| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Trump Weighs F-35 Jet Sales to UAE Over Israeli Objections
WASHINGTON --- President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. is considering selling advanced American F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Poll Shows Swiss Back $6.6 Bn Plan to Buy New Fighter Jets
ZURICH --- Swiss voters are set to approve a 6 billion Swiss franc ($6.6 billion) purchase of new fighter jets in a referendum next month, a poll for broadcaster SRF showed on Thursday. The survey ... Brazilian Pilot Flies F-39 Gripen E for First Time
Major Aviator Cristiano de Oliveira Peres, a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) test pilot, carried out the first flight of a Brazilian pilot in the new fighter F-39 Gripen E, in Sweden on Thursday, August 20.... Iran Unveils Two New Missiles Amid US Tensions
Iran has displayed what it described as two new ballistic and cruise missiles, in defiance to U.S. calls that Tehran halt its missile program. The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range o... AI Algorithm Shoots Down F-16 Fighter in Virtual Dogfight
The never-ending saga of machines outperforming humans has a new chapter. An AI algorithm has again beaten a human fighter pilot in a virtual dogfight. The contest was the finale of the U.S. military’... China Warns US Arms Sales Pushing Taiwan into ‘Dangerous Situation’
The US Department of Defense officially announced the arms production contract for Lockheed Martin in the next 10 years including a major order for 66 F-16V fighters worth $8 billion with Taiwan on Au... Rolls-Royce and Reaction Engines Announce New Strategic Partnership
Reaction Engines Ltd and Rolls-Royce plc today announced a new strategic partnership agreement to develop high-speed aircraft propulsion systems and explore applications for Reaction Engines’ thermal ... Forecast Int’l ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Large Jetliner Market
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Forecast International is projecting that approximately 26,975 large commercial jet transports will be produced in the 15 years from 2020 through 2034. The value of this production ... IBCS Successfully Engages TBM, Cruise Missile in Latest Test
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. –-– The U.S. Army successfully intercepted a high-performance, high-speed tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target and a cruise missile target during a flight test using the Northrop G... General Atomics Details Belgian MQ-9B Contract
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has signed a Foreign Military Sales contract with the U.S. Air Force for Belgian Ministry of Defense to acquire the MQ-9B SkyGuardian ... DOD Developing Small, Secure Unmanned Aerial Systems
For the first time, the Defense Department and the entire federal government will have access to secure, trusted, and American-made commercial drones on the General Service Administration schedule, Ac... Handover of the First Airbus A350 to German Government
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and her cabinet colleagues will in future travel on their official business in a modified Airbus A350-900. The Defense Minister took over the particularly innovative long-ha... DOD Wants to Bring Microelectronics Manufacturing Back to US
For a variety of reasons, while many of the microelectronics available in the United States are designed here, they are manufactured overseas. This presents problems for national security, and for the... Belgium to Deploy Minehunter on Three-Month NATO Tour
On August 24, the Belgian naval ship M917 Crocus will set sail towards the Baltic Sea for three months. Under the command of Lieutenant 1st Class Marie-France Godeau, the ship will be deployed within ... US Army Tests Aerosonde UAV at Yuma Proving Ground
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. --- The United States military has used unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for decades, and increasingly counts on them to perform dangerous missions that save Soldiers’ lives. ... US Army Guard Modernizes with New High-Tech Aircraft
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. --– New York Army National Guard helicopter pilots, crews and soldiers welcomed the arrival of the first two of 20 new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters at their flight facilities at Isli... Royal Navy’s Newest Ship Ready for Action in Record Time
Britain’s newest warship is ready for front-line duties – just five months after the first sailors stepped aboard HMS Tamar. In what is thought to be the fastest generation of a warship in peacetim... Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Undocks USS Columbia (SSN 771)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --– Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) July 16, 202... Australia Looks at Protecting Armored Vehicles with Water
Ever wondered what happens if you blow up a fluid-filled container? Creative thinkers from Defence have shown that water can help protect armoured vehicles from bomb blasts. When you are tasked wit... US Navy Needs to Fix Maintenance Delays for Carriers, Subs: GAO
The Navy's four shipyards completed 38 of 51 (75 percent) maintenance periods late for aircraft carriers and submarines with planned completion dates in fiscal years 2015 through 2019, for a combined ... Common RPAS Training: Remote, Yet Together
BRUSSELS --- When seven EDA Member States established a Working Group in 2013 to improve collaboration and information-sharing in what was then a small and totally fragmented European Medium Altitude,... Virtual Training Center Completed at Nellis AFB
NELLIS AFB, Nev. --- The Air Force relies on forward-thinking Airmen who are constantly thinking of ways to innovate, refine or improve processes and technology in a way that can modernize the service... Leonardo Buys South African Helicopter Support Company
ROME --- Leonardo is strengthening the level of support and maintenance services offered to its customer base in South Africa with a new service centre following the recent acquisition of Precision Av... | 