| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases China to Fly J-20 Stealth Fighters, New AEW&C at Zhuhai Air ShowV
Multiple J-20 stealth fighter jets were spotted in the skies above Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday, in preparation for Airshow China 2018 in November, a military expert said. Fo... Revised A400M Contract May Slide Into 2019
PARIS --- Ongoing talks between Airbus and the A400M customer nations on a new contract may not be completed by Nov. 30 as currently planned, and may slide into 2019. Announcing the company’s third... French MoD Details First FTI Light Frigate
In 2013, the Defense White Paper stipulated that, by 2030, 15 frigates would have to equip the Navy. This directly implies the arrival of a new frigate in the forces, the intermediate size frigate (FT... US Justice Dept. Indicts Chinese Intel Hackers for Stealing Secrets
Chinese intelligence officers and those working under their direction, which included hackers and co-opted company insiders, conducted or otherwise enabled repeated intrusions into private companies’ ... China Slams US High-Tech Restrictions on Chinese Firm
The US' decision to impose export restrictions on a Chinese chipmaker has slammed by Chinese government on Tuesday, and Chinese experts said that the decision ignores basic rules and principles where ... German Firms Deliver Sub-Standard Weapons: MoD
Germany's opposition Left party drew a Defense Ministry admission Wednesday that only 39 percent of large items delivered to the German armed forces in 2017 did not require further improvement before ... Missile Defense Laser Concept Advances
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --- The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine-month, $25.5 million contract extension to continue development of its Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile inter... NATO Chief Expects Russian 'Professionalism' as Both Prepare for War Games
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he expects Russia to behave in a "professional" manner as the Russian Navy and the Western military alliance both conduct exercises in the same area in wat... US Navy Awards Next-Gen Jammer Low Band Contracts
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --– The U.S. Navy awarded Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET) contracts Oct. 25 valued at approximately $36 million each to L3 Technologies Communications Systems West and... Lockheed Wins $366M for Aegis K2 for South Korean Navy
Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $365,730,330 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed-price contract for new-construction DDG Ae... Boeing Wins $245M for Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded a $244,714,371 not-to-exceed, firm-fixed-price contract to procure long lead material for Harpoon full-rate production Lot 91 in support of multip... Airbus, NZ to Develop UAV and Space Data Tech Capability
Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods has welcomed a new agreement with Europe’s largest aeronautics and space company, Airbus, committing to work together to develop capability in New... Poland Offers to Build ‘Fort Trump’ for Permanent US Troops
We talked about the Fort Trump project - about the US base in Poland. We want the US military stationed in Poland to ensure the security of Poland and the entire eastern flank of NATO - said Mariusz B... Sweden’s F 21 Wing Provides Host Nation Support
Trident Juncture 2018, the biggest NATO exercise in several decades, is taking place in northern Norway, Sweden and Finland. Three American flying units are based at F 21 in Luleå, and the base is tas... BAE Wins $72M for Ship Air Traffic Control
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is being awarded a $72,049,627 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for Air Traffic Con... Raytheon Links Ship Self-Defense System to F-35
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- For the first time ever, Raytheon Company’s Ship Self Defense System established a digital air connection between a sea-based U.S. Navy ship and an airborne U.S. Marine Corps Join... Arquus to Contribute to Belgian CAMO Program
Arquus is a partner to the Franco-Belgian agreement concerning the CAMO (MOtorised CApacity) program to modernize Belgian land mobility capacities. and includes the purchase of 442 Scorpion vehicles. ... FI Sees Realignment, Restructuring in Regional Aircraft Market
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Using data from its innovative Platinum Forecast System 4.0, Forecast International projects that 6,086 regional aircraft will be produced in the 15-year period from 2018 through 20... Rheinmetall, Rohde & Schwarz Ready to Digitize the Bundeswehr
