| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Canada Confirms Interest In Australian Hornets
OTTAWA --- Canada is building a more agile, better-equipped military, while ensuring the utmost care and prudence in the handling of public funds. Getting our women and men in uniform the equipment th... China Claims to Have Developed Electromagnetic Rail Gun
China has developed electromagnetic launch technologies that allow the People's Liberation Army to build a futuristic naval weapon described as game-changing - an electromagnetic railgun. According... Doubts Raised Over Delivery of F-35 Jets to UK
Britain’s next generation of fast jets are less likely to be delivered as planned because of concerns over simulators, software and weapons. The Ministry of Defence has lowered a confidence rating ... Airbus Corruption Scandal May Lead Straight to the Top
A potentially vast corruption scandal threatens to overrun Airbus, with a Paris-based sales group suspected of having paid bribes around the world. German CEO Tom Enders is leading the clean-up effort... BAE Announces 2,000 Jobs Cuts, Twice As Many As Expected
BAE Systems plc today announces organisational changes to boost competitiveness, accelerate technology innovation and improve operational excellence from a more streamlined business. A revised orga... Kremlin Defends Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia
The Kremlin says an agreement to sell Russian missiles to Saudi Arabia does not pose a threat to any other country. Speaking on October 9, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the deal to supply th... Taiwan Defense Budget to Increase by 1.9 Percent
TAIPEI --- The Ministry of National Defense has drafted a budget for 2018 which raises defense spending by 1.9 percent to NT$327.8 billion (US$10.7 billion), a far cry from the 50-percent leap needed ... Successful Third Launch of 10 Iridium NEXT Satellites
CANNES, France --- The third batch of Iridium NEXT satellites built by Thales Alenia Space has been successfully launched by SpaceX from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. After the perfect comm... China Launches Remote Sensing Satellite for Venezuela
JIUQUAN, China --- China launched Venezuela's remote sensing satellite, VRSS-2, into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert at 12:13 Monday. The VRSS-2 was the t... Croatian Island Airport Becomes Pentagon Transit Hub
WASHINGTON / BELGRADE --- A small airport on a Croatian island has become an important but unofficial logistical base for Pentagon shipments to the Middle East, likely including arms for Syrian rebels... US Army Rolls out Latest Version of Abrams Main Battle Tank
LIMA, Ohio --- On Wednesday, Oct. 4, members of the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center workforce celebrated the delivery of the next iteration of the iconic Abrams Main Battle Tank as the Army accepte... China's New Type 055 Destroyer Outguns Competitors
Media have reported that China's new missile destroyer equips more than 100 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS), which experts said on Thursday could upgrade the rapid-reaction capability of weapons. ... US Army, GE Complete Testing First Future Affordable Turbine Engine
LYNN, Massachusetts --– The U.S. Army and GE Aviation successfully completed engine test of the first Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE), designed to meet a series of aggressive goals including a... Raytheon Offers Stryker-Mounted Stinger Missile for Mobile Air Defense
TUCSON, Ariz. --- Responding to the U.S. Army's urgent need for mobile air defense to protect ground troops, Raytheon Company integrated and demonstrated a Stinger air defense missile mounted on a Str... Fincantieri to Build LCS 27 for US Navy
TRIESTE --- Within the Littoral Combat Ship Program (LCS), the US Navy has awarded the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Mar... First Batch of Russian Koalitsya SP Gun Nears Delivery
The experimental-industrial party of 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery systems will soon come to the troops. The 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV is a unique artillery system designed to eliminate arti... MTU Wins Contract to Support German A400M Engines
MUNICH --- Over the next five years, MTU Aero Engines, Germany’s leading engine manufacturer, will maintain TP400-D6 engines from the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft for the German Armed Forc... Northrop IBCS Completes Integrated Air Defense Test
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- U.S. Army soldiers have successfully completed a major developmental test of the Northrop Grumman Corporation developed Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command Sy... Colombian Air Force Acquires AESA Radars for Kfirs
BOGOTA -- The Colombian Air Force has purchased new AESA radar systems to upgrade its Kfir fleet. According to reports, Colombia acquired nine ELM-2052 radar systems from Israeli company IAI Elta Syst... Lockheed Wins $335M Order for Apache Sensors, Sight
