| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases New Canadian Fighters Will Need US Certification to Access US Intel
OTTAWA --- American officials will need to certify the fighter jet Canada buys at the end of a multibillion-dollar procurement that's started and stopped and started again for more than a decade, ensu... China Plans to Build More Modern Destroyers
China is expected to build even more guided missile destroyers, Chinese military analysts said on Sunday as China launched two Type 052D guided missile destroyers on Friday in Dalian, a coastal city i... Taiwan Breaks Ground for New Shipyard to Build Its Own Submarines
TAIPEI, Taiwan --- Taiwan’s major shipbuilder has broken ground on a factory aimed at producing submarines to blunt threats from China while easing dependence on politically sensitive arms sales from ... Swedish Defence Talks Break Down, Budget May Drop
Talks broke down between parliamentary parties over the defence budget today. The Centre, Moderate, Liberal and Christian Democrat parties said in a press conference today that they have left the t... South Korea Opens Bidding for 12 Naval Helicopters
The Defense Administration Program Administration (DAPA) has kicked off an open bid for South Korea's second batch of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters. The bid for the Republic of Korea Nav... First Apache Helicopter Formally Handed Over to India
First AH-64E (I) Apache Guardian helicopter was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at Boeing production facility in Mesa, Arizona, USA on 10 May 19. Air Marshal AS Butola, represented the In... F-35 Will Take a Hit on Schedule, Cost if Turkey is Out
The F-35 program will likely experience both schedule delays and cost increases if Turkey is pushed out of the program, but the Pentagon is working on ways to mitigate the potential fallout in that ev... US Sends Additional Patriot Battery, LPD to Middle East
The Acting Secretary of Defense has approved the movement of USS Arlington (LPD-24) and a Patriot battery to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as part of the command's original request for forces from ea... IISS Weighs NATO European Nations’ Capability Requirements
LONDON --- The IISS has conducted an independent open-source high-level assessment of how the defence of Europe, and of European interests, would look if the United States had left NATO and did not co... Allied Navies Begin Exercise Formidable Shield 2019
NAPLES, Italy --- Exercise Formidable Shield 2019, a live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO on behalf of U.S. 6th Fleet, start... Russian Ships to Get Advanced Torpedo Defense Systems
MOSCOW --- The advanced Paket-NK torpedo defense system developed by the Research and Production Enterprise ‘Region’ (part of Tactical Missiles Corporation) will be mounted on Project 11442 cruisers d... Northrop Wins $163M to Support Hunter UAV Fleet
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sierra Vista, Arizona, was awarded a $163,588,331 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Hunter unmanned aircraft system fleet support for operations, maintenance, engineerin... Raytheon Wins $101M for TOW Missiles
Raytheon Missiles Systems, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $101,333,802 modification (P00014) to contract W31P4Q-17-C-0194 to procure Tactically-Launched Optically-Tracked Wireless-Guided missiles. ... Indra to Supply Deployable Military Radar to UK
MADRID --- Indra has been awarded a contract to supply the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom with an advanced long-range air defense deployable radar. The company was chosen after competing wit... Hensoldt Unveils New Kalaetron AI-based Radar Warning System
STOCKHOLM / MUNICH --- Hensoldt, the leading independent sensor house, is introducing the new radar warning system 'Kalaetron RWR' (RWR = Radar Warning Receiver) onto the market, which revolutionises ... CAE Wins Order for Additional P-8A Flight Trainer for RAF
TAMPA, Fla. --- On the eve of the International Training and Education Conference (ITEC), Europe's largest show for military training and simulation, CAE announced that Boeing has ordered simulator ha... Canada Orders New Space-Based Search and Rescue Kit
SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE, Quebec --- Today, the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport and Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, on behalf of the Honourable Carla Qual... CBO Evaluates Cost of Replacing US Army’s Aviation Fleet
The annual costs of replacing the Army’s aviation fleet would decline during the 2020s, from about $4 billion in 2018 to about $1.5 billion in 2027, and then rise to a peak of about $4.7 billion in 20... CSIS Report on Investing in Vertical Lift Modernization
The Issue In our last paper, we discussed the current state of the U.S. vertical lift fleet and how past investment decisions helped shape this fleet. This brief will focus on future investments. ... Australian Growler Achieves Initial Operating Capability
Initial Operating Capability (IOC) has been achieved for the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft. The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies said IOC for the Growler was a significant ach... Denel Sees ‘Significant Progress’ on Malaysian Offsets
An innovative collaboration between Denel and the Malaysian defence industry is delivering results that will benefit both countries. This builds on a contract for Denel to supply turrets and integr... China Further Regulates Military Expenditure
BEIJING --- The General Office of the Central Military Commission (CMC) has issued a provisional plan to further regulate military expenditure. The plan stated a standard procedure for the settleme... US Air Force Stresses Need to Protect Data in Acquisition Supply Chain
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- The importance of protecting the Defense Department’s controlled unclassified information during acquisition and contracting processes was stressed during a series of cy... Advanced Training for Croatian OH-58D Pilots
The advanced training on the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters kicked off for the second and third group of pilots in the Helicopter Squadron of the 93td Air Base of the Croatian Armed Forces on 9 May ... Defense Contracting Fraud: A Persistent Problem
During the five-year period from 2013-2017, there were 1,059 criminal cases of defense contracting fraud resulting in the conviction of 1,087 defendants, including 409 businesses, according to a newly... Lithuania MoD Sees Increase in Complex Cyber-Attacks
“In terms of security efforts, the status of cyber security in Lithuania improved in 2018, however, we are observing a big increase of cyber incidents with malware. All recorded parameters show that c... Bird Strike Causes $2M+ Damages to Marine Corps F-35B in Japan
Birds can be a hazard for civilian and military aircraft, causing millions in damages every year. On Tuesday an F-35B with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, out of Iwakuni, Japan,... ASEAN Navies Exercise to Counter Maritime Threats
The sea phase of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Maritime Security Field Training Exercise concluded today. The ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field Training Exercise, held from 30 April... ST Engineering Opens IMDEX 2019 with New Designs and Solutions
SINGAPORE --- ST Engineering’s new launches at the International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEX) 2019 demonstrate its diverse capabilities as a Total Naval Solutions provider. From ... | 
