Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Russia Plans Largest Maneuvers in Almost 40 Years in Eastern Russia Russia plans to involved some 300,000 troops in the Vostok 2018 drills, Russian Defence Minister stated during his working visit to the Central Military District. General of the Army Sergei Shoigu ... UK to Invest £92M to Design Alternative to Galileo UK industry will benefit from a £92 million injection to design a national alternative to the EU’s Galileo satellite system, ensuring UK security post Brexit. The money has been allocated from the ... F-35 Helmet Bug Constrains Night Carrier Landings ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN --- The Navy is close to fixing a technical bug in the sophisticated F-35 Joint Strike Fighter helmet that amounts to a dangerous hindrance for aviators attempting to la... Turkish Pilot Carries Out First F-35 Jet Flight In US ANKARA --- A Turkish fighter pilot has carried out the first flight of the F-35 jet in the U.S. as part of ongoing training, the Turkish General Staff said on Tuesday. Early July, the Pentagon said... Pentagon Downplays ‘Private Soldiers’ in Afghanistan WASHINGTON --- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis rebuffed suggestions that private military forces could join the fight in Afghanistan, and possibly replace regular U.S. troops. Mattis made the com... Chinese Military Jet Enters South Korea Air Defense Zone South Korea scrambled Air Force jets Wednesday to counter a Chinese military plane flying in the country's air defense domain without notice, defense authorities in Seoul said. It entered the Korea... US Navy Begins First F-35C Operational Test on Carrier ATLANTIC OCEAN --- F-35C Lightning II aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 are conducting their Operational Test-1 (OT-1) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and Carrier Strike Group 12 aboard th... Boeing Sees Asian Demand Exploding for Pilots, Technicians SINGAPORE --- Boeing reports that the Asia Pacific region will have the greatest global demand for new civil aviation personnel over the next 20 years. The region is projected to account for 33 percen... US Army, Navy Test Expeditionary Fast Transport in Black Sea CONSTANTA, Romania --- There are certain things that some Soldiers and service members may take for granted: equipment provided, a full plate of food, ammunition for their weapons. It might seem like ... Canadian MPs Report on Readiness of Naval Forces In early 2016, the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence (the Committee) decided to undertake a study of the defence of North America, with initial emphasis on the Canadian North Ame... RAAF Introduces Novel Test and Evaluation Solution A novel flight instrumentation kit that will revolutionise testing and evaluation was today officially handed over to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The handover occurred during SCINDICATE ... Exercises to Resume on Korean Peninsula, Mattis Says WASHINGTON --- The United States and South Korea are lifting the suspension of military exercises on the Korean Peninsula, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said today. Mattis made the announcement at... Leonardo Sets Up Maintenance Shop for Australian MRH90s Italian helicopter manufacturer Leonardo has now selected Fisherman’s Bend in inner Melbourne as the site for a helicopter repair and overhaul facility. Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Py... Israel to Buy Advanced Precision Rockets from IMI Systems RAMAT HASHARON, Israel --- IMI Systems and the Defense Ministry have signed today a deal for the development and acquisition of advanced precision rockets. According to Ynetnews magazine, the deal is ... After Finland, Japanese Warships Visit UK Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland has welcomed two Japanese warships to the UK as part of a Royal Navy and Royal Air Force greeting party. Sailors stood on HMS Northumberland’s port forecastle to ... CIB Leasing Converts CRJ Series Order to Add Five Q400s MONTREAL -- Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Industrial Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (CIB Leasing) announced today that the parties have agreed to convert a previously announced order for 10 Bomb... Chinese Troops in Russian Military Drills Prove Expanded Ties: Kremlin MOSCOW --- China's announcement that it will take part in Russia's Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military exercise proves the expansion of the two countries' cooperation in all spheres, Kremlin spokesperson... Second British Carrier Ready to ‘Flash Up’ 2 Months Early The nerve centre of Britain’s second giant new aircraft carrier is ready for ‘flashing up’ for the first time - two months earlier than planned. It is from the sprawling operations room and its man... Mattis: U.S. Military Becoming ‘Stronger, More Lethal, More Agile’ WASHINGTON --- The Defense Department is making significant progress along its three strategic lines of effort outlined in the National Defense Strategy issued in January, Defense Secretary James N. M... US Army, Bell Team for Micro-UAV Technologies ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. --- Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Bell Helicopter met in June to further advance the development of a micro unmanned aerial system or UAS. The UAS... Airbus to Provide New NATO Public Key Infrastructure BRUSSELS --- The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has awarded Airbus the Enterprise NATO Public Key Infrastructure (E-NPKI) contract to design, implement and deliver a new framework of... Lockheed Martin Begins Final Assembly on NASA's Orion Spaceship DENVER --- Technicians have completed construction on the spacecraft capsule structure that will return astronauts to the Moon, and have successfully shipped the capsule to Florida for final assembly ... Iranian Military Says Will Stay in Syria Despite US Demands for Exit Iran will maintain its military presence in Syria despite demands from the United States and Israel that it withdraw, Iran's military attache in Damascus has said. "The continued presence of Irania... Raytheon Developing First Neural Network That Explains Itself CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --- Under the Defense Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Explainable Artificial Intelligence program (XAI), Raytheon BBN Technologies is developing a first of its kind neural network t... Intensive Summer for Swedish Armed Forces More than 90 deployments all over the country, an estimated 220,000 working hours, more than 270 hours of helicopter flying – the Swedish Armed Forces have provided all of these to society throughout ... Latvia Hosts Arms Control Experts from Belarus The Latvian Ministry of Defence hosted arms control experts from Belarus between 25 and 28 August 2018, demonstrating military transparency. The experts observed Exercise "Namejs 2018", in order to ve... Italy’s Fincantieri Extends Cooperation with China TRIESTE --- Fincantieri and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the extension of the industrial cooperation already existing between the two grou... SNC Adds Second Aircraft Modifications Complex in Huntsville, Alabama SPARKS, Nev. --- Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) continues to expand its aircraft service capacity in Huntsville, Alabama, breaking ground on a new aircraft modification and logistics support facility... Israeli Air Force Explains Meaning of Its Emblems The IAF’s squadrons proudly display their emblems, which symbolize their long legacy. How are the squadron emblems and the aircraft tails designed? What do the emblems stand for? What happens when a s... IMI Systems Details Exhibit at MSPO Show RAMAT HASHARON. Israel --- IMI Systems will present at the MSPO exhibition to be held in Poland on September 4th, 2018. As part of preparations for a wide-scale missile tender of the Polish Defense M... |