| Latest Feature Stories A Generation of Weapons Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Futurists have long predicted that the opening salvo of the next major war will more likely come in the form of a massive cyberattack than in waves of aircraft. That makes a string of recent governmen... Latest Press Releases Germany Short-Lists Typhoon, F-18E to Replace Tornado; Drops F-35
BERLIN --- Germany will pick either the Eurofighter or Boeing’s F/A-18 fighter jet to replace its Tornado warplanes, knocking Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth fighter out of a tender worth billions of e... India Approves $5.3Bn to Build Six More Scorpene Submarines
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in a landmark decision today, also approved indigenous construction of six submarines for the Indian Navy at a cost of over Rs. 40,000 crores. This is the se... France Awards €1.7Bn Order for Four Replenishment Tankers
PARIS --- The Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, had emphasized at Last October’s Euronaval show, the need for the French Armed Forces to be able to count on a strong, renewed and efficient... US Navy Orders Two Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers for $15Bn
WASHINGTON --- The Navy has awarded a contract for the construction of CVN 80 and CVN 81 to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS). This contract award delivers significan... Finland Receives Five Replies to HX Fighter Program Tender
The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command sent the invitations to tender in spring 2018 for the HX Fighter Programme and have now received replies from five aircraft manufacturers. The aim of t... Atlas Elektronic Details Unmanned MCM System for Belgium, Netherlands
Atlas is defining the standard in naval mine countermeasure systems for decades and is the only overall MCM system supplier providing the complete sensor to effector capability. The actual MCM Vessels... UK MoD ‘Must Act Now on Unaffordable Equipment Plan’: PAC
-- More than four-fifths of estimated £7 billion shortfall occurs in Plan’s first four years -- Urgent need for Government to take decisions on its defence priorities -- Industry must have confidenc... Dutch Expect F-35 to Generate Over €10Bn in Local Work
Today, State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Mona Keijzer received the first Dutch F-35 aircraft on behalf of the Dutch government in Fort Worth in the US. The Dutch Air Force alread... India Mulls Fitting Asraam Missile to Su-30 Fleet, Maybe More
In an ambitious, unprecedented move, the Indian Air Force is currently in the final stages of a move that could ruffle feathers in Russia — mating a British missile system with its Russian-origin Su-3... US Set to Suspend INF Treaty Obligations in Dispute with Russia
WASHINGTON --- The United States is expected to announce it will suspend compliance with a key Cold War weapons treaty, most likely on February 1, over its accusations that Russia is not meeting its o... Uzbekistan Enters Negotiations for Yak-130 Buy
The Uzbek government has reportedly entered negotiations with Russia on the potential purchase of the Yak-130 advanced jet trainer. This week, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu toured Irkut Co... Airbus A380 Future in the Air as Emirates Reconsiders
Emirates is considering switching some — or even all — of its order for the four-engine superjumbo jet. Without the Emirates deal, the iconic Airbus A380 has no future, according to analysts. Europ... SkyWest Signs Contract for Nine Embraer E175 Jets
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- Embraer and SkyWest, Inc. have signed a firm order for nine E175 jets, with deliveries expected to begin in 2019. The order has a value of USD 422 million, based on cur... Pakistan Again Fires Nasr Short-Range Ballistic Missiles
RAWALPINDI --- Pakistan today conducted another successful launch of short-range surface to surface ballistic missile “Nasr” as part of Army Strategic Forces Command training exercise which included q... Allies Receive New Anti-Tank Missiles Via NATO Project
Denmark, France and the Netherlands have received the first shipment of new anti-tank weapons under the multinational NATO project Land Battle Decisive Munition (LBDM). The munitions were delivere... Purchase of 100% of Vitrociset Completed
ROME --- Subsequent to the press release issued on September 7th, 2018, Leonardo announced today the closing of the purchase of 98.54% of Vitrociset, after meeting all the required conditions, includi... Lockheed Wins $100M for Design Changes to JASSM-ER Missile
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $100,690,961 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00002) to contract FA8682-18-C-0009 which provides for design, development, integration ... France Orders 14 Landing Craft for Navy Amphibious Forces
Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the order of 14 amphibious landing craft, essential links of amphibious helicopter carriers. This modernization contributes to the rise of our fo... US Artillery Training Aims to Better Prepare Foreign Allies
FORT HOOD, Texas --- Soldiers of the 3rd Security Forces Assistance Brigade (SFAB) embarked on new artillery training on January 10, which involved learning how to use the 122mm Howitzer 2A18 (D-30). ... Collins, Triumph Selected to Provide Boeing T-X Components
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- When the U.S. Air Force flies its new advanced pilot trainer from Boeing and Saab, it will be equipped with an ACES 5 ejection seat from Collins Aerospace, a unit of United Tech... Marshall Aerospace Makes Fuel Tanks for Boeing P-8 Poseidon
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced the first fuel tanks supporting the UK’s new fleet of submarine hunting aircraft have rolled off the line in Cambridge. The major milestone comes after ... U.S. Defense Budget Request Delayed
As a result of the U.S. government shutdown, the U.S. defense budget will not be released next week as planned. Despite the fact that the 2019 defense budget was passed on time (for the first time in... What to Look for in FY2020 Defense Budget Request
Expectations have been building for the FY 2020 defense budget request, a budget that acting secretary of defense Shanahan has called the “masterpiece.” While the administration’s FY 2019 defense budg... DOD Needs Joint Oversight of Military Prepositioned Stocks
The Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation plan for managing the military services' prepositioned stock programs does not fully address four of the seven elements required by the National Defens... Lithuania to Buy De-Icing Equipment for Šiauliai Air Base
The Lithuanian Air Force Base in Šiauliai will get de-icing equipment for aircraft. It will be acquired according to an agreement signed by the Ministry of National Defence and the AF Security Assista... ATR Says 2018 Performance on Target
TOULOUSE, France --- ATR, the Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer, maintained its leadership on the market in 2018, showing a solid performance. It delivered 76 aircraft, booked 52 firm orders and s... Raytheon 2018 Sales Up 6%, As Income Jumps 44%
WALTHAM, Mass. --- Raytheon Company today announced net sales for the fourth quarter 2018 of $7.4 billion, up 8.5 percent compared to $6.8 billion in the fourth quarter 2017. Fourth quarter 2018 EPS f... Northrop 2018 Sales Up 16% As Profits Grow 13%
FALLS CHURCH, Va. –-- Northrop Grumman Corporation reported fourth quarter 2018 sales increased 24 percent to $8.2 billion. For 2018, sales increased 16 percent to $30.1 billion. Fourth quarter operat... | 