| Latest Feature Stories US Navy Chief Botched the Highest-Profile Investigation in Years
On Wednesday, the Navy said it was abandoning all remaining criminal charges against sailors involved in fatal accidents in the Pacific. Here’s how the actions of the chief of naval operations helped ... Latest Press Releases Boeing Wins $14.3Bn to Support B-1 and B-52 Bomber Fleets
The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $14,314,300,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the modification, modernization, engineering, sustainment and test of t... Indonesia Signs $1Bn Contract for 3 Submarines
South Korea was awarded a $1.02 billion contract to deliver three 1,400-ton submarines to Indonesia, according to multiple press reports. Seoul's Defense Acquisition Program Administration took par... Canada to Issue RFPs for New Fighter in May
The politically charged competition to replace Canada's aging fleet of fighter jets will rocket forward at the end of May as the federal government releases a long-anticipated, full-fledged tender cal... Yemen: Report Reveals Saudi Incompetence, Widespread Use of US Weapons
Since the brutal murder of Saudi dissident and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi last October, Congress has increasingly pressured the Trump administration to stop backing the Saudi Arabia-l... Japan to Examine Ties Between F-35 Crash and Its Past Troubles
TOKYO --- Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday his ministry will investigate any possible links between the recent crash of a Japanese F-35A fighter jet and two emergency landings it previously ... Scaled Composites Flies Largest Plane in the World
The record-setting Stratolaunch carrier aircraft first took to the skies on April 13, 2019, staying aloft for 149 minutes, and successfully landing back in Mojave. Since 2012, we've been designing, bu... Dutch Cabinet Dragging Its Feet on Submarine Decision
The Rutte Cabinet has been putting off the decision on four new submarines for weeks, and is avoiding a choice between Dutch or French boats. At the end of last year, the Cabinet decided in the Defens... Switzerland Begins Evaluation Phase of Air 2030 Combat Aircraft Competition
The evaluation phase of Switzerland’s ongoing fighter assessment for a new-generation combat aircraft is underway. The current flight trials follow an earlier exercise whereby Swiss officials tested t... Singapore: We Will Only Buy F-35 If It Safe to Operate
Ministry of Defence and the Singapore Air Force will acquire four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) initially, with an option of a subsequent eight if we decide to proceed. This will allow us to c... US Army Stands Up Missile Defense Brigade
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The mission of the Colorado Army National Guard's 100th Missile Defense Brigade is unique, but, for some brigade Soldiers, also fairly straightforward. "To me, it's very simple,"... Spain Earmarks €250M for New Training Aircraft
MADRID --- The Council of Ministers has agreed to increase the ceiling established in the General Budgetary Law 47/2003 for the acquisition in future years of a new training aircraft for the General A... China Builds World's First Armed Amphibious Drone Boat
China has built the world's first armed amphibious drone boat which military analysts said could be used in land assault operations and is capable of forming a combat triad with aerial drones and othe... Atlas Elektronik, Magellan to Jointly Develop SeaSpider Anti-Torpedo Torpedo
Atlas Elektronik Canada Ltd announced today an agreement with Magellan Aerospace Corporation for the design and development phase of the SeaSpider Anti Torpedo Torpedo (ATT) program. The initial C... Chinese Navy Looks at Open Seas As It Marks 70th Anniversary
In a few days, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will celebrate its 70th anniversary in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province. Naval delegations from more than 60 countries will take part... Boeing Wins $21M to Support Massive Ordnance Penetrator
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $21,607,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification (P00002) to previously awarded contract FA8681-18-D-0007 for GBU-57 Massive Ord... US Navy Authenticates Keel of LPD 29 Amphib
PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- The keel for the future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) was laid April 12 during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division. Shana McCool an... US Risks ‘Chain of Command Confusion in Space”: CRS
