Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Pentagon Defers F-35 Operational Testing Over Immature Software The troubled $1.5 trillion F-35 program is not ready to begin the critical combat-testing phase, the Pentagon’s testing director said in a previously undisclosed August memo obtained by the Center for... Japanese Ship Shoots Down Target in Latest BMD Test The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announce the successful completion of an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) intercept flight test, i... PLA’s J-15 Fighter A Drag On Carrier’s Combat Capabilities China’s one commissioned aircraft carrier and its second one doing seat trials at the moment face one serious problem – finding enough combat aircraft to take off from them. China’s aircraft carrie... Boeing Wins $194M for P-8 Training System Upgrades The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded $194,517,924 for modification P00126 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-14-C-0067) for P-8A Aircrew Training System production co... Morocco Receives 170 Used US Army Abrams Tanks The Kingdom of Morocco is currently the largest U.S. weapons buyer in the 53-country region covered by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). U.S. assistance to Morocco enhances its capacity to promote securi... McSally Pushes to Accelerate A-10 Re-Winging Program WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Today, U.S. Representative Martha McSally led a bicameral letter to the Defense Appropriations Conference Committee urging that the committee fund the A-10 wing replacement progra... Pentagon Still Misleading Public on War in Afghanistan Anyone who has lived through the lies the U.S. government told about the war in Vietnam, or its failure to honestly report the uncertainties regarding Iraq’s continued pursuit of weapons of mass destr... PLA Navy Fighter Jet Force Trains for Carrier Duty The people's Liberation Army Navy's carrier-based fighter jet force has achieved a number of breakthroughs in its training since May 2013, when it was established. By now, several batches of Navy p... Marine Corps Cancels AAV7 Survivability Upgrade WASHIGNTON --- The U.S. Marine Corps is terminating its Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV7) survivability upgrade program, and will instead acquire a larger fleet of new Amphibious Combat Vehicles. ... Russian Tu-95MSs Fly Air Patrol Missions During Vostok 2018 Maneuvers Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the long-range aviation of the Air Forces completed scheduled flights over the neutral waters of the Barents, Chukchi, East Siberian seas and the Arctic Ocean... Latest Anti-UAV System Premieres at Vostok 2018 Exercises Russian newest anti-UAV systems - Silok-01 and Zhitel - will be used for the first time during the Vostok 2018 large-scale maneuvers. The Silok-01 and Zhintel anti-UAV defence systems will monitor ... Navy Afloat Network Undergoes First Upgrade SAN DIEGO --- Representatives from the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Networks Program Office (PMW 160) visited USS Porter (DDG 78) in Rota, Spain, September 4-7, as part of a first-time technology refresh to a... Uzbekistan Receives RQ-11 Small Drone TASHKENT -- Uzbekistan's military has taken delivery of the RQ-11, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Last week, the Uzbek Ministry of Defense released a photo set of an event called 'Army and Youth... ITF Team Nears Historic F-35 Testing with HMS Queen Elizabeth PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) is nearing another milestone as they prepare to embark two F-35Bs on board the United Kingdom’s newest aircraft carrier HMS ... Submarine Maintenance Costs Less at Private Shipyards: CBO CBO found that maintenance at private shipyards has been less expensive, on average, than at public shipyards for the most common type of overhaul for certain attack submarines. Recently, several N... NATO, Russia Drill Their Military Forces Amid Raised Tensions British, French, Italian, and German jets have simulated flight interceptions over Western Europe as part of NATO maneuvers to deter Russian planes from entering alliance airspace. The NATO drills ... First AAR Conference in Europe Looks to Fill Capability Gap BRUSSELS --- Some 200 experts, stakeholders, industry representatives and political/military decision-makers from the European, transatlantic and international Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) community gat... Investment by Defence Innovation Hub Creates Industry Jobs The Defence Innovation Hub continues to award contracts to enhance Defence capability through innovation. Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced three more Defence Innov... ST Engineering to Buy GE Nacelle Unit for $650M SINGAPORE --- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that the Group’s US subsidiary, Vision Technologies Aerospace Incorporated (VT Aerospace), has entered into a cond... Northrop Says IBCS Performed Well in ‘Live Air’ Test HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --– The Northrop Grumman Corporation Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) successfully detected, tracked and simulated engagements of air targets dur... UK MoD Investigates Asbestos Found in Sea King Helicopters The Ministry of Defence (MOD) are currently making a thorough investigation into whether some sea king helicopters contain asbestos. Veterans may have seen media reports about asbestos being found ... Airbus Breaks Ground for Flight Works Alabama Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday joined Airbus executives, city and county leaders from Mobile, and industry and educational partners in breaking ground for Flight Works Alabama, the new aviatio... Kia Promotes Armored Vehicles at DX Korea Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Thursday it will showcase its military vehicles for possible export opportunities during a local defense industry exhibition. ... |