| Latest Feature Stories Bones of Contention with Germany: The Row Over Armed Military Drones (1/3)
PARIS --- In Germany, since Helmut Schmidt, Defence is no longer a bone of contention among political parties, but the final mandate of Mrs. Merkel has eroded the defence consensus in the political ci... Latest Press Releases Hypersonic Sticker Shock: US Weapons May Cost Over $100M Each
Hypersonic weapons that can fly five times the speed of sound will add $21.5 billion to the Navy’s budget and $7 billion to the Army’s in coming years, according to an estimate compiled by the Pentago... FAA Says Boeing Personnel Lack Expertise to Oversee Airplane Certification
SEATTLE --- The Federal Aviation Administration this summer found Boeing had appointed engineers to oversee airplane certification work on behalf of the agency who lack the required technical expertis... China's Latest WZ-7 Recon Drone Deployed for Combat Training
As an important piece of equipment in the arsenal of the PLA Air Force's unmanned combat system, the domestically developed WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone has caught much attention since it m... Denmark's Plan to Sell Its Used F-16s Sparks Concerns They May End Up 'in Wrong Hands'
Between 16 and 24 F-16s, which still have years left on the clock, will be sold in anticipation of their controversial replacement, F-35s, that previously raised eyebrows over their overblown maintena... Embraer Begins Production of First KC-390 Tanker for Hungary
GAVIÃO PEIXOTO, Brazil --- Embraer successfully concluded the Hungary Critical Design Review (CDR) and began the structural assembly of its first KC-390 Millennium. A ceremony held at Embraer’s Gavião... Turkey’s 'Drone Killer' System Makes Maiden Flight: Report
ISTANBUL --- A kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will be used to counter and neutralize other drone-borne threats successfully conducted its maiden flight and will be ready for delivery at t... Raytheon Wins $340M Mobile Sensors Program
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business was awarded a U.S. Department of Defense contract for an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract valued up to... FMV Signs Agreement on Upgrade of Combat Vehicle 90
FMV has signed a contract for the renovation of the Swedish Armed Forces' 71 oldest copies of Combat Vehicle 90, which in connection with the renovation will be upgraded from A-variant to D-variant. ... Rostec Makes the First Display of the Checkmate in Pair with SU-57E
Rostec State Corporation demonstrated the 5th generation Checkmate side by side with Su-57E aircraft at a single static display for the first time. The machines were developed by Sukhoi Company of the... US Navy Awards $8Bn Contracts to Upgrade Pacific Shipyards
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC. --- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to five companies to facilitate the award of future task o... KMW, Rafael, and GD Set Up JVC for Trophy APS
MUNICH --- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Rafael) and General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) announced today that they have signed an agreement to form a joint v... Utah State Wins $1.3 Bn for Advanced Space Vehicle Research
The Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, Utah, has been awarded a $1,010,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Space & Nuclear Advanced Prototypes, ... Boeing Resumes Work on Massive Ordnance Penetrator
The Boeing Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $7,801,212 contract for the procurement of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) Modification Phase III. Work will be performed in St. ... Russia to Float Out Cutting-Edge Minesweeper in Late November
MOSCOW --- The Project 12700 mine countermeasures ship Anatoly Shlemov was rolled out of the workshop and its float-out is scheduled for the end of November, the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (within the Uni... Elbit Wins $74M to Supply Airborne Munitions to South Korea
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded contracts in an aggregate amount of approximately $74 million from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration of the Minist... Turkish Aerospace Works on A400M Countermeasures
Turkish Aerospace has achieved a new ability to aerostructure field by A400M programme with the integration of “Directional Infrared Counter Measures” (DIRCM) system aerostructure parts for the first ... Missile Defense Agency Should Refine Requirements Process: GAO
In 2002, the Department of Defense (DOD) provided the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with flexibilities to diverge from traditional requirements-setting and acquisition processes and instead implement a... Damen Lays Keel for Third South African Navy MMIPV Vessel
On 22 October 2021, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying for the third Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) that DSCT is building for the South African Navy. The MMIPV vesse... Saudi SAMI to Produce Composite Aerospace Components
RIYADH --- Aiming to bolster Saudi Arabia’s capabilities in aerospace and defense manufacturing, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF)... Bell to Supply AH-1Z Simulator for Czech Republic
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $18,645,884 modification (P00002) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee contract (N0001920C0061). This modification provides for the... Collins Leads UK Team to Develop Next-Gen Composite Components
DUBAI --- Collins Aerospace has formed a United Kingdom (UK)-based collaboration to help deliver complex-shaped composite components for the next generation of aircraft with a focus on system simplifi... Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor Passes CDR
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed the critical design review of the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) prototype for the U.S. Missile Defens... Royal Navy and French Navy Test New Support Ship
One of Britain’s biggest warships was towed through the Channel to help the French test the power of a new specialist ship. The FS Garonne hauled huge assault ship HMS Albion past the coast of Devo... New Msta-2 Self-Propelled Guns Delivered to Russian Troops
YEKATERINBURG, Russia --- Uraltransmash (part of the Uralvagonzavod defense manufacturer within the state tech corporation Rostec) produced and delivered new 2S19M2 ‘Msta-S’ self-propelled howitzers t... CRS Report to Congress on Emerging Military Technologies
Members of Congress and Pentagon officials are increasingly focused on developing emerging military technologies to enhance U.S. national security and keep pace with U.S. competitors. The U.S. mil... Indian Air Force to Exhibit LCA, aerobatics Teams at Dubai Airshow
The Indian Air Force (IAF) Contingent has inducted for participation in the biennial Dubai Air Show to be held at the Al Maktoum International Airport from 14th to 18th November 21. The IAF has be... Russia’s UAC to Highlight New Aircraft at Dubai Airshow
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, powered by Rostec State Corporation) will demonstrate newest Russian aircraft at the Dubai Airshow - a medium-range passenger MC-21-310 with Russian PD-14 engines... Dassault Takes Rafale, Falcon 8X to Dubai Airshow
SAINT-CLOUD, France --- Dassault Aviation is participating in Dubai Airshow 2021, from 14 to 18 November. The static display features a Rafale C combat aircraft and a Falcon 8X business jet (which fle... MBDA Opens Permanent Office in Brussels
MBDA inaugurated its new permanent office in Brussels on 9 November, strengthening its multinational presence close to the institutions of the European Union (EU) and NATO to better support their init... | 