| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases India OKs $6.7Bn Buy of 125 Naval Helicopters, 150 Towed 155mm Guns
NEW DELHI --- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Hon’ble Defence Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, met on 25 Aug 2018 and accorded approval for procurement for the Services amounting to ... Sea Trials Pave Way for China's Aircraft Carrier Battle Group
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Type 001A embarked on its second sea trial on Sunday, two days after China's first homegrown 10,000-ton class missile destroyer had its first sea tria... Asia-Pacific Arms Race Seen Heating Up
SYDNEY --- At Canberra airport, a sleek modern building on the edge of Australia’s sleepy capital, evidence of Australia’s military build-up is everywhere. Almost every advertising hoarding is plaster... Boeing Wins $208M for IRS&T Pods for F-15 Eagles
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $208,279,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized contract for F-15 Legion P... India’s Reliance Presses Suits Against Congress Party Leaders
NEW DELHI --- The Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) has initiated defamation cases against several senior leaders of the Congress party for raising the issue of alleged cronyi... Russia Developing New Air-Defense Weapon Technologies
KUBINKA, Russia --- Russian battlefield air defense troops will get weapons based on new physical principles and this work is already underway, Air Defense Force Chief Lieutenant-General Alexander Leo... Danish Defense Minister ‘Misled’ Parliament on F-35 Noise Levels
The Danish Defense Ministry's unverified claims about the noise levels of the future backbone of the Scandinavian country's air force may add extra costs to the divisive multi-billion krone purchase, ... Chinese AG600 Flying Boat Begins Tests on Lake
China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft, the AG600, has completed trial ground flights and entered a new test phase on the water-surface. The AG600, codenamed "Kunlong," successfu... US Delivers New Chinook Helos to Turkey Despite F-35 Problem
ISTANBUL --- Turkey has started to receive the second batch of CH-47 Chinook heavy transportation helicopters from the U.S., despite the ongoing crisis with the country regarding delivery of F-35 jets... New Photo of Kowsar, Iran’s New Indigenous Fighter
MOSCOW --- Iran unveiled the country's first domestically designed and built Kowsar fighter on Tuesday ahead of the National Day of Defense Industry, Tasnim News Agency reported. According to Tasni... S. Korea Rejects US Demands in Defense Cost-Sharing Talks
South Korea and the United States are still at odds over their ongoing defense cost-sharing negotiations, clashing over who should pay for the deployment of U.S. strategic weapons here during their an... Pax River ITF Prepares for F-35 Trials on British Carrier
NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland --- After years of partnership within the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, U.S. and United Kingdom team members from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) ... Rostec Presents Modernized Mi-28NE, Mi-35 Attack Helicopters
KUBINKA --- Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State Corporation) has presented a new version of the Mi-28NE attack helicopter at the International Military-Technical Forum ARMY-2018 which is being h... Three Firms Share $327M for Helicopter Airlift in Afghanistan
-- Columbia Helicopters Inc., Aurora, Oregon, has been awarded an option year modification in the amount of $243,110,727 to delivery order HTC711-17-F-R006 and contract HTC711-17-D-R018. The modific... Russia Introduces Upgraded Anti-Radar Missile
KUBINKA, Russia --- Russia’s new Kh-58UShKE anti-radar missile is 150% more combat efficient than its predecessor Kh-58E, Tactical Missiles Corporation said at the Army-2018 international military and... Sequenced Bomber Missions to Australia Showcase Alliance
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted two sequential bilateral training missions to... Brazil’s New Helicopter Carrier Arrives in Rio
On August 22, at 10h37, the first landing of a Brazilian Navy aircraft in the Multi-Purpose Helicopter (PHM) "Atlantic" took place. The IH-6B N-5039, the "Heron 39", of the 1st Instruction Helicopter ... RAF Typhoons Investigate Russians Over Black Sea
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets have interrupted a Russian maritime patrol aircraft’s path towards NATO airspace. Launching from the Romanian Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, the RAF Typhoons res... Proliferation of Drones Posing Risk for US Military: report
WASHINGTON -- As of January 2018, over 1 million micro drones were registered with the Federal Aviation Administration, with about 878,000 of those registered to hobbyists, said Dr. Juanita Christense... RCAF Supports NATO Enhanced Air Policing in Romania
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is sending approximately 135 personnel and five Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornets to Constanta, Romania, to participate in NATO Enhanced Air Policing from Septemb... The Pentagon’s New Stealth Bookkeeping
The Defense Department’s finances have been an unauditable black hole for decades. But as the military has struggled mightily in recent years to remove the cobwebs and fog from its books, it has run i... COMAC Completes High Temperature Testing on ARJ21
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) has completed a 12-day programme of high-temperature tests on ARJ21-700 aircraft in Turpan on August 10th, 2018. ARJ21-700 AC103 arrived at Tu... Should 'Killer Robots' be Banned?
In wars of the future, life-or-death decisions may be made by machines — independent of human control. The development of autonomous weapons is moving fast. The UN in Geneva is trying to get countries... Modernized Mi-26T2V Helicopter Takes its First Flight
ROSTOV-ON-DON --- The modernized Mi-26T2V helicopter made for the Russian Aerospace Forces took its first flight at the flight-test center of Rostvertol company of Russian Helicopters Holding (part of... First Load of Equipment for Ex Trident Juncture 2018 Arrives in Norway
Vehicles and equipment for NATO’s largest military exercise in recent years have arrived from Italy to Norway this week. This is the first batch of equipment arriving for the exercise, which will take... | 