Latest Feature Stories America’s NATO Problem: It’s Forgotten Why It’s a Member President Donald Trump will meet with NATO leaders in Brussels on May 25, his first direct encounter with an alliance he has alternately praised and disparaged. Supporters will say he has shaken u... Latest Press Releases NATO Summit Ends on Positive Note Despite Trump’s Demands BRUSSELS --- Under a sunny spring sky, NATO on Thursday moved into shiny new headquarters that some said project a forward-looking image at odds with critics' characterization of the alliance. Whil... Pentagon Details Nuke Modernization, Replacement Programs WASHINGTON --- Modernization and replacement programs for elements of the U.S. nuclear triad are the first priority for the Defense and Energy departments, the Air Force and the Navy in fiscal year 20... Chinese Leader Xi Calls for "Strong, Modern" Navy BEIJING --- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for efforts to build the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy into a strong and modern force to lend support for the realization of the Chin... US Air Force Shelves Plans to Retire A-10 WASHINGTON --- Retirement rumors have swirled around the US military's venerable close-air support aircraft for years, but the battle-tested, 1970's-era airplane will live to fight for at least the fo... Boeing Wins $89M to Design IRST Sensor for Super Hornet The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded an $89,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for incorporation of the Block II Infrared Search and Track System (IRST) in the F/A-18 E/F aircra... British Firm Wins Contract for Norway Submarine Program BMT Defence Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has won a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency ... America's Military Is Built to Help Defense Contractors, Not Troops The speaker was civilian, the audience military. Soldiers and marines leaned forward as the speaker described the hazards inherent to moving troops or supplies in developing countries. Those in unifor... Two Years After IOC, Marines Still Exploring F-35B Capabilities PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- F-35 Lightning II testing continued at Pax River Integrated Test Force, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, May 24, 2017. Test pilots at the station are putting the F-35 throu... China Says US Navy Patrol Not Conducive to Peace in S. China Sea China's Ministry of National Defense spokesman Ren Guoqiang said on Thursday that two Chinese warships warned a US Navy warship to leave after it sailed within 12 nautical miles of Meiji Reef of China... Iveco Defence Vehicles Delivers First 400 Trucks to Swiss Armed Forces BOLZANO, Italy --- Iveco Defence Vehicles (DV), the specialty vehicles business of CNH Industrial, has signed a delivery order with the Swiss Armed Forces, represented by armasuisse (Federal Office fo... Nexter to Supply Narwhal Turrets to Albanian Navy VERSAILLES, France --- Nexter has signed a contract with the Albanian Navy to supply remotely operated 20mm Narwhal naval turrets. Albania has been a member of NATO since 2009 and will be the fourt... Pentagon Loses Track of $2Bn Equipment Given to Iraq The Department of Defense (DOD) maintains limited visibility and accountability over equipment funded by the Iraq Train and Equip Fund (ITEF). Specifically, DOD is not ensuring that the Security Coope... New Chief for F-35 Program Office As Bogdan Retires ARLINGTON, VA. --- A veteran of leading complex defense acquisition programs, Vice Adm. Mat Winter assumed the watch from Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, as the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 program. ... DARPA Picks Boeing Design for Next-Generation Spaceplane DARPA has selected The Boeing Company to complete advanced design work for the Agency’s Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which aims to build and fly the first of an entirely new class of hypers... Rosoboronexport Plans Major Upgrade for Mi-35P Export Hind Rosoboronexport, a member of Rostec, never ceases broadening the range of military and dual-purpose products, technologies, and services it offers for export. The most recent addition to the company's... Indonesian Marines Operate Ukrainian BTR-4Ms Marine battalion of Indonesian Marine Corps has officially began using of five Ukrainian BTR-4M, which were delivered by "SpetsTechnoExport" in January this year. This was announced by director of "Sp... MQ-9 Pilots Work Around the Clock in Nevada to Support Troops CREECH AFB, Nev. --- As many Americans sleep soundly in their beds, Airmen in attack squadrons across the 432nd Wing flying the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper from cockpits in the continental U.S. are... Former USAF Chief Recounts Battle to Arm Predator UAVs HOLLOMAN AFB, N.M. --- The RQ-1 predator, later designated as the MQ-1, was the right aircraft, at the right time following the events of September 11, 2001. While the nation was recovering from th... US Air Force Rolls Out FY 2018 Space Budget