RRS-MITCOS is the short form for a new joint venture which Rheinmetall and Rohde & Schwarz have set up to meet the German military’s requirement for integrated operational and communications systems. ... ST Marine Bags New Contracts Worth S$431M in 3Q
SINGAPORE --– ST Engineering announced today that its Marine sector secured in the third quarter (3Q) of 2018 about S$431m worth of contracts including options for its shipbuilding business, as well a... Korean Company Maker to Build Mini-Drone
SEOUL --- LIG Nex1, a South Korean defense firm, said Wednesday that it has secured an order to build a military drone. The drone -- which can carry a warhead of up to 500 grams and fly for about 4... UK Troops Combat Ready for NATO Exercise Trident Juncture
British Army personnel have completed integration training with Danish and Polish allies in preparation for NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 in Norway. Sun streams through the fields of a Norweg... Pentagon Sets Military Intelligence Budget At $22.1 Billion
The Department of Defense released today the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriated top line budget for fiscal year 2018. The total MIP budget, which included both the base budget and Overse... USAF Maintainers Describe Air Force Light Attack Experiment
MOODY AFB, Ga. --- It’s not every day a pair of Reserve Citizen Airman maintainers get to help shape the future of the Air Force, but events like the recent light attack experiment can provide the opp... 24th MEU Executes Amphibious Assault During Exercise
ALVUND BEACH, Norway --- The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted an amphibious landing in Alvund, Norway, Oct. 29, 2018, during Exercise Trident Juncture 18. The exercise allowed the MEU to rehea... CRS Reports on Status of US Navy’s Aegis Program
The Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD opera... Saab, Lockheed to Upgrade US Army Vehicle Engagement Simulator
Lockheed Martin, in partnership with Saab, has received a change order to the Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (VTESS) contract awarded in July 2017 to provide modernized VTESS code for t... HMAS Ballarat Deploys for Nine-Month Middle East Mission
HMAS Ballarat and her ship’s company of 190 officers and sailors have departed Fleet Base West at Garden Island, Western Australia, for maritime security operations as part of Operation Manitou in the... Indian Navy Orders Four Survey Vessels from GRSE Shipyard
Ministry of Defence has awarded contract for design, construction and supply of four Survey Vessels for Indian Navy to Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Limited, Kolkata after it became suc... Fourth China-Latin America High-level Defense Forum Launched
BEIJING --- The Fourth China-Latin America High-level Defense Forum was launched at the International College of Defense Studies (ICDS) of the National Defense University (NDU) of the Chinese People’s... Russia Deploys Modern Protected Vehicle in Armed Forces
To date, tactical wheeled vehicles are the main means for moving subdivisions and units of the Land Force and d other Services and Arms. In order to increase the security, a series of the Medved an... USAF Pilots in Japan Join Red Flag from Virtual Cockpits
BALTIMORE --- For the first time, U.S. Air Force crew members from Misawa Air Force Base, Japan, participated in two live RED FLAG Alaska missions from virtual cockpits at the Misawa Mission Training ... Airbus Reports on Future of Aerospace Technologies in Africa
TOULOUSE --- Airbus today released The Great Enabler: Aerospace in Africa – a White Paper on the role of aerospace technologies and their impact on socio-economic development in Africa. The extensi... Airbus and Georgia Tech Open Center for Overall Aircraft Design
Both will take advantage of this strategic collaboration to accelerate the transformation of the aircraft design process. Last week Airbus and Georgia Institute of Technology officially opened the ... Basque Country Hosts Clean Sky 2 Meets in Bilbao
ZAMUDIO, Basque Country --- Bilbao hosted the official Infoday of Clean Sky 2, the main European public-private RDT initiative focused on the development of technologies and demonstrators that will gi... Saab at Indo Defence 2018
Saab is back at this year’s Indo Defence 2018 Expo and Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 7 to 10 November 2018. Please visit us at Stand D 075. Indo Defence is Indonesia’s biggest defence and secur... | 
