Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Boeing Pulls Plug on Embraer Link-Up SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- Embraer announced today that it is in receipt of Boeing's notice of termination of the Master Transaction Agreement (MTA) with Embraer. Embraer believes strongly tha... Pentagon Decides to Work Around Major F-35 Flaws It Can’t Fix WASHINGTON --- An issue that risks damage to the F-35’s tail section if the aircraft needs to maintain supersonic speeds is not worth fixing and will instead be addressed by changing the operating par... CEO Says Airbus is 'Bleeding Cash,' Warns Staff on Jobs As 'Survival At Stake' PARIS --- European planemaker Airbus issued a bleak assessment of the impact of the coronavirus crisis, telling the company’s 135,000 employees to brace for potentially deeper job cuts and warning its... Global Military Expenditure Sees Largest Annual Increase in A Decade STOCKHOLM --- Total global military expenditure rose to $1917 billion in 2019, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The total for 2019 represents an... Embraer Scrambles for Plan B After Boeing Terminates Agreement SAO PAULO/PARIS --- Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA has been thrust into an uncertain future with no immediate plan B, while not ruling out seeking a bailout after Boeing Co jettisoned a $4.2 billion ... Esper Dawdles As Navy Chiefs, HASC Recommend Reinstating Fired Carrier Captain WASHINGTON --- Capt. Brett E. Crozier should be restored to command of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy’s top officials recommended on Friday. But Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, ... Royal Air Force Continues Air Strikes Against Daesch The Royal Air Force continues to fly daily armed reconnaissance missions over Iraq and eastern Syria as part of the global coalition against the Daesh terrorist movement. On Friday 10 April, one su... Cambodia Said to Be First Customer for Chinese FTC-2000G Fighter Speculation is swirling around the global aviation industry that points to Cambodia as the first buyer of the Chinese-made FTC-2000G multi-role aircraft. This week, Global Times, an English languag... Coronavirus Forcing Countries to Reevaluate Security Paradigms While global arms expenditures have been rising annually, many militaries have been caught off guard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Will governments start to reframe their security agendas? The US milit... US Navy Accepts Re-Delivery of USS Zumwalt SAN DIEGO --- The Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's next-generation of multi-mission surface combatants, on April 24. Following this delivery, the ship ... Swiss MoD Certifies 120mm Vehicle-Mounted Mortar BERN --- The tactical aptitudes of the 12 cm 16 mortar were assessed in March 2020 as part of a troop test at the Bière Garrison. The criteria for fitness for use by the troop were met, and the system... HII Wins LCS Planning Yard Contract Potentially Worth $108M PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification to exercise the first option year of the existing Littoral Combat Ships (LCS... Elbit Wins $103M to Supply Airborne EW Suite to Asian Country HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $103 million to supply comprehensive Electronic Warfare (EW) suites for an Air Force of an A... Chile Buys Two Used Australian Frigates for A$110M Chile's Navy is preparing to sail two recently retired Australian warships out of Sydney after purchasing them in a deal believed to be worth more than $100 million. Former Adelaide-class frigates ... Managing Multi-domain and Hypersonic Threats to NATO On 27 December 2019, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu informed president Vladimir Putin that the new Avangard hypersonic delivery system had become operational. At a meeting a few days earlie... France to Take Over NATO Baltic Air Policing Duties at Ämari A change of rotation ceremony of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission will take place at the Ämari Airbase on Thursday next [April 30] where the French Air Force will take over the air policing duties... Denel Employees Return Safely from Airbus Plant in Spain Denel is pleased to announce the safe return of four of its employees who have been working on a project based in Seville, Spain. The four landed this morning on board the SA Airways aircraft, SA2261,... US Army to Consider Electric Vehicles, Alternative Fuel Options WASHINGTON --– Commercial-led advancements in electric vehicle technology have pushed the Army Futures and Concepts Center to take a hard look at the capability and find ways to integrate it throughou... Overview of Indigenous Defense Industries in the Gulf Although the Gulf states have made some attempts at developing their own defense industries [since] as early as the 1960s, these efforts did not begin in earnest until early in the twenty-first centur... China Explains Significance of Second Type 075 LHD Launch China's second Type 075 amphibious assault ship was launched at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on April 22, which took only eight months from its first appearance to official launching, full... Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Anti-Ship Missiles ISLAMABAD --- Pakistan successfully conducted a test firing of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian Sea, said a statement from the Pakistan Navy on Saturday. The spokesperson of the Pakistan Nav... Pentagon Plans to Resume Normal Operations After Pandemic Defense Department planners are working on how to resume normal military operations following the coronavirus pandemic, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said. Because defense is a full-time... US Navy Accepts Delivery of 68th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer PASCAGOULA, Miss --- The Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) from Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls shipbuilding division, Apr. 24. Accepting... Italy to Introduce Eurofighter PE2 Improvements This Year In recent years the geo-strategic importance of Trapani-Birgi Air Base in Sicily was highlighted by the 2011 Libyan crisis when the air base provided vital support for air operations. During the crisi... Russian Air Force Relocates Tu-160s to Saratov Region Pilots of long-range aviation performed the relocation of two Tu-160 aircraft "Ivan Yarygin" and "Vasily Reshetnikov" from the Kazan aviation plant named after S. P. Gorbunov to the airfield of deploy... Lockheed Wins Contract for DARPA’s Blackjack Bus SUNNYVALE, Calif –-– DARPA has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.8 million contract for the first phase of satellite integration on the Blackjack program. Lockheed Martin will define and manage interfac... Australia Moves LAND 400 Roadshow Online Hundreds of Australian companies will still get the chance to pitch their capabilities to Defence and LAND 400 Phase 3 tenderers, as the Australian Industry Capability Roadshow moves online in respons... NSPA Signs 5-Year Contract for Dismounted Soldier Equipment User Group LUXEMBOURG --- The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) announced today the signature of a 5-years contract with Level Peaks Associates for the procurement of combat uniforms and accessories. A ... |