| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Qatar to Buy Additional Rafales, 300 VBCI Combat Vehicles from France
The Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly welcomes the will expressed by Qatar, on the occasion of the visit by the President of the French Republic, to acquire additional Rafales. She also welc... Israel Clears F-35 for Operational Use
The Israeli Air Force “Adir” (F-35I), which landed in Israel a year ago, was declared operational upon the completion of an initial operational capability inspection. A new age in the IAF: merely a... Poland Says Patriot Price is ‘Unaffordable’
WASHINGTON --- Poland has been pushing toward a purchase of a medium-range air-and-missile defense system for many years, settling on an unprecedented configuration of the Patriot system, but was surp... UK Was ‘Misled’ and Iraq War Was Unjustified, Says Former UK Premier
Gordon Brown has claimed the UK was "misled" over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and the Iraq War was unjustified. The former prime minister, who was chancellor when the decision to g... Poland: Ex-Military Intel Chief Detained on Charges of Collaborating with Russia
General Piotr Pytel has been accused of illegally striking a deal with Russian security services for the passage of Polish NATO troops back home from Afghanistan. Poland's opposition has decried the m... US Air Force Launches Direct Review of All Programs
WASHINGTON --- Air Force senior leaders have directed a Zero-Based Review of all Air Force programs, budget accounts and associated manpower authorizations in preparation for assembling the Fiscal Yea... Croatia Concludes Evaluation of Future Fighter Offers
The proposal validation and evaluation phase was followed by the Feasibility Study regarding the decision on the procurement of multirole combat aircraft. The Republic of Croatia is to reach one of... Pentagon Admits to Much Higher Troops Numbers in Syria, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON --- The United States has about 5,200 troops in Iraq and 2,000 in Syria, and those numbers are trending down, Pentagon officials said here today. Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Robert Mann... Future Chinese Aircraft Carriers to Carry Stealth Fighters
China's future straight-deck aircraft carriers with the electromagnetic launcher system will carry fifth-generation jet fighters like J-20 and J-31, Chinese experts said on Wednesday, following report... Northrop Wins $750M to Support US Army’s ISR Aircraft
HERNDON, VA --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $750 million contract by the U.S. Army to provide contractor lifecycle services for the Army’s Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA... N. Korea Could Become 'No-Fly Zone' After Missile Test
North Korean airspace could be declared a no-fly zone in response to the country's missile tests, the aviation industry's global trade body says, after the latest launch came within sight of a passeng... US Army Wants Unmanned Vehicles with Tank-like Punch
LIVONIA, Mich. -- Within five years, the Army would like to start testing remote combat vehicle prototypes which are unmanned, as light and as fast as a Stryker, but provide the same level of firepowe... No Fault Found in F-22 Towed from Runway in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea --- A state-of-the-art U.S. stealth fighter jet was towed to a hangar during joint war games as a precaution, but an inspection determined nothing was wrong, the 7th Air Force said ... GD Wins USAF Distributed Mission Operations Center Contract
FAIRFAX, Va. --- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics was awarded the Distributed Mission Operations Center – Infrastructure, Development and Engineering suppor... Airbus Completes AS565 MBe Panther Deliveries to Mexican Navyv
MARIGNANE, France --- The Mexican Navy has received its final two AS565 MBe Panther helicopters during a delivery ceremony at Airbus Helicopters in Marignane. With their order for ten units in 2014, t... Hensoldt Demonstrates UAV Countermeasures
HAMBURG, Germany --- As part of a major product demonstration on the Airbus airfield in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Hensoldt, the leading independent sensor house, provided proof of the excellent performanc... Elbit to Provide Simulators for Israeli Transport Aircraft
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was selected by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to provide and operate flight simulators for the upgraded C-130H and C-130J transpor... GD Details US Navy $432M Contract for SSN Support
GROTON, Conn. --– General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $432 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide research and development and lead-yard services for Virginia-class nu... NATO Says It’s Upgrading, Not Building, Afghan Army Base
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan --- NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan has denied reports that construction material and equipment being imported and transported through neighboring Pakistan are being... Harris Tactical Radios for US Army’s Security Force Assistance Brigades
ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- Harris Corporation has been selected to outfit U.S. Army Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) with reliable and combat-proven communication systems. Harris will provide a ... Brazil Government Authorizes Purchase of HMS Ocean
Brazil's Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it has authorised the potential purchase of HMS Ocean by the country's navy, according to reports. The South American nation is said to have become i... Understanding the Big Increase in US Missile-Defense Spending
Over the past few months, the United States has taken major steps to increase funding for missile defense in light of the North Korean missile threat. The Trump administration’s original May 2017 b... Thales Renews Agreement with Colombian Shipyard
At Expodefensa 2017, the main defence exhibition in Colombia, Thales announces the renew partnership agreement with Cotecmar (Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Nav... China Ramps Up Development of High-Altitude Helicopters
BEIJING --- China is accelerating research and development of domestically-designed helicopters at an unprecedented pace, with a target of meeting the nation's strong demand for helicopters with plate... Thales Offers Peek into UK Carrier’s ‘Tower of Air Power’
Imagine the glass of a flying control tower so strong that it could withstand a strike equivalent to a direct hit from the blade tip of a Chinook helicopter... Welcome on board HMS Queen Elizabeth. ... B-1B Bombers Complete Australian Deployment
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers conducted a continuous bomber presence mission on return to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Austr... Embraer Delivers 1,400th E-Jet to American Airlines
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- Embraer celebrates the delivery of its 1,400th E-Jet, an E175, during a ceremony at Embraer’s industrial facilities in São José dos Campos, Brazil. American Airlines to... Artificial Intelligence May Help Military Planners
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --- Raytheon BBN Technologies will explore artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to develop tools that may enable military planners to understand how cultural and ot... Rheinmetall Aims to Dominate the Laser Aiming Industry
Rheinmetall is introducing the latest version of the cutting-edge Vario-Ray LowProfile to the US market. The latest version of Rheinmetall’s Vario-Ray LowProfile (VR-LP) is a compact laser aiming a... Northrop Looks Back on Fire Scout UAV’s ‘Pivotal Year’
FALLS CHURCH, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation’s autonomous Fire Scout helicopters, the MQ-8B and MQ-8C, continued to strengthen the combat capability and lethality of the U.S. Navy’s air and surf... Lockheed Licenses IIoT Platform to Improve F-35 Manufacturing
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has licensed Ubisense SmartSpace for deployment at its F-35 program at Fort Worth to improve manufacturing efficiency. Richard Petti, CEO at Ubisense, said: "We are deli... Israel’s IAI Opens Rep Office in Mexico
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today the establishment of its new representative office in Mexico. The event was marked in an opening ceremony with the participation of the Israeli Ambass... Spirit AeroSystems Plans Major Expansion, Job Growth in Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems today announced plans for major expansion and growth, including the addition of 1,000 jobs and capital investments totaling $1 billion over the next five years at ... | 
