| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases India Signs $3 Bn Lease for Russian Nuclear Submarine
NEW DELHI --- India on Thursday inked yet another mega defence deal worth over $3 billion for the lease of a nuclear-powered attack submarine from Russia, despite the threat of US financial sanctions ... Taiwan Developing 5th-Gen Fighter As It Mulls New Direct Buy from US
Amid China's military buildup across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan is building its own next-generation fighter jets while seeking to acquire the latest fighters from the United States, the island's Defens... Northrop Wins $322M to Develop New Motor to Extend Range of AARGM Missile
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Northridge, California, is awarded a $322,504,595 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the AGM-88... Airbus Helicopters Books 43 Orders at Heli-Expo 2019
ATLANTA, Ga. --- Airbus Helicopters wraps up the 2019 edition of Heli-Expo with 43 orders from worldwide customers announced for the whole Airbus civil product range - H125, H130, H135, H145, H160, H1... MBDA Wins €11M Deal to Supply SAMs for Philippine Frigates
MANILA --- A European firm bagged the contract to supply surface-to-air missiles for the two frigates currently being constructed by South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). In a N... Fake Opinion Piece Impacts Dutch Sub Competition
The well-known American defense magazine Defense News has abruptly withdrawn an opinion article about Dutch submarines. Reason were questions about the author Günther Hoffman and his alleged status as... China Shows New Aircraft 'to Gather Intel in S. China Sea'
China has reportedly developed a new type of electronic warfare aircraft with extra antenna installations. A military expert said that it would gather intelligence on whatever comes near the South ... Turkey’s STM to Upgrade Second Pakistani Agosta 90B Sub
Turkish state-owned defense contractor Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. (STM) has won a contract for the mid-life upgrade of the second of three Agosta 90B-class (aka Khalid-class) di... CBO Looks at Pentagon’s Overseas Contingency Operations Budget
Presentation by F. Matthew Woodward, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at a joint seminar by the Congressional Research Service, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Government Accou... Russian Frigate Starts First Long-Distance Voyage in Atlantic
MURMANSK, Russia --- The Russian Northern Fleet’s missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov will enter the Atlantic Ocean on Friday after passing through the English Channel, Fleet spokesman Vadim Serga told j... Airbus H160 Helicopter in Finland for Cold Weather Trials
ATLANTA, Georgia --- Airbus Helicopters has successfully completed its certification programme of cold-weather testing of its latest H160 helicopter in northern Finland. The company deployed the fi... US Army Sees Restructuring Possible with FY20 Budget
WASHINGTON --- Big changes may soon be coming to the service's force structure, Army leaders said Monday. More on the extent of those proposed changes could be revealed next week with the fiscal ye... China Downplays Improvements to Its Combat Ability
According to news reports, China will lower its defense budget growth rate to 7.5 percent in 2019, from last years' 8.1 percent. This is the fourth consecutive year that China’s defense budget has fal... Slovakia Short-lists France, Israel and US for 3D Radar Buy
The SVK MOD has completed the evaluation phase of the submitted official proposals in response to the SVK radar systems replacement Request for Government Proposals (RGP). Under the modernization ... Kaman Developing New K-Max UAS
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. --- Kaman Aerospace Group is developing a next generation K-MAX unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that will allow operators to have the capability to fly the aircraft on either manned o... Leidos Wins $962M US Navy Contract for Cyber Missions
RESTON, Va. --- Leidos has been awarded a $962 million contract by the United States Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic to provide engineering and information warfar... Thales to Supply Two Coastal Radars to France’s DGA
In today’s constantly changing world, the focus of maritime threat detection has shifted from blue-water operations to coastal and littoral zones. Protecting these zones is a complex challenge because... Korean Air Lines Delivers First Upgraded CH-53E Helicopter
OKINAWA, Japan --- On 25 February, the First Marine Aircraft Wing achieved a significant milestone by taking receipt of the first CH-53E that completed H-53 Reset in the Western Pacific area of respon... UK MoD Fails to Cut Civilian Workforce, Endangers Spending Plans
The Ministry of Defence has made little progress in reforming its civilian workforce. It has not yet modernised the roles that they perform and is missing its targets to reduce headcount and achieve s... DARPA Seeks Tools to Capture Underground Worlds in 3D
Request for Information pursues state-of-the-art technologies for collecting and characterizing 3D mapping and surveying data DARPA is seeking information on state-of-the-art technologies and metho... US: Conditions 'Don't Merit' Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. Central Command, has said that the current political situation in Afghanistan and the status of negotiations with the Taliban currently under way "don'... Special Comms for Senior Leaders in Central Command
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar --- When senior leaders fly over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, a team comprised of six Airmen ensure they never lose the ability to communicate with others ... Japanese Aegis Ashore Program Moves Forward
DAHLGREN, Va. --- Japan, through a cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (#P00318) to a U.S. Missile Defense Agency Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract (HQ0276-10-C-0001), have awarded Lockheed Martin Ro... Emerging Technologies CTF Conducts First Autonomous Flight Test
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. --- The 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force conducted its first autonomy flight test Feb. 26-28. The team collected data on the Testing of Autonomy in Co... Marines Begin Delivery of GATOR Block 2 Artillery Radar
QUANTICO, VA. --- G/ATOR, an expeditionary, three-dimensional medium-range radar system, is being developed and fielded in three blocks that will support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force across the ra... US Seeks Clarification on N.K. Missile Site Reassembly
WASHINGTON --- The United States is seeking clarification on the purposes of North Korea's reassembly of a key missile facility, a senior U.S. official said Thursday as President Donald Trump expresse... Korea’s Huneed Researches 3D-Printing for Aerospace Parts
South Korean defense firm Huneed Technologies has opened a research center to develop methods of using 3D-printing technologies for aerospace parts production. The opening ceremony for the Additive... Rolls-Royce’s German Plant Delivers 100th Trent XWB
Rolls-Royce is celebrating another milestone in the Trent XWB success story with the delivery of the 100th Trent XWB engine assembled at the production line in Dahlewitz, Germany. The engine will ... PGZ Buys Pratt & Whitney’s Polish Engine Plant
On 27 February 2019, the representatives of PGZ’s WSK „PZL-Kalisz” S.A. and Pratt & Whitney Rzeszów S.A. reached an understanding on the remaining key matters that are to lead to the conclusion of a p... Fincantieri Takes Minority Stake in Genova Industrie Navali
GENOA/TRIESTE --- Genova Industrie Navali (GIN) – holding founded in 2008 from the merger of two historical shipyards in Genoa, T. Mariotti and San Giorgio del Porto – and Fincantieri have reached a c... | 