimea
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia --- An air defense formation in Crimea will get a battalion of Pantsyr-S1 short-to medium-range surface-to-air missile systems, Commander of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Arm... Indian CAG to Audit Rafale Fighter Deal
The Rafale fighter deal is on the radar of the Comptroller and Auditor General, a source in the national auditor said Tuesday. Also under scrutiny is the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) that pro... NATO Must Move Beyond Conventional Warfare: Report
The NATO Summit, July 2018, is a key opportunity to discuss and clarify some of the key questions and challenges facing the alliance, says International Relations Committee report published today. ... Trump’s Smaller, Speedier Atomic Bombs Won’t Make US Safer
Less is more. At least that’s how the Trump administration views its plan to shrink some of its nuclear warheads atop speedy, submarine-launched missiles and count on them, rather than relatively-lumb... Rafael’s "Protector” USV Defends Ship from Unmanned Boat Swarm
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. carried out a successful exercise for NATO forces, to demonstrate the capabilities of the "Protector USV" against naval swarm threats. The demo included a simulate... China Kicks Off "Blue Shield-18" Joint Air Defense Exercise
BEIJING --- A ground joint air-defense exercise codenamed "Blue Shield-18" and organized by the PLA Air Force with participation of air defense units from the PLA Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Forc... Anglo-French Naval Forces Storm Biscay Coast In Major Exercise
The full panoply of Anglo-French amphibious striking power is being unleashed against France's Atlantic coast as the two nations prepare to form a combined task group. More than 2,000 military pers... Rheinmetall Ships 200th Puma IFV to the Bundeswehr
The 200th Puma infantry fighting vehicle earmarked for the Bundeswehr has just rolled off the assembly line at the Rheinmetall plant in Unterlüß in Lower Saxony. It is also the 100th Puma manufactured... BAE, CGI and Thales In Joint Bid for Royal Navy EW Contract
Thales, BAE Systems and CGI have announced a strategic teaming agreement that will see the three companies bring together their collective expertise and proven UK industrial capability in Electronic W... BAE to Provide Missile Tubes for New Virginia-Class SSNs
BAE Systems has received a contract to produce payload tubes for two of the U.S. Navy’s new Virginia-class (SSN 774) submarines to support increased firepower on the Block V version of the attack subs... Afghan Air Force May Be Rare Success for US In 17-Year War
After a scathing quarterly report to Congress cast more doubt on the security situation in Afghanistan, few things in the wayward country appear to be going well, except, that is, for the Afghan Air F... German Lessor May Strip Returned Airbus A380s for Parts
German investment company Dr Peters Group said on Tuesday that the two double-deckers could be "parted out" to recover engines and other spares worth at least $100 million (€85.4 million) per plane if... Leonardo Unveils New Version of BriteCloud Expendable Radar Decoys
ROME --- At the Electronic Warfare Europe 2018 conference (5-7 June in Lausanne, Switzerland), Leonardo has unveiled the latest variant in its market-leading ‘BriteCloud’ missile decoy family, the Bri... Airbus BelugaXL Passes Ground Vibration Test
The first BelugaXL has passed the Ground Vibration Test (GVT), a requirement for certification of the aircraft that paves the way towards its maiden flight in summer 2018. The objective of this tes... Airbus and Wilhelmsen to Develop UAVs for Maritime Deliveries
ATHENS --- Airbus and Wilhelmsen Ships Service have entered into a strategic collaboration to drive the development of an end-to-end service for safe deliveries of parcels with an unmanned aircraft sy... RUAG Replies to News Story, Denies Huge Margins on Govt. Business
RUAG fully adheres to its contractual agreements with the federal government. RUAG and [the ministry of Defence, or DDPS] have arranged their business relationships in contracts. RUAG has an averag... FTC Clears Northrop Acquisition of Orbital ATK; Deal to Close June 7
FALLS CHURCH, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cleared Northrop Grumman’s proposed acquisition of Orbital ATK Inc. The FTC’s Bu... Israel’s Rafael to Exhibit at Eurosatory 2018 Show
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., developer and manufacturer of land, naval air, space and cyber systems, is participating at EUROSATORY 2018 in PARIS. At EUROSATORY 2018, Rafael will be unveil... Saab Details Exhibit at Eurosatory 2018
Saab will be exhibiting at stand K 371, Hall 6 from the 11-15 June at the Eurosatory defence exhibition, Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris. Visitors are welcome at our stand to discover how our... | 
