| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases India, Pakistan Recount Border Air Skirmishes, Provide More Details
Following are the statements issued by Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kapoor of the Indian Air Force, Major General Surinder Mahal of the Indian Army and Rear Admiral D S Gujral of the Indian Navy. Indian A... Norway Releases List of Defense Acquisitions to 2026
This document gives an overview of future acquisitions for the Norwegian Defence Sector in the period 2019 - 2026. The long-term planning process outlines the continuous development of the Norwegia... Singapore to Buy Four F-35s, with Option for 8 More
SINGAPORE --- Singapore plans to buy an initial four F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin Corp, with an option to purchase eight more, as it looks to replace its ageing F-16 fleet, the city-state’s ... Swiss Release Schedule for Fighter Competition Trials
BERN --- The flight and ground trials with the five fighter aircraft candidates will take place in Payerne from April to June. The aircraft capabilities will be checked at the military airfield there ... Year One for the French Army’s Scorpion Combat System
Officially launched in 2014, the Scorpion program is entering a decisive year in 2019: the delivery and initial evaluation by the Army of the first pieces of equipment. In a few months, the first Grif... German Finance Minister Cuts Defense Spending Increase
BERLIN --- Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s budget plan calls for German defence spending of 1.23 percent of economic output in 2023, undercutting Berlin’s pledge to spend 1.5 percent of GDP on the mili... Boeing KC-46 Tankers Grounded Loose Tools, Debris
Boeing was forced to ground its 767-based KC-46 tankers for the past week after the Air Force expressed concern about loose tools and bits of debris found in various locations inside the completed air... US Navy Brings F-35 IOC Forward By 7 Months With No Explanation
SAN DIEGO --- The Commander, Naval Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation jointly announced that the aircraft carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C Lightn... AW101 Deal: AgustaWestland to Drop Arbitration, File Civil Suit Instead
NEW DELHI --- Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland Thursday told the Delhi High Court it will withdraw arbitration proceedings which were initiated by it following the scrapping of contracts to supply 12... MQ-9 Detachment Now Fully Operational in Poland
U.S. Airmen from Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany and the 118th Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, arrived in Miroslawiec Air Base, Poland, for... China's Second Aircraft Carrier Sail for Fifth Sea Trial
China's second aircraft carrier reportedly set sail from the Dalian Shipyard Wednesday afternoon for its fifth sea trial, three days after the country's first carrier, the Liaoning, left the same ship... USAF Secretary Describes Glide Path to More Lethal, Ready Air Force
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Emphasizing priorities that will largely define the year ahead, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson stressed the need to modernize and grow the force. She also highlighted how ... GD Wins $1.3Bn to Reset Stryker Vehicles
General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $1,357,144,255 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for retrofit, damage repair, and reset-refurbishment services to support the Stryke... Lockheed Wins $680M for Export Patriot PAC-3 Missiles
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $679,953,928 modification (P00002) to Foreign Military Sales (Republic of Korea, Poland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, ... Raytheon Wins $102M for Dutch Patriot Radar
Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $102,536,089 fixed-price-incentive domestic and Foreign Military Sales (Netherlands) contract for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept of Ta... Lockheed Wins $830M for THAAD Development, Support
Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, California, is awarded an $830,583,480 modification (P00044) for an existing sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ0147-12-D-0001) for Termi... Boeing Wins $429M Initial Order for P-8A Lot 11 Aircraft
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $428,896,674 advanced acquisition contract modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-14-C-0067). This modification pr... Lockheed Wins $108M + $31M to Retrofit Delivered F-35 Jets
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $108,742,796 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order N0001919F2512 against a previously issued basic ordering agree... BAE Completes Upgrade of F-35 Electronic Warfare System
BAE Systems, a leader in electronic warfare (EW) technology, today announced a critical program milestone with the successful insertion of new technology into its EW systems for the global fleet of fi... Used Australian F-18s Could Cost 22% More Than Budgeted
Buying used Australian fighter jets to buttress the Royal Canadian Air Force is expected to cost taxpayers as much as $1.1 billion over the next dozen or more years, the Parliamentary Budget Office sa... F-35A Maintainers, Special Ops Team Up for Forward Refueling
CANNON AFB, N.M. --- America’s most advanced aircraft integrated with a variant of one of its oldest and truest airframes this week to provide more combat flexibility to the Air Force. For the firs... Thai Kom Orders Six Sukhoi SuperJet SJ100s
On February 28, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company signed a contract with the Thai Kom Airlines Company Limited. The contract signed requires the delivery of six SSJ100 wi... Remote-Controlled Arm for Swedish Submarines
In the video clip, SubROV carries a craft to the submarine and then returns to the submarine. The crews on the submarines Gotland and Södermanland have been given a tool that they can use to carry ... How US Military Services Compete for Influence
This report analyzes the current character of competition between the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and examines how culture impacts ... Australia to Establish New Training Area for Singapore
The Department of Defence has settled with willing sellers and will establish a training area near Greenvale in North Queensland as part of the Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI)... Elbit's Terrain Following Radar Declared Operational on C-130
HAIFA, Israel --- Concluding extensive flight testing and verification by Special Operations pilots, Elbit Systems' new Terrain Following and Terrain Avoidance (TF/TA) system was declared operational ... BAE Shares in US Navy’s $898M Cybersecurity Contract
The U.S. Navy has selected BAE Systems to compete for future cyber engineering task orders awarded under a seven and a half-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contr... NATO Steps Up Naval Presence in Black Sea
Odessa has welcomed the USS Donald Cook. The US Navy destroyer, which is equipped with a missile defense system and is usually stationed in Spain, is often in the Black Sea these days. In January, it ... Thales Preparing AWWS Combat System for New Dutch Frigates
The current multi-purpose frigates in service of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Belgian Navy are reaching the end of their lifecycle. The next generation will replace these two Dutch and two Belgi... Korea’s Hanwha Developing Integrated Counter-UAV System
According to a February 25th report from Chosun Biz out of the Republic of Korea, Korean defense contractor Hanwha Systems has begun development of an anti- drone system, and development has proceeded... GE Completes Detailed Design of XA100 Adaptive Cycle Engine
EVENDALE, Ohio --- GE Aviation announced the successful completion of the XA100 detailed design process under the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP), the service’s endeavor to ... Australia Unveils Defence Industry Skilling and STEM Strategy
A plan detailing how new jobs will be created to help deliver the Liberal National Government’s $200 billion dollar investment in defence capability was launched today. Minister for Defence Industr... RAN Fleet Air Arm Training the Future of the Force
Royal Australian Navy pilot, Lieutenant Simon Jeffery, showcases the 723 Squadron EC-135T2+ helicopter at the Australian International Airshow 2019 held in Avalon, Victoria. The Royal Australian Na... UK MoD Reviews Five-Year Plan for Key Military Sites
Today's update to the Defence Optimisation Programme provides new details on 33 military sites. The Ministry of Defence has published an update to the Defence Estate Optimisation Programme today, s... | 
