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US Pushes NATO to Increase Ready Forces Deployable in 30 Days
WASHINGTON --- NATO is stronger than ever and new initiatives will increase the alliance's readiness capacity, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today in Brussels. "High readiness is ess

Chinese Stealth Combat Drone Breaks Cover
A Chinese plane-maker is developing a fast, radar-evading armed drone with many of the same attributes as the U.S. military’s F-22 and F-35 manned stealth fighters. At least, that’s what the state-

First Four British F-35Bs Land on Home Soil
The first of Britain’s next-generation fighter jets have arrived home two months ahead of schedule in a major milestone for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The first four of Britain’s new cutti

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US Pushes NATO to Increase Ready Forces Deployable in 30 Days
WASHINGTON --- NATO is stronger than ever and new initiatives will increase the alliance's readiness capacity, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today in Brussels. "High readiness is ess...

Chinese Stealth Combat Drone Breaks Cover
A Chinese plane-maker is developing a fast, radar-evading armed drone with many of the same attributes as the U.S. military’s F-22 and F-35 manned stealth fighters. At least, that’s what the state-...

First Four British F-35Bs Land on Home Soil
The first of Britain’s next-generation fighter jets have arrived home two months ahead of schedule in a major milestone for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The first four of Britain’s new cutti...

Lockheed Wins $928M to Develop Air-Launched Hypersonic Missile
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $928 million contract April 18 to develop a new missile that will travel more than five times faster than the speed of sound to overco...

CIS Defence Ministers Sign Agreement on Military SatComs
During the session of the CIS Defence Ministers in Kyzyl, the attendees signed intergovernmental agreements on the use of military satellite communications, and on sharing geospatial information. T...

House Appropriators Want $238Bn to Modernize DoD in FY2019
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee seeks to fund Pentagon modernization at $238 billion for fiscal year 2019, slightly above the Trump administration's request and in line with a House auth...

Secretary General Previews Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previewed this week’s meeting of NATO Defence Ministers – the first in the Alliance’s new headquarters – at a press conference on Wednesday (6 June 2018). Minist...

US Navy Finds Widespread Shortfalls In Basic Seamanship
WASHINGTON --- A three-month internal review conducted by senior U.S. surface fleet leaders found some or significant concerns with the ship handling skills of nearly 85 percent of its junior officers...

Army Secretary Esper Announces 'Army Vision' for 2028
WASHINGTON -- A new "Army Vision" spells out how the Army intends to prepare for possible warfare against near-peer competitors such as China and Russia, while simultaneously conducting irregular warf...

Dutch, Swedish Armies in Joint Buy of Kodiak Combat Engineer Tanks
The Royal Netherlands Army has finally acquired the Kodiak engineering and mine clearance tank. The Kodiak is a multifunctional, larger-than-life toolbox to be used by the armoured engineers. The v...

Indra, Elettronica Developing Fully European Laser-based DIRCM
LAUSANNE --- Indra and Elettronica Group announced today at AOC Electronic Warfare Europe event in Lausanne (Switzerland) their collaboration in the development of a next generation Quantum Cascade La...

Six Firms to Compete for Pentagon ISR Contracts
-- Science Application International Corp., Reston, Virginia, is awarded a $17,221,542 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple-award contract for engineering services to...

BAE Wins $36M Maintenance Contract for USS Cole
BAE Systems has received a $36.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). The Cole will undergo one year of extensive work at the company’s s...

US Army Releases 10-year plan
WASHINGTON --- In 1973, as the draft ended and America withdrew from Vietnam, the Army made it a priority to catch and keep the technological edge in weapons and equipment -- setting up the formation ...

GAO Blasts US Navy’s “Poor Outcomes” in Shipbuilding
The [US] Navy set a goal in 2007 for a fleet of 330 ships. Since then, the Navy has: --fallen 50 ships short, --gone $11 billion over budget, --experienced many years of schedule delays, --deliver...

S. Korea’s Hanwha Restructures Aerospace and Defense Ops
With a number of aerospace- and defense-related acquisitions now in its portfolio, Hanwha has begun restructuring itself to better serve these markets. This latest effort marks the company’s return t...

Pentagon Will Spend Itself into Unilateral Disarmament
There’s no doubt the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex has an obsession with whiz-bang gadgetry. Hardly a day passes without someone from the defense “intelligentsia” braying about the need fo...

Marine Corps to Field On-the-Move Communications System
QUANTICO, VA --- Marine Corps Systems Command is improving the way Marines communicate with a reliable and convenient on-the-move system. The Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, is a narrowband ...

EDA to Develop Military Airworthiness Database
BRUSSELS --- The European Defence Agency’s Steering Board has given its green light to the development of a European Military Airworthiness Platform for Safety Information Exchange (EMAP SIX). This ce...

Australian M1 Military CubeSat on Track for September Launch
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today toured the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space Centre and viewed their state-of-the-art CubeSat which is going thr...

Two Additional Su-30SM Fighters for Russian Baltic Fleet
Within the Attack Aviation rearmament programme of the RF Defence Ministry and the Navy High Command, the Naval Air Force will receive two Su-30SM multipurpose multifunctional aircraft in June this ye...

Russia to Display Kurganets-25 IFV at Army Forum
This summer, the Russian manufacturer will publicly unveil the newest Kurganets infantry fighting vehicle at the ARMY 2018 International Military and Technical Forum. The new Kurganets-25 tracked I...

Supacat Delivers First Production HMT Extenda to Norway
UK Special Forces vehicle designer and manufacturer, Supacat, has today announced the recent delivery of the first production HMT Extenda vehicle to the Norwegian Armed Forces. The handover took place...

Leonardo Delivers 1,500th Fuselage to ATR
ROME --- Leonardo has reached a new, important and historic milestone with the delivery of the 1,500th fuselage to the ATR consortium. The handover ceremony took place today at the Leonardo’s facility...

Northrop Closes Acquisition of Orbital ATK
FALLS CHURCH, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced it has closed the acquisition of Orbital ATK Inc. (“Orbital ATK”), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies. Orbital ATK...

Airbus is Showcasing Wide Product Range at Eurosatory
PARIS --- Airbus Helicopters and Airbus Defence and Space will be showcasing an array of products, destined to providing defence and security solutions worldwide with their most innovative solutions, ...

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