| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases UK Orders Five Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft In $2 Bn Deal
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has signed a $1.98Bn deal to purchase five E-7 early warning radar aircraft. The E-7 fleet will replace the current Sentry aircraft and ensure the continued deliv... Boeing Wins $4Bn Order for New Missile Defense Silo Field
The Boeing Co., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded $4,141,315,338 (contract modification HQ0147-19-C-0004 P00001), partially definitizing the $6,560,000,000 undefinitized contract action (UCA) issued Ja... Australia Orders NASAMS Air-Defense System for A$2.5 Bn
The Morrison Government today announced it will improve the protection of Australian troops through the purchase of a new short-range air defence capability using Australian designed and built radars ... Eurosam and Raytheon Submit Bids for Swiss Air-Defence Competition
BERN --- On 22 March 2019, two of the three candidates submitted their tenders to armasuisse, drafted on the basis of the long-range air defense system requirements that the DDPS issued on 23 March 20... CRS Reports on Proposed Acquisition of F-15EX Fighters
The Trump Administration's FY2020 budget proposal includes a request for $1.1 billion to buy 8 F-15EX aircraft, the first procurement toward a planned initial buy of 144. This proposal represents a ch... US Sends Ships Through Taiwan Strait for Third Time In Three Months
The Pentagon has sent ships through the Taiwan Strait — the third time in as many months — as Washington ramps up naval activities in the waterway, stoking fears in Beijing of a growing alignment with... Russia Moves 20 Hypersonic Missiles to Testing Site
WASHINGTON --- Nearly 20 Russian missiles that the U.S. is currently unable to defend against were recently moved to a military testing site, signaling another milestone for the Kremlin’s hypersonic w... Russia to Get First Upgraded Il-76MD-90A Transport This Week
MOSCOW --- The Russian Defense Ministry will get the first serial Il-76MD-90A military transport plane next week, Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau Ilyushin said on Thursday. "The fir... India to Induct Upgraded Bofors 155mm Towed Howitzers
NEW DELHI --- In election season, the Bofors howitzers are all set to boom once again. But these artillery guns are not the original Swedish ones that brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989.... Saudi Planes at Red Flag Gives USAF Glimpse of Advanced Eagle
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) deployed six of its new Boeing F-15SA Advanced Eagles to participate in the latest Red Flag exercise (Red Flag 19-2) at Nellis AFB, Nevada. This afforded the U.S. Air ... Northrop Wins $245M for JCREW Counter-IED Systems
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Virginia, is awarded a $245,048,211 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-6327 to exercise options for the Joint Counter-Rad... General Atomics Wins $9M to Arm French MQ-9 Reapers
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $8,925,748 undefinitized contract action for the France MQ-9 Block 1 Weapons integration effort. Thi... Why China Has Not Caught Up Yet: Imitation, Cyber Espionage Not Enough
Can adversaries of the United States easily imitate its most advanced weapon systems and thus erode its military-technological superiority? Do reverse engineering, industrial espionage, and, in partic... Dutch Navy Orders Prototype Expeditionary Survey Boat
Damen Shipyards Den Helder (DSDH) and the Netherlands’ Defense Material Organization (DMO) procurement agency have signed a contract for the design, build and delivery of a prototype Expeditionary Sur... Dutch AF Crews Training to Operate Reaper UAVs in Arizona
In addition to the F-35, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is in the process of introducing yet another new weapon system: the MQ-9 Reaper. Four MQ-9A Block 5 devices have been ordered that will... US Naval Aviation Seeks 80% Mission Capable Rate
MONTEREY, Calif. --- Leadership from across the Naval Aviation Enterprise convened a three-day strategic planning event March 19 at the Naval Postgraduate School designed to help better achieve readin... USAFE F-15Es, RAF Typhoons Train Together in Low-Cost Exercise
RAF LAKENHEATH, England --- 48th Fighter Wing and Royal Air Force personnel participated in the latest iteration of exercise Point Blank in Yorkshire, England, March 22. Point Blank is a recurring,... German AF Crews Train on Heron TP Unmanned Aircraft in Israel
