| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Lockheed Wins $7.2Bn GPS III Contract
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to ... Dutch Sign $1.9Bn Contract for Apache Upgrade
On September 14, Ambassador Hoekstra joined Principal Director of Security Assistance at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Michèle Hizon, and Dutch State Secretary for Defense Barbara Visser at ... Kongsberg Wins $498M for Protector Weapon Stations
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KDA), Kongsberg, Norway, was awarded a $498,289,506 firm-fixed-price contract for continued production, sustainment and engineering services for the M153 Common Remot... Time Running Out for BAE’s Typhoon Sale to Qatar
Time is running out for BAE Systems to confirm a long-awaited deal to sell Typhoon fighters to Qatar. Gavin Williamson, the Defence Secretary, and his Qatari counterpart unveiled the £5bn contract... US Air Force Finds Fix for T-6A Oxygen Disfunctions
SAN ANTONIO, Texas --- The Air Force will begin implementing a series of corrective measures, including redesigning the oxygen system and adjusting oxygen control levels in flight, to address persiste... China Reinforces Training for Carrier Pilots
The unit is rapidly approaching full strength as more pilots pass rigorous tests to fly the J-15 fighter in all conditions. Zhao Lei reports. As China's aircraft carrier fleet expands and grows str... AM General Wins $562M for Humvee Ambulances
AM General LLC, South Bend, Indiana, was awarded a $562,478,542 hybrid (cost and firm-fixed-price) contract for the procurement of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles ambulance. One bid was so... Lockheed Wins $88M for F-35 Lot XI Support Equipment
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $88,029,912 for modification P00002 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-pr... Rheinmetall Modernizes British Logistic Vehicles Fleet
Rheinmetall, through its joint venture Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV), is supporting the programme to modernize part of the British military's fleet of logistic vehicles with a new loading s... Northrop Begins Fire Scout Flight Tests in Moss Point, Miss.
MOSS POINT, Miss. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation recently began flight tests for MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft produced in Moss Point at the Trent Lott International Airport, a major milestone for the c... Arianespace to Orbit Airbus THEOS-2-Satellite for Thailand
Arianespace announced today that it will orbit THEOS-2, the very-high-resolution Earth observation optical satellite for Thailand, under the terms of a turnkey contract between Airbus Defence and Spac... ULA Delta II Launches ICESat-2 Satellite for NASA
DULLES, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation spacecraft (ICESat-2), built by the company for NASA, successfully launched aboard a United Launch Allian... Second Chinese Carrier Due for Third Sea Trials
China's first domestically made aircraft carrier Type 001A is expected to undergo a third sea trial after military exercises were announced in seas near the city of Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning ... China Doubles Length of Training for New Recruits
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) ground force has extended training for new recruits from three months to six, a move aiming to improve combat capability. The new recruits will be trained on prof... German Defense Minister Urges Long-Term Military Presence in Iraq
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has said Germany needs to stick around to deliver training to Iraqi troops. She warned that "Islamic State" still has an ideological foothold. German De... Acquisition Trends 2018: Defense Contract Spending Bounces Back
DoD contract obligations increased 13 percent between FY 2015 and FY 2017. However, growth was not uniform across what DoD procures. Defense products contracting increased 22 percent while defense ser... India’s Man-Portable ATGM Scores Twice In Firing Trials
Indigenously developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), was successfully flight tested for the second time from the Ahmednagar range today. All the mission objectives have been met. ... US Army Cross-Functional Teams Already Producing Results: General
WASHINGTON --- Cross-functional teams, which are part of the new U.S. Army Futures Command, are hard at work to put new capability into the hands of warfighters in the next three to five years, said G... UK MoD Standing Up ‘Enormous’ Logistic Military Hub
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has paid tribute to the future of Shropshire’s giant military logistics facility, which was opened last year to revolutionise the way support is delivered for the armed ... NSPA Orders Raven UAV for Portugal
SIMI VALLEY --- AeroVironment, Inc. has received a fixed-price contract award valued at $5,962,494 from NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on August 20, 2018. The contract award encompasses th... More Lethal Weaponry Possible for Ukraine: US Envoy
KYIV --- The United States is considering sending more lethal weaponry to Kyiv to build up its naval and air defenses, Washington’s special envoy for Ukraine said, as concerns mount that Russia may be... Gulfstream Delivers Telemetry Range Support Aircraft to U.S. Navy
SAVANNAH, Georgia --- Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently delivered a special mission G550 to the United States Navy. Designed and modified at Gulfstream, this aircraft will host a wide array of senso... Australia Describes Rationale for F-35 Modernization
A capability as complex as the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) isn’t something you buy, deliver, fly and forget about. With advanced sensors, data fusion capabilities and stealth, the aircraft’s a... US Grows Dependent on Russia for Satellite Propulsion Systems
The Trump Administration is expected to release a long-awaited assessment of the U.S. defense industrial base next week. Early indications are that it will contain disheartening details about how Amer... Leonardo UK Opens £2M Cyber Academy in Lincoln
LINCOLN --- At a ceremony on Friday, Air Marshal Philip Osborn, the UK’s Chief of Defence Intelligence, officially opened a brand-new training facility where defence and security company Leonardo will... T&G Nordic and Terma Team on Naval Defense Electronics
HELSINKI, Finland --- During the Danish Royal visit to Finland, 13-14 September 2018, the Finnish company T&G Nordic and Danish defense group Terma signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). “With... Thales Details Exhibit at DVD2018
This year at DVD2018, Thales will demonstrate how we help the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and other militaries around the world in enabling their STRIKE capability. At this year’s event the UK MO... | 
