Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases China Opposes Foreign Assistance for Taiwan Submarine Program BEIJING --- China on Monday expressed stern opposition to participation by the United States and other countries in Taiwan's submarine production project. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying... Defence Secretary: UK 'Will Succeed' with or without Brexit Deal Gavin Williamson has told MPs that regardless of whether the UK leaves the European Union with a deal or without, the country "will succeed". The Defence Secretary made the comments before the Prim... France Deploys New MMP Missile to Forces in Africa From December 10 to 22, the Picardie Battle Group carried out an operation in the Three Borders region of southeastern Mali, during which the new medium-range missile (Missile à Moyenne Portée) was de... Navantia Cuts First Steel on Saudi Corvettes On January 15, 2019, Navantia is to cut steel at its San Fernando shipyard for the first Avante 2200 corvette for the Saudi Navy. The work is being done under a $2.2 billion contract inked last year b... New Russian Frigate to Sail on First Long Cruise This Year MOSCOW --- The lead frigate of Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov will make its first long voyage this year, according to a statement released by the Northern Fleet's press service on Monday. "This yea... New F-35A Stealth Fighters May Give North Heartburn South Korea’s military is keeping a close eye on North Korea’s reaction as it prepares to take delivery of the latest stealth fighter jets from the United States in the next few months. The South’s... China Claims ‘Overwhelmingly Superiority’ of Upgraded J-20 Fighter As South Korea became the latest country to buy and deploy US F-35 stealth fighter jets, Chinese military observers asserted that an upgraded Chinese J-20 fighter will gain overwhelming superiority ov... US, Japanese Navies in Cooperative Deployment East China Sea COAST OF KYUSHU --- Ships assigned to the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) joined Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) amphibious transport dock ship, JS Kunisaki (LST 4003), for a cooperative d... Korea’s New Defense White Paper Fudges on Whether NK is 'Enemy' The Defense Ministry does not refer to North Korea as an enemy and takes a less hostile tone toward the communist state in its 23rd white paper, published Tuesday. The ministry’s latest biennial wh... Airbus to Develop Satellite Bus for DARPA Blackjack Program HERNDON, Va., USA --- Airbus Defense and Space Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack progra... French MoD Details Rafale F4 Contract PARIS --- On January 14, 2019, French armed Forces Minister Florence Parly traveled to the Dassault Aviation facility at Merignac, near Bordeaux, to announce the award of the development and integrati... More Troubling Revelations About US Navy Collisions in Pacific When Navy Rear Adm. Brian Fort stepped aboard the guided-missile destroyer Fitzgerald in the aftermath of the 2017 collision with a commercial cargo ship, everything was off. Any warship would seem... ST Engineering Wins New Orders Worth $746M in 4th Quarter 2018 SINGAPORE --- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its Aerospace arm secured new contracts worth about S$450m in the fourth quarter (4Q) of 2018 for services in... Raytheon Wins $72M for DDG 1000 Engineering Support WALTHAM, Mass. --- Raytheon Company was awarded the following contract as announced by the Department of Defense on December 21, 2018. Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $72... Harris Wins $75M to Upgrade Marine Corps Radios ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Harris Corporation a $75 million order to provide MUOS (Mobile User Objective System) narrowband satellite communication upgrades to the se... Raytheon Wins $37M to Support Evolved SeaSparrow Missile WALTHAM, Mass.--- Raytheon Company was awarded the following contract as announced by the Department of Defense on December 21, 2018. Raytheon Co., Tuscon, Arizona, is being awarded a $37,902,562 c... Canada to Upgrade Submarine Mast Systems Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Corner Brook will become the first of the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) four Victoria-class submarines to be equipped with a new modern mast system. The submar... Thales Expands Global Connectivity with Iridium Certus Marking the successful final launch to deploy the Iridium NEXT constellation, which occurred Friday, January 11, 2019, Thales announces it has signed Marlink and Speedcast to expand its official netwo... China Mulls Doubling Recruitment of Aircraft Carrier Cadet Pilots More than 4,500 people have passed initial selection in China's annual recruitment of aircraft carrier cadet pilots, almost twice as many as last year. With China's second aircraft carrier widely e... Pentagon Details Qatar MoU on Expansion of Al Udeid Base The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the Ministry of Defense of the State of Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning Qatar’s support of DOD activities at Al Udeid Air Base (AUA... N. Korea Can’t Afford to Develop Nuclear Weapons: Seoul North Korea cannot afford to be slapped with additional international sanctions over the development of nuclear weapons, experts here said Tuesday, following a media report that the country might have... Japan Demands All Radar Info on Destroyer Incident SEOUL --- Japan has demanded South Korea offer all information on one of its warships' radar equipment while refusing to divulge data key to resolving a bilateral dispute over the ship's use of radar ... Airbus A220 Approved for 180 Minutes ETOPS Capability The newest addition to the Airbus family of commercial aircraft, the A220, has received 180-minute extended operations (ETOPS*) approval from the Canadian civil aviation authority, Transport Canada. T... Dassault Renews Agreement with French MoD to Support SMEs MERIGNAC, France --- Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, and Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, have signed the renewed agreement between Dassault Aviation and the ... Triumph to Provide Complex Structural Forms for A320neo BERWYN, Pa.--- Triumph Group, Inc. announced today that it will provide structural formed skins for the Bombardier thrust reversers to be fitted on Geared Turbo Fan powered A320neo aircraft. Under... USAF to Boost Cooperative Tech Development Between SMEs, Institutions WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- The Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Program is in the midst of a major transformation to accelerate critical ... Ukrainian Firms Lead Participation in NATO’s NIAG Enterprises of the Ukrainian defense-industrial complex, including Ukroboronprom, ranked first among NATO partner countries in terms of participation in the research of the NATO Industrial Cooperation... Russian MoD Follows Journey of ‘Legendary’ T-34 Tanks A train with T-34 tanks transferred by the Lao People's Democratic Republic to the Russian Federation continues travelling along the Trans-Siberian railway. The T-34 tanks were welcomed by hundreds... |