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WASHINGTON --- Today President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request of $716 billion for national security, $686 billion of which is for the Department of Defen... Nations May Abandon Some Airbus A400M Features
SINGAPORE / BERLIN --- Europe’s new troop transporter may never go into battle with all the promised military capabilities after buyers of the A400M agreed to let Airbus negotiate an opt-out for featu... France Awards Initial Contract for VBMR Armored Vehicle
PARIS --- During her visit to Nexter's industrial facility in Roanne (Loire) on Monday, February 12, 2018, Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced the award of the contract for the multi... BAE Offers UK Government Financing to Malaysia for Typhoon Deal
KUALA LUMPUR --- BAE Systems will provide Malaysia a UK government-backed financing deal if it decides to replace its fleet of combat jets with the Eurofighter Typhoon, senior company officials said. ... Otokar Submits Best and Final Offer for Altay Tank Production
Turkey's leading land systems manufacturer Otokar submitted it best and final offer (BAFO) regarding the serial production of Altay Main Battle Tank Project to Undersecretariat for Defence Industries ... US Navy FY2019 Request Tops $194 Billion
Today the 2019 budget request for the Department of the Navy (DON) was submitted to Congress. The $194.1 billion (Base + Overseas Contingency Operations) strategy-driven budget submission reflects the... US Navy Releases 30-Year Ship Acquisition Plan
WASHINGTON --- The Department of the Navy submitted the long-range ship acquisition plan to Congress Feb. 12. The 30-Year Ship Acquisition Plan is a Congressionally-mandated report which describes ... US Air Force Requests $156 Bn for FY2019
The Air Force budget request of $156.3 billion for fiscal year 2019 builds on the progress made in 2018 to restore the readiness of the force, increase lethality, and cost-effectively modernize. Se... US Air Force Outlines Future of Bomber Force
WASHINGTON --- The Air Force outlined plans for its bomber fleet in its Fiscal Year 2019 President’s Budget Request February 12, 2018. In line with the service’s bomber vector, the budget request d... Missile Defense Agency Requests $9.9 Billion for FY2019
MDA fully supports the National Defense Strategy with its FY 2019 President’s Budget request, allowing the nation to: Compete, Deter, and Win. MDA will support the strategy with the continued developm... Japan Eyes F-35B Fighters to Defend Remote Isles
The government is considering operating F-35B fighter jets from about fiscal 2026, in an effort to utilize airports on remote islands and thereby improve the nation’s capability to defend the isles, T... Austria Hands Findings On 2003 Eurofighter Purchase to US
VIENNA --- Austria has handed over its findings on suspect money flows related to its 2003 purchase of Airbus Eurofighter jets to international bodies including the U.S. Department of Justice, the Aus... Drones and the European Union: Prospects for a Common Future
The debate over the use of drones is an opportunity for states to identify elements of military practice that their publics find uncomfortable or troubling, and to explain these areas of military oper... BAE Systems to Modernize USS Philippine Sea
BAE Systems has received a $9.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58). The ship will undergo 10 months of work at the company’s Jack... Russian Aerospace Forces Tests Upgraded ABM
The Russian Aerospace Forces have successfully tested an upgraded antiballistic missile (ABM) at the Sary Shagan training ground in Kazakhstan. According to Colonel Andrey Prikhodko, the deputy com... Venerable US B-52 May Outlive Snazzier, Younger Bombers
The B-52, which people have called "aging" seemingly for ages, is now likely to outlive its younger, snazzier brother bombers, the swing-wing B-1 and the stealthy B-2. Air Force Secretary Heather W... BAE Touts CV90 Infantry Combat Vehicle to Czech Republic
What do Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland have in common? They all benefit from the continuous development of one of the world’s most modern, versatile, re... UK Defence Secretary Details Modern Partnership with Australia
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has visited the regional power with global interests, Australia, to discuss reinforcing the modern partnership, as well as tackling the nuclear threat from North... China Reveals Another Long-Range Armed UAV
China’s top aircraft research center on Monday announced the successful test flight of the country’s newest stealth drone, a long-endurance unmanned aircraft that can fly under the radar. According... Officials Highlight Importance of US Security Assistance
WASHINGTON --- U.S. security sector assistance is an important tool to build partner capacity and strengthen regional security, officials said today during a panel discussion at the Center for Strateg... Saab Wins Swedish Navy Order for Tactical Data Links
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, to provide Multi Tactical Data Links to the Swedish Navy. The total order value is SEK 148 million. The Navy platfo... Boeing Wins $61M to Upgrade Japan’s Four E-767s
The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $60,903,323 hybrid (fixed-price-incentive-firm, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-plus-incentive-fee) contract for the mission... China Sees Major Opportunities for Its CH Armed Drone
China's new generation solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Caihong (CH), or Rainbow, has successfully run a live-ammunition test under extreme environmental conditions recently, said the Beij... GA-ASI Announces Industry Partners for MQ-25 Drone
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is proud to announce its MQ-25 Stingray offering to the U.S. Navy in collaboration with a range of highly regarded industry partners that repre... CRS Reports on US Army Directed Energy Weapon Programs
The U.S. military has a long and complicated history in developing directed energy (DE) weapons. Many past efforts have failed for a variety of reasons and not all failures were attributed to scientif... China Likely to Build More Overseas Support Bases
It is reasonable and necessary for China to strengthen its maritime power as it is becoming stronger, Chinese experts said after People's Daily published three articles on a whole page to emphasize th... The US Army Must Keep Modernizing While Trying to Leap Ahead
Back in the 1920s when most aircraft were biplanes, wing-walking became a favorite stunt of daredevils at air shows. People would actually get out on the wings of planes as they were flying, holding o... Complex Discussions Over Flying Predator Drones in UK Airspace
Details of discussions between the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on plans to allow the RAF’s upgraded version of the US Predator drone to be flown within the UK have... Australian DoD Reports Over A$1 Billion in F-35 Contracts
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced that Australian industry has been collectively awarded over $1 billion in production for the F-35 program. The streng... MBDA Contracts Airspeed for Possible MMP Production in Australia
MBDA Australia today announced a new contract with South Australian composite company Airspeed. Under this contract, Airspeed will use its advanced aerospace composite manufacturing techniques to e... NSPA to Host Industry Day for NATO Future Surveillance & Control
At the 2016 Warsaw Summit NATO launched the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) project to develop options for future NATO surveillance and control capabilities. NATO - through NSPA as ... MTU Aero Details Role in CH-53K Engine Production
MUNICH --- The T408 engine that will power the U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter is now going into production. The contract to build 22 T408-GE-400s and provide logistics and engineering... EU Approves Orbital ATK’s Acquisition by Northrop Grumman
FALLS CHURCH, Va. --- The European Commission has notified Northrop Grumman Corporation that it has approved Northrop Grumman's acquisition of Orbital ATK. Northrop Grumman continues to support the... GD Expands IT Offerings with $9.6 Bn CSRA Acquisition
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – General Dynamics and CSRA today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which General Dynamics will acquire all outstanding shares of CSRA for $40.75 in ... Lockheed Martin Delivers 400th C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft
MARIETTA, Ga. --- Lockheed Martin reached a major milestone with the delivery of its 400th C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on Feb. 9. This Super Hercules is an MC-130J Commando II Special Operations ai... GE and Tata Break Ground for Aero-Engine Centre of Excellence in India
HYDERABAD, India --– GE and Tata group, India’s leading global enterprise, today held the ground-breaking ceremony for a world class Structural Center of Excellence (COE) focused on aero-engine compon... | 
