| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Saab Undecided on Whether to Bid for Canadian Fighter Order
OTTAWA --- Days after Airbus Defence and Space pulled out of the $19-billion race to replace Canada’s aging fighter jets, the only European firm still eligible to compete says it has not decided wheth... US Sanctions Iran Space Agency Over Alleged Ballistic Missiles
The Trump administration has sanctioned three Iranian space organizations, alleging a cover up for missile work. The US has said the orders serve as an international warning about Tehran's nuclear abi... German Air Force Short On Pilots, Not Planes
Germany's military has long struggled with a shortage of functioning equipment. At the Laage Air Base near Rostock, however, it's not the planes that are hard to come by, but the pilots. Just minut... Comprehensive Upgrades Give Older Fighters New Lease on Life
PARIS --- Fifth- and sixth-generation aircraft have been grabbing headlines of late. But far from being yesterday’s news, fourth-generation fighters are being upgraded with new technology to keep them... Indian AF Inducts First Eight AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters
Today, the IAF formally inducted the AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter into its inventory at Air Force Station Pathankot. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Commi... UK Aircrew Training Continues to Miss Targets Despite £514M Cost
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is not currently meeting its targets for the number of trained aircrew it needs, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). In its investigation, published today, t... France Formally Establishes Air Force Space Command
PARIS --- Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly has signed the decree establishing and organizing the Space Command (Commandement de l’Espace, CDE) within the Air Force. This signature follow... Competitors Line up for Australia’s Attack Helicopter Project
Multiple vendors are readying bids for Australia’s Project LAND 4503 Armed Reconnaissance Capability program involving the acquisition of up to 29 attack helicopters. The new helicopters will serve as... US VP Pence Singles Out Germany for Not Meeting NATO Spending Goal
US Vice President Mike Pence met with Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Monday to discuss future cooperation between the two countries. Pence is representing US President Donald Trump who had canc... Pentagon Seeks Ethicist to Guide Deployment of Artificial Intelligence
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, stood up just last year, has plans to hire an ethicist to help guide the Defense Department's development and application of artificial intelligence technolog... Aircraft Carriers Are Not An Effective Way of Containing China
Deterring and/or defeating aggression by China’s military has become a top priority of U.S. defense strategy. Due to China’s geographical circumstances, Pentagon planners assume that any outward thrus... Germany to Equip New OPVs with BAE Systems’ 57mm Guns
BAE Systems has been selected by the vessel contractor to provide the German federal police force, Bundespolizei, with three 57mm naval guns for its three new 86m Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) built ... Belgium, Czechia, Denmark Take Up NATO Air-Policing Duties
Starting in September, Belgian, Czech and Danish fighter aircraft will take up responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three Baltic countries as part of NATO’s air policing mission. The Be... MBDA, PGZ Unveil Tank Destroyer Armed with Brimstone Missile
MBDA and PGZ have unveiled at MSPO 2019 a Tank Destroyer armed with the Brimstone precision strike missile. PGZ Companies and MBDA also signed a statement of co-operation at MSPO to confirm readin... Chinese Video Shows Seven J-20 Fighters in Formation
BEIJING --- The Chinese airforce released an inspirational video clip Tuesday, in which a fleet of seven J-20 stealth fighter jets was first seen. The video has demonstrated Chinese airforce pilots... Royal Air Force Typhoons Head East
Royal Air Force Typhoon combat jets have left Royal Air Force Coningsby to embark on a four-month tour of the Middle East and Far-East. Before flying on to a multi-national exercise in Malaysia at ... Elbit Reportedly in Talks to Modernize Ukrainian MiG-29s
An Israeli defense firm is said to be in talks with the Ukrainian defense industry over a contract to modernize the Ukrainian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jets. The Defense Industry Courier, a Ukrain... Coming Soon to the Battlefield: Robots That Can Kill
Tomorrow’s wars will be faster, more high-tech, and less human than ever before. Welcome to a new era of machine-driven warfare. Wallops Island — a remote, marshy spit of land along the eastern sho... Leonardo, PZG Unveil Next Gen W-3 Helicopter Upgrade
KIELCE, Poland --- Leonardo, through its industrial pillar in the Polish helicopter sector PZL-Świdnik, and the Polish Armaments Group, jointly with the Polish aviation industry and R&D centres, prese... Leonardo Flight-Tests New Multirole IR Sensor
ROME --- Following its launch in June at the Paris Air Show, Leonardo has successfully conducted the first test flight of its Multiple Aperture Infra-Red (MAIR) system, which provides crews with spher... Raytheon to Enhance Performance of US Army Hypersonic Weapon
TUCSON, Ariz. --- Raytheon Company will build and deliver the control, actuation and power-conditioning subassemblies that control flight of the U.S. Army's new Common-Hypersonic Glide Body program. T... US Navy Developing 360° Situational Awareness with Drones
CHARLESTON, S.C. --- A Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic team is developing a computer vision-based system in which a four-rotor drone follows a warfighter to provide 360-degree situati... HII Completes Initial Sea Trials of Virginia-Class SSN Delaware
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division successfully completed the initial sea trials on the newest Virginia-class submarine, Delaware (SSN 791). The... Pentagon Claims $18 Bn Savings But Cannot Document Them: GAO
The Department of Defense's (DOD) April 2019 plan for business reform identifies eight initiatives related to civilian resources management, logistics management, services contracting, and real estate... Airbus Completes Ocean Satellite Sentinel-6A
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany --- Airbus has completed the ocean satellite ‘Copernicus Sentinel-6A’, and is now sending it on its first journey. Its destination: Ottobrunn near Munich in Germany, where ove... Ruag Upgrades Italian Army’s Three Dornier Do-228 Aircraft
RUAG MRO International has fulfilled the annual inspection on three Dornier 228 aircraft with special mission configuration belonging to the Italian Army. The inspections were carried out at the RUAG ... Over 40 NATO Ships Begin Exercise in Baltic Sea
Around 3,000 troops and more than 40 vessels from 18 nations are taking part in the annual Northern Coasts naval exercise that starts on 3 September in Copenhagen harbour. Northern Coasts will take pl... Saab Exhibits at DSEI 2019 in London
Saab will be exhibiting at the Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition, London, England, stand N2-200, from the 10 to 13 September. Saab welcomes visitors to come to our stan... MSPO: Rheinmetall Shows World’s First UGV with Micro UCAV
One of the most innovative systems on display at this year’s MSPO exhibition is the latest version of the Mission Master UGV from Rheinmetall, armed with the WARMATE Loitering Munition System. Rheinme... | 