| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Qatar Signs £ 6Bn Eurofighter Contract
A multi-billion pound contract to supply Qatar with 24 Typhoon aircraft has been signed today, supporting thousands of British manufacturing jobs. The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and his Qat... US Forces in Japan on Standby for Korea
YOKOSUKA / OKINAWA / TOKYO --- In the morning of Nov. 29, 2018, hours after North Korea test-fired the Hwasong-15 ballistic missile toward Japan, the US naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, wa... Boeing Confirms Canada Dropped Super Hornet
We have read reports that the Government of Canada is choosing to purchase used F/A-18 Classic Hornets from the Royal Australian Air Force in lieu of new Super Hornet fighter jets. The Boeing Comp... ICBC Order for 55 COMAC C919s Takes Order Backlog to 785
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) signed a Framework Purchase Agreement of 55 C919 aircraft with ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (ICBC Leasing) in Beijing on December 5th, 2017. ... China Launches Communication Satellite for Algeria
XICHANG, Sichuan --- China launched Algeria's first communication satellite, Alcomsat-1, into a preset orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan early Mond... World Arms Sales Rise for First Time Since 2010: Report
Sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies—the SIPRI Top 100—totalled $374.8 billion in 2016, according to new international arms industr... F-35 Program Office Faulted in Investigation of 2016 In-Flight Fire
An in-flight fire that erupted on a Marine F-35B last year was caused by a flawed bracket that the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office should have known was a serious hazard, according... Still No Pentagon FY18 Budget As Congress Passes Second Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON --- Congress passed the second continuing resolution of the 2018 fiscal year on December 7, funding the government at FY17 levels through December 22. The move avoided a government shutdown... Russia Alleges Incident with US F-22 Fighter Over Syria
"An American F-22 fighter actively prevented the Russian pair of Su-25 attack aircraft from carrying out a combat mission to destroy the Daesh stronghold in the suburbs of the city of Mayadin in the a... British Ministers in Defense Spending Scuffle
Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to intervene when a "simmering feud over defence cuts boiled over into a shouting match" between two senior Cabinet ministers, it has been reported. Mrs May st... PLA Navy Evaluates Air and Missile Defenses in East China Sea
EAST CHINA SEA --- The missile competitive assessment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy kicked off in waters of the East China Sea on the morning of Dec 7, 2017. More than 40 vesse... GA Wins $134M Order for Block 30 Ground Stations
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $134,010,380 undefinitized contract action for the production of Block 30 ground control stations. ... General Atomics Wins $25M to Support French MQ-9 Drones
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $24,924,266 option (002606) to a previously awarded contract (FA8620-15-G-4040) for MQ-9 contractor logistics support... Israel Buys US Diesel Engines for Achzarit Heavy APCs
Diesel Engineering Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, is being awarded a $10,483,409 firm-fixed-price contract for engines and transmissions kits for the Achzarit heavy armored personnel carriers for... Boeing to Demonstrate Low-Power Laser on UAV
The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California is being awarded an $8,966,976 competitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) Phase 1 effort. No options are contemp... US, Japan and South Korea Host Joint Missile Tracking Drills
The US, South Korea and Japan have started joint exercises to track missiles from North Korea, Seoul's military has said. The two-day drills come just weeks after Pyongyang launched its most advanced ... US Army to Cut Weapon Requirements Process from 60 to 12 Months
WASHINGTON --- The new U.S. Army Futures Command with its eight cross-functional teams, or CFTs, will provide the unity of effort and command needed to reduce the requirements development process from... PLA Stresses Combat Readiness, Reassigns Officers
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) ground force's top priority is actual combat readiness, experts said, following the PLA's announcement that it had been selecting and deploying officers based on bat... US Navy Prepares to Search for Crashed C-2A Aircraft
YOKOSUKA, Japan --- The U.S. Navy will deploy a team of deep water salvage experts to search for the C-2A Greyhound aircraft that crashed in the Philippine Sea on the way to USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)... Belarus’ Belavia Orders Additional Embraer E195
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands --- Embraer and Belavia, Belarusian Airlines, the national carrier of Belarus, announced today a further firm order for one current generation E195 jet for delivery in 2018.... Finland to Continue with International Exercises in 2018
The Minister of Defence decided on Finland's continued participation in international training and exercises in 2018. International training and exercises are a part of maintaining and developing F... Australia Preserves 200 Shipbuilding Jobs
The Turnbull Government has given workers at Osborne an early Christmas present. The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP and the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Mathia... Baltic Defence Ministers Set 2018 Defence Policy Priorities
Further NATO adaptation, implementation of the European Union security initiatives, and close cooperation with allies in ensuring security of Baltic region are the key points on next year’s Baltic def... Northrop to Perform Technology Maturation Work on US Army Radar
BALTIMORE --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract from the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Program Office (LTPO) to perform risk reduction for radar technology and associated mission capabilit... Leonardo Exhibits at GDA Defense Show in Kuwait
Leonardo is participating in the fourth edition of the Gulf Defence and Aerospace Exhibition, taking place in Mishref, Kuwait, from 12 to 14 December, presenting a selection of its state-of-the-art te... Russia to Exhibit S-400 Air Defense System at Kuwait Arms Show
MOSCOW --- Russia will feature its cutting-edge S-400 air defense missile system at the Gulf Defense & Aerospace 2017 international exhibition that will be held in Kuwait on December 12-14, Russia’s s... | 
