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US Slaps Sanctions on China for Buying Russian Su-35 Fighters, S-400 Missiles
WASHINGTON --- The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions law punish

Commons Committee Sees Multiple Risks for UK Nuclear Deterrent
Since 1969, the Ministry of Defence has maintained a submarine-based nuclear deterrent to support the Government's national security policy. Over the next 10 years, it faces significant pressures t

France Brings Forward A330 Tanker Deliveries
Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has just decided the acceleration of the delivery of MRTT Phénix tanker-transport aircraft: by 2023, the Air Force will have 12. At the conclusion of a meeting

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US Slaps Sanctions on China for Buying Russian Su-35 Fighters, S-400 Missiles
WASHINGTON --- The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions law punish...

Commons Committee Sees Multiple Risks for UK Nuclear Deterrent
Since 1969, the Ministry of Defence has maintained a submarine-based nuclear deterrent to support the Government's national security policy. Over the next 10 years, it faces significant pressures t...

France Brings Forward A330 Tanker Deliveries
Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has just decided the acceleration of the delivery of MRTT Phénix tanker-transport aircraft: by 2023, the Air Force will have 12. At the conclusion of a meeting ...

US Clears Phalanx Upgrade, Mini-Submarine Sale to UK
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of fifty (50) MK 15 Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) Block IB Baselin...

UK Typhoons Intercept Russian Bombers Near UK Airspace
Today (20 September), RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon fighter aircraft scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to monitor two Russian planes approaching UK airspace. The Russian Blackjacks long-range bo...

China Says Z-10ME Attack Helicopter Is Ready for Export
Photographs of apparently modified Z-10 helicopters are trending on online military forums, prompting a Chinese analyst on Thursday to note the Z-10 is a cost-effective piece of military equipment wit...

Eurofighter Describes Typhoon Pitch to Finland
Back in March this year Paul Hitchcock hopped in a cab from Helsinki airport to the city centre. En route the driver asked him what he was doing in Finland and Paul explained he works in the aerospace...

United Technologies Wins $4.9 Bn US Air Force Contract for Spare Parts
United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Connecticut, has been awarded a maximum $2,460,000,000 modification (P00024) exercising the five-year option period of a five-year base contract (SPE4AX-15-D-...

Congress Pushes Space-Based and Boost Phase Missile Defense
The U.S. Congress continues to push the Department of Defense to develop new missile defense technologies, but it remains to be seen if some of these efforts will come to fruition. In particular, the...

FY19 Defense Bill Adds $350M for LPD Flight II Program
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Navy's LPD Flight II shipbuilding program received a $350 million increase in the final FY19 defense appropriations bill recently released by Congress. The funding was added fo...

India Successfully Tests Prahar Surface-to-Surface Missile
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the indigenously developed surface-to-surface tactical missile ‘Prahar’, from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Balasore, today. ...

Rand Report Finds US Air Force Capacity Shortfalls
The U.S. military has mostly operated at a high operational tempo since the end of the Cold War, and there appears to be no significant reduction in demand on the horizon. However, the U.S. military h...

ECA Group Sells A18 AUW to Third Customer
ECA Group announces a new order for its autonomous naval drone AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) from the range A18. A large depth version of this AUV dedicated to commercial applications of underwa...

China Says Japan Tests Red Line in S. China Sea
When Japan sent on Sept 13 its submarine Kuroshio to the South China Sea for a covert drill with the country's the helicopter carrier Kaga and two other destroyers, it was testing one of China's red l...

At ADD Show, China Says Its Weapons Appeal to Africa
Chinese military industry companies are showcasing a wide range of weapons and equipment at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2018 (AAD2018) expo being held in the city of Tshwane, South Africa from We...

British Army Chief: New Vehicles 'Immensely Impressive'
The Head of the Army says the service's new vehicles are "immensely impressive". The UK intends to make an initial purchase of 500 Boxer vehicles as part of a programme to supply the Army with a fleet...

Integrated Broadcast Service Allows Old Systems to Communicate
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The United States Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) system is designed to integrate existing intelligence broadcast systems into a single architecture, in order to transmit critical...

Northrop Unveils “Vanguard” Open Architecture Radar
BALTIMORE --- Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled its “Vanguard” radar solution; a multi-function, open architecture system that can be easily scaled and applied to multiple missions and platforms. ...

Redkite-I Wide-Area Sensor Passes Final Flight Test on UAV
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Logos Technologies reports that Redkite-I, a wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) system designed for the Insitu Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS), successfully completed its final ...

Joint Task Force Introduces Shallow-Water Mine Capability
ANDERSEN AFB, Guam --- Valiant Shield kicked off its seventh field training exercise, Sept. 17, and returned with the third demonstration of a joint-force series, coined “Quickstrike,” but this time w...

Harris, Rockwell Win Large Combat Radio Contracts
ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- Harris Corporation has received orders for 1,540 AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios and related equipment and services as part of the U.S. Army’s two-channel Leader radio IDIQ ...

Rostec Suggests Leasing Scheme to Renew Russian Helicopter Fleet
Rostec has suggested implementing the Government's idea to replace helicopters older than 25 years in Russia based on the leasing scheme. The measures can be supported by the state program facilitatin...

Northrop Completes First Qualification Test of New Atlas V Motor
DULLES, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted its first ground test of a 63-inch diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) today in Promontory, Utah. Utilizing advanced technologies, the company...

US Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Kansas City
The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Kansas City (LCS 22), during a 10 a.m. (CDT) ceremony Saturday, Sept. 22, in Mobile, Alabama. At th...

Chinese Military Using Domestic Software to Prevent Espionage
The Chinese military is requiring its personnel to install monitoring software that helps analyze their social media patterns and tests their political sensibilities, a move the software developer sai...

Hensoldt Consolidates Its South African Subsidiaries
PRETORIA --- Hensoldt will consolidate its two South African subsidiaries GEW Technologies (Pty) Ltd and Hensoldt Optronics (Pty) Ltd under the Hensoldt brand, thus creating a single point of entry fo...

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