| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases F-35 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT & E) Phase Kicks Off Tonight
Doctored results. False progress reports. The Pentagon isn’t happy with the trillion-dollar F-35 project. Now Australia’s future fighter is about to undergo a crucial test. More than a decade lat... UK Builds World’s First Quantum Compass
British scientists have built the world’s first quantum ‘compass’ — a tamper-proof navigation device that does not rely on GPS, after millions of pounds of funding from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD... Daewoo Wins $557M Korean Navy Frigate Order
SEOUL --- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world's second-largest shipbuilder by orders, said Wednesday it has clinched a deal worth 631.5 billion won (US$577 million) to build two gu... Upgraded Hungarian Gripens Train in Sweden
It has been an intensive year for FMV's project Gripen Hungary. The project is responsible for delivering the capacity agreed by Hungary in the contract for the Gripen system that Sweden has with Hung... Russia Says Aircraft Carrier to Be Repaired on Time Despite Sunk Drydock
Head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov guaranteed the Ministry of Defence meeting the deadlines of ship's repairing, and that the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov would be repa... NATO Stocks Up on Bombs, Giving Smaller States More Punch
WASHINGTON --- Over the past month, US Air Forces in Europe took delivery of their largest shipment of ordnance in two decades. It’s another sign of the rearming of the continent as the United States ... MBDA Demos MMP Battlefield Missile to Over 15 Countries
Members of 15 foreign delegations, as well as representatives of the European Defence Agency (EDA) and of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) have been given the opportunity to witness the ... British and French Paratroopers Ready for Joint Operations
Across two demanding weeks (12-21 Nov) in south west France, Exercise Falcon Amarante is testing the Airborne Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (A-CJEF) – a partnership between 16 Air Assault Brigade... Nordic Defense Ministers Adopt Common Action Plan
During the Nordic defense ministerial meeting in Oslo on Tuesday, November 13, the Nordic ministers wrote under a common vision and action plan for the Nordic defense cooperation. "In view of a mo... Russian Army Introduces TOS-1 Thermobaric MLRS in Leningrad Region
ST. PETERSBURG --- A company armed with TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Scorching Sun) heavy flamethrower systems has been set up within the radiation, chemical and biological defense regiment of the combined arm... Pentagon Awards $492M Contracts for Border Fence
-- Barnard Construction Company Inc., Bozeman, Montana, was awarded a $324,422,299 firm-fixed-price contract for design and build of a pedestrian fence replacement project. Three bids were solicited... Elbit Wins $167M Order from Asia-Pacific Country for ISTAR Drone
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today, that it was awarded a $167 million contract from an Asia-Pacific country to supply a comprehensive aerial Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acqui... Trump: Report of N. Korean Missile Bases 'Fake News'
U.S. President Donald Trump has weighed in on a report that North Korea has at least 13 undeclared bases capable of hiding missiles, calling the report "fake news." "The story in the New York Times... Next HASC Chair Sees Need for Greater DoD Transparency
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the likely chair of the House Armed Services Committee in the next Congress, told congressional colleagues that enhancing national security transparency is among his top oversi... ‘Autonomous Warrior’ Set for Intensive Fortnight
More than 500 people from 47 companies and officers from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and UK, NATO and regional militaries have convened at HMAS Creswell for the largest autonomous military exe... The Transformation of European Armaments Policies
Michael Haas and Annabelle Vuille contend in this analysis that despite moderate growth in European defense budgets, conditions remain unfavorable for closing the investment gap that has emerged in th... P&WC Delivers First Engines for Canadian Fixed-Wing SAR Aircraft
MONTREAL --- Pratt & Whitney Canada, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. today announced that it recently started delivering PW127G engines to Airbus Defence and Space in support of Canada's Fix... Second EPS Polar SatCom to Be Launched by Year-End
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Hoping to avoid a scene out of the Cold War novel Ice Station Zebra, the U.S. DoD has gone through a great deal of effort pumping money and technology into its Polar MILSATCOM progr... Report on Increased Nordic Defense Cooperation
Nordic defence cooperation continues to develop, through joint exercises, information exchange and mutual use of each other’s resources, concludes FOI in a study of Nordic operational defence cooperat... DOD Should Clarify Criteria for Competitive LPTA Process
GAO estimates that about 26 percent of the Department of Defense's (DOD) contracts and orders valued $5 million and above in fiscal year 2017 were competitively awarded using the lowest price technica... 60-Man Lockheed Team Supports F-35B’s UK Carrier Trials
When F-35B pilots Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and Royal Air Force Squadron leader Andy Edgell touched down on the HMS Queen Elizabeth they made history. The work of several years culminated in a ... Marine Corps Continues AH-1Z Viper Induction
CHERRY POINT, North Carolina –-- Marines and spectators dot the flight line of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Overhead, t... US Army Validates SHORAD Capabilities on Korean Peninsula
The "Silent Archers" of Echo Battery, 6-52 Air and Missile Defense Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 35th ADA Brigade, conducted Advanced Gunnery in October 201... Airbus to Deliver New Zealand’s First HEMS-Configured H145s
AUCKLAND --- The Helicopter Emergency Medical Services New Zealand Limited has selected Airbus’ H145, in response to New Zealand’s Health Ministry’s call to enhance its helicopter emergency medical se... Thales Defense ‘Cloud’ Manages Data Flow in Mali Operations
It’s over three million square kilometers of desert -- two-thirds the size of the EU. It’s a dangerous place these days, with terrorists and insurgents targeting governments and foreign interests. For... Spain’s Binter Orders Up to Five Embraer E195-E2s
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands --- Embraer announced that Binter Canarias, of Spain, will receive its first E195-E2 jet in the second half of 2019, becoming the first European customer of the E-Jets E2’s larg... Japanese, US Marines Conduct Integrated Training
SASEBO, Japan --- Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 conducted a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) interoperability exchange with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in Sasebo, Japan on November 8. Sailors... US Navy LPD-21 Completes Trident Juncture in Norwegian Sea
NORWEGIAN SEA --- San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) completed exercise Trident Juncture 18, Nov. 7. Trident Juncture 18 was a large-scale NATO exercise that took pla... India Prepares for Joint Exercise with Russia
The joint military exercise between Indian and Russia EXERCISE INDRA 2018 on combating insurgency under the aegis of United Nations (UN) is being conducted at Babina Field Firing Ranges, Babina Milita... Thales Alenia Space, ONERA Sign Cooperation Agreement
PARIS --- Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), a major player in the satellite, space exploration and orbital infrastructure market, and ONERA (Office Nation... Naval Group Opens Dutch Unit to Support Submarine Bid
Naval Group has launched its subsidiary in the Netherlands, Naval Group Netherlands, led by Mark van Rooij, to serve the group’s commitment to establish long-term industrial activities. This Netherlan... Turkey’s Otokar Exhibits at Bahrain Defense Show BIAS 2018
Otokar, leading supplier of the Turkish Military and Security Forces for wheeled tactical vehicles, attends Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) in Bahrain, between 14th & 16th November. Otokar, a... | 