Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Russian Regional Governor Says Ukraine Strikes Fuel Depot in Russia's Belgorod Two Ukrainian military helicopters struck a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod on Friday, a Russian official said, making the first accusation of a Ukrainian air strike on Russian soil since M... Lockheed Wins Additional $1.4Bn for Saudi THAAD Missile Interceptors Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a $1,423,660,558 modification (P00049) to a previously-awarded contract (HQ0147-17-C-0032) for the production of Termin... Slovak Cabinet Approves €447M Purchase of 76 Patria AMVXP Armored Vehicles The Slovak Armed Forces are a step closer to achieving a new historical milestone in the delivery of the SVK Army's 8x8 Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Programme. A wheeled Patria-type platfor... Russia Possibly Repositioning Forces to Donbas, but Airstrikes Continue About 20 percent of the Russian forces to the north of Kyiv are repositioning, and while American officials do not know where they are going, they don't think they are going home. A small number o... US, Allies Concerned That Putin Is Misinformed About Ukraine War Russian military leaders have not been honest with Russia's President Vladimir Putin about the realities on the ground in Ukraine, and Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said Wednesday that the la... Australia to Supply Bushmaster Armored Vehicles to Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's appeal for Australian-made armoured vehicles has been answered, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirming Bushmasters will be sent to join the fight again... UK Hosts International Conference on Military Aid for Ukraine The Defence Secretary hosted the second International Defence Donor Conference for Ukraine, leading efforts of partners to bolster the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The conference brought together over ... Lockheed Wins $3.2 Bn Order for TPQ-53 Radars Lockheed Martin, Liverpool, New York, was awarded a $3,268,232,049 firm-fixed-price contract for full-rate production of AN/TPQ-53 radar systems and associated spare parts and services, and deployment... Raytheon Wins $3.2 Bn Order for SPY-6 Ship Radars Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Marlborough, Massachusetts, is awarded a $650,746,530 fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract for hardware production of the AN/SPY-6(V) Family of Radars and associ... Raytheon Wins $218M Order for AIM-9X Missiles Raytheon Missile and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $218,364,323 modification (P00004) to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract. This modification exercises opt... Slovenia Orders Leonardo C-27J Spartan Airlifter ROME --- Leonardo and the Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness of the Italian Secretariat General of Defence/National Armaments Directorate signed yesterday the Acquisition Contract for the... Cancelled French Submarine Contract Will Cost Australia Over $5 Billion Australia's torpedoed French submarine program could eventually cost taxpayers up to $5.5 billion, despite the contract being torn up well before construction was to begin. Key points: -- Defence ... Turkey Unveils New Cruise Missile with 150km Range ISTANBUL --- The Turkish defense contractor Roketsan Thursday announced it had developed a new generation cruise missile that can be launched from land, sea and air platforms. The cruise missile, n... Australia Cancels Plan to Buy $1.3 Billion Sky Guardian Drone [Today’s Senate] estimates hearing was told Australia cancelled a planned $1.3 billion purchase of American-made armed drones originally known as Reapers to help fund a new multi-billion-dollar cyber ... Navantia Delivers First Avante 2200 Corvette to Saudi Arabia SAN FERNANDO, Spain --- Navantia delivered today to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) the first of five Avante 2200 class corvettes built in its shipyards in the Bay of Cadiz, in a ceremony held at ... Leonardo Touts AW149 for UK’s New Medium Helicopter Requirement YEOVIL, United Kingdom --- Leonardo is putting forward its twin-engine multi-role military AW149 for the UK MoD’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement. If successful, the company has committed to t... Joint Warfighting Cloud Award Planned for December The award of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability procurement is planned for December, DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman said in Washington today. In July 2021, DOD officials said they... Russian Admiralty Shipyard Launches Submarine ‘Ufa’ A solemn ceremony of launching a large diesel-electric submarine of project 636 "Ufa" was held at JSC "Admiralty Shipyards". The Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, called the launching c... Boeing-Led Team Wins NATO E-3 Replacement Study Contract BRUSSELS --- Boeing has been awarded a contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to conduct a Risk Reduction & Feasibility Study of future air surveillance, command, and control con... SB1 Defiant Helicopter Completes Long-Endurance Ferry Flight NASHVILLE --- After three years of proving its transformational flight capabilities, the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant helicopter arrived in Nashville this week to give U.S. Army Aviato... US Army Awards GE $5M Contract for Hybrid Electric Engine Technology LYNN, Mass. --– U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) has awarded GE a $5.1 million research and development contract for the Applied Research Collab... NATO Releases Annual Report on Defense Expenditure NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies and publishes it on a regular basis. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defence expenditure according to an agreed ... Raytheon Adds Anti-Drone Swarm Laser Weapon to NASAMS LAS CRUCES, N.M. --- Raytheon Intelligence & Space demonstrated that their High Energy Laser Weapon System, or HELWS, can pair with the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), to sto... US Army Begins Testing Integrated Air and Missile Defense System WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. --- Air Defense Artillery Soldiers from Fort Bliss, Texas here are testing a new equipment system linking sensors with shooters across the battlefield. Soldiers of t... UVision Presents Range of Loitering Weapons at Fidae Show UVision Air Ltd. will present for the first time its Multi-Domain, Combat-Proven Weapon Systems at FIDAE 2022. HERO Systems provide modern frontline forces with an independent precision weapon of ... |