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C-53K Unit Cost Now Seen At $144M
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s new King Stallion helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps is likely to cost $144 million each, 4 percent more than projected by the service, and be ready to deploy a year later th

U.S. May Deploy Patriot Missile Battery in Lithuania
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has criticized what he called a "destabilizing" Russian military build-up near the Baltic states, as officials said the United States was considering deploying Patrio

British PM Urged to Fix 'Defence Funding Crisis'
A letter has been delivered to Theresa May asking her to fix what has been described as a funding crisis in Britain's Armed Forces. The signatories to the letter include retired admirals, generals

First Flight of Gripen E Will Reveal True Cost of Fighter Development
PARIS and LINKOPING, Sweden --- The next-generation variant of Sweden’s Gripen fighter is due to make its maiden flight sometime during the next month, between the first anniversary of its official ro...

C-53K Unit Cost Now Seen At $144M
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s new King Stallion helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps is likely to cost $144 million each, 4 percent more than projected by the service, and be ready to deploy a year later th...

U.S. May Deploy Patriot Missile Battery in Lithuania
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has criticized what he called a "destabilizing" Russian military build-up near the Baltic states, as officials said the United States was considering deploying Patrio...

British PM Urged to Fix 'Defence Funding Crisis'
A letter has been delivered to Theresa May asking her to fix what has been described as a funding crisis in Britain's Armed Forces. The signatories to the letter include retired admirals, generals ...

Polish Defence Minister Denies Leaking Airbus Documents to Competitors
Poland's defence ministry has denied claims by opposition MPs that the country's defence minister overstepped his powers by revealing confidential military information. MPs from the Civic Platform ...

GA Wins $221M Hardware Order for 20 Gray Eagle-ER UAVs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $221,577,527 modification (P00102) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for hardware acquisition for the extended range Gray Eagle u...

China's Missile Tests in Bohai 'Aimed at THAAD'
Chinese rocket forces tested a new type of missile aimed at the ­country's waters west of the ­Korean peninsula, the defence ministry announced in a rare public statement. The statement did not say...

Saudi Unveils Own MALE Drone
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia --- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) today unveiled in Riyadh the strategic drone program (Saqr-1). Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed, President of King ...

Turkish, Indonesian Medium Tank Unveiled in Istanbul
ISTANBUL --- Turkey’s FNSS and Indonesia’s PT Pindad unveiled the jointly developed medium weight tank, KAPLAN MT, during the 13th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) here Wednesday. FNSS CE...

UK Mulls Increasing Troops In Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday (10 May 2017) to discuss preparations for the upcoming meeting of Allied leaders on 25 May...

US Missile Defenses Remain Too Limited: CSIS
At an April 7th launch of a new report entitled, “Missile Defense 2020: Next Steps for Defending the Homeland,” lead author Thomas Karako, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, offere...

Finnish Army Demonstrates New Capabilities
All the new capabilities of the Finnish Army are in commission within the Arrow 17 exercise. The new Leopard 2 A6 battle tanks, BMP-2 MDs and unmanned aerial vehicles enhance mobility, effective engag...

Now on Sea Trials, CVN 72 Is First F-35-Compatible Carrier
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) got underway for sea trails, May 9, following a four-year refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbui...

US Air Force Touts F-35 Support During European Visit
RAF LAKENHEATH, England -- When the Air Force declared the F-35A ready for combat in August 2016, Airmen at Hill Air Force Base knew they could be asked to deploy overseas at any time. Since April ...

Exercise Demos Five New Amphibious Capabilities
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. --- A recently concluded exercise here brought together industry, academia and the Naval Research and Development Establishment -- which includes the Office of Naval Research an...

UAE Stretches Its Defense Horizons
The UAE’s focus on its defense industry indicates its aims to become a more credible military actor by enhancing use of equipment and exporting arms globally. In the past eighteen months, military ...

Aselsan, Antonov Mull Cooperation on Avionics
ISTANBUL --- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that outlines the main areas of collaboration to be developed between ASELSAN Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş (ASELSAN) Turkey’s leading defense compa...

GD Demos Video Streaming At 62-Mile Range
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. --– A General Dynamics Mission Systems engineering team successfully streamed video 62 miles between two tactical antennas on April 20 during the Marine Corps-sponsored Ship-to-...

Ukrainian Tanks Compete In “Strong Europe Tank Challenge”
SC “UkrOboronProm” modernized the batch of T-64BV where Ukrainian soldiers will represent Ukraine in the tank competition “The Strong Europe Tank Challenge”, which will start in Germany today, May 7, ...

Otokar Counting Days to Altay MBT’s Production Launch
The prototype of the ALTAY main battle tank, Turkey's largest land systems platform, which is counting days to serial production, is on display at the Otokar booth at IDEF 2017. Designed and devel...

Elbit to Modernize Brazilian Marine Corps’ C4ISR System
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract from the Brazilian Marine Corps for the supply of advanced C4ISR, Electronic Warfare (EW), radio and communication s...

Airbus Launches New Commercial Drone Start-Up
DALLAS, Texas --- Airbus today launched its U.S. base and operations of a new commercial drone start-up, named Airbus Aerial, at the AUVSI Xponential tradeshow and conference in Dallas. With bases ...

Ukraine Out In Force At Turkish Defense Show
The State Concern “UKROBORONPROM” (UOP) represents Ukraine at 13th International Defense Industry Fair “IDEF-2017”. UKROBORONPROM delegation is headed by Director General Roman Romanov. UOP exposition...

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