| Latest Feature Stories Canada’s Naval Shipbuilding: Double the Cost for Half the Performance
PARIS --- Launched with much fanfare by the Liberal government in June 2017, shortly after it took office, Canada’s defense strategy is intended to boost the armed forces’ capability by renewing their... F-35 Program: How Lockheed Beggared the Pentagon
Lockheed Martin has turned the Pentagon into a beggar agency, at the mercy of defense contractors and unable to find out how or where taxpayer dollars are being spent. A recent Government Accountabili... HASC Releases Summary of NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020
Chairman Smith’s proposal for the Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA will address our country’s greatest military threats by authorizing a defense enterprise that is inclusive, accountable, and responsible in the ... Latest Press Releases Pentagon Agrees $34 Bn Deal for 478 Lockheed F-35 Lot 12 Aircraft
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Department of Defense has a “handshake” agreement with Lockheed Martin Co to cut 8.8 percent from the price of its latest order of F-35A fighter jet, shaving a year from the ti... US Senators Push to Halt Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
Senators are making a new bipartisan effort to block the Trump administration’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a sign that Congress remains unsatisfied with the United States’ relationship with the kingd... Sikorsky Wins $542M Order for Six VH-92A Presidential Helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, a Lockheed Martin Co., is awarded $542,023,016 for firm-fixed price modification P00074 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N0... Bundestag Releases €400M Funding for Military Programs
The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag has approved the procurement of various major arms projects this week. Their combined value exceeds several hundred million euros. With the released fu... USAF Grounds Turkish F-35 Pilots at Luke AFB
WASHINGTON --- Training by Turkish pilots on F-35 fighter jets has come to a faster-than-expected halt at a U.S. air base in Arizona, U.S. officials said on Monday, as the United States winds down Ank... New Zealand to Buy C-130J-30 Super Hercules
Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced the selection of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules as the preferred option for the replacement of the aging C-130H aircraft. The replacement of the five Hercules ... Polish Minister Wants to Fast-Track F-35 Purchase
“Poland will soon join the elite group of states whose air forces have the most modern F-35 planes. I want this process to proceed quickly and effectively,” said Minister of National Defence Mariusz B... China Claims New Anti-Stealth Radar Immune to Anti-Radar Missiles
China's maritime early warning radar system is immune to "radar killer" missiles and is capable of detecting stealth aircraft, according to its developer in a recent interview with media. The marit... US Marines Detail $958M Order for G/ATOR Radars
QUANTICO, Va. --- The Marine Corps has reached another acquisition milestone decision by gaining approval for full-rate production of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar system from the Assis... New Zealand Releases Defense Capability Plan 2019
Minister of Defence Ron Mark has today released the Defence Capability Plan 2019. The Defence Capability Plan sets out the Government’s indicative planned investments in the New Zealand Defence Fo... Argentina, Brazil May Exchange KC-390 Aircraft for Brazilian Subs
After the first state visit of President Jair Bolsonaro to Argentina, the governments of both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Defense that provides, among other initiatives, the poss... Raytheon Technologies: Experience Proves Bigger Isn’t Always Better
The defense industry mega-merger between United Technologies and Raytheon is big news, but is bigger always better? There are obvious benefits to the deal announced Sunday. United Technologies -3.1... Pentagon IG Slams ‘Critical Vulnerabilities’ in DoD Cybersecurity Program
One of the Pentagon’s most vital cybersecurity programs is falling short of its goals and is failing to protect critical system vulnerabilities, a new Inspector General’s audit has found. Moreover, th... Danish Election Results Unlikely to Alter Defense Plans
On June 5, the Danish Social Democratic Party and its supporting faction of social-liberal and left-wing parties won a majority of seats in Parliament, defeating the incumbent Liberal Party-led govern... Russia Tests New Method of Jamming Enemy Aircraft
YEKATERINBURG, Russia --- Electronic warfare specialists from Russia’s Central Military District tested a new method of jamming enemy aircraft while using three different types of ground-based electro... Japan, France Agree Aircraft Parts Partnership
The Japanese and French governments have agreed to strengthen private-sector partnerships for the production of engines, seats and other airplane equipment, informed sources said Monday. The Minist... Airbus to Ramp Up A320 Production Rate at Chinese FAL
Airbus is expected to ramp up the production rate of the A320 Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) in northern China's Tianjin to six airplanes per month by early 2020, according to Airbus China Tuesday. ... Accidents Will Happen: A Dataset of UK Military Drone Crashes
Drone Wars is today publishing a dataset of just over 250 large military drone crashes that have taken place over the past decade (2009-2018). The full dataset is available online here. This post is ... Rafael Adds Auto Target Recognition to Spice 250 Guided Bomb
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. unveils it has successfully tested and demonstrated a new ATR (Automatic Target Recognition) capability for its SPICE-250 air-to-surface munition. SPICE (250, 1... US Army Accelerates Delivery of Laser, Hypersonic Weapon Prototypes
WASHINGTON --- The Army is accelerating its efforts to field a directed-energy prototype system by fiscal year 2022, and hypersonic weapon prototype by fiscal 2023. For starters, the Army is fast-t... Canada to Upgrade Frigates’ ASW Combat Suite
The naval operational environment is constantly in flux, and small advantages can be the strategic difference during an engagement. In recent years almost all nations in possession of submarines have ... RFA Argus Returns to Front-Line Operations After Refit
Falmouth-based RFA Argus has recently emerged from a year-long refit in her home port and, after helping Fleet Air Arm air and ground crews earn their sea legs and learn the arts of operating and main... US, Royal Thai Navy Conclude CARAT Thailand 2019
LAEM CHABANG, Thailand --- The 25th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand concluded during a ceremony aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided missile destroyer USS Antietam (CG... 169th FW Wraps Up Ex. Arctic Challenge Exercise in Sweden
KALLAX AIR BASE, Sweden --- U.S. Airmen, equipment and F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing successfully finished the three-week Arcti... The Battle to Dominate the Airspace: Exercise Diamond Shield
For three weeks during Exercise Diamond Shield there was a battle to dominate the airspace off the coast of Newcastle involving Australian and United States fighter jets. For three weeks during Exe... Latvia State IT Systems Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
Despite costing the state 62 million euros per year in maintenance costs, since 2012 there has been "virtually no progress" in implementing the management policy of state-owned Information and Communi... Eurofighter to Display at Turku Air Show
A spectacular air display from the UK Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Display Team will take to the skies at this year’s Turku Air Show. The RAF’s Eurofighter Display Pilot, Flt Lt Jim Peterson, will... Boeing Details 2019 Paris Air Show Exhibit
CHICAGO --- Boeing will showcase its broad range of commercial and defense products, services and technologies at the 2019 Paris Air Show, which runs June 17-23 at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. The compan... | 