Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases North Korea Shows Off Expanding Array of Missiles to Hit US Kim Jong Un showed off his increasingly varied arsenal of missiles designed to frustrate U.S. defense systems, in a rare display that appeared to be the North Korean leader’s latest effort to break a ... Airbus Solar-Powered HAPS Aircraft Sets Endurance, Altitude Records MUNICH --- The Airbus Zephyr S completes a successful 2021 test flight campaign in the United States. The final Airbus solar-powered High Altitude Platform System (HAPS) flight touched down on 13th S... Production Begins of UK’s Next-Gen Skynet 6A Defence Satellite The UK’s Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin MP, has visited Airbus in Stevenage and pushed the button to start production of the first panel skin for the UK MOD’s next generation military c... House of Commons Analysis of AUKUS Agreement On 15 September 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joseph Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a joint statement announcing the creation of an “enhanced trilateral se... Navantia to Build Diver Support Ship for Spanish Navy MADRID --- The Council of Ministers has authorized the Ministry of Defense to enter into a construction contract for an underwater intervention vessel (BAM-IS) for an estimated value of 166,460,000.00... BAE Tests Guided APKWS Rockets in Counter-UAV Role BAE Systems, Inc. has successfully tested APKWS laser-guided rockets in precision strike tests against Class 2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at Yuma Proving Grounds. The 2.75” test rockets combined st... Raytheon Demos Counter-UAS Capabilities YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. --- In partnership with the U.S. Army’s Integrated Fires and Rapid Capabilities Office, Raytheon Missiles & Defense successfully showcased several counter-unmanned aircraft ... GD’s New Rocket-Assisted Projectile Exceeds 70-Km Range ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) successfully tested four XM1210 (XM1113ER) High Explosive Rocket-Assisted Projectiles that demonstrated a range capability... Archer 155mm Wheeled Howitzer Completes US Army Evaluation WASHINGTON --- BAE Systems, Inc.’s 155mm ARCHER wheeled howitzer system successfully completed testing during the U.S. Army’s “shoot-off” evaluation, as the service evaluates whether to add a wheeled ... Russia to Open New Drone Production Facility MOSCOW --- A new production facility that the hi-tech company Kronshtadt will open in Dubna near Moscow by the end of 2021 will be able to roll out tens of drones annually, Company CEO Sergey Bogatiko... US Army Accelerates Delivery of Sentinel A4 Missile Defense Radar SYRACUSE, NY. --- The U.S. Army Sentinel A4 Program Office provided an accelerated contract award to Lockheed Martin to begin production for five additional radar systems developed specifically to det... AUV A18D Underwater Drone Evaluated By French Forces The A18D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was evaluated recently by the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), the French Navy and the Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (Shom) as... UH-72 Lakota Fleet Surpasses One Million Flight Hours in US Service WASHINGTON D.C. --- The Airbus Helicopters UH-72 Lakota fleet has exceeded the 1 million flight-hour mark, some 15 years after the first Lakota UH-72A entered service for the U.S. Army and following t... CAE Wins National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Contract WASHINGTON, DC --- CAE today announced that CAE USA has been awarded a contract by the Army Contracting Command-Orlando to lead the Beyond 3D prototype development and integration efforts for the Nati... Finnish Defence Report Focuses on Cybersecurity, Arctic Areas The Finnish Government’s Defence Report of 2021 lays out national security priorities for the upcoming years. The report concentrates on new challenges including cyber defence, as well as maintaining ... British F-35 Aircraft Fleet Reaches 10,000 Flight Hours Since the delivery of the first jet in 2012, the United Kingdom F-35 programme has expanded tremendously. Recently, the UK fleet reached a new milestone, when it crossed the threshold of 10,000 flight... Air Force Holds Air Superiority in Northern Israel The IAF holds a special exercise twice a year to prepare for what will decide the next war – air superiority. This time, the squadrons trained in the northern arena to be ready for any scenario: "To w... Raytheon Unveils New Medium-Range Radar for NASAMS WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, introduces GhostEye MR, a new medium-range radar for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS.... Russian AF Joins Tactical Flight Exercise in Serbia Members of the Serbian Armed Forces and the Russian Federation Aerospace Forces began a joint tactical-flight exercise "BARS-2021" today, which will be conducted this week on the territory of the Repu... UK Issues Joint Security Cooperation Statement with Baltic States The UK, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agreed a communique reaffirming security cooperation in the Baltic region and agreeing to foster closer economic links. The Foreign Secretary outside Chevening... Lockheed Extends GKN Aerospace’s Contract on PAC-3 MSE Program GKN Aerospace has signed a follow-on contract with Lockheed Martin to supply launch tubes for the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) through 2025. Along with the follow-on contact, an additional ... Pearson Unveils Unmanned Engineer Vehicle Pearson Engineering has revealed its latest developments for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) at the U.S. Army’s Maneuver Support, Sustainment and Protection Integration Experiments 2021 (MSSPIX 21). ... |