| Latest Feature Stories US Air Force’s KC-46 Tanker Continues to Struggle
When considering Air Force acquisition disasters, most people immediately picture flashy aircraft like the F-35. That’s only natural since a total program price tag of $1.5 trillion will be enough to ... Latest Press Releases Senate Committee Unveils $740Bn Defense Bill, Targets China
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled its version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Defense D... Global Defense Spending Declines as Funds Shifted to Reactivate Economy
LONDON --- Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, “Post-pandemic Growth Opportunity Analysis of the Defence Industry,” presents the impact of global spending on defence under three scenarios—gradual cont... US Senate Committee Approves $9.1Bn for 95 Lockheed F-35s
PARIS --- The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday released its version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizing the purchase of 95 Lockheed F-35 fighters at a cos... Taiwan Intercepts Chinese Fighters in Its Airspace
Taiwan reported intercepting several Chinese fighter jets on Tuesday, the same day a U.S. military transport plane overflew the island, according to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense. Chinese... Lockheed Wins $368M for Six F-35 Aircraft for Italy
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $368,194,942 not-to-exceed, undefinitized contract modification (P00036) to previously awarded fixed-price-incen... Successful Launch Qualifies M51 Missile on Final French SSBN
PARIS --- Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, expressed her great satisfaction after the successful June 12, 2020 launch of an M51 strategic ballistic missile by the nuclear-powered missile ... China Slams US Military Aircraft's Flight Over Taiwan
Chinese mainland authorities on Thursday slammed the US for sending a military transport aircraft over the island of Taiwan, saying that all necessary measures will be taken to safeguard national sove... US Resumes Ukraine Military Aid with $250M Payment
The Department of Defense announced today its plans for $250 million in Fiscal Year 2020 Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds for additional training, equipment, and advisory efforts to... Pentagon Refuses ICC Jurisdiction Over US Troops
The United States has a good track record of investigating and prosecuting the alleged criminal actions of its own service members, and the International Criminal Court should stay out of U.S. busines... DRS Wins $120M for DAIRCM Countermeasures System
DRS Systems Inc., Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $120,009,046 not-to-exceed, cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost undefinitized contract to provide non-recurring engineering to design, de... Lockheed Wins $31M for F-35 Non-Recurring Engineering
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $31,065,000 for a not-to-exceed, undefinitized contract modification (P00006) to previously issued order 0097 agai... Pentagon Awards $10 Bn to Advanced Technology Support Program IV
- Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York (HQ0727-16-D-0001); - BAE Systems Information and Electronics, Nashua, New Hampshire (HQ0727-16-D-0002); - General Dynamics Mission Systems, Bloomington, Mi... Serbia Unveils Upgraded M-84 AS1 Tank
Today, the Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces attended the presentation of the modernized M-84 tank at the "Čačak" Technical Overhaul... Aero Offers L-39NG Joint Pilot Training to Slovakia
The Czech Republic and Slovak Republic can follow on a joint history and benefit from cooperation on building air defence. AERO Vodochody Aerospace, with the support of the Czech Ministry of Defence, ... Serbia Tests 40mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun
The Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, attended the verification testing of the phase 2 prototype of the advanced anti-aircraft L-70 Bofors gun (PASARS) at the "Miokovci" firing range near Čačak, ... BAE Wins US Navy $955M Missile Canister Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce multiple types of Vertical Launching System (VLS) canisters with a total lifetime maximum value of $955 million. The initial contract was aw... NextFlex Wins $154M for OSD Engineering Modernization
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- The Air Force Research Laboratory and NextFlex recently settled on a seven-year funding agreement worth up to $154 million that includes funding from the Office of the S... Russian SOldiers Use EW to Intercept UAV
The servicemen of the electronic warfare units of the Kantemirovskaya Guard Tank Division practiced the tasks on protecting military infrastructure installations and field command posts from unmanned ... Raytheon Delivers First JPALS Landing System to US Navy
ARLINGTON, VA. --- Raytheon Intelligence & Space delivered the first production unit of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS, to the U.S. Navy 20 days ahead of schedule. This ... Israeli AF Marks 40th Anniversary of Apache Squadron
The "Magic Touch" squadron celebrates 40 years since its establishment. Its name was given not because of any magical abilities, but rather thanks to its wide variety of capabilities that it developed... Rolls-Royce Delivers 8,000th Engine from Dahlewitz, Germany
Rolls-Royce has delivered the 8,000th engine made at our site in Dahlewitz, Germany. The engine, a BR725, will be shipped to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in Savannah, Georgia, USA, to power its cu... Spirit Receives $80M Defense Production Act Title III Funding
WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems announced today the Department of Defense (DoD) allocated $80 million to Spirit to expand domestic production capability for advanced tooling, composite fabricatio... Triumph Wins Long-Term Deal for F-35 Hydraulic Valves
BERWYN, Pa. --- Triumph Group announced that its Triumph Systems & Support business was awarded a four-year contract for hydraulic utility actuation (HUA) valves on the F-35. The long-term agreement e... Penta Group Sells AERO Vodochody to Hungarian Investor
After thirteen years, AERO Vodochody Aerospace changes owner. The group of companies into which AERO Vodochody belongs, has been bought from the Penta Group by AERO Investment Partners Zrt, a company ... | 