The first twelve German soldiers completed Heron TP training in Israel. From 2020, the first German reconnaissance aircraft should be ready for operations. There is an almost tangible tension in th... Bell V-280 Hits 280 Kts Cruising Speed
A lot can happen in a year – just ask the Bell V-280 team. Building on a full year’s worth of testing and more than 85 hours of flight time, the V-280 Valor, powered by GE T64 turboshaft engines, reac... China Opposes US Officers' Remarks on So-Called "China Threat"
BEIJING --- A spokesperson for the Chinese military said Friday it firmly opposes U.S. military officers' remarks hyping up the so-called "China threat" at the Senate armed services committee's 2020 f... Colombian Tanker Supports US Navy Growlers at Red Flag
NELLIS AFB, Nev. --- The Colombian Air Force is supporting the U.S. Navy during the U.S. Air Force-led air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag 19-2 March 11-22, 2019. The Colombian Air Force brought th... DARPA Says Collaboration Vital to CODE for Success
On a brisk February morning in the Yuma, Arizona, desert, a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with DARPA’s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment system, or CODE, successfully carried... USAF Unveils New Infrastructure Strategy
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Air Force announced on March 22 a new Infrastructure Investment Strategy following a year-long review that brings new analytical tools and focus that will enhance readiness at b... AFRL Poised to Change the Face of High-Power Electronics
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- An emerging AFRL laboratory capability is charting a new course for electronics innovation. The Oxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy laboratory is poised to become a major de... Safran Wins Contract to Support RAN’s IRS&T Systems
BOTANY, Australia --- Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia Pty Ltd (SEDA) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide in-service support ... Swedish, Finnish Forces Train Together at Northern Wind 2019
At the highest levels of command, the Swedish and Finnish armed forces know each other well. At the same time, the links are also growing stronger at soldier level. Northern Wind 2019 is another step ... NATO Trains Tunisian Navy on Maritime Simulators
Tunisian Navy officers improved their readiness at sea and knowledge on maritime modelling and simulation during a two-week training course held in March 2019 at the naval base La Goulette, Tunisia. T... Joint Training Efforts Strengthen Peacekeeping in Mali
Currently, a team of nine officers from Sweden and Finland is located in Timbuktu, Mali. The team is called “Nordic Defence Cooperation Mobile Training Team”, NORDEFCO MTT, and their mission is to tra... Russia’s Irkut Exhibits at LIMA Show in Malaysia
Irkut Corporation (a UAC member) will take part in the LIMA'19 exhibition which takes place on the Langkawi island, Malaysia, from March 26 to 30, 2019. Aircraft manufactured by Irkut Corporation d... Chinese Frigate Yueyang Sails to Malaysia for LIMA Show
FRIGATE YUEYANG --- At about 10 a.m. on March 20, 2019, the Chinese guided-missile frigate Yueyang (Hull 575) set sail from a naval port in Sanya, a city in southern China’s Hainan Province, for Malay... Indian AF Takes Part in LIMA 2019, Pushes LCA Tejas for Export
Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA-2019) is planned in Langkawi, Malaysia from 26 March 2019 to 30 March 2019. Indian Air Force is participating in the Maritime Aero Expo for the first ti... France’s Naval Group at LIMA 2019
From 26th to 30th March 2019, Naval Group participates to LIMA – Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition. The group will showcase the state-of-art innovations created for modern navie... Turkish Aerospace Takes Anka UAV to LIMA 2019
ANKARA --- Turkish Aerospace will participate in LIMA (Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition) 2019, which will be held in Langkawi, Malaysia from March 26 to 30, 2019. First time... Dassault Takes Falcons and Rafale to LIMA 2019
SAINT-CLOUD, France --- The Dassault Aviation group is particularly pleased to showcase its dual civil/military know-how at the 2019 edition of LIMA (Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhi... | 