| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases USAF Students, Instructors Stop Using Faulty F-35 ALIS Logistics
EGLIN AFB, Fla. --- The F-35 fighter jet’s logistics backbone has proven so clunky and burdensome to work with that the U.S. Air Force’s instructor pilots, as well as students learning to fly the airc... Taiwan Negotiating $8Bn Acquisition of F-16V Fighters
TAIPEI --- Taiwan could begin to receive its first batch of 66 new F16V fighter jets from the U.S. as soon as the end of 2020. Taiwan has made new progress in the purchase of 66 F16V jets from the ... China Plans 40-tonne Heavy Helicopter for Early 2030s
The 40-ton class heavy helicopter, jointly developed by China and Russia, is expected to be delivered by 2032, said Wu Ximing, a Chinese political advisor and chief designer of helicopters for the Avi... The US Army Is Trying to Bury the Lessons of the Iraq War
U.S. troops are still in Iraq — not to mention Syria, Afghanistan, and various African countries — to ward off or put down insurgencies. Within the national security apparatus, however, the Iraq War i... Germany Remains World's Fourth-Largest Arms Supplier
The Middle East can't get enough of America's big guns, according to a new report. German-made weapons, particularly submarines, were also a hit with foreign buyers in recent years. International t... Lockheed Working on F-35 Block 4 Upgrade But Cost, Content Unknown
The F-35 is expected to complete initial operational test and evaluation late this year, certifying the Block 3F version is fully combat-ready. By that time, work will be well underway for dozens of p... Leonardo Details Helicopter Market Position at HAI Show
Leonardo world's No.1 civil helicopter manufacturer secures contracts, eyes new markets and expands training and products: -- Leader in civil helicopter market share and services -- New orders in Me... US Remains World’s Top Arms Exporter, Russia a Distant Second
WASHINGTON --- The United States remained far and above the rest of the world as the globe’s leading arms exporter, with Russia a distant second, a leading research group says. The Stockholm Intern... Northrop Details $322M Award for AARGM-ER Missile
LOS ANGELES –– Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $322.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) Engineering and Manufactu... Hyundai Heavy Signs to Take Over Daewoo Shipbuilding
SEOUL --- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on Friday signed a formal deal with the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) to buy its smaller local rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., heral... US Air Force Looks to Future Tanker After KC-46
The Air Force is mapping out the unprecedented capabilities it will need in a next-generation tanker, laying out an aggressive timeline for the “KC-Z” while it is only just getting the KC-46 to operat... PGZ Details Implementation of Poland’s Patriot Air-Defense Program
In response to growing public interest in the execution of Phase One of the WISLA program and the accompanying offset commitments, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa would like to address some particularly impo... Dutch Detail Role in NATO’s Future Tanker Pool
From passenger aircraft to military tanker plane. In Spain’s Getafe, the first two of a total of 8 A330 aircraft are currently being converted. The Netherlands has purchased them together with four NA... Finland Orders Saab Virtual Training Simulators
Saab and the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command have signed a contract for deliveries of virtual simulators for marksmanship and basic combat training with associated maintenance for three years... Dynetics Tests GBU-69 Small Glide Munition with Datalink
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have successfully conducted initial testing of the Block I variant of the Dynetics GBU-69/B ... Singapore Sends F-15SG Fighters to Red Flag
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will be participating in Exercise Red Flag - Nellis at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, United States (US), from 9 to 23 Mar 2019. The RSAF will deploy six F-1... Backstage At the French Army Griffon Vehicle Factory
Griffon, the first vehicle in the SCORPION program, has been produced at Nexter’s factory in Roanne since 2018. Its manufacture is done step by step in two weeks, on an elaborate and connected assembl... Navair Looks to “Improve Acquisition of F-35 Air System and JPO”
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) at Arlington, VA currently has a multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) under GSA Special Item Number (SIN) 874-1. The BPA will compete acquisitions relate... Arms Flow to Mid-East Surge, But Total Volume Stagnates
STOCKHOLM --- The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2014–18 was 7.8 per cent higher than in 2009–13 and 23 per cent higher than in 2004–2008, according to new data on arms transfers p... British Helicopters Continue Arctic Sorties
Commando Wildcat helicopters of 847 Naval Air Squadron have been proving their warfighting capability during sorties in the unforgiving valleys and mountains of the Arctic Circle. The Yeovilton-bas... Boeing 737 MAX: is the New Airplane Safe?
Plane crashes are rare. Crashes involving brand new aircraft are even rarer. Yet one of Boeing's newest aircraft models has crashed twice within two years of its launch. The Ethiopian Airlines cras... Korean Air May Cancel Boeing 737-800MAX Order
Korean Air, the country's largest airline, may cancel its plan to introduce six Boeing 737-800 MAX planes this year after the new model crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday ― only six months after a deadly c... General Atomics Demos Aluminum Power System for Underwater Vehicle
SAN DIEGO, CA. --- General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has successfully completed the first end-to-end demonstration of its Aluminum Power System (ALPS), powering ... US Sealift Fleet Urgently Needs Recapitalization; Transcom Chief
WASHINGTON --- The need is urgent to recapitalize on U.S. Transportation Command’s sealift fleet, the Transcom commander said on Capitol Hill yesterday. “[Our] sealift fleet is able to generate onl... Is Boeing’s 787 Production Rate Sustainable?
Boeing plans to increase production of the 787 to a rate of 14 per month in 2019. The company delivered 145 aircraft in 2018, up from 136 in 2017, and looks to be on track to make its goal for the new... Boeing Shuns Mini-Tender Offer At Discounted Share Price
CHICAGO --- The Boeing Company has received notice of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by Peer & Peri LLC to purchase up to 10,000 shares of Boeing's common stock. Peer & Peri's offer price of $335.... International Security, Defense Exhibition Kicks Off in Baghdad
BAGHDAD --- The 8th edition of International Security and Defense Exhibition was launched on Saturday in the Iraqi capital with participation of 102 foreign weapons production companies from 20 countr... | 
