| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Unpredictable F-35 Costs May Cut UK Order, MoD Tells MPs
Britain signalled for the first time yesterday that it may shrink an ambition to buy 138 F-35 warplanes because of budget constraints. Officials at the Ministry of Defence also refused to give an e... Indian Su-30MKI Fighter Fires Brahmos Missile In First Test
Brahmos, the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile created history on 22nd Nov 2017 after it was successfully flight-tested first time from the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) frontline fighter aircraft ... HMS Queen Elizabeth Completes "Successful” Sea Trials
The Royal Navy’s biggest ever warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has arrived back home after "successful sea trials". She passed Portsmouth's Round Tower just after 1330. Plans had been in place but the... USAF Suspends T-6 Trainer Flights Over Oxygen Issues
VANCE AFB, Okla. --- T-6 Texan II flight operations remain on stand-down at Vance Air Force Base as an investigation continues into possible issues with the aircraft's in-flight oxygen system. The ... Romanian Parliament Approves Patriot Purchase
BUCHAREST --- Romania is moving forward with plans to purchase seven Patriot air defense systems. The Romanian Chambers of Deputies has approved a bill for this purchase. Now, Bucharest authorities... Batch of SU-34 Bombers Transferred to Russian Aerospace Forces
The manufacturing enterprise has transferred another batch of Su-34 front-line bombers to the Russian Aerospace Forces in the framework of the 2017 State Defence Order. The Su-34 is designed to def... China Launches Three Commercial Remote Sensing Satellites
China launched three remote sensing satellites Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province. The three satellites - Jilin-1 04, Jilin-1 05 and Jilin-1 06 - carr... Pakistan Air Force Chief Flies Tornado in UK
ISLAMABAD --- Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman is on an official visit to the United Kingdom. It was reported that the Chief of Air Staff visited the Royal Air Force’s Marham airba... Otokar Submits Bid to Produce Turkey’s Altay Future Tank
Otokar, Turkey's largest land defence systems manufacturer, submitted its proposal to the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries for the serial production of the main battle tank Altay, which the com... US Clears $75M Sale of Javelin Missiles to Georgia
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Georgia for Javelin Missiles and Command Launch Units for an estimated cost of $75 million. ... Embraer KC-390 Arrives in US for Additional Flight Trials
JACKSONVILLE, FL. --- The new Embraer KC-390 multi-mission military transport and tanker jet will start a series of flight trials in the United States as part of its flight test campaign for certifica... Congress Passes FY18 Defense Authorization Bill
WASHINGTON --- Congress passed an FY18 defense authorization bill that includes $700 billion in discretionary funding for national defense. The total includes $605.5 billion for the Pentagon's base bu... Royal Navy Frigate Shadows Russian Warship in Moray Firth
Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset shadowed a Russian naval destroyer through the Moray Firth this weekend. Somerset, a Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate, detected and monitored the movements of the Russ... US Air Force F-35As on First Pacific Deployment
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --- More than 300 men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings and 12 F-35As are conducting business for the next six months on the subtropical Japanese island of Okinawa ... Lockheed Wins $122M for COTS Sonar Insertion
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Manassas, Virginia, is being awarded a $122,259,347 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-6259) to exe... South Korean National Rescue HQ Orders Two H225 Helicopters
SEOUL --- Airbus Helicopters has been awarded a contract from South Korea's National 119 Rescue Headquarters for the purchase of two additional H225 helicopters. The National 119 Rescue Headquarter... UK and France Increase Security Cooperation in the Channel
In his first bilateral meeting in the UK with French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has agreed to increase maritime intelligence sharing. The Defen... Aero Completes Development of Re-Engined L-39CW
AERO Vodochody Aerospace is set to be able to start delivering the re-engining of the L-39 aircraft to customers from next year. The development stage of the L-39CW Project with the FJ44-4M Engine, ma... BAE, Asco to Collaborate on Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering
A co-operation agreement signed at Asco’s headquarters in Zaventem, Flanders, will explore wide-ranging proposals in areas such as additive layer manufacturing, composite materials and processes and o... Mechanical Failure Caused MQ-1B Crash
LANGLEY, Va. --- A mechanical failure of the left tail clamp and/or tail clamp bolts caused an MQ-1B to crash Nov. 8, 2015 in the U.S. Central Command Area of responsibility, according to an Air Comba... USAF Updates B-52 Rotary Missile Launchers
BARKSDALE AFB, La. --- History was made Nov. 6, 2017, when the first Conventional Rotary Launchers (CRL) were flown out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on a C-5M Super Galaxy to be used in their firs... Kuwait to Receive Thales Turret for Armored Vehicles
Thales has recently led the complex integration of a state of the art remotely operated turret and surveillance system to the Kuwait Ministry of Interior for use on eight armoured patrol vehicles. All... Airbus A350-1000 Certified by EASA and FAA
Following an intensive flight test campaign performed in less than a year, the A350-1000 has received Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Admini... US Navy Deploys Unmanned Submersibles in Argentine Sub Search
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. --- The Navy has deployed unmanned underwater vehicles to join in the search for the Argentine navy submarine A.R.A. San Juan, which is missing in South Atlantic waters. ... Surface Warfare Experts Innovate for Future Fleet at New Navy I-Lab
DAHLGREN, Va. --- A new Innovation Lab is revolutionizing the Navy's thinking and collaboration about its future Fleet with events like the Surface Warfare Innovation Workshop, Naval Surface Warfare C... L3 Wins Free Space Optics Contract Awards
NEW YORK --- L3 Technologies announced today the award of multiple contracts relating to the development of Free Space Optics (FSO) capabilities for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and space customer... Russia’s Baltic Fleet Receives Ka-29 Helicopters
Several Ka-29 helicopters have been introduced into an aviation base of the Baltic Fleet Naval Aviation located in the Kaliningrad Region. In the near future, piloting crews will attend training co... CAE to Support Development of C-130J Weapon Systems Trainers
TAMPA, FL. --- CAE USA has been awarded subcontracts from Lockheed Martin to support the design, development and manufacture of six C-130J weapon systems trainers (WSTs) for the United States Air Forc... India’s GSL Delivers Six Large OPV Ahead of Schedule
The last of the series of 06 New 105M Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), “ICGS SUJAY” built on GSL in-house design was delivered to the Indian Coast Guard today, 34 days ahead of the contractual schedule, ... SharpEye Radar for Pakistan Navy Submarine Upgrade
LONDON --- Following the announcement in February 2017 that Kelvin Hughes will be supplying the SharpEye Doppler submarine radar system to the mid-life upgrade program for the Pakistan Navy's Agosta 9... Northrop to Compete for US Army Training Contracts
HERNDON, Va. --- The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation for its Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support contract. The contract is multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefini... Saab Wins SANDF Field Feeding System Contract
Defence and security company Saab has been awarded a contract to deliver a Mass Field Feeding Capability to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The contract will supply the SANDF with... | 