| Latest Feature Stories US Navy’s F-35C Not Ready for Combat Despite IOC
The Navy’s version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, recently declared ready for combat, has netted unacceptably low “fully mission capable” rates—meaning it’s in fact almost never fully ready for com... Latest Press Releases EU to Fund €500M Defense Projects in 2019-20, with €100M for Eurodrone
BRUSSELS --- The Commission has today adopted work programmes to co-finance joint defence industrial projects in 2019-2020 worth up to €500 million. A further €25 million have been earmarked to suppor... Military Commissioner, US Envoy Alarmed by Berlin’s Plan to Cut Defense Budget
Government plans to spend less than promised on the military have drawn fire from the armed forces commissioner and the US Embassy in Berlin. Defense spending is projected to fall well short of NATO's... Norway Worries Operating Costs, Lack of Pilots May Ground F-35 Fleet
With 52 F-35 fighter jets as a replacement for its ageing F-16 fleet, Norway hopes to build one of the world's most modern air forces. However, there are fears it will be hamstrung by a dramatic lack ... Anglo-French FC/ASW Missile Passes Key Review
Two years into the FC/ASW (Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon) Concept Phase, MBDA is proud to announce the successful achievement of its “Key Review”, jointly conducted with Defence Equipment and Support... Warriors Upgrade Three Years Late, £227M Over Budget
An armoured vehicle upgrade at the heart of the reorganisation of the army is £227 million over budget and three and a half years behind schedule. Problems with the Warrior infantry fighting vehicl... Tender to Replace German CH-53 Helicopters Gets 'Mandatory' Funding
BERLIN --- A German military helicopter tender likely to be fought out between U.S. arms makers Lockheed Martin and Boeing will get “mandatory” funding of 1.61 billion euros ($1.8 billion) under Germa... Pentagon Plans to Spend $6.6Bn on F-35 Block 4 Through 2024
The U.S. Defense Department plans to spend about $6.6 billion on continuous capability development and delivery (C2D2) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from 2019 through 2024, according to its just-r... UK Looks for Industry Partners for Tempest Development
Companies from across the UK defence industry have come together in the first opportunity for suppliers to engage with the Government and Team Tempest partners over the future of Combat Air System dev... How the Pentagon Took Two Decades to Buy New Tanker
Cars have had backup cameras for years. Pilots have had fly-by-wire controls for even longer. So why shouldn’t the airmen who have been getting down on their bellies for decades at the back end of the... Swiss MoD Releases Report on Major Equipment Projects
BERN --- The Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) publishes for the third time and in the interests of transparency its project report with the current projects. The co... Boeing Wins $326M to Add New Capabilities to P-8A Poseidon
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded $326,295,367 for cost-plus-fixed-fee Delivery Order 2005 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-16-G-0001) to develop, integrate a... Lockheed Wins $264M for Additional Services for Korea’s F-35 Fighters
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $264,655,025 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-15-C-0003). This modific... Goodrich Wins $93M to Develop Next-Gen ISR Sensor for USAF
Goodrich Corp., Westford, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $92,890,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract for Hyperspectral Imaging, AgilePod, Standoff High-Resol... US Navy Orders Thousands of APKWS Guidance Kits from BAE
BAE Systems continues to deliver APKWS guidance kits ahead of schedule and ramp production rates to meet growing demand. The combat-proven Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) kits transfo... HMS Montrose Completes Japanese Mission
HMS Montrose has said ‘sayonara’ to Japan after a fortnight in the land of the Rising Sun. A combined anti-submarine hunt with the US and Japanese navies in the Pacific south of the main island of ... Russian Black Sea Fleet to Get 13 New Ships This Year
MOSCOW --- The Russian Black Sea Fleet expects to get 13 combat ships this year, some of which will be equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, TASS news agency quoted senior Russian military officials a... Israel, US Complete David's Sling Intercept Test Series
The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) yesterday successfully completed a test series o... US Provides Two Mielec M-28 Aircraft to Estonia
In an inauguration ceremony attended by Minister of Defense Jüri Luik at Ämari Air Base on Tuesday, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Elizabeth Horst remarked how Estonia’s recent acquisition of two American C-1... US Army Air-Defense Battery in Korea Adds Counter-UAS Capability
Amid the looming threat of surveillance by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), 8th Army recently validated the reception, staging, onward movement, and integration of Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) at Camp... British Army Video Details Testing of Ajax AFV
Ajax is the British Army’s new multi-role, fully-digitised armoured fighting vehicle delivering a step-change in versatility and agility, being delivered by DE&S through the biggest single order of ar... Market Study Shows Increased Role of Radar In Combat
The radar market has evolved from a threat indication system to an active protection system, the evolutions in the radar technology market has helped increase the capabilities of systems. The integrat... BAE to Test Supply Chain Digitisation on Joint Strike Fighter
BAE Systems Australia and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) will bring Industry 4.0 to reality through participation in the world’s biggest defence program, the Joint Strike Fighter. ... Demolition Work Begins to Prepare RAF Base for USAFE F-35s
Demolition work has started at RAF Lakenheath as part of a Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) project to prepare the base for the arrival of 2 squadrons of US F-35s. A total of 18 buildings ... DARPA’s Director Outlines the Agency’s Future Programs
WASHINGTON --- The work at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is about the future, based on a mission of breakthrough technologies and capabilities for national security, the DARPA director... B-1B Bomber Returns to Arnold AFB for Store Separation Testing
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. --- It had been nearly 20 years since a test involving the B-1B Lancer aircraft was conducted by Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base. This long absence... Raytheon's EASR Radar to Begin Live Testing
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company's Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar just took a 12-hour trip down the Eastern Seaboard. EASR, the newest sensor in the U.S. Navy's SPY-6 family of radars, recentl... Record-Beating Deliveries for Safran’s Quapason Gyroscope
With more than 16,400 sensors delivered to customers in 2018, Safran Electronics & Defense is beating the production record for its Quapason gyroscope. This resonance gyroscope represents the unique k... GA-ASI Hosts Business Outreach Events in Belgium
SAN DIEGO --– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, an... B-52 Bombers Conduct Training in Europe
The U.S. Air Force has sent six B-52 long-range bombers to the United Kingdom for a series of training activities over Europe. The aircraft and over 450 airmen arrived at Royal Air Force base Fairford... 33rd Edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol Kicks Off
Indonesian Naval Ship KRI Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin and Maritime Patrol Aircraft CN-235 led by Cmde Dafit Santoso arrived at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India for the Opening Ceremony of the ... Ministers Kick Off Exercise Northern Wind Begins in Norway
This article, jointly written by Defense Ministers Frank Bakke-Jensen (Norway) and Peter Hultqvist (Sweden), was published by Nordlys on March 20, 2019. The Northern Brigade, reinforced by NATO ... Bell Marks Three Decades of V-22 Osprey Flight
FORT WORTH, Texas --- During the thirty years since the V-22 Osprey first flew, the tiltrotor aircraft built by Bell Helicopter and Boeing has fundamentally changed how the U.S. Marine Corps and Air F... Elbit 2018 Revenues Up 9% But Net Profit Drops 2%
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. the international high technology company, reported today its consolidated results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018. In this release... | 