WASHINGTON --- Air Force leaders met with media to discuss specifics of the service’s fiscal 2018 space investment budget at the Pentagon May 24, 2017. The request totals $7.75 billion, an approximate... Pace of Cyberattacks Has Consequences for Military, Nation WASHINGTON --- The intensifying pace of international conflict and cyber events has consequences for the U.S. military and for the nation at large, Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber... Marines Test New Wearable Technology Designed to Lighten Loads QUANTICO, Va. --- Marine Corps Systems Command's Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad team has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory to create a boot insert prototype... Pakistani Military Feeling the Trump Pressure The Trump administration has slashed its foreign military assistance to Pakistan and is contemplating converting it into a loan in its budget. Does it imply the US no longer needs Pakistan's counterte... Elbit Wins $25M DIRCM Contract for International Organization HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a $25 million contract for the supply of J-Music DIRCM (Direct Infrared Countermeasures) self-protection systems to an Internat... Iran Says Has Built Third Underground Missile Factory A Revolutionary Guard commander has said Iran constructed a third underground factory to make ballistic missiles. The development is likely to fuel further tensions with the United States. Iran ha... Emirati Regional Military Footprint Continues to Grow “The Federation preserves our identity and enhances our capabilities. It is a strong shield for protecting the security and stability of the Arabian Gulf Region.” – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan... MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAV Remains Airborne for Over 48 Hours SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) today announced that its new MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system, a "Certifiable" (STANAG 4671) version of its Pr... Final Germany Navy F-125 Frigate Christened in Hamburg The fourth and final 125 class frigate (F125) for the German Navy was christened "Rheinland-Pfalz" today at the Hamburg site of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. Following the christening of the first ... US Navy Carrier Ford Underway for Acceptance Trials WASHINGTON --- The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed Naval Station Norfolk for its second set of sea trials, known as acceptance trials (AT) May 24. Acceptance Trials demonstrate to the N... USS Jackson (LCS 6) Completes Final Contract Trials SAN DIEGO --- The U.S. Navy's Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) completed Final Contract Trials (FCT) May 19. Navy regulations require a final demonstration of ships' ca... IMI Systems Wins 2 Naval RCWS Tenders in Far East RAMAT HASHARON, Israel --- IMI Systems has received two contracts from two Far Eastern Navies for the supply of WAVE 350 Naval Remote-Controlled Weapon Stations (RCWS) to be integrated on top of naval... Ukraine Responds to Russian “Disinformation” About BTR-4 in Iraq Information warfare is another hybrid front of modern war. The last attack of Russian media on the contract for BTR-4 supply to Iraq in 2011-2012, is another proof of this fact. Considering the gre... Italy Delivers 4 Patrol Boats to Somalian Security Forces The four vessels that Italy has donated to the Federal Republic of Somalia have been delivered to the Somali Security Forces to enable them to patrol the Somali ports and coastline. The initiative ... Lockheed's LM-100J Civilian Super Hercules Makes First Flight MARIETTA, Ga. --- The first Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight here today. "I was proud to fly the first fli... Russia Soyuz-2 Launches Military Payload Today, at 9:34 (MSK), Russian Aerospace Forces have successfully launched the Soyuz-2 rocket vehicle with a spacecraft from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the interests of the Russian Defence Ministry. ... BAE Begins A$30 Million SATCOM Upgrade for RAN BAE Systems Australia will deliver a major capability improvement to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with the upgrade of maritime satellite communications terminals in a four year, $30 million project... Aero Builds Relationship with L-39NG Project Partners Development of the L-39NG jet trainer, the next generation of legendary Czech L-39 aircraft, is intensively continuing. To support further development of the project, Aero Vodochody organized Partners... Rolls-Royce Begins Testing ‘World’s Most Powerful’ Aero Gearbox Rolls-Royce has started power runs of the world’s most powerful aerospace gearbox for the first time, marking another significant step in the development of its new UltraFan® engine design. UltraFa... Rostec Successfully Tested New PD-14 Civil Aero Engine The United Engine Corporation (subsidiary of Rostec State Corporation) successfully completed the second stage of flight tests of the Russian civil aircraft engine of the fifth generation PD-14. PD... |