| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Australia Picks Reaper MALE Drones
Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, and Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Steven Ciobo MP, today announced the selection of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper variant as the system wh... N. Korea Developing New Weapons, May Have Tested New Long-Range Artillery
SEOUL --- North Korea's newly developed tactical weapon is thought to be a long-range artillery piece, a government source in Seoul said Friday, hours after Pyongyang's media reported on leader Kim Jo... Lockheed Wins Two More F-35 Contracts Worth $432M
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $348,915,105 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide the infrastructure to support developmental laboratory ... Is China Ahead of America in Next-Gen Unmanned Aircraft?
The China Airshow in Zhuhai is the annual exhibition that China uses, for both political and commercial reasons, to display the progress of her aerospace capabilities. Like previous editions, this yea... Lockheed Wins $172M Order for 50 LRASM Anti-Ship Missiles
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, is awarded a $172,145,533 fixed-price incentive-fee contract for long range anti-ship missiles (LRASMs) Lot 2 production. The contract allows for the produ... Rostec Holding Co. Takes Over Russia’s United Aircraft Corp.
The inclusion of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will enable Rostec’s aviation cluster to increase its revenue to 1 trillion rubles ($15 billion), and make the State Corporation join the ranks o... MBDA’s Marte-ER Anti-Ship Missile Makes ‘Successful’ First Launch
MBDA’s Marte ER anti-ship missile has completed its first firing, successfully passing a major phase in its development. The firing trial was carried out on 9 November in an Italian test range. The... Swedish FMV Pilot Tests Gripen E Development Aircraft
Henrik Wänseth, test pilot at FMV, made his first flight with Gripen E this week. "It was both fun and good to see that what we saw in rigs and simulators was in line with the aircraft in reality. ... Pentagon Report on Turkey's F-35 Program Delivered to Congress
BERLIN/WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Defense Department has delivered a report to Congress detailing implications of Turkey receiving 100 F-35 fighter jets, five people familiar with the report said, removi... Defence Ministry to Buy Dutch and Boost Local Industry
The Dutch armed forces should focus orders for new equipment on the Netherlands, to both boost the economy and help national security, according to defence minister Ank Bijleveld. The minister’s n... Poland Keeps Pushing for US to Station Troops In-Country
“We have heard today specific proposals regarding our project and the first evaluation by the Pentagon. We will also talk about the details,” said Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defense after... Serbia’s MiG-29 Capability Finally Begins to Grow
The final Soviet-legacy MiG-29 multirole combat aircraft gifted to Serbia by Russia under a six-aircraft arrangement has completed its overhaul and been returned to Belgrade for entry into Serbian Air... F-35A Drops GBU-49 for First Time As Weapons Integration Continues
HILL AFB, Utah --- The 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron recently returned from a weapons evaluation exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where they employed the GBU-49 for the first ti... F-35s Begin Auto Ground Collision Avoidance Test Flights
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. --- Auto GCAS saves lives. That’s the bottom line for those involved in testing the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System. The 461st Flight Test Squadron recently began test ... Mattis Cuts US Troop Numbers in Africa by 10 Percent
PENTAGON --- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is cutting hundreds of U.S. troops from Africa so he can use those resources for potential future conflicts with Russia and China. Pentagon spokeswoma... China and the New Strategic Nuclear Arms Race: Report
This study is a major expansion and revision of a previous Burke Chair study that examines the changes taking place in Chinese nuclear delivery needs and their impact on China's stockpiles of nuclear ... Royal Navy Frigate Stops in Singapore for Maintenance
HMS Argyll is being primed for engagement with regional allies in the north east Asian region. The Plymouth-based frigate has been in the South China Sea operating with allied navies from Singapore, A... Chinese Carrier-Based Helicopter Support Jets in Night Ops
China's aircraft carrier-based helicopter pilots are well-trained for search and rescue missions during both day and night in case a fighter jet fails to land properly on the flight deck, the Chinese ... British Army Tests Apache, Wildcat Crews Together for First Time
