| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Five Shipyards Win Concept Design Contracts for Next-Gen FFG(X) Frigate
PARIS --- The US Navy on Feb 16 awarded conceptual design contracts for the future Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X) to five of the six companies that submitted bids on the Federal Business Opportunities... Ingalls Wins $1.4 Bn Order for LPD 29
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $1,430,821,350 fixed-price-incentive modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-16-C-2431) for the procurement of the de... Disillusionment at the Munich Security Conference
PARIS --- Meeting for two days of speeches, meetings and informal talks at the Munich Security Conference on Feb 17-18, ministers and senior defense and foreign affairs officials projected a morose ou... Photos Detail Extent of Chinese Base-Building in Spratlys
On February 5, the Philippine Daily Inquirer published a series of aerial photos of China’s seven outposts in the Spratly Islands. The photos, most of which were taken in late 2017 by an unspecified p... United States Blocks French Missile, Rafale Sales to Egypt
The French weekly financial newspaper La Tribune reported on Friday that a deal between Cairo and France over the sale of 12 Rafale jet fighters to Egypt has been blocked because the US is refusing to... Finland to Issue RFP for Future H-X Fighter by May
The most demanding and busy phase for the preparation of a call for tenders for Finland's fighter auction is currently in progress, according to Lauri Puranen, Program Director of Strategic Projects a... Germany's Bundeswehr 'Lacks Basic Equipment' for NATO Mission
The German army lacks the protective vests, winter clothes and tents needed for its deployment in a NATO rapid reaction force, a report says. But that is not the only shortfall. German soldiers do ... PM May: 'UK Will Not Wait to Take Back Control of Defence'
The German army lacks the protective vests, winter clothes and tents needed for its deployment in a NATO rapid reaction force, a report says. But that is not the only shortfall. German soldiers do ... UK MoD Signs £260M Contract for C-17 Support
A £260 million agreement with the United States Government to support RAF C-17 heavy lift transport aircraft into the next decade has been signed by the MOD, Defence Minister Guto Bebb announced today... Pentagon 'Heartened' by NATO Nations' Increased Defense Budgets
WASHINGTON --- Global democracies are working together, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said yesterday to reporters traveling with him as he wrapped up a European trip to reaffirm key partnerships a... French AF Flies Nuke Strike Test Mission to Djibouti
In January, a page in the history of the Air Force was turned in Djibouti, with the final long-distance training sorties by Mirage 2000N nuclear strike aircraft operated by the Forces Aériennes Straté... Chutzpah: Lockheed Protests US Air Force “Data Grab”
Lockheed Martin did something unusual this week. The world's biggest defense contractor lodged a protest with the Government Accountability Office over the conduct of an Air Force helicopter competiti... HAL Wants to Outsource Production of Civil Dhruv Helicopter
BENGALURU --- For the first time in Indian history, as a major boost to defence manufacturing and Government’s ‘Make-in-India’ initiative, HAL has offered the indigenous ‘Advanced Light Helicopter-D... Russia Touts Pantsir Mobile Surface-to-Air System
Much has been said lately about the effectiveness of advanced Russian military equipment, which has proved its highest effectiveness in actual combat situations. Among the best Russian-made militar... Polish Air Force Begins M-346 Flight Operations
The first flight of the Polish M-346 training aircraft took place on February 16 this year at Air Force Base 41 with Polish air force Pilot Captain. Miroslaw Kopeć at the controls, accompanied by an I... Lockheed Wins $14M for Israeli-Specific F-35 Parts
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $13,993,000 for not-to-exceed modification P00006 to previously issued delivery order 0132 placed against ba... India Green-Lights Defense Programs Worth $2.5 Billion
NEW DELHI --- The Indian Ministry of Defense has launched a slew of new procurement programs aimed at outfitting the country's Army with light machine guns, assault rifles and sniper rifles, as well a... GD Wins $208M Order for US Navy Digital Modular Radio
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --- The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a five year, $208 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the continued procurement, testing and deli... Russian Navy Su-30SM In First-Ever In-Flight Refueling
For the first time in the recent history of Russia, pilots of the Naval Air Force have practised in-flight refuelling on Su-30SM aircraft. During the training, the Su-30SM and Su-24M aircraft took ... Depot-Level Maintenance: CBO Has Insights for the F-35
Intended to replace older models of aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, the F-35 is a fighter aircraft with stealth capabilities that reduce the chance of detection by radar a... Lockheed Wins Extra $51M for Two Twin-Line Towed Array Sonars
Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Liverpool, New York, is being awarded a $50,867,139 ceiling increase modification totaling to a previously awarded contract (N00039-15-C-0214). ... Bell Wins Contract for AH-1Z Lot 16 Long-Lead Items
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $37,607,000 for firm-fixed-price modification P00003 to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-17-C-0030) for the p... EU Defence Fund Delivers New Research Projects
BRUSSELS --- The European Defence Fund continues to deliver with another set of EU-funded defence research projects. The Fund, launched by President Juncker in June 2017, is a catalyst for the creatio... Rheinmetall Team Wins European Defence Fund Contract
Overcoming multiple competitors, Rheinmetall has won the first request for proposals for preliminary studies relating to European Union defence research financed by the EU's European Defence Union. ... Austal, Lockheed Detail FFG(X) Concept Design Contracts
Austal today celebrated the US$15 million-dollar, fixed price contract for the Guided Missile Frigate FFG(X) Concept Design. The contract will develop the Austal Frigate design to meet the FFG(X) s... US Army Trains with Small UAVs in Germany
HOHENFELS, Germany --- Small drone aircraft the Army is using are proving their worth as a useful tool for battlefield reconnaissance and intelligence gathering. Infantry units are seeing the advan... Special Operations Forces Highlighted in House Hearing
WASHINGTON --- The global successes of the U.S. Special Operations Command and the services' special operations forces are due to their extraordinary people and the support from Congress, senior speci... USAF Trains F-35 Maintainers in 32 Days
LUKE AFB, AZ. --- The 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment flight implemented a new program to accelerate training for three-level Airmen on the F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-35... Boeing 737 MAX 9 Awarded FAA Certification
SEATTLE --- Boeing announced today that the 737 MAX 9 has received an amended type certificate (ATC) from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officially certifying the airplane for commerc... HMS Ocean Sold to Brazil for £84 Million
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is selling the Royal Navy's flagship vessel HMS Ocean to help plug a mammoth financial black hole. The £84 million sale to the Brazilian navy is due to go ahead next m... Impunity for U.S.-Funded Warlords in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan will cost the United States approximately $45 billion this year, according to Pentagon estimates. About $5 billion of that will go towards paying the budget of the Afghan securi... PALS Turns to Marine Organisms to Help Monitor Strategic Waters
WASHINGTON --- The world’s vast oceans and seas offer seemingly endless spaces in which adversaries of the United States can maneuver undetected. The U.S. military deploys networks of manned and unman... | 
