| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases China Could Unveil Long-Range Xian H-20 Stealth Bomber This Year
China’s new generation strategic bomber is likely to be ready for delivery this year, but Beijing is said to be weighing the impact of its unveiling at a complex time in regional relations due to the ... Embraer Focuses on Future After Boeing Divorce
PARIS / SAO PAULO, Brazil --- The head of Embraer’s commercial aircraft unit defended the benefits of a $4.2 billion tie-up abandoned by Boeing Co last week, but said the Brazilian aerospace group was... Two Ellsworth B-1s Demo Force Employment Model in Pacific in Warning to China
ELLSWORTH AFB, S.D. --- For the second time in just over a week, B-1s from Ellsworth took center stage to demonstrate the U.S. Air Force’s dynamic force employment model in the Indo-Pacific arena. ... Two Advances for Chinese Navy after Month-long Carrier Tour
TAIPEI, Taiwan --- China’s navy just learned from a monthlong aircraft carrier training mission how to keep troops safe from COVID-19 and what it would be like to spar with Japan or Taiwan, analysts b... Fincantieri Comments FFG(X) Contract Win
TRIESTE, Italy --- The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Fincantieri U.S. subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM), a nearly 800 million dollars contract for the concept design and construction of the firs... Aerojet Wins $1.8Bn NASA Contract for RS-35 Rocket Engines
LOS ANGELES --- In support of NASA’s Artemis Program to return America to the Moon, Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $1.79 billion contract modification for the production of an additional 18 RS-... Northrop Wins $123M for LAIRCM Countermeasures
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is awarded a $123,526,724 modification (P00001) to previously awarded, fixed-price, incentive-firm-target contract N00019-19-C-0011. This... Australian Company Wins Global Order for F-35 Flares
A Geelong-based company has been awarded a significant contract with the US Navy under the global F-35 Program cementing Australia’s reputation as a top defence exporter. Chemring Australia, based ... Lockheed Wins $19M to Integrate Korean Naval Gun into Aegis
Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, was awarded a $19,467,608 cost-plus-incentive fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized contract modification (N00024-20-C-5105... Akima Wins $330M Contract to Maintain USAF C-21 Aircraft
TINKER AFB, Okla. --- The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate awarded a ten-year $330 million contract to Akima Logistics Services – a small busines... Havelsan to Cooperate with TAI for Turkey’s TF-X Fighter
ISTANBUL --- New cooperation has been initiated for Turkey's TF-X National Combat Aircraft (MMU), a joint project of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and the Presidency of Defense Industries (SS... SIGAR: US-Led Mission in Afghanistan Withholds Key Security Data
WASHINGTON --- Assessing the security situation in Afghanistan is getting increasingly difficult now that Western military officials have started withholding some data on militant attacks across the c... US, British Warships in ASW Exercise Above Arctic Circle
NORWEGIAN SEA --- U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) conducted a bilateral naval anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise with the U.K., above the Arctic Circle, May 1, 2020. Four ships from two nations, a U.S. sub... Northrop to Develop Gateway for F-35, F-22 Communications
SAN DIEGO --- Northrop Grumman Corporation is rapidly working on developing and fielding a gatewayONE prototype, an open system enabling translation and communication across platforms, in support of t... UK Sells Third Hunt-Class Minehunter to Lithuania, Upgrade to Follow
HMS Quorn, which patrolled the seas as part of the Royal Navy fleet of Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMVs) until 2017, has been sold to one of the UK’s allies. As well as creating a ret... Australian Frigate Completes South and S-E Asia Deployment
Royal Australian Navy helicopter frigate HMAS Parramatta has returned to Australia after completing a three-month deployment, which included South and South East Asia. In late February and early M... Pentagon Support for African Partners Includes Helicopters, Attack Planes
''In my visits to Africa, I've had the opportunity to meet several of our partners in places such as Ghana and Benin,'' said the deputy assistant secretary of defense for African Affairs. ''I've a... Romanian Pumas Near End of First Tour in Mali
The first rotation of the Carpathian Pumas Detachment is on the last hundred meters of the mission in Mali, but the staff continues to respond promptly and responsibly to MINUSMA requests, although ou... US Army Fires Third Next-Gen Strike Missile Test
WASHINGTON --- The Army successfully held its third precision strike missile test Thursday morning, hitting its close-range target of 85 kilometres, enabling the Army to keep its 2023 fielding deadlin... 31st MEU Trains for Naval Integration Ops from Guam to Okinawa
PHILIPPINE SEA --- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group completed a series of sequential operations rehearsing naval expeditionary and Marine Air-G... Sale and Export of Surplus US-Made Arms to Foreign Entities
The sale and export of U.S.-origin weapons to foreign countries (“defense articles and defense services,” officially) are governed by an extensive set of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. C... Modified Exercise Spring Storm Kicks Off in Estonia
Allied forces have kicked off live-fire training in Estonia, as part of the annual exercise Spring Storm. Led by Estonia, Spring Storm tests the integration between NATO troops and the Estonian Defenc... Three French C-130Js Fly First Tactical Training Mission
On Tuesday April 28, Transport Squadron 02.061 "Franche-Comté" stationed on Air Base 123 at Orleans-Bricy carried out for the first time a tactical training mission involving three C130J transport air... Australian DoD Unveils New Plan to Maintain Capability Edge
The Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group has unveiled a new plan for collaborative mission-directed research to ensure Australia’s forces maintain a capability edge. Titled ‘More, together: D... Spirit Cuts Jobs to Cope with Lower Market Demand
WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems announced today it will reduce employment at sites supporting commercial programs as a result of lower demand for commercial airplanes. Spirit is a supplier to Air... BAE Completes Buy of Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios Business
Further to the announcement of 20 January 2020, BAE Systems has completed the acquisition of Raytheon Technologies Corporation's Airborne Tactical Radios business ("Radios business"), after receiving ... | 