| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases US Navy Destroyer Shows the Flag in South China Sea with Allied Ships
SOUTH CHINA SEA --- A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer joined ships from the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Republic of Philippine Navy to sail through the South China Se... Canada Drops Offset Requirement for New Fighter to Allow F-35 Bid
OTTAWA --- Canada is softening the rules of its multibillion-dollar competition for 88 new fighter jets to allow Lockheed Martin Corp to submit a bid, following a complaint by Washington, a Canadian g... US Test-Fires ICBM, SLBM in Power Demonstration
BARKSDALE AFB, La. --- For the second time in just over a week, a team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched an unarmed ... US Clears $3Bn Sale of 24 Additional Apaches to Qatar
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of twenty-four (24) AH-64E Apache Attack helicopters and related equipment for an estim... China Airlines Picks Airbus A321neo for Narrowbody Fleet
According to International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecast, the number of global travelers will continue to grow in the next 20 years. In order to meet the growing demand, accommodate China ... China Claims Helicopter Drones Capable of Intelligent Swarm Attacks
China's domestically developed helicopter drones carrying proximity explosive mortar shells, grenade launchers and machine guns can now form swarms and engage in coordinated strikes. The intelligen... US Army Demos Extended Ranges for Precision Munitions
WASHINGTON --- The Army recently demonstrated extended ranges for the guided multiple launch rocket system, and two 155mm cannon artillery precision munitions. Aligning with the Army's top priority... US Air Force to Stand Up F-35 Aggressor Squadron at Nellis AFB
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron and moving 11 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of a larger initiative to improve training for ... China’s Arms Exports: Up, Up and Away
Beijing continues to build its stature as a global arms exporter, according to the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on the military and security developments of the People’s Republic of China (PRC... Safran Touts ‘Futuristic’ Engine for French-German NGF Fighter
At the start of 2019, Safran and MTU Aero Engines signed an industrial partnership to design and produce an engine for the SCAF, tomorrow’s fighter jet. Stéphane Cueille, the Director of R&T and Innov... Philippines Take Delivery of Two AW159 Naval Helicopters
MANILA --- The two newly-acquired AgustaWestland (now Leonardo) AW-159 anti-submarine helicopters will help the Philippine Navy (PN) secure the country's sea lines of communication (SLOC) or primary m... Cobham to Supply Oxygen System for Boeing T-X
Cobham has been selected by Boeing to supply the complete oxygen system for its T-X Trainer aircraft. The system is comprised of Cobham’s SureSTREAM oxygen concentrator, pilot breathing regulators an... Raytheon Wins US Navy Cooperative Engagement Capability Contract
TEWKSBURY, Mass.--- Raytheon Co. Largo, Florida, is awarded a $15,267,422 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only contract for design agent and engineering servic... Norway’s F-35 Fighters to Participate in First Exercise
NORWAY --- The Royal Norwegian Air Force is gearing up to use its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for its alert mission, intercepting incoming Russian aircraft as they fly into Norwegian airspace. Befor... Over 100 Aircraft to Train in ACE 19 Air Exercise
The Swedish, Finnish and Royal Norwegian Air Forces will host the fourth multinational Arctic Challenge Exercise from 22 May to 4 June 2019. The NORDEFCO nations’ air forces organise joint air comb... Trump’s Executive Order on EMP Threat
On March 26, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order on the threat to the country from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). Titled “Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulse,” the e... ASC Lays Keel of First Arafura-Class OPV
The first Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel has reached a significant milestone today with the ceremonial keel laying at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. Chief of the Royal Australian Nav... Rolls-Royce LibertyWorks Demos Directed Energy Milestones
Rolls-Royce LibertyWorks has achieved significant technology milestones by demonstrating an integrated power and thermal management system for high-power defensive directed energy applications. Th... Turkish Tanks to Be Up-gunned with Ukrainian Konus Missiles
Representatives of the [Ukrainian] State Foreign Trade Enterprise “SpetsTechnoExport” and Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu (MKEK), Turkey have initialed a contract on the Konus 120mm gun-launched mis... Pentagon’s DCMA Details Role in F-35 Production Oversight
FORT LEE, Va. --- F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter production is about to reach new heights. Low rate initial production 11, or LRIP 11, calls for 141 F-35 aircraft, which is a 67 percent increa... Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States
The authors of this report assess how unconventional defense plans and capabilities — to include total and comprehensive defense, societal resilience, and resistance strategies — being pursued by the ... ULS Wins $149M for NRO Space Launch
United Launch Services, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $149,376,775 firm-fixed-price modification (P00002) to previously awarded contract FA8811-19-C-0002 for National Security Space Launch ... USAF Claims “Shocking” Materials Technology Breakthrough
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with research partners at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Washington, are working to change the shape of materials technology wi... Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships Link-Up During Sea Trials
There was a lot of RASzle-dazzle in the waters off the south coast of the UK as nearly 140,000 tonnes of Royal Fleet Auxiliary might combined for replenishment at sea (RAS) training. The rare sight... Next F-35 Training Squadron to Stand Up at Eglin AFB
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Air Force announced May 9 Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the preferred alternative to receive an additional F-35A Lighting II training squadron. Eglin AFB was the locatio... RAF Reaper Drones to Play an Increasing Role on Iraq, Syria
The latest response to our Freedom of Information requests on British air and drone operations in Iraq and Syria show a marked decline in UK air and drone strikes in Syria since December 2018. (See ou... CAE Wins US Contract for Geospatial Database Rapid Prototyping
TAMPA, Florida, USA --- Originally developed by CAE for USSOCOM, the OGC CDB is a standard database architecture that addresses the challenge of interoperability and reuse of geospatial data in a synt... | 