| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases China to Order 184 Airbus A320s
BEIJING --- French President Emmanuel Macron said a contract with China for 184 Airbus A320 narrow-body jets would be finalized soon and that his country also had ambitions to sell A350 and A380 plane... US Clears SM-3 Missile Sale to Japan
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missiles for an estimated cost of $133.3 million... Arianespace Wins Two Intelsat Launch Contracts
Arianespace signed an agreement to launch two satellites for longtime customer Intelsat, one of the world’s largest satellite operators. This continues the longstanding relationship between Intelsat a... US Denies Involvement in Drone Attacks on Russian Bases
DAMASCUS --- The Russian government says a swarm of drones was used to attack its bases in north western Syria. The attack took place on the night of January 5-6. Russian air defenses in the area d... First Surion Multirole Helicopters for S. Korean Marines
SEOUL --- South Korea's Marine Corps received the first two multirole helicopters from the country's arms agency Wednesday, moving a step toward its aim of creating an independent aviation unit. Th... New Management As Airbus Strengthens Cooperation with China
BEIJING --- In the presence of visiting French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Development and Reform Comm... Taiwan Upgrades Sky Sword II Missiles to Face China’s Su-35s
TAIPEI --- The Taiwan-manufactured Sky Sword II missiles will see their usage and adaptation expanded so they can help Taiwan’s Air Force tackle the threat from China’s Sukhoi Su-35 jets, reports said... Another Tender, Another Failure: India Reboots Minesweeper Project
The Indian Navy’s pressing requirement for modern mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) continues to take a back seat to bureaucratic bungling, “Make in India” industrial offset requirements, and pushb... New Batch of Y-20 Transports Enters Chinese Service
A batch of China's first domestically-developed heavy transport aircraft, the Y-20, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force in West China recently, media reported on Wednesday. ... NZ MoD Accepts 30% Cost Overrun in Lockheed Contract
Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced that a revised contract has been signed with Lockheed Martin Canada to deliver the installation phase of the Anzac Frigate Systems Upgrade (FSU) project. The... China Explains Silence on Carrier Group Sortie
BEIJING --- A Chinese PLA Navy fleet led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning set sail for its first training in the year of 2018 without releasing any official information in advance. The fleet's trai... USAF Awards $496M Contract for Datalink Services
-- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. Electronic Systems, Wayne, New Jersey (FA8726-18-D-0004); -- The Boeing Co. through PhantomWorks, Huntington Beach, California (FA8... Boeing Wins $115M Contract for P-8A Support
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is being awarded $115,244,897 for modification P00097 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm target, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus- fixed-fee contract (N... Korea Aerospace Industries Delivers Jets to Thai Air Force
Korea Aerospace Industries, the country’s sole aircraft manufacturer, began delivery of its advanced T-50 trainer jet to the Royal Thai Air Force on Monday. Korea Aerospace Industries received two ... UK MoD Awards £100M Support Deal for Puma Helicopters
Just months after providing vital relief in the Caribbean, a £100 million deal to provide future support to the Royal Air Force’s fleet of Puma HC Mk2 helicopters through to March 2022 has been agreed... US Navy to Evaluate Saab’s ASW Training System
Defence and security company Saab will demonstrate its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, the AUV62-AT, for the U.S. Navy (USN). The AUV62-AT is an artificial acoustic system that mimics a ... PTDI Delivers Aircraft, Helicopters to Indonesian Forces
JAKARTA --- PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) handed over on Tuesday five helicopters and one CN235 maritime patrol aircraft ordered by the Defense Ministry. PTDI president director Elfien Goentoro sa... BAE Touts Its ACV Candidate in US Marines Competition
BAE Systems has submitted its bid for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 down-select with an offering that has superior mobility, survivability and increased carry and payload. Our company, or... CAE to Provide Abrams Tank Engine Trainers for US Army
TAMPA, Florida --- CAE USA today announced it has been awarded a United States Army contract to provide a suite of Abrams M1A2 tank engine trainers. Under terms of the contract awarded by the Army'... China Launches Two Superview Remote Sensing Satellites
TAIYUAN --- China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The satellites, SuperView... Russia Rolls Out New Equipment to Military Units
The Army Aviation Regiment stationed in Primorye, Eastern MD, has received five new Mi-8AMTSh transport-attack helicopters and one Mi-8AMTSh-V helicopter. The vessels were redeployed from the Ulan-Ude... Denmark and Italy Help Secure Baltic Airspace
Demark and Italy are to keep the skies of the Baltic safe as part of NATO’s Air Policing mission in the region. Danish F-16 jets will fly from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania, while Italy’s Eurofighter... Darpa Looks for New C2 System for Space Operations
The growing complexity of space operations coupled with an increased need for timely decisions demands innovative approaches to battle management command and control (BMC2) technologies. To help ensur... Curtiss-Wright Wins $86M for Aerospace Instrumentation Technology
CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $86 million by Edwards Air Force B... Arianespace Looks to the Future with Ariane 6 and Vega C
The past year saw Arianespace carry out 11 successful launches; sign 19 additional launch contracts, including three for Vega C and two for Ariane 6; and enter a new governance structure alongside Ari... Ukraine Expanding Weapons Production Capabilities
In 2017, UKROBORONPROM (UOP) efforts were aimed at expanding capacities of its enterprises-participants. New technological lines, workshops, assembly stands were opened, the country’s defense compl... RUAG Touts Complex Aircraft Repairs in Siberia
RUAG Aviation successfully resolved three separate and highly exacting aircraft maintenance and repair events on behalf of Russian operator AeroGeo Airlines, during 2017. The aircraft, two Pilatus PC-... Terma at Surface Navy Association National Symposium
Terma will be present at this year’s Surface Navy Association National Symposium on 9-11 January in Arlington, VA. At the event, Terma will display our SCANTER radars offering unprecedented small t... | 
