| Latest Feature Stories Putting US Defense Spending in Perspective
Every year, there is a pair of reports issued that clash. First, there’s the Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military [Power], which makes clear how much trouble the U.S. military is in because it... Latest Press Releases US Delegation Holds Talks in Ankara on Resolving F-35 Dispute
Department of Defense Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Anton T. Semelroth provided the following readout: Principal Director for Europe and NATO Policy Andrew L. Winternitz and Director for Planning, P... Dutch Submarine Replacement Program Hit By New Delay: Minister
The replacement of the four Walrus-class submarines is likely to take longer than expected. The talks with candidate contractors are not proceeding as quickly as hoped, and have not yet provided the d... Pentagon Plays Down Rhetoric on Hypersonics Race with China
US Army Gen. Mark A. Milley pointed to China's recent test of a hypersonic weapon system as an example of why the U.S. military is concerned about Chinese intentions. The chairman of the Joint Chie... Russia Ready to Supply Combat Aircraft to Peru
LIMA, Peru --- Moscow is ready to supply combat aircraft to Peru if the country makes a request, CEO of Russia's state arms seller Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec state corporation) Alexander Mikh... White House and Admirals Can't Agree on How to Deter China: Report
NEW YORK -- On Feb. 4, roughly two weeks into office, U.S. President Joe Biden ordered Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to lead a Global Posture Review of all American forces deployed overseas. Th... China Sends Attack, Transport Helicopters Near Taiwan for First Time
Joining fighter jets and special mission aircraft, attack and transport helicopters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) were spotted near the island of Taiwan in a drill for the first time o... Putin Says Missile Moratorium Proposal Still on the Table
NOVO OGARYOVO --- Russia’s proposal regarding a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate- and shorter-range missiles remains on the table and is becoming increasingly relevant, Russian President V... Opinion: Lockheed Coming to Embody Augustine’s Law
Pentagon reports like [the] state-by-state spending analysis often contain interesting data…if you’re willing to spend the time to dig for it. Take the share of Pentagon contracting dollars awarde... India Tests Agni-5 Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile
-- Agni-5 capable of striking targets at ranges up to 5,000 kilometres with very high degree of accuracy -- Uses a three-stage solid fuelled engine -- Successful launch in line with India’s po... Brazilian BNDES State Bank to Extend Defense Industry Support
BRASILIA --- Starting next Monday, a wider range of products may be financed, expanding the Defense Industrial Base (IDB). The measure was made possible thanks to the Protocol of Intent signed by the ... Pentagon Says 2021 Military Intelligence Budget is $23 Billion
The Department of Defense released today the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriated top line budget for FY 2021. The total MIP budget, which included both the base budget and Overseas C... US Transfers Two C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft to Chile
The United States Air Force completed the transfer to Chile of two C-130 Hercules aircraft, for a total value of US$24 million, in what is an expression of the friendship between the two countries and... Australian Autonomous Truck Project Passes Major Milestone
A $3.5 million Australian Army project to develop a convoy of autonomous trucks that use technology to follow the leader has passed a key milestone by successfully completing a series of road trials. ... EDA Completes Two Collaborative R&T Projects
Two major collaborative defence research (R&T) projects, launched under the European Commission’s Preparatory Acton on Defence Research (PADR) and implemented by the European Defence Agency (EDA), cam... KMW Rolls Out First Leopard 2 Bridge Layer for Norway
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has symbolically handed over the first of a total of six LEOPARD 2-based LEGUAN bridge laying systems to high-ranking representatives of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agen... Ukraine Conducts State Trials of Upgraded Adler-M MLRS
At one of the landfills in Odesa, the State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, which is part of Ukroboronprom, together with the military are conducting state tests of the Vilkha-M volley fire missile system. ... Future USS Fort Lauderdale Completes Builder’s Trials
The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class-amphibious transport dock ship, conducted Builder’s sea trials, October 26th. Builder’s trials consist of a series of in-p... Russia to Open Kalashnikov AK-103 Production Plant in Venezuela
LIMA --- It is planned to commission a production line of Kalashnikov AK-103 submachine guns in Venezuela by the end of 2022, Director General of Rosoboronexport (incorporated into Rostec state corpor... Thales Sea Fire Radar Qualified for France’s Future FDI Frigates
The Thales Sea Fire radar was qualified by the French Armament General Directorate (Direction générale de l’armement - DGA); It is now ready for integration into the combat system of the new FDI Friga... Pentagon Looks to Improve Flow of Spare Parts, Engineering Services
Acquisition professionals at the Defense Logistics Agency are turning to captains of industry/supplier capabilities contracts, also known as COI/SCC, to offer tailored solutions for customers who need... US Nuclear Missile Submarine Completes 100th Patrol
BANGOR, Wash. --- Alabama joined a select group, alongside USS Alaska (SSBN 732) and USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730), as the third Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine to reach this milestone. Th... | 