WASHINGTON --- Lockheed Martin received $337 million in orders to supply Apache Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M‑TADS/PNVS) systems and services to the Unit... General Atomics Wins Contract for Ford-Class EMALS and AAG Spares
SAN DIEGO, CA. --- General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a definitized delivery order for the first set of on board repair parts (spares), providing... Belgium’s CMI Competes for US Army Turreted Gun Orders
Positioning itself regarding the two major US Army initiatives, CMI Defence announced two major initiatives today: it has joined with world class contractors to compete in the US Army’s MPF program. I... Oshkosh Unveils Armed JLTV with Next Generation Weapons
OSHKOSH, Wis. --- Oshkosh Defense, LLC will showcase two variants of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) with next generation lethality and networking capabilities at the AUSA Conference 2017. The... Ruska 17: Finnish Air Force Starts Biggest Aviation Drills of the Year
This week the Finnish Air Force is carrying out its biggest tactical training event of the year - the Ruska 17 drills - which started on Monday. For the first time Swedish Air Force personnel and airc... Greece Found Liable Towards Hellenic Shipyards
ATHENS, Greece --- Privinvest, of which Hellenic Shipyards forms part, makes the following comment following the ruling by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commer... IAI Wins Israeli Competition for Course-Correction Fuze
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) tender for development, production and supply of 'TopGun', a course-correction fuze for artillery shells. T he tender, which w... Rockwell to Support US Special Ops Command Avionics
WASHINGTON --- Rockwell Collins has been awarded a five-year, $30.7 million contract by the Technology Application Contracting Office (TAKO). The contract will provide avionics repair and logistics, f... AeroVironment Wins Contract to Expand Blackwing UAS Program
WASHINGTON --- AeroVironment, Inc. today announced the receipt of a contract award from the United States Navy on September 29, 2017, for continuation and expansion of its Blackwing small Unmanned Aer... BAE Developing Cyber Defenses for Military Aircraft
BAE Systems is developing cyber defense capabilities to help aircraft detect and mitigate cyber attacks in real time. BAE Systems, a leader in advanced threat management solutions, is developing cy... BAE Wins $100M US Army Intelligence Contract
The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) has awarded BAE Systems a four-year, $100 million contract to provide technical and other support services to the 116th Military Intelligence B... Triumph Shares in MDHI Sale of 150 Armed MD530 Helicopters
BERWYN, Pa. --- Triumph Group, Inc. congratulates MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) on the recent contract awards from the U.S. Army for their Armed MD 530 Scout Attack Helicopters. MDHI was awarded a f... Thales Touts Performance of SMART-L Multi Mission Radar in Exercise
The SMART-L MM radar system mounted on the test tower at the Thales premises in Hengelo, detected and tracked a ballistic missile at an average range of more than 1500 km without difficulties. On 2... GE Aviation Completes T901 Turboshaft Testing for US Army’s ITEP
LYNN, Massachusetts --– GE Aviation successfully completed testing a T901-GE-900 turboshaft engine prototype in support of the United States Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). The comp... Airbus HC Delivers 400th Lakota Helicopter to US Army
WASHINGTON, D.C. --– Airbus Helicopters has delivered the U.S. Army’s 400th UH-72A Lakota helicopter, fulfilling its contract requirements to date by delivering every aircraft on time, on budget and m... After Ten Years, Is It Time to Ground Britain’s Drones?
The imminent defeat of ISIS in Iraq should see British drones grounded. But will they continue to launch strikes in what is becoming a perpetual war? This month (October 2017) marks ten years of B... Airbus Readies BelugaXL for Electrical Power-Up
The first of five Airbus BelugaXL super transporters is well advanced in the build-up process. The project is on schedule for power-on process start at the end of this year. During activity at Tou... Saab Chosen as Sub-Contractor for AJAX Trainer
Defence and security company Saab is pleased to announce that it has been sub-contracted by Lockheed Martin UK to assemble 16 of the UK’s new AJAX virtual Crew Turret Trainers. The Crew Turret Trai... EDA Received 24 Proposals for 2017 Preparatory Action Calls
BRUSSELS --- The European Defence Agency (EDA) has received 24 submissions with consortia including around 190 entities (with some applying to various calls in different consortia) in response to the ... NATO Experts Approve Latvia’s Defence Planning Procedures
On 5-6 October, Latvia and NATO held bilateral consultation in Riga to discuss the development of Latvian National Armed Forces and implementation of NATO capability development targets in scope of Al... | 
