| Latest Feature Stories US Air Force Is Playing Games with the Light Attack Fly-Off
The Air Force is putting on a great publicity show for their impending Light Attack (OA-X) experiment. Officially, this small-scale experiment is meant only to demonstrate the capabilities of four low... Latest Press Releases Top Panel Calls for India to Co-Produce Stealth Fighter with Russia
NEW DELHI --- A high-powered panel appointed by the defence ministry to examine different aspects of the multi-billion dollar fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) project has said that India shoul... US Clears $593M Super Tucano Sale to Nigeria
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Nigeria of twelve (12) A-29 Super Tucano aircraft and weapons, including al... USS Ford’s First Launch and Recovery Is No Indication It Works
The newly-commissioned USS Ford (CVN 78) recovered and launched its first aircraft less than a week after commissioning. And while that achievement is all well and good, don’t get too carried away by ... Lockheed Announces First Flight of VH-92A Presidential Helicopter
STRATFORD, Conn.--– Lockheed Martin today announced the first flight of a VH-92A configured test aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. The J... Boeing Wins $409M for Next-Gen TPCs
Boeing Co., Hazelwood, Missouri, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $409,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for next-generation thermal, power, and controls (NGT-PAC). This con... US Approves $108M Sale of RF Countermeasures to Australia
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia for ALE-70 Radio Frequency Countermeasures (RFCM). The estimated... Airstrikes Kill More ISIS Leaders, Fighters In Syria
SOUTHWEST ASIA --- Coalition airstrikes continue to target and kill Islamic State of Iraq and Syria leaders and foreign fighters in Syria to support coalition partner forces and degrade ISIS' ability ... Rheinmetall Met with Turkish Government to Talk Army Upgrade
German arms firm Rheinmetall and President Tayyip Erdogan met in 2015 in Istanbul to plan fabrication of tanks in Turkey, says the German magazine Stern. The plan is now deemed "nonactive," but it had... British Minister Touts Eurofighter Capabilities
Harriett Baldwin MP, the UK Minister for Defence Procurement, has praised the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft during a presentation at the 2017 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucesters... China’s First Homemade Carrier to Begin Mooring Trials Next Month
China’s first homemade aircraft carrier will likely enter mooring trials next month ahead of schedule, said Hu Wenming, general director of construction of the aircraft carrier, CCTV.com reported on A... Daewoo Hands Over First Submarine to Indonesia
This week the Indonesian Navy commissioned its first attack submarine in 34 years, as the country seeks to expand its abilities in underwater warfare. The commissioning ceremony was held at the southe... US Navy Patrol Ships In Persian Gulf Train with Griffin Missiles
Five coastal patrol ships assigned to Patrol Coastal Squadron (PCRON) One conducted a proficiency fire test of their MK 60 Griffin Missile Systems (GMS) July 18-20 in the Arabian Gulf. Coastal patr... India Reaffirms “Make In India” Program, Sees Progress
Government is committed to the goal of achieving self-reliance in meeting national security objectives. The ‘Make in India’ initiative is the focal point of the current defence procurement policy and ... Kratos Wins $23M Surveillance Radar Order
SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Modular Systems Division (MSD) recently received an approximate $23 million contract award for hardware and specialized modular systems in su... AMDR Radar Tested In Ballistic Missile Defense Test
KAUAI, Hawaii --- The U.S. Navy successfully conducted another Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) flight test with the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) off the west coast of Hawaii, July ... Boeing Offers Anti-Aircraft Vehicle Options to US Army
ARLINGTON, VA. --- Need to shoot down Daesh drones or Russian gunships? Boeing is offering the Army an array of ways to do it, from laser-armed 8×8 Strykers to missile-launching MATV trucks and tracke... Marine Corps Successfully Tests G/ATOR Radar
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. --- The Navy's Surface Combat Systems Center (SCSC) supported live developmental testing of the U.S. Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Block 1 capability from Ap... The Trump Administration’s FY 2018 Defense Budget in Context
Far From an Historic Increase Strengthening the U.S. military was one of the key themes of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. After saying that “our military is a disaster,” and “depleted,” he c... Rockwell Wins Follow-on US Army Order for Manpack Radios
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- The U.S. Army Program Executive Office C3T has selected Rockwell Collins to produce 101 Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Factor (HMS) Manpack radios and ancillaries beginning th... Lockheed Reveals New, Compact Space Observation Sensor
PALO ALTO, Calif. --- Lockheed Martin today revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument, showing it could be possible to shrink space telescopes to a sliver of the si... US Navy Orders Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds
ARCHBALD, Pa. --- Lockheed Martin received a $26.5 million contract award from the U.S. Navy to produce Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR). The contract includes a base year order with o... Italian MoD Comments Launch of OPSAT-3000 Spy Satellite
ROME --- Today at dawn the OPSAT-3000 satellite was launched from Kourou (French Guyana) Space Centre. Minister Pinotti: “Thanks to the OPSAT-3000 satellite Italy is now equipped with an important too... Royal Navy Helicopters Complete Five-Month Tour on French LHD
Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel have completed their five-month deployment aboard the French warship FS Mistral. Two Royal Navy Merlin Mk3 helicopters were also embarked as UK and French mar... Darpa Program Aims to Thwart Adversaries’ Small Unmanned Aircraft
DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program focuses on a challenge of increasing concern to the U.S. military: countering the proliferation of small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs). These systems... How the Trump Administration is Losing Afghanistan
There is a case for a deliberate U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Afghan government remains divided and weak, its security forces will take years of expensive U.S. and allied support to become fu... Rockwell to Share in $37.4 Bn US Army C4ISR Contract
ANNAPOLIS, Md. --- Rockwell Collins announced today that it will be providing its ARINC knowledge-based support services as part of a five year, $37.4 billion Command, Control, Communications, Surveil... RUAG Adopts New Manufacturing Process for Payload Fairing
KOUROU, French Guyana --- The two satellites on last night’s Vega flight VV10 were enveloped by a payload fairing – manufactured in a faster and more cost-efficient process in Emmen, Switzerland. L... | 
