| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases US Navy Awards $1.3Bn Contract for 12 CH-53K Helicopters
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The Naval Air Systems Command awarded on May 17 a $1.3 billion Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lots 2 and 3 contract for 12 aircraft to Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, ... US Deploys Microwave Warhead to Destroy Electronics
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Air Force has deployed at least 20 missiles equipped with payloads that can destroy military electronics. The missile uses high-power microwaves (HPMs) to destroy military capa... Indian Destroyer Fires MRSAM in First Cooperative Engagement
The Indian Navy achieved a significant milestone in enhancing its Anti Air Warfare Capability with the maiden cooperative engagement firing of the Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM). The ... Big shipbuilders pull out of £1bn MoD support-vessel shortlist
LONDON --- Two of the world’s biggest shipbuilders have pulled out of the competition to build three new support vessels for the Royal Navy in what will be seen as a blow to the Ministry of Defence’s ... Erdogan: S-400 Missiles to Be Followed By S-500
ANKARA --- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the purchase of S-400 defense systems from Russia was a done deal, adding that Ankara would also jointly produce S-500 defense systems wi... Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Makes First Flight
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. --- The Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter achieved first flight today at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida site, an important step toward bringing this all-new aircraft ... Lockheed Slashes F-35 Price to Undercut F-15EX
Lockheed Martin, seeking to give its F-35 a leg up against a rival fighter offered by Boeing, is dramatically reducing the F-35 sticker price for the next batch of jets it will sell to the Pentagon. ... US Approves $314M Sale of SM-2 Block IIIB Missiles to Korea
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Korea of SM-2 Block IIIB Standard missiles with support for an estimated cost of $313.9 milli... US Clears $317M AMRAAM Sale to Japan
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) with support for an es... US Approves $387M Sale of Mk 54 Torpedoes to Canada
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of MK 54 lightweight torpedoes with support for an estimated cost of $387 million. Th... Belarus Transfers 12 Upgraded Su-30K Fighters to Angola
MINSK, Belarus --- The Belarusian 558th Aviation Repair Plant (ARZ) in Baranavichy in April completed the transfer of a batch of 12 modernized Su-30K fighters to Angola. This was told to TASS at the e... Insurer Says Iran's Guards Likely to Have Organized Tanker Attacks
LONDON / OSLO --- Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) are “highly likely” to have facilitated attacks last Sunday on four tankers including two Saudi ships off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirate... Johns Hopkins Lab Wins $2.3Bn to Support Pentagon R&D
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), Laurel, Maryland, is awarded a $2,351,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, contract ceiling increase... Raytheon Wins $384M Romania Patriot Missile Contract
Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $383,973,802 modification (P00078) to Foreign Military Sales (Romania) contract W31P4Q-15-C-0022 for new production hardware, upgrade kits and spare... German Government Orders Corporate Airbus A350
GENEVA --- The German government has placed a firm order for three ACJ350-900 XWBs, becoming the first government customer for the type, which has already been ordered by private customers. The air... Special Ops Command Awards $240M Intel Contract
Actionable Solutions Group LLC (ASG),** Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a maximum $240,658,061 single award contract (H92402-19-C-0006) with a base year and four one-year options to provide intellig... Boeing Wins $164M Contract to Upgrade Ten F-18s
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $163,907,829 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00011) to a previously awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-18-D-0001) fo... Lockheed Wins $21M to Repair F-35 Components
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $21,350,787 modification (P00017) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee contract (N00019-18-C-1048).... Norway MoD Asks for Extra Funds for Frigate Recovery, F-35
The Government proposes to increase the framework for the defense budget by just over NOK 1.3 billion in the Revised National Budget for 2019. The largest part of this increase goes to additional expe... HAI Delivers First Upgraded P-3B to Greece
ATHENS, Greece --- Representatives from the Hellenic Navy, Lockheed Martin and Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) hosted a ceremony on today at HAI’s facility near Athens, Greece, for the delivery of t... First Pakistani Corvette Launched in Romania
ISLAMABAD -- Launching ceremony of first state of the art 2,300 tons corvette vessel being built for Pakistan Navy was held at M/s Damen Shipyard in Galati, Romania. Chief of Staff (Personnel), Vi... US Air Force Activates New Electronic Warfare Squadron
EGLIN AFB, Fla. --- The 53rd Wing hosted an activation ceremony for the 87th Electronic Warfare Squadron here May 17. The new squadron will be part of the wing’s 53rd Electronic Warfare Group. The ... Corrosion Costs Pentagon $20 Billion A Year
The Department of Defense (DOD) relocated the Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight (Corrosion Office) within the restructured acquisition and sustainment organization in fiscal year 2018. Prior to... French Carrier in Allied Naval Exercise in Gulf of Bengal
GULF OF BENGAL –-- Ships from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy commenced drills with French Navy aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) a... US Army Trains with First Personal UAV
FORT BELVOIR, Va. --- Imagine a battlefield where Soldiers have access to near-real time video transmitted back to them on a handheld device. Program Executive Office Soldier (PEO Soldier) fielded the... US Army ‘Mad Scientist’ Group Explores 'Realm of the Possible'
FORT MEADE, Md. -- In the distant future, teams of Soldiers equipped with high-powered exoskeletons disembark a series of autonomous personnel carriers outside the enemy's position. Overhead, a small ... China May Convert Airliner into Surveillance Plane
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy might acquire a type of domestically developed airliner and convert it into a maritime surveillance aircraft, as military analysts said on Thursday the ... US Navy Carrier, Amphibious Groups Operate in Arabian Sea
ARABIAN SEA ---- The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) and the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG), with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducted joint operations... French Unit Relieves Belgian Company in Estonia
Today, at Tapa, the Belgian Army company serving within the composition of the NATO battle group handed over its authorisations to the French Army unit that arrived in Estonia last month. Minister ... BAE Australia Opens HF Radar Development Lab
BAE Systems Australia today opened a world class High Frequency laboratory in South Australia that will be used to develop new technology that will be ‘the brains’ of the upgraded Jindalee Operational... China Decommissions Four First-Gen Destroyers
LYUSHUN --- Recently, the destroyer flotilla of the navy under the PLA Northern Theater Command held a grand retirement ceremony for four homemade first-generation missile destroyers including the gu... Russian Helicopters Exhibits at SITDEF-2019 in Peru
LIMA --- Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) will participate in the Seventh International Exhibition of Technology for Defense and Prevention of Natural Disasters SITDEF-20... | 
