| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Colombia Short-Lists Eurofighter, F-16 and Gripen to Replace Kfir C2 Fighters
In view of the information published on offers made to Colombia for the acquisition of new air superiority aircraft, the Colombian Air Force has issued the following: 1. For more than four years, ... Half of Royal Navy’s Escort Ships Are Out of Action
Almost half of the Royal Navy’s fleet of frigates and destroyers is inactive because of long-term repairs. The Ministry of Defence has admitted that six of its 13 Type 23 frigates and three of its ... Boeing May Stop 737 MAX Production After Posting Q2 Loss of $3.4Bn
Boeing is warning that it might have to halt production of the 737 Max if grounding continues much longer. The company reported its largest-ever quarterly loss of $3.4bn (£2.7bn) on Wednesday due t... Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort to Block Saudi Arms Sales
WASHINGTON --- President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a trio of congressional resolutions aimed at blocking his administration from bypassing Congress and selling billions of dollars in weapons an... Bulgarian Parliament Overturns Presidential Veto on F-16 Purchase
SOFIA --- Yesterday the parliamentary defence committee rejected the presidential veto on the ratification of the agreements on the acquisition of the American aircraft. GERB, the Movement for Rights ... Turkey's Hürjet Jet Trainer Passes Preliminary Design Review
ISTANBUL --- As work continues at full speed, the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase in the Advanced Jet Trainer and Light Attack Aircraft Hürjet project has been successfully finalized. The Hü... USAF Has Withheld $360M from Boeing’s Tanker Payments
The U.S. Air Force has withheld $360 million from Boeing due to problems with the company’s KC-46 tanker, according to a service official. It’s the first time the Air Force has disclosed the total amo... US Fund Buys Britain’s Cobham Group for $5 Billion
U.S. buyout firm Advent International Corp. agreed to acquire U.K. defense and aerospace company Cobham Plc for about 4 billion pounds ($5 billion), as cash-flush private-equity firms seek targets in ... France's CMN Launches First of 38 Fast Boats for Saudi
CMN's shipyard in Cherbourg yesterday launched the first two of a series of 38 high-speed interceptor (HIS) boats ordered by Saudi Arabia. The event was attended by Saudi officials and the Kingdom's m... Opinion: Money Alone Won’t Fix Germany's Military Woes
Germany's new defense minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, has told the Bundestag she wants a bigger defense budget. But simply throwing more money at the problem is not the solution, says DW's Nina ... North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Missiles into East Sea
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the East Sea from near the east coast town of Wonsan, Seoul’s military said Thursday. According the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea launched two p... BAE Developing Unmanned Boat for Naval Missions
BAE Systems has successfully completed a series of trials on a ‘first of its kind’ autonomous boat that will allow navies to go beyond the limits of human endurance with unmanned vessels that can trav... KMW Will Supply Mungo N/C Recce Vehicles to German Army
MUNICH / COBLENZ, Germany --- The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has commissioned Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to supply a total of nine... Twenty Years On, F-35 to Get Ground-Avoidance Software
FORT WORTH, Texas --- The F-35 Joint Program Office, U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin have started integrating the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) on to Air Force F-35As in t... DoD IG Open Recommendations Could Save $4.8 Billion
The 2019 Compendium lists the number, type, age, and status of 1,581 open recommendations, as of March 31, 2019. In this Compendium, we highlight the 30 high‑priority open recommendations made in D... US Warship Sails Through Strategic Taiwan Strait
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. military said Wednesday that it sent a Navy warship through the Taiwan Strait, which separates Taiwan from China, a move likely to anger China during a period of tense relation... Esper: US Operation Prevents Escalation in Strait of Hormuz
Just three hours into his new job, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper met with reporters at the Pentagon to discuss Iran, China and the proposed defense budget. A top priority: Operation Sentinel,... Chinese Hybrid Warfare in the Indo-Pacific; Issues and Options for Allied Defense Planners
The Chinese leadership views the hybrid warfare battlespace very differently than Western leaders. For Beijing, the struggle against the United States and its allies has been underway for a considerab... France and Australia Consolidate Alliance with Launch of Suffren SSN
Delegations and representatives from friendly States met in Cherbourg on July 12 at the launching ceremony of Suffren, first of class new-generation nuclear attack submarine in the Barracuda family. ... US Navy to Commission Guided-Missile Destroyer Paul Ignatius
The Navy will commission its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, July 27, at Port Everglades in Fort La... China’s 2019 Defense White Paper Is An Open Challenge to US
For all the furor over Iran and the Gulf, or Britain and Brexit, the most important foreign news of the month is what would normally be a relatively obscure Chinese official document: China’s National... Chinese State Media Details White Paper’s Major Aspects
China on Wednesday issued a white paper on national defense in the new era. The paper objectively expounds on China's rapidly developing military build-up, declares the People's Liberation Army's reso... Hughes to Demo New, End-to-End Narrowband SATCOM Architecture
GERMANTOWN, Md. --- Broadband satellite networks and services provider Hughes Network Systems has been awarded an $11.8 million R&D contract by the U.S. Army, answering its requirement for improved re... China’s Defense White Paper: the View from Seoul
The People's Liberation Army lags far behind the world's leading militaries but Beijing says it is still up to the task of defending the nation against those seeking independence for Taiwan. In a 5... Rolls-Royce Ends Discussions over ITP Aero Sale
On 14 June, Rolls-Royce announced that it had received a preliminary and conditional indication of interest from Indra to acquire a majority stake in ITP Aero. Rolls-Royce confirms that discussions... India Details Progress in its Space India Public Company
The Union Government has already set up New Space India Limited (NSIL), a wholly owned Government of India undertaking/ Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE), under the administrative control of Dep... USAF F-22 Refuels from Aussie KC-30A Tanker for First Time
In the fight for air superiority during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019, the United States Air Force (USAF) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) met a major milestone in the airspace off the Queensland ... Record US Marine Contingent Stationed in Darwin
The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin reached a major milestone this week with the arrival of additional US Marines in Darwin, bringing the total number of Marines in the Northern Territory to its full s... First Australian Trained F-35A Pilots Take Flight
The Air Force’s first pilots to complete a RAAF F-35A Joint Strike Fighter transition course in Australia have flown the aircraft for the first time. Two pilots conducted their first training miss... First RAAF Fighter Pilot Course Completes Synthetic Syllabus
SYDNEY --- CAE today announced it has supported the Royal Australian Air Force in the trial and implementation of advanced synthetic training capabilities as part of the Introductory Fighter Course (I... Russia Delivers Three Ka-32 Dire-Fighting Helicopters to Turkey
Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has delivered three Ka-32A11BC multipurpose helicopters to Turkey. The machines will be used in firefighting. In July 2018 con... AI Researcher Offers Insight on Promise, Pitfalls of Machine Learning
WASHINGTON --- These days, the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) research always get plenty of attention, but an AI researcher at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory believes one AI t... US Delivers Military Equipment to Philippines Military
MANILA --- U.S. and Philippine service members teamed up to unload and inventory ten M-107 .50 caliber sniper rifles at Camp Aguinaldo on July 17, 2019. Purchased by the Armed Forces of the Philipp... US Navy Tests Potential Technologies in Exercise
CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic demonstrated nine exploratory technologies during the 21st Century Combined Arms Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) East Ju... | 