| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Naval Group Wins €2Bn Order for 12 Minehunters for Belgian and Dutch Navies
Today, the Belgium Naval & Robotics consortium, composed of Naval Group and ECA Group, was awarded the contract to supply twelve mine-hunting vessels to the Belgian and Dutch navies. Equipped with aro... Turkey May Use US Bases at Incirlik, Kurecik Bases As Leverage In S-400 Spat
ANKARA --- Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with the representatives of the Turkish media on an iftar (the evening meal eaten by Muslims after the sun has gone down during Ramadan) in... Top Executive at Boeing’s Troubled 787 Plant Is Out
The executive in charge of Boeing’s troubled 787 Dreamliner factory in North Charleston, S.C., is leaving the company, according to an internal company memo reviewed by The New York Times on Wednesday... Korean Auditor Finds Problems In F-35 Purchase Deal
SEOUL --- The arms procurement agency said Wednesday it will strive to improve systems and procedures on how "offset" deals should be pursued and implemented after the state auditor found problems wit... China Says Metric-Wave Radar Can Guide to Hit Stealth Aircraft
China's meter wave anti-stealth radar can not only detect advanced stealth aircraft, but also guide missiles to destroy them, a senior Chinese radar designer said at a recent interview. Meter wave ... Pentagon Mulls Sending More Troops to Gulf, Officials Say
The Pentagon is set to brief the White House on a request for thousands more U.S. troops to be sent to the Middle East, amid rising tensions between Iran and Washington, U.S. officials said Wednesday.... Hyundai Launches First Frigate for Philippines
ULSAN, South Korea --- Christmas Day came seven months early for the Philippine Navy as its latest ship, the missile-frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), will be formally launched in this city on Thursday... F-35 Makes 'Tour de Noise' Debut in Danish Skies
It's been estimated that Denmark's new fighter jets will subject hundreds of homes to excessive noise levels comparable a hard rock concert. In a historic moment, a F-35 fighter jet has appeared fo... New DeepStrike Missile Exceeds US Army Lethality Requirements
CAMDEN, Ark.--- Raytheon Company successfully tested an advanced warhead for the new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile, moving the weapon closer to its first flight test planned for later this yea... Indian Ain Force Su-30MKI Fires Brahmos Supersonic Attack Missile
Today, IAF successfully fired the BrahMos air version missile from its frontline Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft. The launch from the aircraft was smooth and the missile followed the desired trajectory be... IEDs Caused 48% of US Combat Deaths Since 2006
Since 2006—five years after the start of major combat operations in Afghanistan and three years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq—a total of 16,652 active-duty personnel and mobilized reservists hav... Philippines Keen to Acquire Retired US Navy P-3 Orions
MANILA --- Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday expressed interest in acquiring a Lockheed P-3 "Orion" surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft, which the Unite... German-Dutch Force Repels Practice Attack on Ruhr Area
Defend the German Ruhr area against an advancing enemy: The German-Dutch Division Schnelle Krafte faced this task during exercise Green Griffin. The rapidly advancing enemy had to be stopped and pushe... Agreement on Pentagon FY20 Budget Remains Elusive
Congress has yet to reach an agreement on federal spending limits for the next two years, despite the fact that the House Appropriations Committee has already passed its version of the FY20 defense sp... German Industry Calls for Government ‘Maritime Leadership’
The maritime space is essential to human life. Marine resources feed a growing world population, which is increasingly concentrated in coastal areas. Maritime corridors are the backbone of globalizati... US Army on Track to Meet FY19 Recruitment Goals
WASHINGTON --- The Army is on the path to meet its fiscal year 2019 recruiting mission: to bring 68,000 Soldiers into the active component, 15,600 into the Army Reserve, and 39,000 into the National G... UK MoD Earmarks Extra £22M for Army Cyber Centers
Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt has announced £22 million in funding for Army cyber operations centres. Speaking [yesterday evening] at the NATO Cyber Defence Pledge Conference in London, Defence... F-35 Lightning Jets Arrive in Cyprus After 6-Hour Flight
