| Latest Feature Stories Pentagon Pushes for Fission As Fighting Weapon
Whether or not you think the United States’ post-9/11 wars were for oil, there’s no doubt that many troops died trying to get oil to the front lines. The lengthy convoys of fuel trucks required to kee... Pentagon Pushes for Fission As Fighting Weapon
Whether or not you think the United States’ post-9/11 wars were for oil, there’s no doubt that many troops died trying to get oil to the front lines. The lengthy convoys of fuel trucks required to kee... Latest Press Releases Japanese F-35s Made 7 Emergency Landings Before April 9 Crash
PARIS --- Japan’s fleet of 13 Lockheed F-35A fighters suffered seven emergency landings since entering service, before one crashed in the Pacific Ocean on April 9, the Japanese Ministry of Defense sai... Lockheed Wins $879M to Support Minuteman III ICBM
Lockheed Martin Space, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has been awarded an $879,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Reentry System/Reentry Vehicles (RS/RV) subsystem support. ... EU Releases $20Bn List of Proposed Tariffs Against US in Boeing Case
BRUSSELS --- The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on a preliminary list of products from the United States on which the European Union may take countermeasures in the conte... Struggle to Find Wreckage of Crashed F-35A Despite Around-the-Clock Search
TOKYO --- One week after an F-35A stealth fighter jet crashed off the northeastern coast of Japan, U.S. and Japanese military vessels are struggling to find the wreckage and protect its valuable secre... Airbus Opens Its First Helicopter Final Assembly Line in China
QINGDAO, China --- The Airbus Qingdao H135 Final Assembly Line (FAL), the first helicopter line built by a foreign manufacturer in China, was put into service Wednesday in Qingdao, a coastal city in e... Australia Extends Airbus Helicopter’s ARH Tiger Support Contract
BRISBANE, Australia --- Airbus has been awarded an extension of the Australian Army’s Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) Tiger through-life support (TLS) contract by the Australian Department of De... Turkey Expects US Sanctions Waiver on S-400 Buy
Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin says Ankara expects US President Donald Trump to issue a waiver to exempt the country from any economic penalties, should it take delivery of the Russia-m... Airbus Leads in 2019 Commercial Jet Orders and Deliveries
Boeing and Airbus delivered 54 and 74 commercial jets in March 2019, compared to 91 and 56 deliveries, respectively, in the same month last year. Boeing’s deliveries took a severe hit following th... US Air Force Releases Some Details of EW Restructuring
WASHINGTON --- In January 2018, the Air Force assembled a cross-functional group known as an Enterprise Capability Collaboration Team to explore how the service will ensure electromagnetic spectrum su... Fincantieri Delivers Eighth Fremm Frigate to Italian Navy
TRIESTE, Italy --- The frigate “Antonio Marceglia” was delivered today to the Italian Navy at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). She is the eighth of a series of 10 vessels of the FREMM p... Raytheon Wins $72M for RAM Missile Improvement Program
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $72,225,064 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-5431 to exercise options for Design Agent and Engineerin... Nordic Ministers Sign Agreement on Security of Supply
Ammunition cooperation is the first concrete result of the framework agreement that was signed at the Nordic Defense Ministerial meeting this week. At a Nordic defense ministerial meeting on Gotlan... Boeing Wins $30M for SLAM-ER Production Line for Saudi Arabia
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded $30,135,588 for modification P00001 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-18-C-1057). This modification continues the Pha... USS Fitzgerald Leaves Dry Dock, Continues Repairs Pierside
PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready, combat-capable ship. The ship achieved a milestone in its ... US Army Losing 10% of Pilots to Airlines, Will Improve Incentives to Stay
NASHVILLE --- With nearly 10 percent of aviators now leaving the Army, many of them for commercial airline jobs, the general in charge of the aviation branch said adjustments are needed to reduce the ... Piercing the Fog of Peace: Innovative Operational Concepts for a New Era
The 2018 National Defense Strategy and the congressionally-mandated 2018 National Defense Strategy Commission refocused U.S. defense planning on the reality of competition and the possibility of confl... RAF Aircrew Begin Flight Training on P-8A Poseidon
RAF aircrew have commenced the flying phase of training to fly the Poseidon MRA Mk1 (P-8A), the UK’s new maritime patrol aircraft. Pilots, Weapons System Officers and Weapons Systems Operators have... Northrop Wins $194M US Army Ammunition Order
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC has received orders totaling $194 million from the U.S. Army for ... Two More Countries Buy Rheinmetall's ROSY Smoke System
Two NATO member nations have opted to purchase Rheinmetall's ROSY rapid smoke / obscurant system for protecting their vehicle families. This versatile modular system thus continues to expand its prese... U.S., Indian Navies Practice Submarine Hunting in Indian Ocean
DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory --- P-8 aircraft from the U.S. and Indian navies conducted cooperative activities in the Indian Ocean, April 15. The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer ... US Air Force B-52s Return Home from RAF Fairford
RAF FAIRFORD, England --- More than 450 personnel and six B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned home following a short-term deployment to RAF Fairford, England, in s... Japan Ordered to Pay Compensation Over Aircraft Noise in Okinawa
TOKYO --- A Japanese high court on Tuesday ordered the central government to pay damages to 3,400 residents living near a U.S. base in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa over military aircraft noi... Hensoldt Delivers IFF Interrogator to French Armed Forces
PARIS --- Hensoldt, the leading independent sensor solutions house, will deliver its IFF interrogator (IFF = Identification-friend-or-foe) for very short-range and short-range air defence applications... PLA Navy Holds Joint Drills East of Taiwan
NANJING --- Chinese naval and air forces attached to the PLA Eastern Theater Command organized a joint exercise in waters to the east of Taiwan island on April 15, 2019. The annual routine exercise... Sweden, AFRL to Continue Research Cooperation in Space
The satellite, called SPARC-1, is a demonstrator for several concepts. These have been developed under a cooperation agreement, called NAPA3, between the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, FMV, ... Citadel Defense Wins US Special Forces Counter-UAV Contract
SAN DIEGO --- Citadel Defense Company was awarded a purchase contract valued over $1M by the Defense Logistics Agency in support of USSOCOM requirements. This is the company's sixth government contrac... RAN Practices Helicopter Hops to Prove Combines Operations
An MRH-90 from HMAS Canberra and an MH-60R from HMAS Parramatta landed on the frigate Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri and the corvette INS Kiltan, while a Sea King from INS Sahyadri and a Chetak from... OSI Signs Contract with Lockheed Martin Canada to Design the Integrated Bridge and Navigation System for the RCN CSC Ship Program
BURNABY, BC --- OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) announced the signing of a contract with Lockheed Martin Canada (LMC) to design the Integrated Bridge and Navigation System (IBNS) for the Royal Canadian Nav... NATO Works on Quantum Cryptography with Malta
Quantum technology will soon change our security landscape. While this technology could represent a ground-breaking solution to complex problems in a number of fields, its potential can also be disrup... Honeywell Touts T55 Engine for New Future Vertical Lift Aircraft
PHOENIX --- Honeywell's legendary T55 turboshaft engine has a new home on one of the most advanced rotorcraft flying today. A pair of T55 engines successfully powered a new Future Vertical Lift demons... | 
