| Latest Feature Stories French-Italian Naval Partnership Scuttled by Conflicting Priorities
PARIS --- Less than three months after it was sealed in October, the merger of the naval businesses of France’s Naval Group and Italy’s Fincantieri is dead in the water, scuttled by the companies’ rel... Latest Press Releases India Likely to Delay New Fighter Decision Until After Elections
The Indian Air Force’s wait for new fighter jets to replace an ageing MiG fleet is set to get longer. The selection process to identify combat aircraft to be made in India is unlikely to commence befo... US Tells Korea to Pay $1 Bn or Will Pull Out Troops
Washington is pushing Seoul to pay at least $1 billion annually to host American troops in South Korea ― and threatening to withdraw U.S. forces if it refuses. According to a local source with know... Lockheed Wins $542M for F-35 ‘Ancillary Mission Equipment’
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $542,225,679 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for ancillary mission equipment (AME) and associat... Korea Says Japanese Plane Again Buzzes Korean Warship
South Korea says another Japanese military aircraft has made a threatening, low-altitude flight toward a South Korean naval ship. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff held an emergency press confer... Airbus Helicopters Sales Increase in 2018
MARIGNANE, France --- Airbus Helicopters delivered 356 rotorcraft and logged gross orders for 413 helicopters (net: 381) in 2018 (up from 350 gross orders in 2017), maintaining its lead in the civil &... Canada to Extend Service Life of Its Submarines
OTTAWA --- The Department of National Defence is pushing ahead with plans to extend the lives of Canada’s submarine fleet, with the head of the navy hoping some work will start in the coming months. ... Israeli Air Force Details Latest Arrow 3 Anti-Missile Test
This morning (Tuesday), an "Arrow 3" weapon system test was completed successfully. The system is meant to intercept ballistic missiles outside of the atmosphere, and the success is a landmark in Isra... BAE Wins $250M Contract from US Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded BAE Systems a five-year, $250 million contract to continue providing Full-Motion Video (FMV) advanced analytic services, training, and int... USAF Preparing New Tests for Counter-UAV Lasers
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. --- After the success of the first range experiment of the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign at White Sands Missile Range, in October 2018, the 704th Test Group’s Directed En... CNIM Wins Contract to Replace 14 French Navy Landing Craft
CNIM - in partnership with Socarenam, Mauric and CNN MCO - has been awarded the contract to replace the French Navy's landing crafts. Fourteen new Standard Amphibious Landing Crafts (EDA-S) are to be ... GE Wins AFRL Man-Unmanned TEAMS Program
A Project Task Assignment for the Teaming-Enabled Architectures for Manned-Unmanned Systems (TEAMS) prototype program was recently awarded to GE Aviation. The project is under the authority of the Bas... Navantia Delivers BAM ‘Furor’ to the Spanish Navy
FERROL Shipyard, Spain --- Navantia on Monday, January 21 handed over the ‘Furor’ Buque de Acción Marítima (maritime action ship) to the Spanish Navy at the Ferrol Shipyard. It is the sixth ship of th... Nigerian Air Force to Receive New Helicopters
The Nigerian military will take delivery of new helicopters in the coming months. At a visit to the 23rd Quick Response Wing base in Gembu, Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar stated th... Hundreds of Royal Marines to Deploy to Arctic Norway for Exercise
Eight hundred Royal Marines and their support arms are getting ready to deploy to Norway as Britain strengthens its focus on the Arctic. The Defence Secretary has accused Russia of staking a claim ... China Says Rocket Force Conducted ICBM Strike Exercise
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force conducted a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strike mission from an underground bunker against an imaginary enemy, the country's nati... BAE Wins $474M to Support US Army M-109 SP Guns
BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $474,084,062 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for system technical support, sustainment system technical support, depot maintenance suppo... Northrop Wins Two USAF Comms Relay Contracts Worth $194M
-- Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, has been awarded a $149,616,524 modification to contract FA8726-18-C-0005 to exercise Option Year One for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, payloa... US Unveils the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy
WASHINGTON, DC --- Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats unveiled the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) today. The NIS is the guiding strategy for the U.S. Intelligence Community (... Digital Environment Teaches Soldiers Lessons of Modern Battlefield
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. --- The U.S. Army Engineer School combined forces with the U.S. Army Military Police School and presented a virtual staff ride (VSR) overview brief Tuesday at Fort Leonard Wood'... US Navy Destroyer Completes Repairs in UAE’s Jebel Ali
JEBEL ALI, United Arab Emirates --- The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) departed Jebel Ali, after completing a mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR), Jan. 13. MDVRs are maintenance pe... Raytheon Wins $72M Contract for Aegis Fire Control System
WALTHAM, Mass. --- Raytheon Company was awarded the following contract as announced by the Department of Defense on December 26, 2018. Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Marlborough, Massach... Australia Changes Management of Ammunition Facility
Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne today announced the Federal Government is taking a new approach to the long-term tenancy arrangements at the Australian Government owned munitions facili... L3 Wins SOCOM Contract for EO Tech Optics
NEW YORK --- L3 Technologies announced today that it has been awarded a $26.3 million contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to provide close-quarters sights and clip-on magnifier... Spanish Inspectors to Assess Russian Military Facility
In the period from 22 to 24 January 2019, a group of inspectors from Spain in the framework of the Vienna Document 2011 on confidence-building measures and security will assess the military facility i... Rolls-Royce Completes €57M Upgrade of Finnish Facility
Rolls-Royce has completed a multi-million Euro upgrade and refurbishment of its thruster manufacturing plant in Rauma, Finland, consolidating production over a single site, and creating one of the wor... Rosoboronexport Exhibits at Shield Africa
Rosoboronexport, part of the Rostec State Corporation, is attending the Shield Africa 2019 International Security and Defense Exhibition which is held from 22 to 24 January 2019 at the Police Academy ... | 