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Industry Complains As Canada Again Changes Rules for Frigate Bid
The government has once again changed how it will evaluate bids on its $60-billion warship program, prompting more concerns the new process is designed to help out a company linked to Irving Shipbuild

Lockheed Poised to Get $11 Billion F-35 Contract Despite Delays
Lockheed Martin Corp. continues to deliver its next-generation F-35 aircraft late because of production flaws, even as the Pentagon is poised to award the company a potential $11 billion contract that

F-35A Suffers In-Flight Emergency, Nose Gear Collapses on Landing
EGLIN AFB, Fla. --- An F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, experienced a ground mishap at approximately 12:50 p.m. today on the flightline here. The F-35A experienced an in-f

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Industry Complains As Canada Again Changes Rules for Frigate Bid
The government has once again changed how it will evaluate bids on its $60-billion warship program, prompting more concerns the new process is designed to help out a company linked to Irving Shipbuild...

Lockheed Poised to Get $11 Billion F-35 Contract Despite Delays
Lockheed Martin Corp. continues to deliver its next-generation F-35 aircraft late because of production flaws, even as the Pentagon is poised to award the company a potential $11 billion contract that...

F-35A Suffers In-Flight Emergency, Nose Gear Collapses on Landing
EGLIN AFB, Fla. --- An F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, experienced a ground mishap at approximately 12:50 p.m. today on the flightline here. The F-35A experienced an in-f...

F-35s Need Special Lightning Rods to Shield Them from Japan Storms
Among a number of residual issues that remain with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the matter of the jet’s defenses against lightning strikes, or lack thereof, continues to be a particularly vexing iss...

US Air Force Chief “Could Not Be Happier” with F-35
As the Air Force wraps up its second year of operational service with the F-35, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein says he “could not be happier” with the aircraft, and that it is living up to its bil...

Four of 11 LCSs May Deploy in 2019 After Two Years in Port
Four Littoral Combat Ships are on track to be available to deploy in 2019, the head of the U.S. surface Navy told Defense News in an interview. Though it’s unclear when the ships will deploy, the h...

US Afghanistan Chief Says 'Strategy Working,' Despite No Battlefield Changes
PENTAGON --- The commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan says the Trump administration's strategy for the war-torn country is yielding progress, despite no significant changes on the...

Arianespace’s Vega Launcher Orbits Aeolus Satellite
ESA’s Earth Explorer Aeolus satellite has been launched into polar orbit on a Vega rocket. Using revolutionary laser technology, Aeolus will measure winds around the globe and play a key role in our q...

Russia Begins Modernization of Indian Vikramaditya Aircraft Carrier
Following the program of military-technical cooperation with India, Technodinamika holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has begun executing installation supervision of marine hydraulic s...

Russia Awards Numerous Contracts to Supply its Military
MOSCOW --- The Russian Ministry of Defense has signed a number of contracts with Russian defense firms alongside the Army 2018 military exhibition. As Army 2018 gets underway, the Russian Ministry ...

Allies to Receive First PGMs Acquired Through NATO
Today (22 August 2018), the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) received the first lot of Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), acquired through a NATO project involving 11 Allies and one NATO par...

British F-35 Pilots Ramp Up Training for HMS Queen Elizabeth Debut
Ramping up training ahead of debuting on Britain’s new carrier, ex-Fleet Air Arm pilot Peter ‘Wizzer’ Wilson takes off from a replica ski jump in an F-35B. Four test pilots are getting in last-minu...

Austria to Buy Additional Helicopters
VIENNA --- The Council of Ministers today decided to secure the financial cover for a disaster relief package. New multi-purpose and transport helicopters In order to be able to continue to guar...

China Has Countermeasures to US Indo-Pacific Strategy
The US Indo-Pacific strategy seeks to use political (emphasizing democratic values), economic (exclusive institutional economic and trade arrangements), diplomatic (strengthening bilateral alliances a...

China Details Objections to US Space Force Initiative
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have announced recently the creation of a new Space Force as an independent military service. On August 9, Pence even made it clear that the US ...

Chinese Frigate Heads to Australia for Naval Exercise
ZHANJIANG, China --- At the invitation of the Royal Australian Navy, the Chinese naval guided-missile frigate Huangshan (Hull 570), carrying a ship-borne helicopter, set sail for Australia from Zhanji...

Estonia Launches Defence Innovation Competition for Future Weapons
The Defence Innovation Competition for Estonian enterprises – for the development of innovative and high export potential weapons systems, ammunition and munitions or associated products – has begun. ...

Czech Troops Deploy to Latvia for Exercise
Loud clamor echoed around the technical area in Rukla, Lithuania this morning (Wednesday) as the Czech contingent of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group loaded up their vehicles, hea...

RAF Typhoons Scramble from Romania to Investigate Russian Fighters
Two British Typhoon jets based in Romania have scrambled to investigate suspected Russian fighter aircraft operating near NATO airspace over the Black Sea. Britain's Ministry of Defense said the Ty...

Pentagon Moves to Support War in the “Grey Zone”
The Department of Defense issued a directive this month based on new authority granted by Congress last year to engage in “low-visibility, irregular warfare” operations. In the FY2018 defense autho...

Singapore and Japan Navies Reaffirm Ties with PassEx and Port Call
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) personnel planning for the passage exercise on board RSS Tenacious. The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)'s Formidable-...

Russia Ready for Military Cooperation with Angola
Russia is ready for the maximum development of military and military-technical cooperation with Angola, said Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin during his talks with ...

Northrop, DARPA Set New Standard for Wireless Transmission Speed
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have set a new standard for wireless transmission by operating a data link at 100 gigab...

Process on NZDF Deployments Corrected
Two separate technical issues with regards to New Zealand Defence Force deployments have been identified and remedied by the Coalition Government. As part of the formal approval process for any de...

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