| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Israel Orders 17 Additional F-35s
Israel finalized its agreement to buy 17 more advanced F-35 stealth fighters from Lockheed Martin on Sunday, the Defense Ministry said, which will bring the air force’s fleet of the aircraft to 50. ... Indian AF Makes Pitch for 36 Additional Rafales
The IAF is now strongly pitching for acquiring another 36 Rafale fighters after it gets the first 36 jets under the mega Rs 59,000 crore contract (7.87 billion euro) inked with France last September, ... Korean Aerospace Nears End As Scandals Bite, Deliveries Halted
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is the only Korean company that specializes in developing space programs and aircraft such as satellites, but its very existence is threatened as it has recently becom... Canada Waiting for US Trade Ruling Before Ordering Super Hornets
OTTAWA --- Defence officials and fighter-jet makers have circled a date in late September as the make-or-break moment for the Liberal government's plan to buy interim Super Hornets fighter jets from U... Airbus’s Eurofighter Row with Austria Hits Helicopter Bid
Airbus is weighing legal action against Austria should its defence ministry exclude the company from a tender for 12 small military helicopters, as the long-running row over a fighter jet contract esc... GAO Repeatedly Warned US Navy Ahead of Deadly Collisions
Congressional investigators and military officials warned repeatedly about overworked sailors, shortened training schedules and budget cuts in the years leading up to two fatal collisions involving U.... North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Ballistic Missiles into Sea
North Korea has fired three short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast, according to the US military. The US Pacific Command revised its initial assessment that the first and third short... Japan’s JIA Closes Order for 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8s
SEATTLE --- Boeing and Tokyo-based Japan Investment Adviser Co., Ltd., (JIA) today finalized an order for 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8s airplanes, valued at $1.12 billion at current list prices. The order was ... Indian Minister Launches Production of Light Combat Helicopter
BENGALURU --- Mr. Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, declared the launch of production of HAL designed 5.8-ton category Light Combat Helicopter and dedicated the HAL’s r... GD Wins $310M to Develop New Abrams Tank Upgrade Package
General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, Michigan, has been awarded a $310,582,092 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the design, development and integration of multiple engineering cha... Italy Launches New Tank Program In Latest Multiyear Plan
The main procurement innovations of the new 2017-2019 Documento Programmatico Pluriennale (multiyear procurement plan, DPP in Italian) - published three months late in order to include the latest €12... The Impact of Brexit On Europe’s Armament Industry
A year after the UK's vote to leave the European Union, several issues are currently being discussed concerning the consequences of Brexit for European defence. The aim of the paper is to provide a mo... Japan Discussing Possible C-2 Sale to UAE
TOKYO -- Japan could be on the verge of exporting its first piece of finished defense equipment. The government is considering sales of the Air Self-Defense Force's latest transport aircraft, the C-2,... US Navy Recovers Sailors’ Remains Aboard Collision Ship
CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore --- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers have now recovered the remains of all ten USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Sailors. The fallen Sailors are: - Electronics Technician 1... Irish Army Reports Critical Manpower Fall-Off and Skill Loss
Falling manpower and a loss of skills within the Defence Forces has reached a “critical point”. This is adversely affecting “operational readiness and capability”, according to an unpublished report o... US Air Force Plans Incentive Pay to Retain Pilots
WASHINGTON --- Air Force officials announced three additional initiatives designed to enhance mission readiness by keeping pilots in the service and bringing retired pilots back to fill critical-rated... RAF Red Arrows to Tour Middle East In Hawk Sales Pitch
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon will announce that the world famous Royal Air Force Red Arrows will tour the Middle East next month. On a visit to Kuwait, Sir Michael will announce that the Re... Australian Army’s Hawkei Demos Operational Intelligence Kit
The Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group’s (CASG) Land 121 Phase 4 project team has put the Hawkei protected vehicle’s new C4I Integral Computing System (ICS) to the test, during a demonstrati... Canadian-Led Battlegroup In Latvia Completes Certification Exercise
The Canadian-led multinational battlegroup, under NATO’s enhance Forward Presence (eFP), has completed its Certification Exercise (CERTEX), at Camp Ādaži, in Latvia. The completion of CERTEX confirms ... First PLA Navy-Trained Pilots Complete Night Mission in S. China Sea
The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) first batch of navy-trained pilots have successfully completed night missions over the South China Sea in a new type of fighter, a step forward in preparing the na... Combating IEDs with Ground Penetrating Radars
Vehicle-mounted ground-penetrating radar (GPR) equipment has been used by the ADF to detect Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) for several years, but there remains much room for improvement in the sig... US Navy Awards Contract for Transport of USS Fitzgerald
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command has awarded a $3.1 million firm, fixed-price contract for the heavy lift of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62). Patriot Shipping, based out of Houston, ... Singapore Confirms Acquisition of AN/TPQ-53 Radars
The acquisition of the AN/TPQ-53 Weapon Locating Radars is part of the Singapore Army's on-going modernisation efforts. The new radars will be operated by the Singapore Artillery and will enhance ... US Air Force to Lead NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission
The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to deploy F-15C Eagles, Airmen and associated equipment from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, U.K., to support the next NATO Baltic Air Policing rotation at Šiaul... "Baltic on the Agenda" when Finnish DefMin Meets Trump
Good relations with NATO and Russia were likely behind President Niinistö's invitation to the White House. This will be the first meeting between Niinistö and Trump, and the first one-on-one White Hou... US Army Paratroopers Test New Artillery Targeting System
FORT BRAGG, N.C. --- Forward observers -- experts in calling for artillery and mortar fire and directing that ordnance onto enemy targets -- hit the mark in testing a new piece of targeting equipment ... Indian DefMin Inaugurates BEL Academy, Advanced Testing Facilities
The Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, inaugurated today an Academy for Excellence and two state-of-the-art testing facilities — EMC Test facility and Near Field Antenna Test Range at the Bengaluru U... Pilatus to End Production of the Pilatus Porter PC-6 In 2019
STANS --- It brought fame to the Pilatus name worldwide – the Pilatus Porter PC-6. This multi-role aircraft has been produced at Stans without interruption since 1959, currently in small numbers, i.e.... | 
