| Latest Feature Stories President Trump’s Flip-Flop on the F-35
President Trump was famously a critic of the F-35 jet fighter when he was running for the White House. But he recently hailed it as the cherry on top of the Pentagon’s ice-cream sundae that is the gov... Latest Press Releases British Army Selects Boxer 8x8 Vehicle
A decision to hand a £3bn defence contract to a German company could have cost Wales hundreds of jobs, an MP has said. Caerphilly's Wayne David criticised the Ministry of Defence's decision to choo... Boeing Wins Initial $1.1Bn for Kuwait Super Hornets
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded an undefinitized contract action with a not-to-exceed value of $1,165,068,022 for long-lead non-recurring engineering required to develop a baseli... China Receives First Regimental Set of S-400 System
MOSCOW --- Two sea vessels have delivered the first regimental set of S-400 Triumf long-range anti-aircraft missile systems to China. The missing equipment that had been earlier damaged while being sh... Indian Air Force to Issue RFI for $15Bn Fighter Order
NEW DELHI --- The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has asked the Indian Air Force (IAF) to send out the request for information (RfI) for a $15-billion order for 100 fighter aircraft before the DefExpo start... US Army to Award SHORADS Contract by August
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The U.S. Army plans to be fully under contract for mission equipment packages to transform its Stryker combat vehicles into maneuverable Short Range Air Defense, or SHORAD, system... SAMI, Boeing Sign MoU on Saudi MRO Joint Venture
SEATTLE --- Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, in Seattle on Friday oversaw a signing ceremony for the establishment of a joint project aimed at localizing more ... America’s Two Top Fighter Jets Still Can’t Talk to Each Other
With the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, the U.S. has fielded two of the world’s most sophisticated, maneuverable and stealthy fighter jets. They both function as airborne shepherds of America’... Lockheed Wins Initial $211M for F-35 Block 4 Upgrade
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aerospace Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $211,295,230 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Block 4.1 common capabilities pre-modernization efforts in sup... India Orders Final Boeing C-17 for $262M
The Boeing Co., Defense, Space, and Security, Huntington Beach, California, has been awarded a $262,000,000 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action for one C-17 aircraft. This contract provid... Russia Carries Out Successful Missile Defense Test
A team of the ASF Air Defence and Missile Defence Forces has successfully conducted a test launch of the ABM new modernised missile at the Sary-Shagan training ground (the Republic of Kazakhstan). ... France, UK Advance Joint Missile Programs, OK Next FCAS Step
PARIS --- On 29 March, Director-General of Armaments Joel Barre met with his British counterpart, Defence Procurement Minister Guto Bebb, for the 29th meeting of the High Level Working Group. The m... China’s H-6K Bomber “Designed to Fly Beyond Island Chains”
China’s bomber H-6K is designed to fly beyond the island chains, said He Shengqiang, leader of the aircraft’s research and development team from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China. He said ... US Deploys Five CV-22s to Tokyo Despite Public Safety Concerns
The U.S. military said Tuesday that five Air Force CV-22 Ospreys will deploy to Yokota Air Base in Tokyo later this week in a move that comes over a year ahead of schedule and despite public concerns ... Boeing Wins $312M for JDAM Production
The Boeing Co., doing business as Boeing Defense Space and Security, St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $311,805,780 ceiling increase modification (P00021) to previously awarded contract FA8213-1... HII Wins Additional $180M for CVN80 Long-Lead Items
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $179,968,887 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (... GD Wins Additional $126M for Columbia-class SSBN
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $126,194,750 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-2117) for the purchase of miss... Lockheed Wins Additional $279M for Saudi Patriot Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $278,839,837 modification (P000015) to Foreign Military Sales (Saudi Arabia) contract W31P4Q-17-C-0006 to increase fiscal 2018 PATRIOT Advanc... Lockheed Wins $251M to Fix Patriot PAC-3 Obsolescence
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $251,131,238 modification (P00014) to Foreign Military Sales (Saudi Arabia and Romania) contract W31P4Q-17-C-0006 for Patriot Advanced Capabi... Second Marine Squadron Begins F-35 Operations
YUMA, Ariz. --- It was like a scene from Top Gun as pilots marched out to the flight line to mount the metal beast known as the F-35B Lightning II. Pilots entered their cockpits, started the engines a... DDG 116 Completes Builder’s Sea Trials
BATH, Maine --- The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) successfully completed Builder's Trials on March 31 after spending four days underway. Builder's Trials consist of a series of in-port and a... Lockheed Wins $119M for SEWIP Block 2 Upgrade
Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Liverpool, New York, is being awarded a $119,591,000 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-5363 to exercise option... Swiftships Wins $429M Order for LCU Landing Craft
Swiftships, LLC, Morgan City, Louisiana, is being awarded an $18,053,376 fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1700. Swiftships ... Poland Lifts Option on RQ-21Q Blackjack UAV
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded an $11,357,809 modification (P00020) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-16-C-0054) to exercise an option for the procurement of... iRobot, Foster-Miller Compete for $429M US Army Contract
iRobot Defense Holdings Inc., doing business as Endeavor Robotics, Chelmsford, Massachusetts (W56HZV-18-D-0036); and Foster-Miller Inc., doing business as QinetiQ North America, Waltham, Massachusetts... GA Wins $81M for British MQ-9B Protector UAVs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $80,869,382 cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized contract action for the United Kingdom MQ-9B Protector pro... Pentagon Awards Three AH-64E Apache Export Contracts
-- The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $30,749,970 hybrid (cost, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-no-fee) Foreign Military Sales (Taiwan) contract for post-production support s... Marine Corps Commandant Looks to Improve Readiness
WASHINGTON --- During an Atlantic Council "Commanders Series" here yesterday, the Marine Corps commandant discussed the Corps' plans to have a trained force ready to face any future adversary. Mari... First Offshore Support & Assistance Ship to French Navy
PARIS --- French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly traveled to Lorient to welcome the arrival of a new naval vessel. The Directorate General of Armament (DGA) on March 22, 2018 took delivery on beh... New US Army Fund Helps Technologists Cross ‘Valley of Death’
The Army’s top acquisition official says he is testing out a new approach to get emerging technologies across the “valley of death” and transition into the service’s formal acquisition programs. Th... New Report Predicts Small Drone Threats to Infantry Units
WASHINGTON --- The emergence of inexpensive small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) that operate without a human pilot, commonly known as drones, has led to adversarial groups threatening deployed U.S... Boeing Overhauls Defense Unit in Attempt to Save Reputation
Boeing, which has come under criticism from Pentagon officials over delays to the KC-46 refueling tanker, is revamping its defense unit in a bid to better manage the tanker and other weapons programs ... Sino-Russian CR929 Program Begins Supplier Selection
SHANGHAI (PRC) --- CRAIC, the joint venture of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has officially announced the commencement of Joint Concept Defini... Darpa Solicits Proposals for Second Robotic “Swarm Sprint”
DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms ... Security Implications of China’s Military Presence in the Indian Ocean
China’s military forays into the Indian Ocean have triggered a series of warnings. The term “string of pearls” was first used to refer to Chinese basing access in the Indian Ocean by a 2004 report for... India’s HAL and Bharat Electronics Posted Record Sales in 2017
BENGALURU --- The Government owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited records a turnover of over Rs. 18,000 crores (provisional and unaudited) for the year ending March 31, 2018 (corresponding figure for t... Latvia Protests Russian Missile Test in Its EEZ
Russia's central air traffic management centre has informed the Latvian Civil Aviation Agency that the Russian Naval Force will carry out missile tests between April 4 and 6 from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m... Leonardo Sells First AW109 Trekker to Chile
ROME --- Leonardo announced today that two additional civil helicopters will be delivered to Chilean private operators by early 2019, adding to a fleet of more than 20 aircraft currently in service. T... Successful 5th Launch of 10 Iridium NEXT Satellites
CANNES --- The fifth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites built by Thales Alenia Space has been successfully launched by SpaceX from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Thales Alenia Space, the sy... Russia Exhibit Focused on Aviation, Space at FIDAE Show
JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is organizing the Russian exhibit at the International Air and Space Fair FIDAE 2018. The exhibition is to held on April 3-8 in the territory... Saab Details Exhibit at FIDAE 2018
Saab will display its broad range of products and solutions for military defence and civil security at FIDAE 2018, booth E54. Visitors will learn about the Gripen fighter; air defence systems such as ... Turkey’s Otokar Exhibits Armored Vehicles at FIDAE 2018
Otokar, Turkey's biggest land systems manufacturer will participate in FIDAE 2018, the foremost aerospace, defense and security exhibition of Latin America. At the exhibition that will last until Apri... | 
