| Latest Feature Stories Fully 74% of Export F-35s Delivered Until 2024 Are Obsolete
PARIS --- Three-quarters of all the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters delivered to foreign customers until 2023 are obsolete and will require major retrofits before they can deliver their promised performanc... Latest Press Releases Taiwan Says US Agrees $6Bn Sale of Patriot PAC-3 Missiles
TAIPEI --- The Ministry of National Defense (MND), on Friday, June 15 announced that the Unites States had agreed to transfer new military technologies to Taiwan to bolster the country’s domestic defe... Turkey Protests As US Senate Approves Ban on Sale of F-35s
The U.S. Senate's decision to pass a bill prohibiting the sale of Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets to Turkey is unfortunate and against the spirit of strategic partnership, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yı... Damen, Saab Bid Jointly for Brazilian Corvette Tender
In order to meet the needs of the Brazilian Navy, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and Saab come together to develop the project that will supply four Tamandaré Class corvettes. The companies are worl... Pentagon Halts Planning for Major Exercise in S. Korea
WASHINGTON --- Consistent with President Donald J. Trump's commitment to North Korea and in concert with South Korea, the United States military has suspended all planning for Ulchi Freedom Guardian, ... Donald Trump Announces New 'Space Force'
Trump said that the new force will become the sixth independent branch of the US military. He also signed a directive to try and reduce debris in space "to the common interests of all nations." US ... GD Electric Boat Wins $225M for Virginia-class SSNs
General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $225,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-2100) for economic ordering quantity mater... Russia Launches Glonass Satellite from Plesetsk
The Plesetsk State Testing Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region successfully launches the Soyuz-2.1B medium-lift launch vehicles carrying the Russian GLONASS navigation system on 17 June, at 00.46 a.m... HMS Argyll Sails to Far East As HMS Shoreham Sails to Gulf
Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll left Devonport Naval base today on a busy and exciting nine-month deployment to travel as far as Japan as part of a national push to strengthen military and diplomatic ti... Israel Touts Its New M346-based Pilot Training
Last week (Thursday), the 102nd “Flying Tiger” Squadron celebrated 50 years. The 102nd Squadron is Hatzerim AFB’s first squadron, and has a glorious legacy of multi-theatre activity in face of various... Boeing Leads Airbus in Commercial Aircraft Orders, Deliveries
Boeing and Airbus delivered 68 and 51 commercial jets in May 2018, respectively, compared to 56 and 60 deliveries during the same month last year. May is traditionally an average month for deliveries.... US Army Spurs Researchers to Develop Robots for Future Combat
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. --- As part of a strategy to develop and deliver new robotics capabilities to future Soldiers, Army researchers have partnered with world-renowned experts in industry and ... China Grants Additional Military Funds to Cambodia
China has granted Cambodia’s armed forces with $130 million in aid, a senior official said yesterday. Defence Ministry spokesman General Chhum Sucheat said that the announcement was made by Chinese... Chinese Navy Trains for Underwater Mine Warfare
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently conducted its first competitive live-munition underwater anti-mine warfare exercise, with experts saying the training focused on future militar... NATO Has Had 'Serious Differences Before' Says SecGen
NATO members have seen "serious differences before", the secretary general of the alliance has said after US President Donald Trump criticised allies' defence spending commitments. Following the G7... Dutch to Pull Soldiers Out of Mali Next Year
The Dutch cabinet has agreed to expand its mission in Afghanistan and to pull out of Mali, where it has been active since 2014. Some 60 soldiers will now be sent to the north of Afghanistan on the... L3 Wins Contract for US Army’s Next-Gen Night Vision Goggles
NEW YORK --- L3 Technologies announced today that it has been awarded a three-year, $391 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to provide soldiers with true next-generation Binocular... US Must Balance Expensive Modernization and Lower Cost Upgrades
Modernizing military forces is never cheap. Even if buying new equipment will result in lower life-cycle costs, the upfront investment is inevitably substantial. When defense budgets are tight, the te... Ka-29 Helos New to Primorye Begin Operations
The Ka-29 helicopters began to work out the assigned tasks at the Nikolayevka airfield of the Pacific Fleet's Naval Aviation. Two transport combat helicopters made sorties along the route. Their pi... Patria Completes Audit of Sales and Marketing Processes
During this spring Patria commissioned an internal audit targeted at Patria’s international operations and especially the key processes in sales, marketing, and selection of business partners. The aud... Assessing the Risks of Integrating UAVs into National Airspace
WASHINGTON – Introducing drone operations into the nation’s airspace can provide substantial benefits to society, such as preventing derailments, inspecting cell phone towers, delivering medical devic... Israel OKs Elbit’s Takeover of IMI Systems
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that the agreements reached between Elbit Systems and the Israeli Government for the acquisition of IMI Systems Ltd. (IMI), were approved by the Co... | 