Royal Navy aviators have touched down in Cyprus for six weeks of intensive training with Britain’s most advanced jet. Several F-35 Lightnings – the main weapon of the nation’s new Queen Elizabeth-c... China Has Profound Concerns on Relocation of ROK-US Command
The transfer of wartime command from the U.S. to the Republic of Korea (ROK) has always been an important issue in the relations between the two countries. According to a report published by JoongA... HMS Westminster on NATO Baltic Mission
HMS Westminster is approaching the half-way point of a six-month mission to keep the Baltic secure with NATO. The Royal Navy frigate is spending the bulk of the spring and summer as part of a task ... Estonia, US Sign 5-Year Road Map of Defense Cooperation
U.S. and Estonia defense leaders signed a five-year roadmap of defense cooperation at the Pentagon. Kathryn L. Wheelbarger, acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs,... Raytheon Wins $234M for JPALS Automatic Landing System
Raytheon Co., Fullerton, California, is awarded a $234,640,402 fixed-price-incentive, firm-target contract for the low-rate initial production of 23 Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems. I... Raytheon Wins $151M for AIM-9X Block II Missiles
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $151,468,431 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for integrated logistics support and repair... Lockheed Wins $11M to Deploy F-35 Test Aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $11,336,274 for modification P00003 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-19-C-0004). ... SNC Wins $75M for DVES Night Vision for HH-60G Helicopters
Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nevada, has been awarded a $74,902,132 definitive C-type contract for installation of a Degraded Visual Environment System (DVES), which improves situational awareness to ... Finnish Military, Senop to Develop Image Intensifiers, Laser Sights
The Defence Forces Logistics Command and Senop have signed a letter of intent on the development of weapon-mounted laser sights and helmet-mounted image intensifiers for soldiers. The letter of int... USAF Reserve F-16s Train with Lakenheath Strike Eagles
RAF LAKENHEATH, England --- 93rd Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcons and 482nd Fighter Wing support personnel from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, participated in Dissimilar Air Combat Traini... US Navy Sends P-8A Poseidon to Romania for Exercise
CONSTANTA, Romania --- Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 9 participated in exercise Sea Shield 2019 out of Constanta, Romania, during their first week of deployment under commander, Task Force ... USAF Space Fence Detects Debris from India Anti-Satellite Test
KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Marshall Islands --- The U.S. Air Force Space Fence system detected the breakup field from an anti-satellite test conducted by India during a scheduled endurance exercise of the new s... Airbus, SAS Sign MoU on Hybrid and Electric Aircraft Research
TOULOUSE --- Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SAS Scandinavian Airlines for hybrid and electric aircraft eco-system and infrastructure requirements research. The MoU was s... AiRXOS Supports NIAS and NASA UTM Program TCL4 with Air Mobility Platform
AiRXOS, part of GE Aviation, will today perform Technical Capability Level (TCL) 4 program demonstrations in Reno, NV as part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Unmanned Aircraft ... Hunt: UK Helped 16 NATO Allies Tackle Russian Hacking
Britain has shared information on Russian cyberactivities with 16 NATO allies, helping them counter malicious threats against their countries over the past year and a half, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hu... GDMS, Cubic Bring Encrypted Comms to Tactical Environments
FAIRFAX, Va. --– General Dynamics Mission Systems announced today that it plans to integrate its TACLANE-Nano Type 1 encryptor with Cubic Mission Solutions’ DTECH M3X network module stack. The small s... CRS: ‘Critical Differences' Between S Korea, US Over Defense Cost-Sharing
SEOUL --- "Critical differences" exist between South Korea and the United States over how to deal with North Korea and share the cost of the U.S. troop presence in the Asian nation, a U.S. congression... Dutch, German Defense Ministers Extend Information Sharing
The Netherlands and Germany deepen defense cooperation, and will exchange more information in the field of cyber and hybrid threats. Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten and her German collea... | 