| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Germany, Netherlands to Supply PzH2000 Self-Propelled Howitzers to Ukraine
Germany will supply Ukraine with seven self-propelled armored howitzers, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced on [Friday]. The Panzerhaubitzen 2000 artillery system is a track-mounted veh... French Army Takes Delivery of First Four Serval 4x4 Armored Vehicles
The Ministry of the Armed Forces has today, May 5, 2022, taken delivery of the first four Serval light multi-role armored vehicles (VBMR-L), part of the Scorpion program. The Minister for the Armed... Ukraine’s Prime Minister Details War Costs As Donors Pledge $6.5 Billion
Ukraine received $6.5 billion in pledges at an international donors’ conference in Warsaw Thursday. VOA Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Myroslava Gongadze discussed the conference and other issues with Uk... Pentagon Relies on Contractors to Keep Track of F-35 Parts, Lacks Accurate Data
Department of Defense auditors found issues with how DOD reports certain assets in its financial statements for the Joint Strike Fighter program—its most costly weapon system in history. DOD hasn't fu... White House Reviewing Troubled Presidential Helicopter Program
The White House Military Office is evaluating when President Joe Biden can fly for the first time in the new presidential helicopter — and what missions it’s ready to perform — after years of delay. ... English Court Hears Airbus Unit Paid Bribes to Saudi Military: FT
LONDON --- A senior executive and associate of an Airbus subsidiary paid £9.7mn in bribes to Saudi Arabian military officials to secure contracts for the UK government a court was told on Thursday. ... Danish Frigate Fires SM-2 Missile to Test Upgrade
Last night, the first SM-2 missile was fired from a Danish warship. The Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense's Materiel and Procurement Agency are integrating the SM-2 missiles for use in the Dani... Switzerland Orders 60 Piranha 6 Combat Engineer Vehicles
On May 2, 2022, Director General of Armaments Martin Sonderegger and Project Manager Benjamin Mazenauer signed the vehicle renewal contract for engineer tanks. The contract was signed in Bern with Giu... Lockheed Wins $372M for F-35 Ancillary Mission Equipment
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas is awarded a $372,461,030 undefinitized firm-fixed-price modification (P00003) to an order (N0001921F0398) against a previousl... Ukraine: How Drones Are Changing the Way of War
The war in Ukraine shows that unmanned aerial vehicles are part of modern warfare. Drones have various tasks from aerial surveillance to missile defense. Drones meet the requirements of modern warf... French AF Buys 21 Extra Talios Pods with Cash from Croatia Rafale Sale
PARIS --- The Ministry of the Armed Forces is ordering 21 multifunction optronic pods manufactured by Thales. They already equip the Rafale FR3-R of the Air and Space Force, as well as the Rafale flot... Aerojet Rocketdyne to Power DARPA OpFires Missile
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- Aerojet Rocketdyne has been selected by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control to build an advanced solid rocket motor booster for the second stage of a U.S. Defense Advanced R... Dassault Delivers 7th Upgraded ATL2 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
The Directorate General of Armaments took delivery of the 7th ATL2 aircraft modernized to Standard 6 and turned it over to the French Navy on April 25, 2022 at the Lann-Bihoué naval air base. This is ... Swedish Corvette Completes Mid-Life Upgrade
undergone a major modernization for a number of years but has now been handed over from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) back to the Armed Forces. HMS Gävle, with pennant number K ... US Navy Deploys First LCS Ship to European waters
NAPLES, Italy --- In a historic moment for the region, a Freedom-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, USS Sioux City (LCS 11), deployed to U.S. Sixth Fleet’s area of operations, supporting U.S. and NATO Ally... French Army Evaluates New-Generation Mountain Vehicle
At the beginning of 2022, the new-generation articulated tracked vehicle (VAC NG) was tested by the mountain troops of the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade (27th BIM) in the Cerces massif above Valloire... Kongsberg Wins $150M Order for F-35 Composite Components
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have signed an agreement worth 1.4 billion NOK for supply of composite fuselage panels and hatches for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Prog... US Marine Engineers Construct Underground Defense System
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. --- A small company of U.S. Marine engineers on Camp Lejeune are exploring new ways to build for a future fight. U.S. Marines and Sailors with Engineer Support Company, 8th Engin... British Challenger 2 Tanks Arrive in Finland for Exercise Arrow
There are still mounds of winter snow near the banks of the frozen Lake Valkiajarvi at the Niinisalo Training Camp in the west of Finland. But as the white dissipates into grit and dirt in the slightl... BAE to Develop Autonomous Network Technology
BAE Systems to develop software that autonomously configures tactical networks for mission-critical communications as part of the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) program. BAE Systems has ... Leaving Chicago, Boeing Moves HQ to Washington Area
ARLINGTON, Va. --- Boeing announced today that its Arlington, Virginia campus just outside Washington, D.C. will serve as the company's global headquarters. The aerospace and defense firm's employees ... | 