Apache and Wildcat helicopters have taken to the skies above Leicestershire as Army aviators from 3 Regiment Army Air Corps (3Regt AAC) take part in Exercise Talon Python. It’s one of the most real... Pentagon’s Shanahan Talks Dollars, Fiscal Sense and Space
WASHINGTON --- Space, known as the final frontier, is something the Defense Department would like to explore, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan said. And, Congress and the president’s ad... F-35 Lightning II’s Worst Nightmare Turns Out to Be…Lightning
With a price tag of between $115 million and $198 million per plane and an estimated program cost of a $1.5 trillion, the fifth-generation stealth combat jet has faced an endless string of costly setb... Pentagon Met Most Recruiting Goals in FY2018, But Army Lags
The Department of Defense today announced recruiting and retention statistics for the Active and Reserve Components for fiscal year 2018. Active Component Recruiting. The data below represents the... DoD Completes First-Ever Audit of its Financial Statement
This week, the Department of Defense fulfilled its commitment to the American people by completing a full-scope, department-wide, financial statement audit. More than 1,200 auditors conducted ove... Robotics, Autonomous Systems and AI Can Change Nature of War
The nexus of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) and artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to change the nature of warfare. RAS offers the possibility of a wide range of platforms—not just ... US Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Burlington
MOBILE, Ala. --- The Navy accepted delivery of its tenth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF 10) from Austal USA, Nov. 15. EPF’s are non-combatant vessels designed to operate in shallow-draft ports a... GKN Aerospace Steps into Widebody MRO Market
GKN Aerospace’s Fokker Techniek business has successfully completed its first A330 major maintenance project. The aircraft was delivered to Air Europa last week, marking another milestone in the compa... Sonobuoy Maker Sparton Still Hunting for a Buyer
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- In early 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice put the kibosh on Ultra Electronics’ $234 million acquisition of Sparton. According to the DoJ, the merger would have created monopolis... Safran Wins $1Bn SaudiGulf Order to Power Latest A320neo
BAHRAIN --- Al-Qahtani Aviation, parent company of SaudiGulf Airlines, and CFM International today signed an agreement for the airline to purchase LEAP-1A engines to power 10 firm, 10 option A320neo f... Indian Navy Completes Refit of Maldivian Coast Guard Ship
Maldivian Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) Huravee successfully completed her refit at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam and the ship was formally handed over to Major Mohamed Jamshad, Commanding Officer MCGS Hurav... ATR Sees Market for 100 Regional Turboprops in Japan
TOKYO --- ATR today presented a product and market update in Tokyo at the occasion of the visit of its new CEO, Stefano Bortoli. Considering market and social-economic trends and developments, ATR est... Visegrad Group's Defense Ministers ‘Unanimous’ on Security
“We are unanimous in matters of security and of strengthening defense capabilities. These are the priorities of all our governments and we are directing our efforts to make the defense capabilities ev... The Case for Relaunching Tank Production
In 2013, a year before Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States came within months of shuttering the last plant in the Western Hemisphere capable of building main battle tanks. The Obama Administrati... Naval Group, Dutch Company Atmos UAV Sign LOI
The Dutch company Atmos UAV has been selected by Naval for the testing of its innovative fixed-wing VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) UAV solution for evaluation purposes. With this agreement, N... US Army Touts Role of Rapid Equipping Force in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --- At Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, there is a place that wants to know about your tactical problems. The forward team of the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force or REF, w... Airbus, Boeing Report October 2018 Airliner Orders and Deliveries
Boeing and Airbus delivered 57 and 81 commercial jets in October 2018, respectively, compared to 56 and 63 deliveries during the same month last year. Airbus’ performance in October, in what is tradit... Naval Group Touts Submarine Credentials at Dutch Show
On November 15th 2018, Naval Group participates in the 30th edition of NIDV, the Netherlands Industries for Defence & Security exhibition held at Rotterdam AHOY. At NIDV, Naval Group showcases its cap... | 
