Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Despite Brexit, UK and Germany Plan to Expand Defense Cooperation LONDON and COLOGNE --- Britain and Germany may be going their separate ways after negotiations for the U.K. exit from the European Union are complete, but the two nations are still planning to deepen ... South Korea Corruption Probe Likely to Target F-35, KF-X and Other Major Deals State prosecutors are investigating former Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) President and CEO Ha Sung-yong and former Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) chief Chang Myoung-jin over alle... US Navy Commissions Controversial Carrier NORFOLK --- President Donald J. Trump commissioned the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at a commissioning ceremony July 22. A commissioning is a day of celebration, and honors the dedi... Chinese Navy Trains In Baltic and Visits Greece China and Russia kicked off their annual joint naval exercises in the Baltic Sea on Saturday, the first of their kind for the Chinese Navy in Europe. The Chinese ships arrived at the Russian seapor... USAFE, European Partners Prepare F-35 Integration RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --- The U.S. Air Force has yet to stand up a squadron of F-35s in Europe, but it’s already working on how to integrate the fifth-generation combat jet with some of its close... Pentagon to Deploy Computer Algorithms to War Zone by Year's End WASHINGTON --- Winning wars with computer algorithms and artificial intelligence were among the topics that Defense Department intelligence officials discussed during a recent Defense One Tech Summit ... Indian State Auditor Slams Navy for Delay in ASW Corvettes NEW DELHI --- The Comptroller and Auditor General has come down hard on the Indian Navy for causing inordinate delay in construction of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes. In a report tabled in ... Trump Orders Review of US Defense Industry Base WASHINGTON --- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday ordering a review of the U.S. defense industrial base and supply chains over the next year. The order mandates federal agencie... Command and Control: The Key to Winning Wars NELLIS AFB, Nev. --- Four F-22 Raptors fly in and secure the airspace, behind them two F-16 Vipers ready their payload and prepare to drop bombs on an enemy target. A tanker flies a few miles away at ... US Army to Soon Deploy Lasers, Reconnaissance Nanosatellites WASHINGTON --- It's been a "dynamic year" for Army space and missile defense, with a multi-domain task force being formed, a new nanosatellite set to launch soon, and more powerful laser weapons in th... Embraer KC-390 Concludes World Demo Tour GAVIÃO PEIXOTO, Brazil --- The new multi-mission military transport and tanker jet, the KC-390, concluded this week a successful 40-day demonstration tour. During this tour, it flew over 19 countries ... China Rationalizes Increase In Arms Exports Over the past five years, China has become less dependent on arms imports, and is in fact boosting its own exports, mainly to Asia and Africa. China’s major arms exports include: multiple rocket la... Ten Chinese Aircraft Buzz Around Taiwan: Japan MoD Japan’s defense ministry Thursday evening said 10 Chinese military aircraft circled around Taiwan earlier on that day, an action deemed by experts as “unusual.” According to information released by... Will Trump Privatize the War In Afghanistan? Is the Trump administration going to hand over US peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan to private mercenaries? This is now the big question in national security policy circles. It follows last we... Will Trump Privatize the War In Afghanistan? Is the Trump administration going to hand over US peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan to private mercenaries? This is now the big question in national security policy circles. It follows last we... US Army Tests New In-Flight Mission Command System FORT BRAGG, N.C. --- During a recent Joint Forcible Entry training exercise, the Army's Global Response Force successfully used En Route Mission Command to enable real-time joint intelligence, communi... RusHelos Signs Contracts to Deliver 10 Helicopters to China In particular, according to the signed contracts United Helicopters will receive 5 light helicopters Ansat in medevac configuration, three MI-171 in cargo configuration and two firefighter Ка-32А11ВС ... LPD 26, DDG 114 Complete Sea Trial Phases SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) returned to Naval Base San Diego on 21 July 2017 after having successfully completed Final Contract Trials (FCT). The USS John P. Murtha was com... USS Truman Begins Sea Trials After 10-Month Refit PORTSMOUTH, VA. --- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) for Sea Trials July 21 following a 10-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). Truman's Commanding Offic... US Chief of Naval Research Outlines New Direction ARLINGTON, Va. ---- Today, at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Rear Adm. David J. Hahn publicly unveiled the new strategic direction-a Framework- for t... Sea Breeze 2017 Focuses on ASW Training In Black Sea ODESSA, Ukraine --- The Turkish Ay-class submarine TCG Batiray (S-349) and a U.S. P-8A Poseidon from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, took anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training to an advanced level... Allies Defeat Enemy In Major Australian-US Exercise The United States (US) and Australian Defence Forces have proven their interoperability in a major land warfare scenario in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area last night with an intense final assault on... |