Over the past year, Congress saw a variety of overlapping proposals advanced for the reorganization of U.S. military activities in space. Major proposals include: -- the creation of a Space Force (... Thales Delivers 13 MURIN Radars for French Army
As part of the renewal of the operational capabilities of the armed forces provided for by the Military Programming Law 2019-2025, 13 light tactical surveillance radars MURIN (Surveillance System Usin... Spanish Army Tests Expal’s 155mm Extended Range Ammunition
CÁDIZ, Spain --- EXPAL’s Extended Range 155mm ammunition successfully passes the reception tests of the Spanish Army, carried out in the last weeks at the Torregorda Test Center in Cádiz. The firing t... Navair Issues RFI for Next-Gen Land-Attack Missile
This announcement constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) of key capabilities, technical readiness levels, cost, schedule and risks associated analyzing the trade space for the Offensive Anti Surf... Italian Government Sees Defence Sector as a Driver for Growth
ROME --- Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta this morning has taken part in a conference dedicated to “Defence as a Driver for Growth”, organized by Ernst&Young in Rome. “An increasingly strong effo... France Launches Second Cycle of RFPs for Man-Machine Teaming Project
The aim of the Man Machine Teaming (MMT) project is to prepare the artificial intelligence technologies necessary for combat aircraft of the future. It was officially launched on March 16th, 2018 in t... Chinese Navy Gears Up for Equipment, Personnel Modernization
One year ago, China undertook its largest-ever naval parade. It was conducted in waters off the southern Hainan Province and was hailed as a display of the Chinese navy's development and its will to b... New Virtual Reality Centre to Boost India’s Warship Design Capabilities
Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC the Chief of the Naval Staff, inaugurated the maiden ‘state-of-the-art’ Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) at the Directorate of Naval Design (Surface Ship Group), today... ILS Returns to Space Launch Market with New Pricing
WASHINGTON, DC --- International Launch Services (ILS), a U.S.-based global commercial launch services provider, is inaugurating a new era in its 25-plus-year history, and in the life of the historic ... Over 1,000 Cyber Experts Played at Ex. Locked Shields
The active phase of one of the largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defence exercises Locked Shields 2019 has come to end. Over a thousand cyber security experts from 30 NATO allies ... Korean Air Force Deploys Precision Approach Radar
SEOUL --- South Korea's Air Force has deployed a new, indigenous radar system designed to help warplanes land safely in risky operational scenarios, including adverse weather conditions, Seoul's state... NATO Exercises with Romanian Navy in the Black Sea
BLACK SEA --- Five ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) are participating in the annual Romanian-led naval exercise Sea Shield in the Black Sea April 5-13. This year, more than 20 sh... International Exercises in Netherlands Drawing to a Close
RAMSTEIN, Germany --- This Friday, exercises Frisian Flag and European Air Refueling Training are concluding in the Netherlands after two weeks during which NATO and Partner fighter and refueling airc... NSPA Explains Role to CNAD, Offers More Support
NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) General Manager, Peter Dohmen, addressed the NATO Conference of National Armament Directors (CNAD) in Brussels today. Mr Dohmen highlighted some of the initi... Milrem Signs Contract to Maintain Latvian BV206s
Patria’s subsidiary Milrem LCM has signed a framework agreement for the maintenance and repair of BV206 tracked vehicles with the Logistics Command of the Latvian National Armed Forces. The agreement ... Collins to Provide Expertise in Development of Future Vertical Lift
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- The U.S. Army has selected Collins Aerospace Systems as one of three companies to serve as a Mission Systems Integrator (MSI) for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) Mission Systems Arch... HMS Duncan Begins Six-Month Patrol in Mediterranean
Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan has arrived in the Mediterranean to begin maritime security patrols. The Portsmouth-based warship sailed in March for a six-month deployment to provide reassurance to t... US Clears Acquisition of MRAS by ST Engineering
SINGAPORE --- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd refers to its earlier announcements made on 13 September 2018 and 29 March 2019 in relation to the proposed acquisition by its US subsidiary, Visio... | 
